Just like to say hi to everyone and hopefully get some advice on where to go from here. Recently purchased a Silver 2000 Audi S4 with 121k miles. Complete maintenance records and very well taken care of. Also came with a few mods, GIAC X ECU, K&N Air Filter, Piggie Downpipes, Neuspeed G2 Exhaust, H&R Sport Coilovers, Tanoga ShortShifter, A.W.E. Drivetrain Stabilizer Bar, & Phatnoise Digital Car Audio System. Plus a set of Dunlop Wintersport M3 Winter Tires. Got it all for 5k (not bad eh?). Now I don't know what the next step is...any ideas what to do other than the obvious stage 3 (farther down the road). Thanks for your input.

 

You basically stole that car from the guy...just enjoy it and save a little cash for maintenace. Expect to do Timing belt and all associated hardware/ control arm kit (frt) and bushings and toe links (rear) as well as rear bearings (they typically go every 70-80 thousand km). Oh, keep an eye on the rear diff bushings and seals. If you get a thumping from the rear on occasion, it's the diff hanger bushings. Cheap and easy to replace, as well as the rear diff seal.

034 motorsports has a great front control arm kit and all the bushings.

Keep about $2k aside for all afforementionned parts if you're doing the work yourself.

Good place for the rear bearings is autopartsway.ca ...the rear bearings are listed as rouville, but they sent me *** (oem) bearings.

Enjoy the car. They're great fun...even though they're mostly a love/hate relationship

 

5K ........... !!!!!
Post up some pics. Great car.... love the B5 S4

 

The B5 S4 is a man's car. Well done!

 

A few pictures after i gave it a good cleaning...
not me in the picture btw
last one is mine next to my buddies black stage 3+ (KO4s rs4 cams)

 

so how do i post pictures...? not through the manage attachments tab when i post?

 

I think you just didn't have enough posts yet to be allowed to post pics- still waiting to see what you got!
How are you liking the car so far?

 

Welcome to the forum!

$5K is an absolute steal, even if it needs some work. And it came with a pretty decent mod setup! Are you sure there's nothing major wrong with it? Turbos on their way out maybe? Not trying to be a downer - just don't want to see you get screwed if your engine is about to eat a compressor wheel or something

 

sorry, forgot to try posting them again...the car is in good shape, bought it from my uncle (family discount). turbos are the original factory turbos and still pull hard, lets say he REALLY took care of it. Picture was with the stock wheels and winter tiresm got a set of O.Z. Superleggera 18" with goodyear eagle f1 gs d3 tires on the car now.

 

She's a beauty! Congrats! About the only things I can think of for mods without going stage 3, is water/meth injection, and a darintake mod.. Unless you want to get a stringer tune than your giac x.... Man, you really got a great starting setup there though!