My Uber-Ghetto vented wheel liner mod is complete!
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My Uber-Ghetto vented wheel liner mod is complete!
First off, yes, I know, this is pretty ghetto, but it works, and it was free.
I took the vented wheel liners from my buddy's 3000GT VR4 (he has two, one of which doesn't drive, so I yoinked the ones from that car) and trimmed them down to just the vents. I then took out my own wheel liners, cut out rectangular holes for the vents, and grafted them in using bolts & washers. Very simple. I did both sides, even though I've only got the stock IC right now, because I plan to have the OEM Audi 2nd IC at some point, and anyway I figure it's always better to be getting hot air out of the engine bay. I don't know how much this will help my stock IC, because it is still blocked by the damn washer fluid tank- That's gonna have to go, but for the moment I think this will be a step in the right direction.
Before...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/louvers.jpg">
Ghetto!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/wheel_liner.jpg">
Ghetto- and installed. Yes, my brakes are super-dirty (I cleaned them afterwards).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/wheel_liner_installed.jpg">
I took the vented wheel liners from my buddy's 3000GT VR4 (he has two, one of which doesn't drive, so I yoinked the ones from that car) and trimmed them down to just the vents. I then took out my own wheel liners, cut out rectangular holes for the vents, and grafted them in using bolts & washers. Very simple. I did both sides, even though I've only got the stock IC right now, because I plan to have the OEM Audi 2nd IC at some point, and anyway I figure it's always better to be getting hot air out of the engine bay. I don't know how much this will help my stock IC, because it is still blocked by the damn washer fluid tank- That's gonna have to go, but for the moment I think this will be a step in the right direction.
Before...
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/louvers.jpg">
Ghetto!
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/wheel_liner.jpg">
Ghetto- and installed. Yes, my brakes are super-dirty (I cleaned them afterwards).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34219/wheel_liner_installed.jpg">
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Another way....
I just used a cutter and laid out some reference lines with the stock one installed, and then cut flaps and bent them back a bit. Works better to keep gunk out, and you don't have to graft something else it... I think I have a picture in my poster.