The Story of UneekTT - Ready to READ!
The story behind me and my TT:
So there I was looking for a cool sports car for about 6 months. My wife had her car, I had my truck and now I wanted a sports car. Money was not an issue, but I did not want a Vette or anything big that sucks a lot of gas, Ferrarri or Corvettes were out of the question. I started test driving some cars to get a better idea of what I wanted in a sports car. I drove a couple Honda's, the S2000 was an awesome car and I ALMOST bought it, but my golf clubs would never fit, I also drove the new Civic SI but it had no power. I drove an Acura RSX and again, no power. Then I drove a few bimmers and thought, the M3 had a ton of power, great handling but it did not have much personality, as well as the 330XI which had AWD which I thought was a cool idea.
Then I got to the TT, and when I drove it the first time, when it hit turbo @ around 3k, I was like, "Ummmmmm. ok, where do I sign".
No kidding, it was just like that. I bought and paid for the car right there on the spot and left my truck there (only to pick it up later with a friend that could drive it back, there was no way I was driving a truck again, not for a long time) and I have been a smilin' guy ever since.
When I first got the TT, it obviously had some mods on it already as listed below. I was thinking one day while looking at my car, and thought to myself, "Self, what is carbon fiber made out of" and then answering myself (not really) I said, "huh, silver and black" and so the saga began.
I started to buy a few things that were carbon, the license plate holder, mirror covers and front grill were the first. And then, I have no idea what happened next, all of a sudden my car was covered. I have carbon fiber inside, out and even under the hood too.
So now, here we are in the summer of 2005, I just got back from my first real showing of the TT, and did not get 1st, 2nd or 3rd and partly because the OTHER ADAM was there (tighTT on AW) and his car is just simply put - AWESOME and there was no way I could compete with him. Regardless of the fact that I had no idea what the judges were looking for, they asked me to open my ashtray and glovebox and I was like - oh oh. So now next time I know, for the next show, my car will be, ummm lets say, immaculate, perfect, emptied and cleaned as well as polished.
I am not sure what I will do next to the TT, but rest assured, now that I have had the car over a year, there is really not much that I want to do. Maybe a big brake kit, and seats and harness and maybe a different suspension and enlarging the side intercoolers, or maybe even shaving the door handles, or some more custom body work, or maybe all of the above, and thensome?
Who knows, time will tell.
Regardless, where I go now, I am in the 4 ring family, a family of German car enthusiasts. Really the 2 closest are obviously VW and Audi. We are like blood. But the family also reached out to Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz as well as any other German cars. And then to have some even more distant cousins we can just incorporate any Euro car!
Really though, it is all about just loving cars. I see a 1963 split back window Corvette, and my jaw drops EVERY time.
Mods list before I bought the car:
Black top
Intake (changed since then)
Brullen Exhaust
APR Chip (Only 91 octane though)
Things I have done is amazingly long:
WAS Stage 2 South Bend DXD Race Clutch (VFC-Engineering) NOW Stage 3
South Bend DXD (Chicago Performance and Tuning)
APR chip (91, 93 & 100 octane programs)
White Face Gauges
Smoked side marker lights
Carbon Fiber rear spoiler
Carbon Fiber interior Door Handles
Carbon Fiber front grill
Carbon Fiber mirror covers
Carbon Fiber E-brake cover
Carbon Fiber interior kit from LLTek
Custom Carbon Fiber Roof (yes the entire roof)
Custom mold Carbon Fiber front plate (with no front license plate)
Shark fin antenna from new A4/A6
Darkened rear tail lights
LL-Tek tail-light covers painted silver (Not installed, and may never
be again?)
Blue neon lights (inside only)
Window tint - Limo tint in the rear and 20% everywhere else
Hyperboost DV
"TTDA, BAMM, 4 bar FPR", Boost machine (controller) - All thanks
to Steve Schwing from Modshack!
B&M Short Shift Kit (2 SSK's)
ECS tuning short shift kit (2 SSK's)
Raffi Hand made AWESOME shift knob
New custom floormats
WAS Rieger V1 body kit NOW Reiger TTR body kit
Custom hand stiched seats and door panels
Flik Black Wasp 18"/with Falken GRB-451 with custom center caps
17" OZ Racing Supperlegras (Saved for track days) with Falken Azenis
Sport's
19mm Nuespeed rear sway bar
Timing kit (including water pump, timing belt, tensioner)
Lightweight pulley system (NOT INSTALLED YET)
Samco hose kit in blue
WAS Brembo sloTTed in front and plain rear rotors NOW Brembo 332mm BBK
Stainless steel brake lines
Oil pressure gauge from Defi, installed in center dash vent (Adapter from
da Modshack, along with the camera mount GadgeTT)
Boost gauge from Defi, installed in center dash vent (Adapter from da
Modshack, along with the camera mount GadgeTT)
Headlight mod (taking off the reflector and installing clear corners and
“Angel Eyes” and then painting headlight housing silver custom
mix)
Sparco Torino 2 seats
Shroth 4 point harness
Stable Energies harness bar
Momo Trek (R) steering wheel with custom alcantara
Polished intake manifold
Stainless steel braided fuel lines
ALL NEW - Tcarbon FMIC!
There might be more that I have not thought of - this site should be updated but it has not been since 04/21/2007.
Thank you to all that have helped: (Links to all these are on links page
here)
Steve Schwing, for all the phone calls and parts and much more!
Modshack Rocks!
Renn-Art
GRD Performance
VFC-Engineering
Al @ CPT
Body Werks (no link for them, crappy C/S)
The AW TT and Chicago Forums
The Euroteknik.com forums
VWvortex
ECStuning.com
And everyone along the way - Thanks!
If I have forgotten anyone, or anything, email me anytime here.
Events that I have attended so far:
Treffen 2004
Gingerman late in 2004
First GTG @ Fuddruckers in Schaumburg - 2005
TT-East 2005 (www.tailofthedragon.com) Want to drive YOUR car - this is
place!
Blackhawk Farms Raceway 2005
Autobahn Country Club (North course) 2005
Grattan Raceway 2005
1 Tire Rack Auto-x 2005
4 Maywood Park Auto-x 2005
Waterfest 2005 (TT was in Audiworld.com booth!)
There is more than this, I just have not updated this section - I
also won 3 trophy's and 3 Plaques all for FIRST PLACE!!
HIN Nightshift 2006 - Hottest Audi
HIN 2007 - Hottest Audi
Rays Electronics Local Car Show - Hottest Euro
And then 3 years in a row 1st place in my class @ Treffen
Don't forget, if you want more pics, and daily updates on what is going
on in my day, check out this link here
- It is my "Land of Uneek" blog.