Tasteful Modifications Thread
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Tanner Foust's Passat drift car.
Work of art.
Work of art.
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Was looking for rims for my A8L when this A8 popped up *It's an A8 with S8 bits here and there, namely bumpers, mirrors, exhaust and tailights*
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SHUT UP AND DO IT
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"They’re original 20 inch OZ Futuras sourced out of Italy by Mike. It took him a total of nine months to get the wheels ready for the car between waiting on the wheels to arrive from over seas to having them completely rebuilt to his specs. The rebuild included a redrill to 5×112, relipped, and fully polished, resulting in the final specs of 20×10 +13 235/35 front and 20×10 +8 255/30 rear."
Yeah......
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Honestly, I don't like how that wheel looks in larger sizes, especially with how old it is.
I know, but it's a one-off. So I'll let it slide. Do you know of any other wide five spoke deep dish rims large enough to suit an A8?
The only ones I know of, are OEM Audi rims scaled up to 19 or 20 inches and chromed out. Which look beautiful tbh.
Like these
Or these
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Futuras are one of my favorite wheels so I've done some research myself.I know, but it's a one-off. So I'll let it slide. Do you know of any other wide five spoke deep dish rims large enough to suit an A8?
The only ones I know of, are OEM Audi rims scaled up to 19 or 20 inches and chromed out. Which look beautiful tbh.
Like these
Or these
These are pretty similar http://www.avantgardewheels.com/m240.php They're not quite the right size though.
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Here's one on Rotiforms... I'm borderline with this one...
Then there's this one:
Then there's this one:
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The one on this page? Tanner Faust's Passat drift car? That's a GM LSx. The water pump pulley is a dead giveaway, but failing that, the heads (far too narrow for DOHC--Maserati hasn't built an OHV V8 as far as I know, at least not recently--and no indication of appropriate timing gear) should at least point to something other than Maserati. Then there's the "where do I find parts to build my Italian V8 for drift use in a German car?" factor.
Here's the pump:
I sure hope you're referring to the engine I think you are.
And please don't take my matter-of-fact phrasing as a sign of my mocking anyone who could make this mistake, because I'm not and it's not that absurd a mistake to make. Now if you'd assumed it was a rotary...
Oh, and here's a contemporary Maserati V8 (whose water pump appears it may be driven externally from the reverse). Note the size of the heads and double bumps at the front of them to indicate timing gear:
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Then there's this one:
Nah.
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The third image isn't even a 959, so it's even more odd.
I do like that Photoshop 959 though, if that could be made real it would be a real beauty.
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The vent on the rear deck seems to follow the 959 convention rather than the 993's.
Having said that, it's so far removed from either car that I'd need to see the original to know what it was based on.
