Comeback with a wide body project :)

**Aliel** · 07-14-2011 01:42 PM

Hello everybody!

I am an old member here but not many people know because I have been missing for the longest time and probably the members I used to talk to more often no longer have the cars or post here. I moved from NJ to Albania and started a business which I struggled to make it work and in the end it didn't so my car was no longer my priority. Don't get me wrong I love my car and I never got rid of it and drove and enjoyed just never had the cash or time to work on it anymore.

This is how my car looked in the beginning:

And I turned it into this:

And then an asshole in a big truck turned it into this:

So thankfully I got a new job and decided to do everything I wanted to do to the car, well body wise - no cash for engine work atm. Totally custom wide body, custom sides, custom front bumper, projectzwo rear which will be modified. I even got the plastic mesh from germany so everything looks at place. It will take 2-3 months to complete because it is very very hard to do. Also I am not posting it in the project forum because I am not doing the work. A good friend of mine from Realb Design, an amazing body guy and painter is doing it. The color I am pretty much 90% sure on what I want. No more satin. It will be shiny

. The wheels for now are staying the same just changing the color. I ordered some 30mm spacers through Mike Hood.

Ok enough with the talk. Let's do pictures of the progress so far:

Thank you and I hope you enjoyed

**revolution337** · 07-14-2011 01:45 PM

yes! glad to hear your back in the game!

**_zero** · 07-14-2011 01:50 PM

sry to hear about ur car.. shht was sick.. project looks like its coming along nicely. the way u have done the back panels resemble the 'bug eyes' wrx rears.. looks good! for my next color im thinking of going with a flat light grey.. flat meaning non metallic, not matte.. maroon or dark burgundy always looks nice too.. look forward to seeing how this turns out!

**Aliel** · 07-14-2011 02:05 PM

Thank you guys. I missed playing with my car so much. The inspiration is from wrx's old m3's and the new rs6's. The lines will be smothed out more and become more roundish than now. This is right after the fiberglass for reinforcement was laid. It is all welded metal underneath so it will never crack. I was thinking about the flat but glossy grey too. The old Porsche ones are nice. But then I though all my life I had grey cars so I'm going with something flashier this time. Not ricey though.

**cincyadam** · 07-14-2011 02:29 PM

definitely interested to see how this turns out!

**biketsai** · 07-14-2011 02:44 PM

Its definitely been a long time since you've been on!
Sweet WB project, pretty unique that I havent seen before. Keep us posted!

**JumboBlack1.8** · 07-14-2011 02:45 PM

Welcome back, man! SOME of the old timers are still here, but most just don't post as often anymore.......Sorry to hear about the business, the car, and such....but it's good to have another quality B5er back in the game. Keep us posted!

**geeky** · 07-14-2011 08:27 PM

Its refreshing to log back into this forum after a good few months to see a new wide body project, and its even more refreshing to see a different style of wide body other than the whole audi massive flare widebody. Lovin' the clean sharp edges and it reminds more of a rx7 FC widebody.

**live2shrednm** · 07-14-2011 08:36 PM

subscribed.... look forward to seeing this amazing project!

**Lazer Viking** · 07-14-2011 09:04 PM

welcome back.. very interested to see how this turns out, hard to picture those style flares on a b5

**KinkySlayer** · 07-14-2011 09:35 PM

cant wait to see the outcome!

**GrapeBandit** · 07-14-2011 09:52 PM

i would have gone just a tad bit wider in the rear. good luck with the project and cant wait to see the finished product. SUBSCRIBED

**aledelic42** · 07-14-2011 10:07 PM

reminds me a lot of a subaru in an interestingly good way

**Aliel** · 07-15-2011 03:36 AM

Thanks everybody for the warm welcome and I am very happy to see old timers also. I needed this welcome for being out of the game for so long. I didn't make it wider in the rear for a couple of reasons. First is that I wanted it to resemble more of the widebody style of the new RS6 in terms of smoothness and body integration. The second is that I will be using spacers and I didn't want to go larger than 30mm but I still want a decent stance. I have no cash for wheels atm and I don't think I will for a while so I didn't want it to look stupid. Third reason is that I will be doing RS4 style side skirts and they will flow with the front and rear fender, and I don't want them to come out too much and look like SUV's running boards. The width of the car will resemble more the width or the RS4 or maybe a tad narrower.

I will post updates as soon as I check on the car and when the car progresses more I promise better quality pictures.

Again thanks everybody for the welcome and hope everybody will enjoy it once its done.

**revbjeff** · 07-15-2011 04:20 AM

Love the new lines. Reminds me of Porsche 944

**savetheclutch** · 07-15-2011 05:00 AM

wow I had not seen your car in years!! I remember when you did the flat black :p holly crap we are getting old lol

**A4Rob** · 07-15-2011 06:41 AM

Welcome back. I love the golf rallye style fenders. Keep us posted.

**Aliel** · 07-18-2011 05:37 AM

We are getting old. I have been on AZ and with my car for 5 or 6 years. Good thing I love this car.
And hopefully I will get to be more active again on here.

Here are some small updates.

**sy0296** · 07-18-2011 05:44 AM

very cool!! can't wait to see the final result.

reminds me of my:

**BlkBullitt** · 07-18-2011 05:45 AM

Welcome back!

Interesting choice on the execution of the widebody... it will definitely be one of a kind and I'm interested to see what it looks like once completed. What are your plans for the following...

1. Front fender sidemarkers (keeping them or shaving)
2. Door handles (keeping, retrofitting facelift, or shaving)
3. Lower door molding/side skirts
4. Inner fender wells... both metal and plastic liner wise
5. Front bumper
6. Rear bumper

**Aliel** · 07-18-2011 05:49 AM

fucking hot M3 :) i love it.

**Aliel** · 07-18-2011 05:55 AM

1. Sidemarkers will be shaved and I will be trying to do some signals in the mirrors but it will be a very thin looking one like the Q7 A5 etc. mirror signals.
2. Door handles will stay the same. I don't want to shave them as it is my daily and I don't like the way the facelift ones look with my choice of widebody. If I did something more rounder like the RS4 widebody then I would have changed them.
3. Side skirts will be custom made for the body but it will be RS4 style.
4. The metal parts are being extended and about the plastics I will try to extend the plastic ones with plastic welding and If I don't suceed I will try to retrofit RS4 ones.
5. Front bumper will be the Kerscher one but with some modifications to make it more simple and RS4 style.
6. Rear bumper will stay the same with the molded projectzwo rear and it will just be widened to the body and maybe extend the lower sides to match the side skirts.

But the main concern at the moment is the welding and cutting the passenger side of the car as the fuel tank is there and it is scary :)

Originally Posted by BlkBullitt

Welcome back!

Interesting choice on the execution of the widebody... it will definitely be one of a kind and I'm interested to see what it looks like once completed. What are your plans for the following...

1. Front fender sidemarkers (keeping them or shaving)
2. Door handles (keeping, retrofitting facelift, or shaving)
3. Lower door molding/side skirts
4. Inner fender wells... both metal and plastic liner wise
5. Front bumper
6. Rear bumper

**Aliel** · 07-19-2011 06:39 AM

More pics from today:

**brettj20** · 07-19-2011 07:48 AM

nice metal working skills, looking good

**NeedingAnAudi** · 07-19-2011 08:21 AM

One suggestion, I feel that with all this amazing body work you should weld in the facelift style door handles. Has a URQuattro feel to itfor sure

**mikehawk666** · 07-19-2011 08:49 AM

nice!

**GrapeBandit** · 07-19-2011 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by NeedingAnAudi

One suggestion, I feel that with all this amazing body work you should weld in the facelift style door handles. Has a URQuattro feel to itfor sure

nah, just shave them. if you were stateside, id sell you my 4 doors that are shaved

**A4Rob** · 07-19-2011 12:11 PM

Nice progress

**Aliel** · 07-19-2011 03:26 PM

I think I am going to leave the handles alone as with whatever I am trying to achieve body wise will be more suited with the prefacelift ones. My friend thats doing the work was begging me to shave the handles and I just don't think it will look ok with this body style.

Rob I appreciate the support and if my car comes out to be half as nice as yours I'll be happy :)

The mesh from Germany showed up today. All plastic and nice and thick.

**B5addiction** · 07-19-2011 04:27 PM

^ Scroll up and down on that picture

Car looks amazing!

**JumboBlack1.8** · 07-19-2011 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Aliel

Nice! I really need to find somewhere in the US that sells that for reasonable prices

**Aliel** · 07-19-2011 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by JumboBlack1.8

Nice! I really need to find somewhere in the US that sells that for reasonable prices

Mine was about 88 USD for two of them because I want to do the bumper the grille and maybe a small part of the hood and I want to have some leftover just to have it.
I got mine from http://regulatuning.de/ and their email is [email protected]. Their shipping is not expensive and I think you should drop them a line.

**Poopie** · 07-19-2011 11:38 PM

those body lines will be tits

**Aliel** · 07-20-2011 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Poopie

those body lines will be tits

Thank you Mr. Poops

**Capt. Obvious** · 07-20-2011 10:18 AM

Very cool! Definitely will be keeping my eyes on this.

**Duds** · 07-20-2011 12:47 PM

Can't wait to see more!

**ThatA4T** · 07-20-2011 12:53 PM

we need pics outside from a distance!

**Aliel** · 07-21-2011 07:19 AM

Ok more pics. Only one rear fender and one front one is done for now. He going to use these sides as a reference for the other two. He sprayed some primer to see how it is starting to come along.