Rozza's New 147 Tiguan

[team_v]

The bodykit you are looking for is done by Charactere.
The one you are looking at seems to be a copy/clone so i would look at the original ones (ABT, Charactere etc.)

I have read a thread on vortex about the sprintbooster and a lot of people have said not to bother and just go for the Stage 1 ecu remap.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...er-for-the-Tig

[PaulRozza]

The bodykit you are looking for is done by Charactere.
The one you are looking at seems to be a copy/clone so i would look at the original ones (ABT, Charactere etc.)

I have read a thread on vortex about the sprintbooster and a lot of people have said not to bother and just go for the Stage 1 ecu remap.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...er-for-the-Tig

Thanks, have found both the ABT and Caractere distributor here in Australia (same one, what a surprise)...the Caractere body kit I found was indeed genuine, just came from the US distributor (which for all intense and purpose looks like it may work out cheaper). Will advise once I've made a decision...bloody decisions!

[PaulRozza]

Just got off the phone with Thomas from Ramspeed P/L in Sydney re installing the ABT cosmetic mods and the quad muffler on the Tig. He asked if I had or intended to make any engine modifications, and I mentioned that I was looking at an APR Stage 1 ECU remap. He of course suggested that the ABT remap was the way to go.

Does anyone have experience with the ABT remap? I've read plenty and had good feedback on the APR mod, so interested to hear what the ABT mod may have to offer?

[team_v]

Just got off the phone with Thomas from Ramspeed P/L in Sydney re installing the ABT cosmetic mods and the quad muffler on the Tig. He asked if I had or intended to make any engine modifications, and I mentioned that I was looking at an APR Stage 1 ECU remap. He of course suggested that the ABT remap was the way to go.

Does anyone have experience with the ABT remap? I've read plenty and had good feedback on the APR mod, so interested to hear what the ABT mod may have to offer?

ABT have plenty of work in the EU but i wasn't aware that they even had a tuner in Australia.
I went with APR because they are local, support is readily available and there has been a lot of people use them with no worries.

The ABT tune will likely result in similar power/torque figures as APR's.

How much is the Quad tip costing you?

[epilot]

Paul,
also worth mentioning is that Simon's offsider at Autowerks, Mitch, is a factory trained VW mechanic,
regards

[PaulRozza]

ABT have plenty of work in the EU but i wasn't aware that they even had a tuner in Australia.
I went with APR because they are local, support is readily available and there has been a lot of people use them with no worries.

The ABT tune will likely result in similar power/torque figures as APR's.

How much is the Quad tip costing you?

Interesting, going to try and find some real world ABT figures to compare the upgrades. I can see the logic to lean towards APR as they're locally represented, and Stage 1 is just the tip of the Ice Berg.

As far as the exhaust is concerned, I haven't got a price for that only, just the full body kit including exhaust, bodykit, installation and paint, which is $13,000 inc. Some serious coin to make the Tig look different, so going to think this over for the next few days. End result should look like this for anyone interested...

[team_v]

Interesting, going to try and find some real world ABT figures to compare the upgrades. I can see the logic to lean towards APR as they're locally represented, and Stage 1 is just the tip of the Ice Berg.

As far as the exhaust is concerned, I haven't got a price for that only, just the full body kit including exhaust, bodykit, installation and paint, which is $13,000 inc. Some serious coin to make the Tig look different, so going to think this over for the next few days. End result should look like this for anyone interested...

Holy Bloody Hell!
13K is stupendous, i knew real ABT/charactere stuff was pricey but that is insane!
You could literally go to Stage 2 + K04 for that money and still have change left over.

I would do basic cosmetic mods to make your car stand out (coloured/new grill, new/coloured wheels, suspension work [coilies, bags, lift kit]

Let us know what you end up doing.

[PaulRozza]

...How much is the Quad tip costing you?

Finally managed to get a price just for the quad tip, as follows:

VW Tiguan – ABT rear skirt set with quad exhaust system:

Air Freight: $3,482 incl GST
Sea Freight: $3,197 incl GST
Fitment and painting: $1,765 incl GST.

So the best part of $5K minimum, but considering a new exhaust for a Golf R is around $3K, it's probably reasonable (and I use that word loosely!). As they say, a fool and his money are easily parted, and I just happen to be a fool!

[team_v]

Finally managed to get a price just for the quad tip, as follows:

VW Tiguan – ABT rear skirt set with quad exhaust system:

Air Freight: $3,482 incl GST
Sea Freight: $3,197 incl GST
Fitment and painting: $1,765 incl GST.

So the best part of $5K minimum, but considering a new exhaust for a Golf R is around $3K, it's probably reasonable (and I use that word loosely!). As they say, a fool and his money are easily parted, and I just happen to be a fool!

And that is Catback only + new rear bumper??
Could be worse but the restrictive point is the downpipe and cat, not really the rest of the exhaust.

[aussietig]

Some serious coin to make the Tig look different, so going to think this over for the next few days

Don't do it! Even if you have the dough to blow!

Say "coitus interruptus" a few times in your head, if it helps!

Works for me ... right at the height of the excitement!