riceburner
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Hi, I'm Riceburner! I have been through a lot of cars over the years here so for any rando checking this thread out, this post will contain all the cars I've had, from newest to oldest moving down.
On this forum you may see the term 'Riceburnering' from time to time. Well thats because I have been through quite a few cars over the last 10 years. I get one, pour money and time into it, love it, then get the feel for something new, or circumstances change, and there I go doing it all over again. I feel like, on the 6 or 7 VW/Audis I've owned I pretty much do the same general stuff to them. But hey, its fun. Happy trolling!
June 2023 - current:
2007 GTI, Candy White, Leather/Premium Package
After all the white gtis i have had so far, i am so excited to finally be in a proper, clean, manual mk5. Many have touted this to the best gti, if not the 7, and i agree. I have fallen in love with how it looks, sounds and performs. Hoping to keep this one for a long time.
Drivetrain
custom tune by Mobil 1 in Glenview IL
Integrated Engineering catted downpipe
Intake
DV+
ECS Oil Filter Housing
ECS Turbo Outlet Pipe
ECS Cold Side Piping / Throttle Body Piping
CTS Short Shifter, cable bushings
BFI Stage 1 engine/trans mount
Dogbone puck
noise pipe delete
Did axles, N80 valve, 02 Sensor, MAF sensor, NGK BKR7EIX plugs, coolant temp sensor pigtail, high bar fuel filter, fuel pump, PCV
Suspension / Wheels / Brakes
Flow One F2 18X9, Firestone Firehawk for summer
Austin wheels and blizzaks for winter
H&R Springs
Bilstein B4 Struts and Shocks
ECS Front Subframe Deadset Kit
S3 OEM Rear Control Arm Bushings
Did sway bar endlinks, hubs, ball joints
Zimmermann rotors,
Interior
Boomba Shift Knob
Clutch Stop
Sony android head unit
Wireless carplay
kenwood amplifier
Began red stitching seats
Sound deadening throughout car to reduce rattles and creaks
led interior lights everywhere
Exterior
Full votex 'ground effects' kit
Aftermarket front bumper with sidemarkers shaved
OEM Grill
Black/red VW Badge, black rear badge and paint match inner
Shaved GTI Badges
Custom painted headlights, new lenses, osram D2S hid bulbs 5000k, 3000k led fog lights, 3000k brights
Euro R32 Taillights
Window tantz
Ebay duckbill spoiler
Rear wiper delete
Different exhaust tips
Dec 2022 - May 2023:
2000 Audi S4
Finally! I started to get a serious itch for these a little while back and then started looking for a good one for months while debating to sell my R or not. Ultimately sold the R and got this and a B8 for the same price as the R! Win? Lose? Time will tell as the B8 and B5, both of which notorious for having very expensive problems (especially when pushed hard under more power) unfolds!
On a high level this car sounds great, looks both great and subdued (which typically aint my style but i make an exception on this one) and drives like a dream.
K04 Turbos
AWE Downpipes
Borla Catback
Swaybars
Chassis stiffening
Springs/shocks
Rebuilt/upgraded transmission
Short shift goodies
Some other goodies on it
Nov 2022 - August 2023 - 2010 B8 Audi S4
bought this car upon selling the R so that my wife could still drive something and something fun for me still when i drive it.
This one is pretty clapped out compared to the 8.5 i had back in 2021, but its still a fun and pretty awesome car.
Moonstone Pearl Effect, 7speed dsg, charcoal alacanatara interior.
Sparco wheels
Stage 1 tune
I.e. intake
rs4 grills
New headlight lenses
Ebc pads
This one has 170k and while it runs great and drives reasonably well, the dsg feels horrible and will likely need to have the mechatronic unit replaced if i cant riceburn it first.
Nov 2021 to Nov 22:
2015 Golf R, DSG (For now?), DCC, Limestone Grey Metallic
Its was a super great car, def a dream car since they first came out. The turbo kit really woke it up. But I really regretted getting a DSG (again...) and therefore found myself in the midst of debating to sell it for another manual car, manual swap it, or buy something like a MK5 to beat on, on the side.
Engine:
APR DTR6054 Turbo Kit
APR High Pressure and Low Pressure Fuel Pump Upgrade
034 Intake (I think?)
APR Oil Catch Can
GFB AWD DV+
Drivetrain
APR DSG Tune
034 V1 Dogbone insert
Suspension/Chassis
None for now, but DCC!
Konig Ampliform 18x8.5"
Michelin Pilot Sport 4S
VWR Stud Conversion
Brakes:
Zimmerzhong drilled rotors
Stoptech pads
Interior
Weathertech mats
MOJO Mats
Leyo DSG knob
Leyo HVAC knobs
Some dsg paddles
Deautokey RGB Footwell lights
New Steering Wheel Cover
Exterior
Window Tants
MK7.5 Euro Taillights OEM
Aerofabb Spoiler Extension
Color match rear badge insert
All black VW and R badges
Electric blue ‘R’ badge inlays
All black front grille
Blackout the chrome
Black mirror caps
VW Roof Rack
Feb 2022 - August 2022
1987 Pontiac Fiero, 2.4L Iron Duke, 3 Spd Auto!
Fun little car I had for the summer that I inherited from my grandmother but unfortunately just didn't have the heart or space to keep it long.
July 2021 to December 2021:
2007 Jetta Wolfsburg Edition in 6spd Manual! Super fun little car that was a GLI/GTI in disguise. I bought an actual (wrecked) GLI and swapped a ton of stuff onto this one (mostly interior stuff) but ultimately sold it when i got my R. Miss it, it was a fun cheap car I got from Jay745.
APR Stage 1
Some sort of intake
OZ Ultralegerra 17" Wheels (which looked the business)
GLI Grilles
GLI Headlights
GLI Euro Taillights
Trunk lip spoiler
Black emblems
GLI Seats, some interior plastics, gauges, etc
New shift knob and steering wheel cover
Apple carplay radio
Feb 2021 - July 2021
2016 Audi S4 Prestige Edition, 6spd Manual, Black Optics Package, Daytona Pearl paint
AWESOME car, highly suggest if you have the means.
Stage 1 APR
South Bend Stage 2 Clutch
Integrated Engineering Intake
BFI Shift Knob
I made custom headlights for it
RS4 Grilles
Black emblems
Tants
I think thats all i did to this car - Supercharger whine was amazing, it was very quick and nimble. Rode great. Sold it to get a house. Should have kept it.
Aug 2019 - March 2020: 2016 GTI SE, Manual, Performance Package w/ lighting and DCC package, candy white
Perfect car, also should have kept this one.
Goals were to have a Semi-fast street car, IS38. Something that looks great and rides nice. Hoped to do a little bit of unique work to it - nothing too run of the mill but nothing too crazy either.
Ultimately sold it cause i didn't wanna do the is38 and clutch and got an S4... which i did a clutch for anyway. facepalm but AWD was great.
Engine
APR Stage 2, 93 octane, Low Torque tune with pops and bangs enabled
Integrated engjneering intercooler 4/25/20
HPA catted Downpipe 4/25/20
Vibrant resonator swapped into stock location
Integrated Engineering Open intake
Coolant line re-route (for aftermarket intakes)
ECS inlet Pipe
ECS Turbo Muffler Delete
Removed: Modded stock intake
Drivetrain
HPA Dogbone
034 trans mount
BFI engine mount
034 shifter bushing kit
Audi shift lever
BFI Shift knob, lowered
Suspension:
VWR Lowering Springs
heavy duty front endlinks
ECS rear subframe brace
ECS adjustable rear endlinks
Wheels
Komig Ampliform 8.5x18"
General G-Max tires
Stud conversion, open end lugnuts
BFI 10MM spacers all around
Brakes
Performance Brake Package
Brembo dimpled rotors
Brembo ceramic pads
Exterior
35% tint all around
Aerofabb spoiler extension
BEC MK7.5 Euro Tail Lights
Sequential, smoked mirror signal lights
Black pinstripe on front grille
LED rear plate lights
Black/red 'VW' logos front and back
Debadge all 'GTI' Badges
Front license plate delete plugs
APR fender decals
Rear wiper delete
Black headlight eyelids
ECS Exhaust Tips
Interior
Newsouth vent boost gauge
Kili motorworks red steering wheel badge inlay
Swap 12V socket to dual USB outlet
Skoda Hatch Nets, red
Steering wheel wrap
Mojo mats
ECS climate control rings
Sound deadened whole rear of car
Coding
Windows up/down with keyfob
Soundaktor
Disable DRL with signals
Throttle input to sensitive
On this forum you may see the term 'Riceburnering' from time to time. Well thats because I have been through quite a few cars over the last 10 years. I get one, pour money and time into it, love it, then get the feel for something new, or circumstances change, and there I go doing it all over again. I feel like, on the 6 or 7 VW/Audis I've owned I pretty much do the same general stuff to them. But hey, its fun. Happy trolling!
June 2023 - current:
2007 GTI, Candy White, Leather/Premium Package
After all the white gtis i have had so far, i am so excited to finally be in a proper, clean, manual mk5. Many have touted this to the best gti, if not the 7, and i agree. I have fallen in love with how it looks, sounds and performs. Hoping to keep this one for a long time.
Drivetrain
custom tune by Mobil 1 in Glenview IL
Integrated Engineering catted downpipe
Intake
DV+
ECS Oil Filter Housing
ECS Turbo Outlet Pipe
ECS Cold Side Piping / Throttle Body Piping
CTS Short Shifter, cable bushings
BFI Stage 1 engine/trans mount
Dogbone puck
noise pipe delete
Did axles, N80 valve, 02 Sensor, MAF sensor, NGK BKR7EIX plugs, coolant temp sensor pigtail, high bar fuel filter, fuel pump, PCV
Suspension / Wheels / Brakes
Flow One F2 18X9, Firestone Firehawk for summer
Austin wheels and blizzaks for winter
H&R Springs
Bilstein B4 Struts and Shocks
ECS Front Subframe Deadset Kit
S3 OEM Rear Control Arm Bushings
Did sway bar endlinks, hubs, ball joints
Zimmermann rotors,
Interior
Boomba Shift Knob
Clutch Stop
Sony android head unit
Wireless carplay
kenwood amplifier
Began red stitching seats
Sound deadening throughout car to reduce rattles and creaks
led interior lights everywhere
Exterior
Full votex 'ground effects' kit
Aftermarket front bumper with sidemarkers shaved
OEM Grill
Black/red VW Badge, black rear badge and paint match inner
Shaved GTI Badges
Custom painted headlights, new lenses, osram D2S hid bulbs 5000k, 3000k led fog lights, 3000k brights
Euro R32 Taillights
Window tantz
Ebay duckbill spoiler
Rear wiper delete
Different exhaust tips
Dec 2022 - May 2023:
2000 Audi S4
Finally! I started to get a serious itch for these a little while back and then started looking for a good one for months while debating to sell my R or not. Ultimately sold the R and got this and a B8 for the same price as the R! Win? Lose? Time will tell as the B8 and B5, both of which notorious for having very expensive problems (especially when pushed hard under more power) unfolds!
On a high level this car sounds great, looks both great and subdued (which typically aint my style but i make an exception on this one) and drives like a dream.
K04 Turbos
AWE Downpipes
Borla Catback
Swaybars
Chassis stiffening
Springs/shocks
Rebuilt/upgraded transmission
Short shift goodies
Some other goodies on it
Nov 2022 - August 2023 - 2010 B8 Audi S4
bought this car upon selling the R so that my wife could still drive something and something fun for me still when i drive it.
This one is pretty clapped out compared to the 8.5 i had back in 2021, but its still a fun and pretty awesome car.
Moonstone Pearl Effect, 7speed dsg, charcoal alacanatara interior.
Sparco wheels
Stage 1 tune
I.e. intake
rs4 grills
New headlight lenses
Ebc pads
This one has 170k and while it runs great and drives reasonably well, the dsg feels horrible and will likely need to have the mechatronic unit replaced if i cant riceburn it first.
Nov 2021 to Nov 22:
2015 Golf R, DSG (For now?), DCC, Limestone Grey Metallic
Its was a super great car, def a dream car since they first came out. The turbo kit really woke it up. But I really regretted getting a DSG (again...) and therefore found myself in the midst of debating to sell it for another manual car, manual swap it, or buy something like a MK5 to beat on, on the side.
Engine:
APR DTR6054 Turbo Kit
APR High Pressure and Low Pressure Fuel Pump Upgrade
034 Intake (I think?)
APR Oil Catch Can
GFB AWD DV+
Drivetrain
APR DSG Tune
034 V1 Dogbone insert
Suspension/Chassis
None for now, but DCC!
Konig Ampliform 18x8.5"
Michelin Pilot Sport 4S
VWR Stud Conversion
Brakes:
Zimmerzhong drilled rotors
Stoptech pads
Interior
Weathertech mats
MOJO Mats
Leyo DSG knob
Leyo HVAC knobs
Some dsg paddles
Deautokey RGB Footwell lights
New Steering Wheel Cover
Exterior
Window Tants
MK7.5 Euro Taillights OEM
Aerofabb Spoiler Extension
Color match rear badge insert
All black VW and R badges
Electric blue ‘R’ badge inlays
All black front grille
Blackout the chrome
Black mirror caps
VW Roof Rack
Feb 2022 - August 2022
1987 Pontiac Fiero, 2.4L Iron Duke, 3 Spd Auto!
Fun little car I had for the summer that I inherited from my grandmother but unfortunately just didn't have the heart or space to keep it long.
July 2021 to December 2021:
2007 Jetta Wolfsburg Edition in 6spd Manual! Super fun little car that was a GLI/GTI in disguise. I bought an actual (wrecked) GLI and swapped a ton of stuff onto this one (mostly interior stuff) but ultimately sold it when i got my R. Miss it, it was a fun cheap car I got from Jay745.
APR Stage 1
Some sort of intake
OZ Ultralegerra 17" Wheels (which looked the business)
GLI Grilles
GLI Headlights
GLI Euro Taillights
Trunk lip spoiler
Black emblems
GLI Seats, some interior plastics, gauges, etc
New shift knob and steering wheel cover
Apple carplay radio
Feb 2021 - July 2021
2016 Audi S4 Prestige Edition, 6spd Manual, Black Optics Package, Daytona Pearl paint
AWESOME car, highly suggest if you have the means.
Stage 1 APR
South Bend Stage 2 Clutch
Integrated Engineering Intake
BFI Shift Knob
I made custom headlights for it
RS4 Grilles
Black emblems
Tants
I think thats all i did to this car - Supercharger whine was amazing, it was very quick and nimble. Rode great. Sold it to get a house. Should have kept it.
Aug 2019 - March 2020: 2016 GTI SE, Manual, Performance Package w/ lighting and DCC package, candy white
Perfect car, also should have kept this one.
Goals were to have a Semi-fast street car, IS38. Something that looks great and rides nice. Hoped to do a little bit of unique work to it - nothing too run of the mill but nothing too crazy either.
Ultimately sold it cause i didn't wanna do the is38 and clutch and got an S4... which i did a clutch for anyway. facepalm but AWD was great.
Engine
APR Stage 2, 93 octane, Low Torque tune with pops and bangs enabled
Integrated engjneering intercooler 4/25/20
HPA catted Downpipe 4/25/20
Vibrant resonator swapped into stock location
Integrated Engineering Open intake
Coolant line re-route (for aftermarket intakes)
ECS inlet Pipe
ECS Turbo Muffler Delete
Removed: Modded stock intake
Drivetrain
HPA Dogbone
034 trans mount
BFI engine mount
034 shifter bushing kit
Audi shift lever
BFI Shift knob, lowered
Suspension:
VWR Lowering Springs
heavy duty front endlinks
ECS rear subframe brace
ECS adjustable rear endlinks
Wheels
Komig Ampliform 8.5x18"
General G-Max tires
Stud conversion, open end lugnuts
BFI 10MM spacers all around
Brakes
Performance Brake Package
Brembo dimpled rotors
Brembo ceramic pads
Exterior
35% tint all around
Aerofabb spoiler extension
BEC MK7.5 Euro Tail Lights
Sequential, smoked mirror signal lights
Black pinstripe on front grille
LED rear plate lights
Black/red 'VW' logos front and back
Debadge all 'GTI' Badges
Front license plate delete plugs
APR fender decals
Rear wiper delete
Black headlight eyelids
ECS Exhaust Tips
Interior
Newsouth vent boost gauge
Kili motorworks red steering wheel badge inlay
Swap 12V socket to dual USB outlet
Skoda Hatch Nets, red
Steering wheel wrap
Mojo mats
ECS climate control rings
Sound deadened whole rear of car
Coding
Windows up/down with keyfob
Soundaktor
Disable DRL with signals
Throttle input to sensitive
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