JimR

I zip-tied my rear bumper tow hook cover.

Hey, this place is slow as Christmas, it needs some content.

I'm getting clear bra installed next week.

Craig3Q

Whenever I've been to the track and install the rear tow hook, I think, I ought to zip-tie the cover

racer-genx

Zip tie the tow hook cover? How, I've never pulled mine off (out of fear it won't go back/stay)

krazyboi

removing it, but i zip tied mine as well.

If you reach up underneath the rear bumper, you'll find some sort of location you can zip tie to.

OOOO-A3

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JimR

I had to drill a small hole inside my bumper. The cover had one, but the bumper did not.

AVANT S4 KING

-VAG COM mods for door locks/windows, etc.
-Replaced the H11 bulbs with modified H9's. Much brighter (1350 lumens from the H11, 2100 from the H9)

JimR

And yeah, I need to do the VAG-COM stuff.

AVANT S4 KING

that with a tiny modification to the plug (of the bulb), you can easily use an H9 bulb for your low beams.

You can find H9 bulbs at nearly any auto parts store (I ordered them from Amazon, though). Once you have the bulb, you simply need to shave off the upper notch inside the plug with a razor blade (see image). I also swapped the red seals from the original bulbs to the new bulbs as they were thinner and made installation much easier.

Here is a bulb comparison. H9 unmodified on the left, modified on the right:
<img src="http://www.casas4.com/A3/Bulbs-1.JPG" alt="H9 bulbs for Audi A3" />

And here is H9 (left) vs H11 (right) output:
<img src="http://www.casas4.com/A3/Bulbs-2.JPG" alt="H9 bulbs for Audi A3" />

krazyboi

Genius! Such a simple mod too.