Audi Tuning | VW Tuning

On behalf of the entire team here at Achtuning, we wish you a very Happy New Year!!

As we will be closed Friday for New Year, be sure to stop in today to take advantage of APR sale prices which end at midnight tonight online.  We will be open until 5pm Thursday for anyone who wants to come in for APR ECU upgrades or merchandise pick-up.  As always, give us a call if you have questions or concerns.

A friendly reminder – APR’s “Power into Summer” Sale ends this Friday July 31st! We’ve got several people coming in to take advantage of APR’s special pricing before it’s gone for the rest of the summer so don’t waste any more time and get in here for your free extra programs on your ECU purchase!!

There’s also 10% off APR’s turbo kits, exhaust systems, intakes, and motorsport items which we stock a lot of so give us a call!

John’s Audi TT received a good deal of upgrades courtesy of an APR 3″ turbo-back exhaust and Stasis Streetsport suspension.

The turbo-back exhaust is a completely stainless-steel, mandrel-bent system that looks stunning beneath John’s car. At idle it has a nice low tone, deeper than stock. Once you hit the throttle though the car really makes its presence known.

We got the call from Adrian around 7pm Thursday evening. He mentioned he would be finishing up a military training session at 2am in LA that next morning, then arriving in Seattle early Friday. He asked what we might be able to do for his recently purchased Mk4 GTI. As it turned out, we had plenty readily available for him to get a good jump-start on his modding bug.Adrian ended up spending a big portion of his day with Achtuning as he asked us to transform his VW Mk4 GTI into an even better performing European hot hatch, courtesy of a Stasis Streetsport Coil-Over Kit and APR ECU Upgrade.

To Adrian’s surprise, we found that the GTI he picked up used had already been equipped with APR software, just locked out. We glady unlocked his software for him which opened up the budget for more performance parts. As it turned out, the brakes were also in need of attention and since we had a couple of StopTech’s 328×28mm Big Brake Kits on the shelf, he decided to go for it!

Adrian will have a chance to test out StopTech’s claims of having the best over-all braking distance improvement without the worry of over-working the master cylinder as brake bias is kept balanced with the appropriately sized brake pistons for the Mk4. Having larger, cleaner, and bright red calipers to show off that stopping power is just icing on the cake!

The Hartmann Wheel brand has been a solid product since it’s inception in 1978 and one we intend to keep alive for many years to come. In fact new plans are in the works for expanding the Hartmann product line in the near future but we’ll discuss more of that at another time.

As new wheel designs keep rolling in, new ideas are also floating around the office. We’re bringing back an old crest-style design and giving it some fresh new updates to accompany the Hartmann logo. The recent acquisition of a couple new toys, a plotter and a heat press, are going to help us do just that!

What do you guys think?

As we come up with some new designs, expect to see the Achtuning Apparel Product section grow as well! We’re hearing your requests to provide more Achtuning/Hartmann gear so expect to see more soon!

We wrapped up the Stasis Streetsport Coil-Over install on Nathan’s A4 last night. After the springs settle we’ll take a look and see how far the wheels can get pushed out with some H&R spacers as Nathan likes the Titanium Package 18″ wheels that came with the car but wants a more aggressive stance.

Ryan dropped off his MkV GTI the other day so we could swap some Hartmann Mesh 305s on. The Mesh 305s are 19×8.5″ ET48 which fits perfectly on a lowered MkV and the hyper silver on black combination really makes them pop!

The Hartmann Mesh 305 is currently on sale on our Achtuning online catalog, 225-35-19 tires are available as well!

STaSIS Engineering (thank you Jason) is giving everyone a sneak-peak at the parts currently being developed for the Audi R8. Pictured above and featured in the video below is their new exhaust system currently in testing. STaSIS Engineering is about 30-days away from debuting exhaust, brake, and suspension upgrades for Audi’s 4.2FSI R8.

Mark came in to see if we could do anything about his previous exhaust set-up – Apparently the down-pipe was bent after the car had bottomed-out. Ultimately it was determined that a replacement would be needed so Mark selected APR’s full system this time around.

It will be interesting to hear back from Mark about the differences (if any) between his previous exhaust (DeCorsa) and his new APR set-up.