I guess I was hoping to reassure myself of getting the SC kit, but yeah, I guess it would be smarter to just do bolt-ons. I just bought a used set of AA headers for relative cheap, so I'm excited about that at least. I forget sometimes my 1 has over 100k miles even as reliable as it has been thus far, I'd be even more sad if I blew the motor.
So, headers, tune, 3stage intake manifold already there for the n51... any other thoughts for bolt ons? i was also considering the supersprint mid section resonator delete but i think i heard/read that its way too loud then. i also have a vert so i think any complaints of noise level on a coupe would be way higher on a vert