Hi everyone,

I am in possession of an B5 Audi A4 2.3 V6 Petrol from 1999.  REG T874 AFC.

I am hoping to get it into showroom condition for an elderly friend, Geoff.  

His wife passed away 6 years ago and it has been in the garage ever since. 

It is in pretty good condition with only 24K miles and a full service history. 

I have checked the fluids, cam belt ( as best as possible)changed the fuel, used some fogging oil and she started no problem. 

Geoff is keen to sell it at auction on Bangers and Cash. Not sure if it is their sort of thing or not though. 

I understand it is a reasonably rare model, and I have not been able to find one for sale!!

I was hoping to find some advice here and to tips on this site.  

Any advice on where I could purchase the following would be much appreciated.

• Alloy Wheel Centre Caps
• Front drivers side outside plastic Trim 
• Touch up paint name / code  

Many thanks in advance, hope you enjoy the the overload of pictures 🙂

regards

Turboted (Martin)

 

Hi Martin,

Strangely enough I have a similar car. It is the same age 1999 but the 2.8 automatic engine. However we have done a lot more miles in her, 189000 last I looked. The side rubber strips peeled back a long time ago and our Audi approved garage glued them back on and they have been fantastic since. New Audi parts have not been available for years and the clips were not substantial even if new strips could be found. 

You seem to have different wheel caps but I googled my new ones very recently. The originals were plastic on my car surprisingly and when one broke off I was able to get measurements and details so that I could find the correct new ones. They are a perfect match and when I had the wheels re alloyed they worked nicely.

Surrey Dents and Scratches in Chessington Industrial Estate and speak to Chris is my go to for bodywork. The touch up he has done has been phenomenal as far as colour matching on my Audi. But I suggest take the car to your nearest body shop should be able to do a good match on the colour it is now after 25yrs of weathering.

Hope that helps and best wishes with your project. It is a lovely thing to do for a friend and worth it for such a lovely car with such low mileage. regards Katrina