Hi There,

Really needing some help folks. Can someone or anyone please tell me what is meant to connect these two mounts please. Bought this 2012 A5 and discovered it had been in an accident. So im trying to rebuild bits that were missing. Having a nightmare from airbag lights have black silicone inside the readout to crash sensors missing. 

Thanks in advance 

Welcome Ryan, 

Are you saying you didn’t know it had been in an accident before you bought it? 
Dealer or private purchase? 
If you haven’t changed the closing panel then someone has - marked A5 12 - in the usual breaker form.

I seems you are asking whether there is any ‘cross bar’ between what appears to be radiator mounting brackets. Is that right? 
Well worth looking up LLL Parts website, where you should find a schematic drawing of what might have been there - if anything.

Please let us know how you get on.

Regards,

Gareth.

22 minutes ago, Magnet said:

Welcome Ryan, 

Are you saying you didn’t know it had been in an accident before you bought it? 
Dealer or private purchase? 
If you haven’t changed the closing panel then someone has - marked A5 12 - in the usual breaker form.

I seems you are asking whether there is any ‘cross bar’ between what appears to be radiator mounting brackets. Is that right? 
Well worth looking up LLL Parts website, where you should find a schematic drawing of what might have been there - if anything.

Please let us know how you get on.

Regards,

Gareth.

Hi Gareth,

Private sale mate

Thanks for the info mate. No I didn't know it had been in an accident . The first thing that gave the clue was a bouncing headlight in the dark 3 days after I bought it. So I got the car inspected by a garage and they found a few things , confirmed it had accident damage and didn't charge me as they knew I'd some job on my hands. So luckily I've a good friend who is car daft. He stripped the front end and found a split crash bar, the bumper was glued on, loads of fixing screws missing, headlight mounts not screwed in properly, headlight washer pipe not connected, no crash sensors connected, the dash had been tampered with to the point they stuck black silicone over the airbag symbol  and various other things.

I messaged the guy i bought it off and he obviously denied knowing anything. So I kept sending him pictures of all the faults and dangerous things we found. He eventually offered £500 to help fix the issues. 

I've managed to source nearly all the parts within his £500 commitment . The car only has 58k miles which I've checked. 

 

 

Ryan.

From what you wrote there has clearly been attempt to hide the crash damage, so it is possible there is more that you have not discovered yet. Before spending any more money and effort on repairs it would be worth checking all the body panels for their fit and alignment. If any of them look wrong or the doors do not close as they should, I would have the body and chassis alignment professionally checked at a body shop. It will be expensive, but better to find out now if it is twisted and in need of even more expensive work that might be uneconomic.

2 hours ago, cliffcoggin said:

Ryan.

From what you wrote there has clearly been attempt to hide the crash damage, so it is possible there is more that you have not discovered yet. Before spending any more money and effort on repairs it would be worth checking all the body panels for their fit and alignment. If any of them look wrong or the doors do not close as they should, I would have the body and chassis alignment professionally checked at a body shop. It will be expensive, but better to find out now if it is twisted and in need of even more expensive work that might be uneconomic.

Hi Cliff

Thanks for replying to my post. I've had the car thoroughly checked over and they were satisfied that there's no major damage. I was also told that major impact would show up on the diagnostic computer. Hopefully I've managed to escape a major financial catastrophe .

Too late now, Ryan, but I guess you didn’t spend £10 on a VCheck report before buying. Does the V5 list it as  a Category x insurance loss?