[A8] Accident in my 2001 A8 2 days ago. I have a ?? for you all????

[Mike Ryan]

These guys do Audi all the time, A8's specifically so vs paying for new
parts via insurance money I wanted to grab this 2000 A8 with a bad tranny
and take the trunk/bumper etc

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 12:51 AM
To: Cody Forbes
Cc: Mike Ryan; speed at maxboostracing.com; a8 at audifans.com;
quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Accident in my 2001 A8 2 days ago. I have a ?? for you all????

Cody's right.  You may actually want to go to an Audi dealer, where 
their body shop will be trained in repairing the aluminum cars.

On 8/24/2011 11:12 PM, Cody Forbes wrote:
> It's going to take a pretty good body shop. People that can weld (old,
> work hardened) aluminum well enough to do you car more good than bad are
> few and far between. I'm not certain of parts compatibility, but I'd
> think they should be the same. IIRC the L bit is in the middle of the
> car with the goal of more rear seat leg room.
>
> -Cody
>
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> From: "Mike Ryan" <mickeytryan1 at cox.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:39 PM
> To: "'Cody Forbes'" <cody at 5000tq.com>; <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Cc: <speed at maxboostracing.com>; <a8 at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Accident in my 2001 A8 2 days ago. I have a ?? for you all????
>
>>
>> I was rear ended the other day while sitting at a red light. The truck,
>> fender is toast, drivable but needs body work. Mine is an A8L and I was
>> going to buy a 2000 A8 and use its bumper and trunk. Is this feasible?
>>
>>
>
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