Advice needed

[Tony Hoffman]

You have a couple of options here. I don't see any reason whatsoever why
you wouldn't have the repairs done, if you like the car.

First, you can have it repaired as mentioned, and a good body shop should
be able to make it look like new when finished.

Second, you can check with car-part.com and find some matching used parts
(done this for several customers in teh past). If it's a similar year car,
and the paint code is teh same, the color will match. With this option, you
could buy the parts from, say AZ, and know you are getting clean stuff
(unless the car came form up north, of course). I'm in TX, so I've always
got nice parts.

Know this, though, you will need to have the parts crated and shipped if
you don't want them damaged.

BTW, sounds like a nice car.

HTH,
Tony

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

> I have owned a '99 A6 quattro avant for the past five years. I bought it
> with 135K from Chris Semple; it now as 192K.
>
> The car is black with black leather, with most options. I have done some
> upgrades to the car, including suspension (Hotchkis bars, Bilsteins),
> brakes ( Bira S3 front, B5 S4 rear), sport leather interior from a C5 2.7t,
> etc.
>
> It's a nice car...drives like it's 2 or 3 years old. And it's set up the
> way I like it.
>
> It needs some minor work...three of the lower door panels are showing some
> rust at their bottom edges, and the left front fender is showing some rust
> on the bottom rear (near the door). For now, it's surface bubbling, no
> perforation.
>
> Is there any reason I should not have this rust repaired? Does anybody
> have an educated guess on repair cost for the three doors and the fender?
>