quattro Digest, Vol 144, Issue 16

[DeWitt Harrison]

Well perhaps you need to delve into the parts reproduction world as well.
Scan it. Print it. But still pretty pricey; how important is it?

Or, I may have some used spares from my recent restoration of the interior
of my '88 5ktq. Let me know if the p/ns match.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO


On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:00 PM, <quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:

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> Hell of an idea for those wonderful sun visor clip for the urq's and
> 4000's. My last replacement set just disintegrated when I shut the door.
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> Steve
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> '83 urq....and a few others
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> On 2015-10-28 19:02, DeWitt Harrison wrote:
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> > On my car's sunroof, there are two (L&R) bits of plastic trim, little
> black
> > fin-like pieces roughly 8 1/2" long, which visually hide some of the
> > unattractive lifting mechanism bits which would otherwise be seen when
> the
> > rear edge of the sunroof is tipped up. The original parts are "rotten"
> and
> > disintegrating due to heat exposure and age. Although these parts still
> > show up on Audi Tradition with pricing, they are, in fact, NLA, as you
> > would expect based on Audi's "get lost" philosophy on old cars.
> >
> > So I'm casting about for options. One would be that good used ones exist
> > somewhere in the world. If anyone has knowledge of such, I would
> obviously
> > love to know. Unfortunately, this parts issue is probably too small
> > potatoes to attract the attention of our main go-to guy at Force 5.
> >
> > Another might be having the parts 3d printed. The downside there is the
> > cost of either having someone generate a CAD drawing or doing a 3d scan
> and
> > then doing the work of correcting the scan file for age-induced
> > distortions, cracks and imperfections. This cost could be amortized by
> > printing a number of parts if there are other Audi owners with the same
> > need. The parts are found on all type 44 sunroofs after a certain date,
> > which I do not recall at the moment, and, the Audi Tradition catalog
> > suggests, other Audi models of the late 80s and early 90s. The part
> numbers
> > are 321 877 781 and 321 877 782.
> >
> > It would be great to hear from any qlisters who have an interest in this
> > problem.
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> > DeWitt Harrison
> > '88 5ktq
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