Not Gobi ?- owner writes it was repainted.: [urq] Lofty goal? orGrand dilusion...

[Ingo Rautenberg]

True.  Best to check on parts (of the car) where the sun don't shine :-)
Easily done when one is repairing or replacing the window regulator(s) and
has to remove the door panel.  Normally, I'd say the underside of the trunk
lid, but with 20 or 30 screws used to secure the black felt-like covering,
it's easier to remove the door panel :-)

BTW, Port Rose is decidedly more rose/pink in color.  Gobi has just a tad
pink in it...

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Renneisen" <racingiron at comcast.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; "'Ingo Rautenberg'" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
Cc: "'steven j'" <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: RE: Not Gobi ?- owner writes it was repainted.: [urq] Lofty goal?
orGrand dilusion...


> It's also possible that the color changes over time.  Any car with
> original paint and typical mileage has surely seen lots of sun over the
> years.  If your only reference is 20 year old original paint, you might
> not recognize the factory fresh color.
>
> It seems to me that tornado red gets darker and/or blue-ish over time.
> My 180K+ CQ (with recent clean/polish/wax) next to a 20K garage queen CQ
> at Mid-Ohio a few years ago made that clear.  My '86 with fresh Glasurit
> t-red looks like that garage queen, but if I only had old nags to
> compare it to, I'd think it was a shade off.  Maybe this eBay car is
> what all Gobi cars looked like in the showroom, ca. '83?
>
> Also, pictures on the web can't really tell you much.  The camera,
> lighting, development/scanner (if film), software, and even your vid
> card and monitor all have a hand in the image.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Ingo Rautenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:13 PM
> To: steven j; Ingo Rautenberg
> Cc: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Not Gobi ?- owner writes it was repainted.: [urq] Lofty
> goal? orGrand dilusion...
>
>
> Naw,  A good paint shop should be able to duplicate the original color.
> However, it's quite possible that they didn't like the Gobi shade of
> gold (it was called gobi Beige Metallic, after all) and so went for
> something similar.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "steven j" <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>
> To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:13 PM
> Subject: Not Gobi ?- owner writes it was repainted.: [urq] Lofty goal?
> or Grand dilusion...
>
>
> > In the ebay writeup owner says the car was repainted.
> > Is there a good reason why one wouldn't go for exactly
> > the same color - like cost??  I ordered a spray can of
> > Gobi from audi for $21 but I imagine when it comes to
> > to be repainted I'm going to try to get the original
> > color.  BTW my can of Montego black was $24.
> > steve
> > --- Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com> wrote:
> > > You mean this one?
> > >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=45353
> 23029&category=6055&sspagename=WDVW
> > >
> > > As an authority on Gobi, I can tell you it's not a
> > > true Gobi (a good thing
> >
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