[urq] New (to me) UrQ owner and couple questions

[Peter Sinkevich]

Hello listers,

 

  I recently sealed the deal for a Helios Blue UrQ and will be bringing it
home in the coming weeks to put up and begin restoration.  I bought this car
full well knowing the growing concerns of the owners in regards to NLA parts
and the general rarity of parts in general.  I am no stranger to rare parts
for Audi's currently owning several, one of which is a Ginster Coupe
Quattro.  Some of you might know me from Audiworld, Motorgeek over the years
or more recently when starting my own shop, S Werks Racing Development and a
free and open forum, TDIF.

 

  I see a real need to start tracking and listing NLA parts for general
community reference as well as substitute parts/solutions for the guys who
don't fall in the purists category and wish to resolve their woes in regards
to parts unavailability so they may continue using their cars as they wish.
In this spirit, I will be going through my '03 (maybe '04) Euro ETKA to
start to get a handle on the NLA parts list.  What I started to find
discouraging initially at first glance is the removal of the part numbers
when parts go NLA!  So my question to you all is 2 prong. Does anyone have
an older version of ETKA floating about that does not have any NLA UrQ parts
in it, and secondly, what parts in the last few years have gone NLA that
will not show up in my version?

 

  Being as I am a new owner and have no general restoration schedule for
this car (basically it is as long as it takes to do it right) this NLA list
will be a side project I compile in my spare time.  Anyone who wishes to
participate is more than welcome and will also receive credit.  I will be
making a special list/database lookup on TDIF.com where this list will be
kept up-to-date on a monthly basis and will also show newly NLA parts with
dates, descriptions and part numbers. including known solutions/workarounds.

 

Great to be here and I hope I can make some positive contributions to the
community as I have in the past for other Audi communities.

 

Thanks,

 

Peter Sinkevich