[urq] Maintaining an old Urq

Tue Jun 22 09:44:42 PDT 2010

I agree almost fully with what Brandon said.  However, recently there has been an increased value in older classic cars that are restored with more modern equipment so its possible this "100% Original" thing may be changing slowly.  100% original will still bring the most dollars in a classic car, but a well done, OE Style car that has some nice thoughtful upgrades can still bring good money.  

As for an urq, I'd say, do a 3B conversion if you want, upgrade the brakes, put a newer head unit in, keep the body mostly original (Euro bumper maybe)  But DONT cut the door panels, do any irreversible body or interior mods, etc.  

To "Maintain" your value in a modified car, thats what I would do.  

--- On Tue, 6/22/10, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:

> From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>
> Subject: RE: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq
> To: "'JP Chaplen'" <quattrodude at comcast.net>, "'Todd Phenneger'" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
> Cc: urq at audifans.com, "'Eric J. Fluhr'" <efluhr at austin.rr.com>, "'20v list'" <20v at audifans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 9:47 AM
> It's been re-hashed in different ways
> over the years - but here's my take on
> it.  I personally, unfortunately, don't feel these
> cars will ever achieve
> "collectible" status.  But if they ever do - it will
> be the pristine bone
> stock 100% original cars that will be sought after. 
> Problem is those cars
> will be less reliable and quite a bit less fun to own (IMO)
> - if your idea
> of owning is actually driving the car with
> regularity.  
> 
> Having a reliable (tranny swap aside :-), quick car that
> starts every time
> is valuable to me - and makes me happy.  So that is
> the goal for my car.  Do
> what makes you happy.
> 
> Brandon
> '84 ur
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf
> Of JP Chaplen
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:02 PM
> To: Todd Phenneger
> Cc: urq at audifans.com;
> Eric J. Fluhr; 20v list
> Subject: Re: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq
> 
> 
> 
> So following in your question on maintaining... 
> 
> 
> 
> I have been pondering this over the past year or so...I
> have done MANY
> upgrades in various ways over the past years I have owned
> my 83 URQ,
> replacing with new parts when ever possible, upgrading
> lights (i have quad
> HID's hi/lows), all the lights are LED even the dash
> lights. On and on...but
> the question i have and many be impossible to answer,
> should one keep the
> car stock, or are upgrades if of course done right better
> or devalue the
> car? 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not looking for a 400hp+ screamer or anything like
> that, I just want a
> good looking/functional/(gulp) reliable URQ to drive that
> maybe turns a few
> heads here and there. Couple of examples i'm looking at are
> say the
> interior, the leather i have is in great shape for being
> what 28+ years
> old..i only have ONE small wear spot, but its not nice new
> anymore...cost
> who knows but im sure i could easly spend $5K plus or more
> I think to have
> it redone... 
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to further the Stereo system too, but do i
> hack up the Original
> panels even if they are professionally done and look better
> than they did
> before? 
> 
> 
> 
> Just wondering what people are also doing to preserve or
> maintain their cars
> or make them better than before? 
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry I know this is an open ended question... 
> 
> 
> 
> JP 
> 
> 
> 
> Also let me know if you want any specifics one LEDs all my
> brake/side/marker/interiors are all LEDs...I can Photo if
> you wanna see what
> they look like. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd Phenneger" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
> 
> To: urq at audifans.com,
> "Eric J. Fluhr" <efluhr at austin.rr.com>
> 
> Cc: "20v list" <20v at audifans.com>
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:12:12 AM GMT -08:00
> US/Canada Pacific 
> Subject: Re: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq 
> 
> I'm CCing the 20v list because I thought they might find
> this good info too.
> 
> 
> Did some more looking around. 
> For 91' CQ it looks like the #24 is a drop in for the 1.2w
> dash bulbs. 
> http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2
> Disp=/mini-wedge.html 
> 
> I may pick some of those up in Red to see what they look
> like.   
> As for the C4-A6.  I dont see anything but OTOH that dash
> is pretty good
> from the factory.  I guess I can keep it the same. 
> 
> What did you use for the urq Dash lights?  You'd need
> something with a
> 360degree pattern I believe to be captured by the
> (Distribution tubes??) in
> the dash. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> --- On Sat, 6/19/10, Eric J. Fluhr <efluhr at austin.rr.com>
> wrote: 
> 
> > From: Eric J. Fluhr <efluhr at austin.rr.com>
> 
> > Subject: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq 
> > To: urq at audifans.com
> 
> > Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 3:30 PM 
> > Urq-folks, 
> > 
> > FYI, I've been converting my Urq to various LED lights
> a la 
> > 
> > superbrightleds.com  (I have no affiliation 
> > with this site, I've just been happy with their 
> > products).  My rear driving 
> > and brake lights are terrific now! 
> > They have these "tower" style led bulbs that provide
> great 
> > lumens, 
> > instant-on response, and low current 
> > draw to help compensate for the aging wiring in our 
> > cars.  My buddies all 
> > like the result on my Urq. 
> > 
> > I've also swapped my blinkers over, but this takes a
> little 
> > more work than 
> > just replacing the bulbs because 
> > of the way Audi wired the dash light (ever noticed
> that the 
> > dash hazards 
> > behave differently with ignition on 
> > versus ignition off...now I know why). 
> > 
> > I'm now working on replacing other bulbs in the car
> (like 
> > the instrument 
> > cluster) with some of their other 
> > specialty LEDs, and so far I have been very happy with
> the 
> > results. 
> > 
> > Later, 
> > Eric 
> > '82 urq 
> > 
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