[urq] Maintaining an old Urq

Tue Jun 22 10:31:05 PDT 2010

My sollution

I , quite accidently , stumbled on two 1981's .

One I will try to keep 100% original for as long as I can manage ,
using parts from both cars and whatever few are available from audi .
I also feel that it's quite acceptable to make modifications , as long as 
the car
can be converted back to stock .
Fi , Ill modify the intake manfold to accept lpg injectors .
But I'll keep a second , unmodified manifold in the attic .
Same could go for brakes , fuel pumps , alterantor whatever .
After all , if Audi refuses to honour it's own heritage , it forces us to be 
creative , right .

The second car , only the exterior will be kept more or less stock .
Interior , mechanical ....the sky is the limit .
I'll have an AAN with 280Hp , a six speed , porche brakes etc etc etc .
This will more or less be the daily driver .

In the long run , the fully original should  be worth more .
As long as a fool an be found to pay money for it .
Cause that's the bottom line folks .
Any vintage , classic , whatever car isn't worth a penny more then
what  the next idiot will pay for it .

Pät

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>
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>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Maintaining an old Urq

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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