Re: Does Audi paint die?

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Just before I discovered the winshield replacement rusting result on my '87
5kcstq, I was considering repainting the area where the perforations of the
galvanized body to attach the chrome trim above the bumper cover caused
rust bubbles.  Best price I could get from half a dozen shops visited to
remove bumper and chrome trim, "fix" rust, repaint about 2/3 the way up the
quarter panels and just the body area under the trunk opening and reattach
trim and bumper was $700.  That was an "estimate" subject to discovery of
further deterioration not visible with bumper and trim attached.  I was
told the big cost was blending the paint, so I asked about using just a
matte black maybe an inch or two above the chrome trim, and the most
anyone'd take off their price for that change was $100.  Highest estimate
was $1400.  I was about ready to accept the $600 without the "paint
blending" when I noticed the rust around the windshield.  I now have worse
rust there than associated with the chrome trim.  My paint is that
non-descript color I call putty that's not quite silver and a long way from
anything like beige, so it's not one of those special colors such as pearl
or pearlized silver.

Kneale Brownson (riding in rust till "my" economy turns better)


At 07:26 PM 9/27/99 -0500, Michael Theuri wrote:
>I doubt if it does, mine still has the paint in good condition
>except for the front of the hood where there are a few spots
>at the edge. The $4K job is way above what I'd expect, the
>best quote I ever heard of, I believe BMW's paint is kind of
>along the same lines at the Audi was $1800 for a friend's
> 93' 325.
>
>Mike Theuri
>'88 80Q 163K
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80@email.msn.com>
>
>
>    After almost 12 years the paint is looking not happy, shiny, but
>scratched on the 80.  I have figured out what all the scratching was from,
>original owner had a tree over the car in the lot he parked at.  He used a
>brush to wipe off pollen and plant matter everday that the car needed it.  I
>had forgotten that when I got the car the bursh was in the trunk, not a very
>kind brush.  When I got the car he had abviously had it washed and waxed
>professionally.
>    They are everywhere, even the roof is lined with straight scratches
>going back and forth.  After all the times I washed and waxed it has taken
>some 2 years for them to be really visible.  These scracthes aren't from my
>washing becasue they aren't in swirl patterns, nor my waxing.  I can't think
>of any other reason there would be straight scratches all over the top of
>the car, the trunk is destroyed, that I always knew.  The hood and fenders
>do not have scratches, because the car had an accident 6 years ago and the
>front end was replaced.  What else could be an explanation for scratches
>like this all over the car?  The scratches kind of look like cracking
>though, does Audi paint do this?
>    Local autobody man said $4500 for full paint!  EEK!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Alexander van Gerbig
>'88 Audi 80 -- Koni Yellows, G&M Springs
>HÖR Technologies Sport Hydro Cam, K&N Filter
>Borbet Type T, Dunlop SP9000 Sport
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