Firstly, hi to all forum users. I was directed over here by a fellow memeber on 'audisrs' called dest. I own a 2003 RS6, and on thursday picked up a very sad audi 90 2.3 quattro.
I wont lie, i am going to copy and paste the thread I have started over on audi srs, as dest suggested that a; it would be of interest to members here, and b; the site has a wealth of knowledge that i will no doubt be calling upon in the very near future.
So, a copy of my thread from Audisrs:
So as you can see & hopefully agree, I nabbed a realy good bargain there. Initially the plan was to simply tidy it up and flog on for a few pennies. But having spoken to Dest, and been made aware of the rarity of the old girl, now focus has turned to the possibility of a S2/RS2 saloon conversion. If not a 'full' conversion, i would really like to keep her, and at the very least maybe add a few S2/RS2 bits such as interior and bumpers etc just to give her a nicer, cleaner, meaner look.
Thanks for looking and look forward to speaking to you all soon with more updates and trivial questions!
I wont lie, i am going to copy and paste the thread I have started over on audi srs, as dest suggested that a; it would be of interest to members here, and b; the site has a wealth of knowledge that i will no doubt be calling upon in the very near future.
So, a copy of my thread from Audisrs:
As some of you may know from my other post last night, I have picked up an Audi 90 2.3 20v quattro for a measly £20. Wasnt expecting too much from it when I was en route to have a look and potentially buy it, as the price quoted was £200. What the hell I thought, worse way scrap is fetching good money at the moment, so ill strip out anything worth money and scrap the shell if it is a heap of turd.
When I got there, the car was looking very sorry for itself, its once glorious red paint was now a multitude of different shades of pink, with the wings and front doors being the worse culprits for uv damage, but having worked in body shops as a machine polisher, I could see through this minor cosmetic damage and began to look closer at the mechanicals.
I was origianlly told, along with the £200 start price, that it was an Audi 80 2.0 quattro. But once on the scene, and seeing the '20v' badge on the back I knew it was a 2.3 5 cylinder beast and an audi 90, not the 80 stated. So up came the bonnet, and everything looked to be either 'a-ok' or not so bad it was a definite no-no from the get go.
In fact, the only main issues I could detect from the cursory look round were all purely cosmetic. And after having a chat with the old owner, I knew I would be a complete fool to walk away as it had £900 spent on it just 10 months ago on new discs & pads all round, cam belt done and full service.
So it was all systems go, but sod it, Ill try and haggle the guy down a bit. So I suggested the paint was too far gone and it would need to be resprayed, and I then said how about if you take the tax back and cash it in, and ill give you £20 to get it out of your way. After a min of pondering he agreed, and I drove it home. About an hour later, I got a phone call from the guy saying that in the Isle of Man, Tax cannot be refunded unless the car is scrapped or exported, so I said ill have to bring it back because I really dont want to pay £200 with the paint needing a respray, a few seconds of silence and he says 'ah what the hell, i need it gone today, you can have the tax for fee'. Bargain, I got a car worth £150 just in scrap, and a tax disc i can cash in if I do scrap it thats valid till Jan next year. Double Bonus.
Got her home, in the dark so parked her up and began scouring the net for any info I could find about the 2.3 engine and the '90' in general. Dest supplied some very usefull information (thanks dest :thumb: ) and also made me aware that actually, the car was a real rarity. Treble bonus I'm thinking.
Got up this morning, Had to work till 3, so once finished work, I thought to my self 'what the hell, its a nice day, lets give her a good clean and see what we have to work with paint wise'.
I only wanted to look at exterior today, so interior stuff to follow.
A few pics Pre wash:
and as you can see, I didnt lie when I said it would need respraying.... might have sort of implied the whole car though....lol
So, out with the snow foam and heavy duty Hand mitt, hi ho, hi ho.....
Once I had got rid of the various bits of green stuff growing in EVERY nook and cranny (honestly dont think this poor car has ever been washed), it was time to tackle the bonnet. Todays investigations were simply to find out what was possible and what combo of pad/cutting compound to use. Finally went with a green sonus swirl buster pad and meguires 80 speed cut.
A few 50/50's for comparison:
So, as you can see, under all that crap and uv damaged clearcoat there was a lovely red bonnet wishing it had been better looked after. I carried on with the speed cut, doing the whole bonnet. Then I wanted to see what it would look like with a polish and wax applied. Went with the tried and trusted combo of AG super resin polish on a sonus red pad, follwed by a layer of AG HD wax over to give me an idea of what could be expected for the rest of the car.
I am over the moon with the purchase to say the least, mechanically it seems to be 90% good, few minor niggles, but hey, it works, is taxed and actually drives rather well. So for now ill crack on with the paint, get busy on the interior (as bad as the paint, but purely in need of tlc and elbow grease) and then start to asses what to do next. I have found some nice wheels and coilovers that might be in the budget too!.
Ill keep you posted!
When I got there, the car was looking very sorry for itself, its once glorious red paint was now a multitude of different shades of pink, with the wings and front doors being the worse culprits for uv damage, but having worked in body shops as a machine polisher, I could see through this minor cosmetic damage and began to look closer at the mechanicals.
I was origianlly told, along with the £200 start price, that it was an Audi 80 2.0 quattro. But once on the scene, and seeing the '20v' badge on the back I knew it was a 2.3 5 cylinder beast and an audi 90, not the 80 stated. So up came the bonnet, and everything looked to be either 'a-ok' or not so bad it was a definite no-no from the get go.
In fact, the only main issues I could detect from the cursory look round were all purely cosmetic. And after having a chat with the old owner, I knew I would be a complete fool to walk away as it had £900 spent on it just 10 months ago on new discs & pads all round, cam belt done and full service.
So it was all systems go, but sod it, Ill try and haggle the guy down a bit. So I suggested the paint was too far gone and it would need to be resprayed, and I then said how about if you take the tax back and cash it in, and ill give you £20 to get it out of your way. After a min of pondering he agreed, and I drove it home. About an hour later, I got a phone call from the guy saying that in the Isle of Man, Tax cannot be refunded unless the car is scrapped or exported, so I said ill have to bring it back because I really dont want to pay £200 with the paint needing a respray, a few seconds of silence and he says 'ah what the hell, i need it gone today, you can have the tax for fee'. Bargain, I got a car worth £150 just in scrap, and a tax disc i can cash in if I do scrap it thats valid till Jan next year. Double Bonus.
Got her home, in the dark so parked her up and began scouring the net for any info I could find about the 2.3 engine and the '90' in general. Dest supplied some very usefull information (thanks dest :thumb: ) and also made me aware that actually, the car was a real rarity. Treble bonus I'm thinking.
Got up this morning, Had to work till 3, so once finished work, I thought to my self 'what the hell, its a nice day, lets give her a good clean and see what we have to work with paint wise'.
I only wanted to look at exterior today, so interior stuff to follow.
A few pics Pre wash:
and as you can see, I didnt lie when I said it would need respraying.... might have sort of implied the whole car though....lol
So, out with the snow foam and heavy duty Hand mitt, hi ho, hi ho.....
Once I had got rid of the various bits of green stuff growing in EVERY nook and cranny (honestly dont think this poor car has ever been washed), it was time to tackle the bonnet. Todays investigations were simply to find out what was possible and what combo of pad/cutting compound to use. Finally went with a green sonus swirl buster pad and meguires 80 speed cut.
A few 50/50's for comparison:
So, as you can see, under all that crap and uv damaged clearcoat there was a lovely red bonnet wishing it had been better looked after. I carried on with the speed cut, doing the whole bonnet. Then I wanted to see what it would look like with a polish and wax applied. Went with the tried and trusted combo of AG super resin polish on a sonus red pad, follwed by a layer of AG HD wax over to give me an idea of what could be expected for the rest of the car.
I am over the moon with the purchase to say the least, mechanically it seems to be 90% good, few minor niggles, but hey, it works, is taxed and actually drives rather well. So for now ill crack on with the paint, get busy on the interior (as bad as the paint, but purely in need of tlc and elbow grease) and then start to asses what to do next. I have found some nice wheels and coilovers that might be in the budget too!.
Ill keep you posted!
Thanks for looking and look forward to speaking to you all soon with more updates and trivial questions!
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