How it all began

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Heres a quick story about A8 Parts and how it all began.

This photo was taken on 30th April 2007 and was an A8 that I picked up for 'spares / repairs'. It had suffered light panel damage all the way round and thus wasn't really viable to fix. Specwise, it was excellent:


1996 Pre facelift 4.2 Quattro Sport in Silver
Black leather interior
Bose
Blinds
Solar roof
Ski Hatch
Headlamp wash
Cruise control
Fully electric, heated seats front and rear
MOT, Taxed and 120,000 miles on the clock

I had lots of spare time, and a 2000 non sport facelift 4.2 quattro that I wanted to convert into a 'sport' model at the time. I figured by changing over the seats, suspension and wheels I'd be pretty much there.

Of course, there would be a lot of spare parts but I'd just chuck them on Ebay...

Needless to say that the demand for the spare parts off this one car far outstripped the stock I had, and it was clear that there was more sales to be made if we had more parts.

So, 18th July 2007 saw the birth of 'A8parts' as a trading name of 'Prestige Motor Services Limited'... And David & I set about buying up as many tired or poorly A8/S8's that we could get our hands on. We've tried to avoid accident damaged cars as if they are too mangled, you can't run them to test all the parts before you can remove it - We'd rather pay a little extra for a car that still runs, so we can be sure all the bits we stock are worthwhile.

We've since chewed our way through numerous Pre facelift cars, including three 2.8's, three 3.7's and numerous 4.2's. We've done a couple of facelift S8's, a long wheel base, a 2.8, 3.7 quattro and a few facelift 4.2's too.