Audi A8 3.0 Tdi (D3 Aug 2008 - Facelift) Quattro Sport in Black

[roberto]

YOU MOST CERTAINLY HAVE THE WRONG GRILL ON YOUR CAR ITS A 2005/7 GRILL PRE-FACELIFT

Actually so do i buy hey Bothered..

[Delboy]

Glad your back and gong to keep her, as you said the cat d makes no difference to the driving of the car so why let someone take that experience aaay from you for sweet money.

Good luck with the grill

[LordHefner]

Originally Posted by roberto

YOU MOST CERTAINLY HAVE THE WRONG GRILL ON YOUR CAR ITS A 2005/7 GRILL PRE-FACELIFT

Actually so do i buy hey Bothered..

Thanks Roberto,

Another long day at the hospital and all in prep for Surgery next Tuesday! However thank you for help with the images, it helps to know from the front that if going through the grill it's actually in the correct region.

Regards,

Mark.

[brasiliangringo]

I am fairly confident I could fix this for you without killing the bonnet.

[LordHefner]

Well guys, I was sceptical to say the very least after taking it to three separate so called Audi A8 specialists... My plumber has taken one look at it and one hacksaw and reel of masking tape later and the damaged side has been cut. However Audi Plymouth who were last in there must have done something to dislodge the working side as although their was resistance in the cable and this side always popped, when I tried it earlier there was nothing and assuming the worse this meant both sides have five cut off. So only one more side to go.

The sheer relief of here that first side that was previously knackered pop up, gave me so much happiness that it was untrue. We are still half an hour from having the bonnet up... But from this point onwards I will need to order the new parts... Thinking it would be best to order two new catches and everything needed to get it open, but also I will need two new bits to bolt to the underside of my bonnet that are now cut off. If anyone has any diagrams, or part numbers of those bits then I would be extremely greatful.

Regards,

Mark.

[brasiliangringo]

Save on any more pain and try to source everything 2nd hand. Some pics to the forum owners of what is needed may help your situation.

[LordHefner]

Originally Posted by brasiliangringo

Save on any more pain and try to source everything 2nd hand. Some pics to the forum owners of what is needed may help your situation.

Well Guy's it's been a while, but been in recovery after having to have all of my teeth removed due to radiation damage and Narcosis (bone death) of my Jaw... so not really been doing much else but sleeping.

However and I would like to thank each and everyone of you here as literally ten minutes ago the Audi brand new parts that arrived earlier in the week, I've now managed to fit myself, placing back in Brand New Genuine parts from the local Audi dealership... These consisted of:-
2 x bonnet eye bolts.
2 x Screw retainers
2 x Screws.
2 x Locator housings for the above eye bolts.
8 x Fire Retardant bonnet inside cover clips.

I've also bought one of those strikers for the release catch as for some reason mine didn't have one. all of these parts including an inside left wheel inner arch with 30% discount taken off of the total price came to £112 inclusive of VAT and was even hand delivered by one of the guys who worked in the parts department who lived near by me. So all in all, the price for the parts were exceptionally well priced I thought even without my discount.

For those of you who might of read back from previous post this was almost the bain of my life for quite a while and almost forced me to sell my much loved beautiful Audi A8 Quattro Sport for next to no money, and when the bonnet finally got cut open the problem was that of the company who ficed and changed my lights on the headlamps and where they disconnected the bonnet catch from the splitter box to get them in, who ever put it back together put both the end catch and the sleeve inside the box so that their was nothing for it to push against so that the sleeve and the inner cable would move independently. I'm not sure whether to approach the company and inform them of what they did and try and get some form of compensation as I spent £70 with them to try and get in, a further £70 with a second company, and a frustrating day trip to Plymouth which was a further £30 in fuel and three hours sitting about. What do you think? should I just let it drop and not use them again or should they be told and held accountable.?

Also I have wondered whether to approach Audi Plymouth, the very people who quoted me five hours labour with two people dedicated working on my car to strip down the car and get the problem sorted. The amount of money they wanted was crazy, it was £870 labour and any and all parts required to repair any damage that had happened or that they had caused> Only to find out that a mate with a cheap hacksaw and about £70 worth of replacement parts and a crippled disabled man fitted himself to correct the problem, I was also wondering if I should speak with them explaining that they quoted me so much and how much in the end it actually cost me to sort the problem, and whether or not they intent to rip off all of their customers who bring in cars out of warranty?

Regards,

Mark.

[tc4332]

Mark,
Extremely happy to see your A8 up and running, even happier that you are able to do things yourself. At 75 and my bits wearing out it is really good to see someone as positive as yourself.
Just take it easy and enjoy the A8.

[Architex_mA8tey]

Hear hear Ray!
Glad you got it sorted out and at a much better cost Mark
Here's to all our parts (on both the cars and ourselves) working as well as possible and keeping us going in style!

[3.7 slp]

Gladto know that all is sorted out and things have gone well . All the best with the car and your recovery