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Arrived Home and had a quick exterior wash..... :) Tomorrow the adventure begins
 

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Is that a Facebook car? Is that colour standard as never seen one before I saw the one recently on Facebook and now yours if not the same car that is?
 
Howey said:
Is that a Facebook car? Is that colour standard as never seen one before I saw the one recently on Facebook and now yours if not the same car that is?
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No its not a standard colour, Ive been told its an exclusive paint . I had a look at the service book then called Audi to confirm paint code / title . Tried a few dealers and apparently its not listed . It's not in the service book or on the boot label just dashes where the codes should be. Only thing I was advised was to take the car into a bodyshop and get them to match it. :( Given i need a touch up pen and there are a few items which I will need to get painted being this exclusive hopefully wont mean getting paint mismatches.
 
tnpali01 said:
No its not a standard colour, Ive been told its an exclusive paint . I had a look at the service book then called Audi to confirm paint code / title . Tried a few dealers and apparently its not listed . It's not in the service book or on the boot label just dashes where the codes should be. Only thing I was advised was to take the car into a bodyshop and get them to match it. :( Given i need a touch up pen and there are a few items which I will need to get painted being this exclusive hopefully wont mean getting paint mismatches.
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When Audi offered the exclusive paint option (at a cost of £2000) you could have any colour from the VAG group palette. You may have to cast those colour swatches wide.
 
Called JCT Hull - truly helpful and great customer service.... They were original supplying dealer. Hull Audi Part have agreed to raise a technical query with Audi to confirm . Wont hear back until post Wed next week. Looking at whatever I can locate online for the exclusive paints looks closest to Pearl Beige Z1Z .
 
A2Steve said:
When Audi offered the exclusive paint option (at a cost of £2000) you could have any colour from the VAG group palette. You may have to cast those colour swatches wide.
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Thanks Steve, I will wait to see what Hull Audi say... I'd want it painted in Gold at that kind of cost.😲
 
I once owned the Birmingham Nec FSI launch/press car for Audi and that had the same single line for the paint colour.
 
tnpali01 said:
No its not a standard colour, Ive been told its an exclusive paint . I had a look at the service book then called Audi to confirm paint code / title . Tried a few dealers and apparently its not listed . It's not in the service book or on the boot label just dashes where the codes should be. Only thing I was advised was to take the car into a bodyshop and get them to match it. :( Given i need a touch up pen and there are a few items which I will need to get painted being this exclusive hopefully wont mean getting paint mismatches.
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My neighbour has an Audi A3 from the same year which is gold, looks the same shade from the picture

J
 
I seem to remember a tdi 90 for sale in a very similar colour about 3 years ago. It was lovely with an Alcantara interior.
Good luck with your new purchase.
 
There was indeed a beige 90 for sale a while back - also a special order paint car - with a Twist Sport leather interior. Someone on here has it now, I think.
 
Wheat biege colour maybe? Cool find and buy sir, those alloys are rare too. Looking forward to photos around the car...
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Going to take off the nearside door mirror casing and take it to a body shop . It needs fixing and painting .... See if they can confirm colour code . Just had a look at the video of the door mirror casing removal and found it slightly different process ... I removed the lower section two torx screws , removed the black section, then put applied pressure to pop the glass unit out from inside rather than levering as suggested in video.
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Did you try finding the options sticker in spare wheel compartment?
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Yes the option sticker and service book have --- / --- as the paint code . Local Audi dealer and a couple of others I tried all said they dont have a record of the colour on the Audi Systems .

I then went to a body shop with the mirror casing and asked if they could analyse and confirm the colour . They advised it was Izusu Honey Silver paint colour,😟 I asked whether it was the Audi Pearl Beige and they advised it wasnt . I ordered up a paint pen and the colour match was very good , against the body colour, not sure its right though. I'll take a picture in daylight tomorrow .
 
I want to keep the car as close to OEM as possible, and maybe add a few items I can reverse if ever needed . Today decided to run through the list of jobs I need to sort... expect this will grow

Clean Seats / headlining two or three times more
Rug Doctor the entire car
Charge Battery
Earth Strap
Basic safety check
Sort out number plates - starting to delaminate, waiting for V5
New Remote key shells / batteries
Confirm the spec from the options list
Confirm Coolant issue, then fix
Cambelt / waterpump / Deathpipe replacement
Service
Source missing bits for toolkit
Good Glovebox lid or paint?
RNS E
Refurb wheels - Anyone used this company before - seem to offer a drive thru, same day service https://www.citywheelrefurbishment.co.uk/
Refurb or new centre caps
New bonnet
New Tyres
Paint pen - wing tops have a few scratches :(
Fix NS Mirror housing cracked
Radio Code - How to confirm ?
Rear Roller blind
Mud flaps
Maybe a Twist Leather interior
First Aid Kit
Spare wheel
New Headlight Switch
Sort out the popper out sides of rear bumper - seems to be common A2 thing ive noticed
Bumper vents seal
Broken vanes in one vent
replacing broken in dash cupholders, both
sourcing a rear cupholder
soft touch drivers door switch surround

Will keep me busy for a while :)
 
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tnpali01 said:
I want to keep the car as close to OEM as possible, and maybe add a few items I can reverse if ever needed . Today decided to run through the list of jobs I need to sort... expect this will grow

Clean Seats / headlining two or three times more
Rug Doctor the entire car
Charge Battery
Earth Strap
Basic safety check
Sort out number plates - starting to delaminate, waiting for V5
New Remote key shells / batteries
Confirm the spec from the options list
Confirm Coolant issue, then fix
Cambelt / waterpump / Deathpipe replacement
Service
Source missing bits for toolkit
Good Glovebox lid or paint?
RNS E
Refurb wheels - Anyone used this company before - seem to offer a drive thru, same day service https://www.citywheelrefurbishment.co.uk/
Refurb or new centre caps
New bonnet
New Tyres
Paint pen - wing tops have a few scratches :(
Fix NS Mirror housing cracked
Radio Code - How to confirm ?
Rear Roller blind
Mud flaps
Maybe a Twist Leather interior
First Aid Kit
Spare wheel
New Headlight Switch
Sort out the popper out sides of rear bumper - seems to be common A2 thing ive noticed
Bumper vents seal
Broken vanes in one vent
replacing broken in dash cupholders, both
sourcing a rear cupholder
soft touch drivers door switch surround

Will keep me busy for a while :)
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Hello Neil,

Looks like a nice long list to keep you going Sir. You know where I am when you decide upon having a RNS-E PU installed. I’d be glad to help out and have look around this special A2.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
A few parts that I have in stock that I could help with:

Good Glovebox
NS Mirror housing (for painting)
Rear Roller blind (if cream although yours may be black? )
Broken vanes in one vent (have both sides available)
 
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