Driggs' BRILLIANT Yellow 1999.5 Avant

[Driggs]

Hey everyone.

Picked up a gorgeous brilliant yellow avant yesterday.

Very stoked.

More pics and info to come!

8D5 515 Type
AEB Engine

DAJ Transmission
DWR Transmission

LY1B Brilliant Yellow

N5F Seat trim covers in fabric
BR Onyx seats with Satin Black dash/steering wheel

E0A No special edition
1KD Disk brakes in rear
3FE Electric tilting and sliding glass sunroof with sun screen/sunblind
F0A No special purpose vehicle, standard equipment
T8B 4-cylinder SI engine 1.8 l unit 058.D
2PV Leather-wrapped sports steering wheel
7Q0 Without navigation device
3L3 Manual height adjustment for front seats
1SA Without additional front underbody guard
J0L Battery 340 A (70 Ah)
0L0 Mechanical throttle control
3NZ Unsplit rear seat bench unsplit, split folding backrest
C4X Alloy wheels 7J x 16
4UB Airbag for NAR
1LB Disk brakes in front
8GB Alternator 55 A
8BH Ellipsoidal headlamps for driving on the right, US design

8Q0 Without headlight range adjustment
7K0 Without direct tire pressure monitoring system
6XD Exterior mirrors, power-adjustable/ heated
4LA Without controls (RADIO)
5MY Decorative inserts
0G1 Gearshift lever
U1D Instrument cluster w/ mph speedometer, clock, tachometer, trip odometer, add. instruments (voltage, oil temperature)

9Q2 Multi-function display/on-board computerwith check control
4X1 Side airbag in front
3Y0 Without roll-up sunshade
Q1D Sports seats in front
5SG Left exterior mirror: flat
1AH Electronic differential lock (EDL)
7X0 Without park distance control
0YS Weight range 17 installation control only, no requirement forecast
X9A Equipment options subset for USA
8Z6 Hot country
2K2 Reinforced bumpers
4K2 Radio remote controlled central locking "SZV"
5RW Right exterior mirror: convex (US) large viewing field
1BE Sports suspension/shock absorption
4R3 Power windows with comfort operation
0JF Weight category front axle weight range 6
M98 4-cylinder SI engine 1.8 l/110 kW (20V) turbo base engine is T8B/T8C
6R2 Leather gearshift boot

5D2 Carrier frequency 315 MHz
4GP Windshield in heat-insulating glass withsunshield and viewing window for vehicle identification number

[Blazius]

Nice option list! Good luck.

[Joe Jr.]

very clean! Getting harder to find in that condition.

[Mattr567]

WOW! Love it! Sport cloths too

[walky_talky20]

Sweet Wagon. So clean for a 99.5.

[coolgraymemo]

Wow, looks like it has a RS4(?) spoiler too.

Someone drive a similar Avant (but 2.8) to work. But his is nowhere near as nice as yours.

[Driggs]

Wow, looks like it has a RS4(?) spoiler too.

Someone drive a similar Avant (but 2.8) to work. But his is nowhere near as nice as yours.

The spoiler was made by MS Design in Austria

I have to repaint it and the front bumper. But I’m so exited it has this little spoiler!

[Driggs]

The felt inserts in my new brilliant yellow avant were disgusting from the years of use, so off the scrapyard, and I picked up some of the preferred rubber inserts. I grabbed the cup holder insert out of a b6 and trimmed it to fit behind the cigarette lighter (until i find another b5 larger piece to cut to size), and I am going to cut the cupholder insert later tonight. Its the little things that make me happy.

[Driggs]

Did a little cleaning after I arrived home from my 10 hour drive when purchasing the car







Winter mats due to arrive tomorrow. Once the weather gets back to spring, the seats will come out it this, and the gold avant so the carpets can get steam cleaned.

[GrapeBandit]

nice find, a little dirty, but nice find none the less!

please remove the 1980s pin striping, its the only thing i see when i look at the car lol

[Driggs]

A little dirty?

Pin striping will come off when the car gets detailed after winter.

[xdewaynex]

I wish my Brilliant Yellow still looked that good. Will look better when that pinstripe is gone.

[GrapeBandit]

A little dirty?

Pin striping will come off when the car gets detailed after winter.

Well I was trying to be easy, but since you asked, the interior is really dirty, look at it! Your door jambs are disgusting too, and this is after a "wash" lol

[Blazius]

If that is dirty I dont know what mine is :)

[Driggs]

Well I was trying to be easy, but since you asked, the interior is really dirty, look at it! Your door jambs are disgusting too, and this is after a "wash" lol

Hmm not sure I said I washed it. Pretty sure I said a little cleaning.

I drove 10 hours thru a snowstorm before I got home and snapped pics.

Sorry it does not meet your standard. Please feel free to ignore me and my posts as I am sure they won’t meet your standards going forward.

[GrapeBandit]

Hmm not sure I said I washed it. Pretty sure I said a little cleaning.

I drove 10 hours thru a snowstorm before I got home and snapped pics.

Sorry it does not meet your standard. Please feel free to ignore me and my posts as I am sure they won’t meet your standards going forward.

My misunderstanding, usually a cleaning is a wash, my bad, I thought the words were interchangeable. I tried to give you a compliment on the find, and you get upset because I called it a "little dirty".

This has nothing to do with "my standard", if the interior is dirty, the interior is dirty! Do you think the inside of your car is clean?

[Cactus Avant]

This thing is awesome. Sweet pick up. Gotta love a rare spec avant. Excited to see what you have planned.

[Driggs]

Grabbed a few sets of rubber from the scrapyard. I always hated the felt liners for the cupholders/storage in these cars so I was lucky to find a b5 that had the long rubber insert, along with the empty storage rubber. I like having the cupholders so I cut it to fit the cupholder tray, and grabbed a similar enough rubber liner from a b6, and cut that to fit behind the cigarette lighter


Changed out the disgusting cabin air filter, and steam cleaned my vent system. Hopefully this gets


Picked up a set of b6 passat wiper arms as the arms that came on this car stuck up way too high. theyre different than my early 99 a4 arms, so I imagine they were replaced at some point in time. We have a snowstorm coming in today so I had to get this done.

[reece_2212]

Nice ride! Always cool seeing the more rare colours in great shape

[dewaynesparks90]

Man nothing in this world like a B5 Avant


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[RastAudiA4]

Nice, welcome to the brilliant family, im jealous, never seen a brilliant wagon ever

[Driggs]

Nice, welcome to the brilliant family, im jealous, never seen a brilliant wagon ever

Thanks! Been doing lots lately but haven’t had the time to put it all together and post on here. Will do soon.

[Driggs]

Well its been an interesting month of ownership. Idaho uses salt, and or de-icing material from what I can tell, and man the underside of the car has that layer of rust and corrosion that makes bolts break and things a pain in the ass

Things I have noted need fixing:
Downpipe flex line leaking (new downpipe is in my garage)
Rear humming above 50mph (replaced both rear wheel bearings, problem fixed! Although more problems added)
Rear calipers are sticky, and need to be replaced
Hazard/Switch/Cupholder trim piece is all banged up (replaced with a used unit)
Front rotors were not vented anymore as the vents were full of dirt. I replaced them with some Brembo rotors and EBC Red Pads I had kicking around
Front speakers are shot
Rear tie rods need to be replaced
Rear sway bar links need to be replaced
Weird low RPM rattle in the front end. Sounds like a heat shield of sorts.
Needs a new cargo cover eventually
Both front and rear glass have scratches in them from the wipers and what I assume was dirt on the window. Sigh. Couldnt polish them out. I will have a glass company come to fix this. Very noticeable.
Multi Function Display will have to be replaced


I grabbed two rear spindles from a parts car at the yard. Pressed in new bearings, and cleaned those up. The ones on the car had completely seized eccentric bolts and ABS sensors. Also noticed the rear calipers were sticky and inconsistent, so I will be swapping them out for some rebuilt ones, along with new hangers and hardware. When doing all this, both sway bar links were really sloppy and both tie rod ends had way too much play in them, so theyll be replaced next week and the car dropped off for an alignment.


Things I have done
Later passat wiper arms installed
Neused rear spindles with new bearings installed
Hazard trim piece replaced
Front rotors and pads replaced
Oil changed

[Joe Jr.]

amazing how a car can hide things from you until you start getting underneath and looking closely. I look at lots of used cars and i've come to the conclusion that if it has between 150k and 200+ there's just a lot of things that need to be addressed, unless of course someone just went through it all.

how many miles were on it when you picked it up? Just curious.