B7 A4 Rebuild Thread

[mark_ruchko]

Hey guys, this is my first thread on Audizine that I want to keep posting on continuously as what you could call a blog. Basically around 2 weeks ago (after searching Copart for around 5 months) I made a purchase! I bought this 2007 Audi A4 B7 2.0t Quattro 6 speed manual that had been rear ended. To my surprise this was sold as a clean title and was not damaged much, and I got an amazing price for it. I think its a good upgrade from my 2004 A4 Tip (that I currently also own) and am exited to continue onto another venture. Excuse my lack of Audizine terminology and thread formatting.

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Front end is clean with no damage
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Yea this is the bad part
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Yes picture were taken wrong I know

I decided to strip the rear end of the vehicle to prep for work
I took it to my friend's body shop and got everything quoted and am just waiting for parts.
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The upper rear panel lip will be getting replaced and also the small piece of the rear panel under the lip will be getting replaced.
The quarters are squished in so they will be getting pulled apart and down a little. I have ordered a new bumper and am still looking
for a trunk with hinges and and the top and bottom piece of the locking mechanism.

[jasonsowers]

With b7's being so cheap in general why buy a problem child?

[mark_ruchko]

With b7's being so cheap in general why buy a problem child?

This one only has 70k on it and for the price that I got it, even if i spend $2000 on repairs (which I wont), It would come to half of the selling price of a used one with this milage and condition. Also, it has a clean title (was not deemed totaled) therefore the resale price would be the same and the vehicle has a lot of life in it. Also im 18 and I dont have that much money to spend on a vehicle :).