i was changin my oil and had my car on ramps and gota little curious so i crawled a little further under the car with my drop light and noticed a few weld spots, looks kinda odd compared to the rest of the car...

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a few more

 

Those look like pretty poor MIG welds with next to no penetration. Doubt Audi would have done that from the factory... I'd start looking to see if anything else points to replacement from collision damage

 

as far as i can see it all looks good, paint matches body lines are good and the carfax came back clear...

 

Has the car ever been in an accident? It looks like some shotty repair work to me.

 

that was my first question but nothing else leans towards an accident... and i dont see how it would pass the safety inspection with somthing like that... idk im not engineer but i know there are alot of people on these forums that know alot about these cars soo

 

it looks as though its been a simple topup weld rather than a weld fix and not a good one at that I also doubt its an accident repair

 

dave, think it came from the factory like that?