200 TQA tail lights

[Andy Schor]

Although sedan lights do fit avants, they are different.  Avant lights are 
smooth, sedan (5000, 200 & V8 - all red) lights have a ridge between the 
amber and red sections (top/bottom).  I believe 4000 quattros also have 
smooth lights like the avants.

Andy Schor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gourley" <azaudi at gmail.com>
To: <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: 200 TQA tail lights


> Depends on which tail light lens you need........the outer corner lenses 
> are
> the same on the avant and sedan.  I swapped both corner lenses from my 91
> 100 sedan parts car to my 89 200 TQA, no problem.......the "inside" lenses
> are different between the sedan and avant, for example a different 
> location
> for the trunk key on the sedan compared to the hatch key  being located in 
> a
> lens on the avant
>
> John Gourley
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Geraint Lloyd 
> <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>wrote:
>
>> Mornin'
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a broken tail light on the 1989 200 TQ Avant.
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking at the family album, there is a difference between "Sedan" and
>> "Avant"
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>> Does anyone know:
>>
>> 1.       What the difference is
>>
>> 2.       Is it serious? i.e. will a sedan lens fit?
>>
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>>
>> Geraint
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>>
>> PS. Regarding the Golf speedo cable repair question of a few weeks ago:
>>
>> I couldn't find a universal speedo repair kit in montreal. I found one
>> person who had claimed to have seen one in the past, but that was as 
>> close
>> as i got. Since i haven't got any brazing kit, but do the odd bit of
>> plumbing, i drilled and soldered the end with lead free pipe solder.
>>
>> So far so good.
>>
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