Avant/Coupe questions

[Schaible, David]

Although.....you might be able to fabricate a strong hinge setup on your own if you wanted a project....i don't have a sedan, my only experience in this is removing a 200q20v sedan ski bag and installing it in my jetta tdi, which I already converted to the 60/40 split rear with armrest.  The construction of the seats is different, the foldown seats had two layers of metal, in a sheet and corrugated form, tack welded together, as that rear wall or seats must offer substantial body strength to a side impact.......so I would err on the side of caution b4 you take a saw to it, and make it strong if you want to do that mod....anway that being said I love the 60/40 split with skibag super versatile, also the ski bag is size enough to hold some pairs of new school fatty skis, unlike the diagonal style ski racks, the tdi had the single piece foldown when I got it.





-----Original Message-----
From: SAJanesick - Bellsouth [mailto:sajanesick at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:23 PM
To: Schaible, David
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Avant/Coupe questions

My apologies to all.  I wrote before my first cup of coffee.  Please 
substitute sedan for coupe in the prior Avant fold down seat question.

Damn brain just doesn't want to work without caffeine anymore...

        - Steve Janesick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schaible, David" <David.Schaible at jrspharma.com>
To: "SAJanesick - Bellsouth" <sajanesick at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:53 AM
Subject: RE: Avant/Coupe questions


I have two avants, the seat backs fold down to be level with the rear cargo 
area of the avant.  It is not like a VW setup where the seat bottoms fold 
out forward and then the seats fold down.  My avant seats do not have ski 
bag option.

I don't know what you are talking about a 200q coupe??  the sedans have 
sheet metal backing behind the seats so it's not an option to fold down

David Schaible
JRS Pharma LP
2981 Rt. 22
Patterson, NY 12563
845.878.8343




-----Original Message-----
From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On 
Behalf Of SAJanesick - Bellsouth
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:16 AM
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Avant/Coupe questions

To one and all.

It must be the spring thaw that starts the mind down potentially useless 
project lane.  As the temperatures begin to rise, I seem to have come up 
with a possible alternation to my 200q20v coupe that may improve its 
usefulness in its remaining years of service.

I know precious little about the Avant.  The questions are 1) does the Avant 
have reclining/foldable rear seat backs (as I would expect in most hatchback 
and station wagon like vehicles)?  2) If so has anyone ever swapped the 
Avant rear seatbacks to allow for expansion of the coupe trunk (beyond the 
center ski and pole chute)?  3) If yes, is there either a write up, pictures 
or BTDT to pass along?

I apologize in advance if this has already been covered, taken to task, 
chewed up, spit out and denounced as lunacy.  Otherwise, thanks for any 
information on the subject.

Later..

                - Steve Janesick
                  sajanesick at bellsouth.net

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