type44 hoods [bonnets for you english]

[Per Lindgren]

Curious as I am, I naturally had to check what the family album said on this.
THere was only one part# for the hood/bonnet/flap (that is what the ETKA calls it
- a flap), but I bet any older parts were deleted and only the newest rendition
is available as spare part.

PerL
92 Cab 2.3



Ti Kan wrote:

> Ameer Antar writes:
> > I saw a pic of a 200 and noticed that it didn't have lines in the hood. My
> > '84 5kT has lines that point toward the front of the car in the hood. Is
> > this something unique to early '84-'85 or what? Did I just not look closely
> > enough? Thanks.
>
> [ US models only ]
> For 84 and 85, Audi used the same hood for the 5000S and 5000S turbo.
> For 86 and later, the 5000CS turbo (and turbo q) got a different hood.
> It still has lines, but is different (shallower double crease on each side,
> running the length of the hood instead of the single crease in a trapezoidal
> taper.  Presumably this is to achieve a better integration with the flatter
> one piece turbo headlights that was also introduced at that time.  The
> non-turbo cars continued with the "old" style hood.
>
> -Ti
> 01 S4 2.7 biturbo (arriving within 2 weeks)
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro (sold)
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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