4cyl front end on a 5cyl 4000

[Ti Kan]

ESSEN71 at aol.com writes:
> As far as I know, there were two aprons/front spoilers available on 4000
>  models.  Up until 83, they had the 'receding chin' look with nothing over
> the
>  sheet metal of the chassis (except paint of course). The aprons first
> appeared
>  in '84, and were bolted directly onto the sheet metal that holds the little
> plastic grille.
>
> That is right. I own an 84' 4000 S Quattro sedan and my car came with a very
> plain front chin spoiler. I needed a replaement and was sent one that had a
> very contoured look. I was assured that they were the same as the normal
> 4000's but to my suppirse the newer spoiler didn't fit over the factory
> plastic tabs as my old one did. It also didn't reach over that little plastic
> gille.

These descriptions below refer to US models only.

The 80-82 Audi 4000 sedans don't have a front spoiler at all.  There is
body sheetmetal under the bumper, with a plastic grill on it.
The 83-84 cars do have a front spoiler, but there are two styles.
The 4-cylinder cars come with one that has three horizontal slits on the
bottom lip.  The 5-cylinder cars (including Coupe GT and 4000q) have a
front spoiler without those slits, but also have a lower lip than the
4-cylinder cars.

Go to http://www.audiworld.com/model/historical.html
The 1980-82 4000 series pics show no spoiler at all.
The 1983 4000 series has the FWD 4000 spoiler with those slits, and the
1984 4000 series pic is that of the 4000q (which also has the same
spoiler as the Coupe).

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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