Rear suspension for 200 Quattro Avant

[Tom Nestor]

Hi Mark - I have a wagon as well, a 91 200 20vt, and have researched this
issue in some depth. What I found was that the valving for the q wagon is a
bit different, read that as stiffer, for the higher rear biased weight
distribution when compared to the q sedan. I am currently running Boge Turbo
Gas spec'd for the 200 quattro sedan in the rear of the quattro wagon with
no problems. I should add that I have carried some substantial loads without
damaging those shocks. You cannot use the non quattro wagon shocks, they are
completely different from every angle. The quattro sedan shocks beat the
hell out of buying the Audi sourced parts at $285 each, which I believe are
the only alternative to Blau's $100 per side wagon shocks, although I'm not
sure whether or not Blau's are still available. If you are getting a bit of
banging back there, be sure to check the lower control arm bushings.

Tom Nestor

----- Original Message -----
From: mark schofield <200quattro at lineone.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:36 PM
Subject: Rear suspension for 200 Quattro Avant


> Can anyone tell me what is so special about the rear shock absorbers on a
> 1987 200 Quattro Turbo Wagon that hardly anyone seems able to reference a
> replacement? Is the shocker different dimensionally or does it just have
> different damping characteristics? I've checked with a number of
aftermarket
> manufacturers, suspension specialists and Q-Listed parts houses and seem
to
> be getting different stories about what fits what.
> Any recommendations?
>
> Also, can anyone explain the significance of the last character in Audi
Part
> nos., usually a letter e.g. 123 456 789 D? In some cases on the ETKA CD
> there is more than one item where the first 9 nos. are the same and only
the
> letter code is different but it isn't always clear which part fits which
> model.
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>
>
>