rear of 4000Q sags

[Avi Meron]

My answer is not to you Brendan (you already know what to do!)

It is for Chris,
The saggy rear end is very common with Audis (and VW).  You can get new
springs but they are costly, another way to deal with it is:
Remove the strut ass'y
Install a hose clamp under the dish that holds the spring
Reinstall
Should give you another .5 of height approximately

Good luck,
Avi

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Brendan/Coolian
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:42 AM
To: VFChris at aol.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: rear of 4000Q sags

Without touching the springs?
Replace the struts with solid steel rods.
Might be a bit of a rougher ride.

At 10:12 PM 3/20/2001 -0500, VFChris at aol.com wrote:
>My 86 4000Q sags in the rear.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
fix
>this, other than buying new springs at the dealer for big bucks?
>
>And before you suggest a set of sport springs, I am absolutely not
interested
>in lowering the car, or making it ride rougher than stock.  I live in the
>Northeast where there are lots of potholes, and otherwise poor roads.
>
>If anyone has some suggestions or experience than can help me, please
E-mail
>me personally, because I do not pay regular attention to the list.
>
>TIA,
>
>Chris