[urq] Re: Euro-UrQ: '80-shocks vs '87-shocks

[Ingo D. Rautenberg]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Ingo D. Rautenberg" <ingo at waratap.com>
Cc: "Ferry Stolp" <fstolp at dds.nl>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
<urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Re: Euro-UrQ: '80-shocks vs '87-shocks
>SNIP
> > The springs where Sportwheels and I was
> > later offered the original springs in exchange (which I agreed to).  One
> > thing that never made any sense to me was the fact that the rear coils
were
> > practically rubbing on each other -- until I removed all strut housings
and
> > disassembled them -- to find Bilstein 90 coupe 20v sport rear springs
> > installed rather than the Bilstein 3017's.
>
> You mean Bilstein struts, not springs, I suspect.

Correct.  Didn't proofreed that too well, did I?
>
> I still am willing to bet the springs were on the wrong ends of the car.
>
That may have been the case, though I was pretty sure they were correct, but
the rear inserts were not.  These Sport inserts were One and a half inches
shorter than the proper HD's

-Ingo


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