sagging avant rear

[Phil Payne]

Is this a self-leveler or a normal car?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:11 PM
Subject: sagging avant rear


> My '90 200tqa is sagging in the rear.  I suspect this is not uncommon,
> but surprisingly a search of the archives brings up more for sagging
> 4k's (I've never noticed this to be a problem on the smaller, lighter
> cars), or sagging on one side or another side.
> 
> I did find a post from Konstantine (sp?) re bushings that had actually
> caused his avant to sag
> http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/2001-May/026629.html
> altho I'm not certain which bushing specifically this is
> 
> Did the avants get a higher spring rate in the rear than sedans? 
> 'Cause if not, I think they should have.
> 
> Recommendations for replacement coils?  My complaint is that even if I
> were to get the car back to stock ride height in the rear, it's all over
> once I put any weight in the rear.  I mean all I need to do is load
> maybe 40 lbs of stuff in the back and it's sagging even more than it
> normally does unloaded.  It just seems the long tail of the avant has
> too much leverage on the current suspension.
> 
> So, is it at all possible to get a replacement coil that has a higher
> spring rate than stock?  I'd gladly take a harsher ride if it meant I
> could carry gear in the back without dragging tail................
> 
> I know some listers use their avants as psuedo-pickups (Home Depot here
> we come!), help me out here!
> 
> and then I see mention of optional third row seats (rear facing), I
> have no idea how Audi ever thought that would fly?  Unless my rear coils
> have really just lost THAT much life?
> 
> I don't care to lower the car at this time
> 
> Keith L
> '90 200tqa, 263k miles and counting
> '87 4kq, somewhere over 300k
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