80q Control Arms

[Tony Hoffman]

They can be interchanged, but are not identicle. The fronts have holes in
them for the swaybar, the rears do not. So, if you use rears on the front
you will have to drill them for the swaybar, and this isn't the same as what
the factory did(look and you'll see). However, if you use fronts on the rear
you are on your way to adding a rear bar :)

Tony Hoffman


On 10/24/06, TooManyAudis at aol.com <TooManyAudis at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Are the Lower control arms for an 88 80q the same for front and rear?   It
> appears that the '87 4kq shares its control arms front and rear, and I was
> under the impression (perhaps mistaken) that the early 80q did as well.
>
> I talked to a parts supplier today and he said they had different numbers
> for the 80q front and rear control arms, but that doesn't always tell the
> story.  I need to replace the bushings in mine and, I'd rather spend a
> few  extra
> bucks on new control arms with bushings in place instead of the hours
> it  will
> take to r and r just the bushings.
>
> I know this goes against the Audi code (trading time for money), and that
> I
> may be banned from this here list for such a heretical thought, but 6 and
> 7-day  work weeks will do this to a man.  I just replaced the front
> bushings a day
> or two ago, and I am not looking forward to repeating that process on the
> rear.
>
> An alternative to new control arms would be used control arms so that I
> could r and r the bushings at my leisure, then replace the control arms as
> a
> unit, thus greatly reducing the down time for this job.
>
> If you've got a set of used control arms (and / or working rear tie  rods)
> hangin' around, please let me know.
>
> thanks,
>
>
> Tom
> chas, SC
> 91 200q gone (victim of a cashflow crunch)
> 88 80q (where I'm foolishly sinking the money I made from the sale of my
> beloved 200q)
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