audi 200/audi 5000 dash

[DeWitt Harrison]

I forgot about needing to rewire the 200's instrument cluster to the
5000. That would be a challenge.

The parking brake conversion would also be non-trivial -- this is
an issue because you'll be wanting to use the 200's center console
to fit with the dashboard. If you look at the family album, you'll
see that not only are the parts for the hand lever assembly different
but the lever mounting bracket stuff welded to the tranny tunnel
is different. At one time, I wanted to convert my parking brake
and center console to the 200's configuration so that I could use
the arm rest feature of the 200's driver's seat I had acquired. It
didn't take too long to realize that was not going to happen.

DeWitt Harrison
'88 5000CS

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:44:53 -0500,
Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was sort of my thought. And, I'm not 100% sure the mounting
> points for the 200 dash are there int he 5000, although that could be
> remedied fairly easily. But, the 200 cluster is wired with different
> connectors, so you need to cut and splice those as well. However, as
> the bodies are basically the same, It certainly will not require any
> modification of the dash itself, as I've had to occasionally do in the
> past.
> 
> I do have the schematics for both cars, so I can be of help there, if
> you need. I'd do some measuring on the door pannels to make sure they
> will work with the 200 dash. BTW, you are also planning on using the
> center console as well, right? I don't think it could be done easily
> without that.
> 
> Tony Hoffman
> 
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:
> > It may be possible to install the dash from a 200 into a 5000 but
> > I'm pretty sure you will not be able to stop there as one somewhat
> > different interior bit is connected to the next somewhat different
> > interior bit and so on until the complete interior, including door
> > trim panels must be swapped out. Then you get into issues with
> > the door handle mechanisms and parking brake differences. The
> > dashboard location of some electrical control modules differs
> > between the two models also. I wouldn't go there.
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > DeWitt Harrison
> > 5000CS
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