[s-cars] Badly cracked rack mount

[MLBess at aol.com]

Yes, the dreaded driver's side inner fender well crack has occurred on my '95
S6.  I called both a dealer and Audi customer service to see if this was
covered.  Apparently not.  The 10 year body warrantee only covers exterior
body panels, not chassis components (which is what they consider the inner
fender well).  Did anyone get a different story on this?

Greg at Autofirme said he never saw one like this.  There are missing pieces
on the inner fender well where the metal just apparently dropped off after
cracking.  The fix is  to remove the rack, remove the spot welded stiffener
on fender well, add a filler piece and put it all back together.  Any
BTDT's???  I remember seeing something about Audi changing the mount design
on the 95.5's and later.  Comments??

As it turns out, Greg's bother who runs the body shop will need to do this
and can't get to it until the week of 7/29.  I've got two trips to Newark
Airport ahead of me so I'll not be cranking real hard into turns until then.


Greg also mentioned he had had custom springs made up that drop the car only
about an inch, while greatly improving the handling.  Anyone on the list in
the NY/CT area have tried them out?

Tnx,

Mike Bess
'95 S6 (with the creaky steering)