[urq] rear bumper shock

[Martin pajak]

I've done almost the same... I actually cut the threaded portion off.
Slid the bumper on and never looked back... BTDT on:
'82 Coupe
'84 4kq
'83 Ur-q
'84 Ur-q

HTH
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) In storage
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (203,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B ;o)
1986 Audi 4000s quattro (266,000 km) winter car
1971 Porsche 911T (45,000 mi) all original



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From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
Sent: 3-Dec-04 09:33
To: groupbq at insight.rr.com; jimmiller at audifans.com
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [urq] rear bumper shock


Gregg and Jim,

The thread size is metric 9x1.5 or something similar. When I looked to
find a proper die, it would have cost me 50$ to have one custom-ordered.
No professionnal tool store got it in stock.
So the cheap solution was to destroy the inner threads in the strut body
and push-in the rod. Worked for both bumpers on 2 cars so far.

Louis-Alain






"Gregg K" <groupbq at insight.rr.com>
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2004-12-03 02:24

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RE: [urq] rear bumper shock






Jim,

The front and rear bumper shocks can be compressed without destroying
anything.  Remove the locknut on the shock piston rod and unscrew the
shock
housing.  Take a die (I forget what size) and cut more threads on the
piston
rod.  This will allow you to thread the shock housing farther down on the
rod, essentially shortening the unit, and moving the bumper closer to the
body.  As I recall, the rear bumper can be adjusted to be nearly flush
with
the apron, making it a fairly good match for the front Euro bumper.

Cheers,

Gregg Kellenberger
'83 Mars




From: Jim Miller <jimmiller at insightbb.com>

Has anyone had experience with compressing the rear bumper shocks to
achieve
that Euro look on an '83 UrQ ? I have the parts off the car. The front end
sports the Euro conversion so I need the rear to match. Any BTDT?
Thanks,
Jim
Gobi-1



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