Re: 200q Koni questions...

[Dave Weiss <dzweiss@worldnet.att.net>]

audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin) wrote:

> According to the Koni web page for Audis (http://koni.de/zaudi.htm), 
> the 10v and 20v 200qs share the same front struts but have different 
> rear shocks ... since these two applications are mechanically 
> identical, I assume the difference between the two has to do with 
> damping or perhaps spring perch location.

The rear suspension is a bit different between the 10v and 20v cars. 
When I had the '89 200Q, a vendor mistakenly sent springs for an S4/ 3B
200Q, and the rear springs were far too short.  The strut assy's have
some different bits, and the trap arms look different.

HTH,

Dave Weiss
'91 V8 5-spd
'93 90 CS UnQ