91 200q Bilstein #s (was: bye bye sucky lights)

[Linus Toy <linust@mindspring.com>]

I haven't seen Bilstein's web site...
I did talk to Bilstein America a couple years ago...they referred me to
Ivor at TAP.  According to whomoever I spoke with there, the part numbers
they suggested were P36-0370 front, B46-2065 rear.  I checked back with
Bilstein:  the P36-0370 is for the front of a '84-'87 5000 or 5000 turbo
(didn't say if quattro or not) and the B46-2065 is a european # for the
100q (i would assume similar era).  They also said since these would be
used in a car not spec'd in their books, the normal Bilstein warranty would
not apply, even if it did fit.

FWIW, there's a similar situation with the Koni shocks.  The fronts there
are #86-2149, the rears #80-2630.  These are standard red Konis.  No yellow
sport Konis are spec'd for the '91 200q.  For the V8, the Koni catalog
specs the yellow sports:  86-2149SP front, 80-2630SP rear.  More
interesting is that Koni's european web site shows these as sport
alternatives for the 20v turbo typ 44 cars :)

HTH--
Linus
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