suspension problem

["David Shiers" <rcl70@pop.dial.pipex.com>]

 Hi


I just bought a car - an '85 audi 80 sport (1.8 injection) . It has
done 210k miles on original engine and has had a new cyl head about
40k miles ago and there' little smoke so I think it's ok. payed 400 
gbp for the car and it has a problem with the front suspension (apart 
from that and a very sharp clutch (which is fairly new!?)it's mint). 
When I drove it first it's steering was very poor and made lots of 
bad noises - one of the front shocks was seized and I planned on 
getting this repaired cheaply. However when I got the car home 
yesterday, I realised that the front suspensio was slightly highr 
than the rear suspension. So I assummed that I'd have to find a 
couple of the standard lower sport springs aswell as the shocks. On 
speaking to a mechanic I suggested that I would know if the ride 
height was changed at the front to gl spec by comparing a standard 
sport spring to the one on already. He said  however that the springs 
were all the same height just stiffness that was different- This 
leads me to wonder How I'm suposed to get the ride height back down 
to standard sport spec at the front? - will I have to find the whole 
front suspension system?? - or is my mechanic wrong and can I fit 
sport springs and dampers to get the ride height back to the 
original. I also read thet, to gain the lower height at the rear, for 
the 80 sport, audi changed the position of the lower spring mount. - 
The article didn't mention anything about the front so I assume the 
basic suspension at the front on a sport is the same as on the gl bar 
springs and shocks?
 Do u have any ideas about how to regain the ride 
height of my car? Hope someone can help.

Cheers,

Ed