Re: 91 Coupe Q "roof rack" and broken fog light bracket

["Eric Renneisen" <renneie@hlthsrc.com>]

Steven Kittle asked:
>  Well, I've done some searching through the list archives and 
> nothing for the factory roof rack for the CQ20V(lots about the 
> breakaway plugs). I'm not saying it's not there, I just don't 
> have the time to lookthrough all of the hits to find what I 
> need:

Well, I'm guessing you haven't been to my 20V site yet. Go to:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3229/
The roofrack section is under "Upgrades & Enhancements."

> On the repair side of things.. I bumped the front air dam on a 
> left hand uphill intown turn today. This broke both of the 
> mounting tabs on the right fog light. Damn!!

Very common problem on these cars. $175 is a typical cost for 
the Audi replacement. You're probably better off going 
aftermarket.

In Eric Gressler's reply:
> PS:  Does anyone know how to get to the headlight washer tank 
> on the Coupes. Her leaks out the wheelwell and I'm not sure how 
> to get to the tank.

You can reach part of it by removing the bumper (easy). To get to 
the whole thing, you'll have to remove the wheel well liner. This 
also seems to be common. Dan Simoes had great tip: fix leaks by 
using a soldering iron to melt pieces of a discarded plastic 
bottle over the leak site.

Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr replied:
> I don't know about that, but something to be aware of with the 
> Thule racks is that the bar span is only 18".  This means that 
> skiis and bicycles are about the limit of what you can carry - 
> there's no extension kit, so kyacks and canoes are right out!

All the kits will have the same bar span for the CQ because 
you are limited by the mounting holes. I don't know the exact 
distance, but it's far more than 18". Kyacks should be fine, and 
I think you could get by with a canoe as long as you tie down the 
ends. I've carried things you wouldn't believe on my Thule.

I don't cruise the q-list as much as I used to, but it seems that 
there are at least a few 20V owners here who don't know about 
the dedicated 20V web site and e-mail list. The instructions for 
the list are on the web site referenced above. Basically, it's a 
20V subset of q-listers and those who couldn't handle the traffic 
of the "mother list".

Eric Renneisen
'90 CQ 20V  -  my 'racing-iron'  ;^)
Chattanooga, TN