80Q and CQ road springs

[Jim Clinch <jclinch@gtnet.gov.uk>]

On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 14:13:11 GMT, ggthack@swansea.ac.uk (Graham Thackrah) wrote

>I managed to track down a number for Boge Sachs in teh UK finally and
>found out what applications were listed for the springs I fitted to my
>car. They are listed for the NA coupe quattro, 1984-1989. The Boge part
>numbers are  25.A06.0 and 25.A07.0 for front and rear.  If anyone can tell
>me if the springs for the coupe quattro and 80 quattro are the same then
>I'd be grateful. I suspect that they may be, no, rephrase that, I am
>hoping that they are!
>
>Graham.
>'84 80 quattro.

Sorry I'm late with this. I had to get a new front road spring for my 87 KV
engined (2226cc) coupe quattro a couple of weeks ago. It broke somehow.
Now, I can't tell you whether it is the same as your 80Q and I didn't get
the part number. I can tell you there doesn't appear to be a third party
equivalent; it is identified by one green paint mark and the original part
has just dropped in price. I was told that there were only three in the
country (UK) and that the price had just been reduced from GBP 69 to GBP
39, presumably as part of the general reduction in prices for VW spares pre
1991. A pleasant surprise.

Not sure whether you have fitted third party springs or not or even wanted
original parts, but my advice to anyone with an older Audi in the UK is to
try the dealer first for parts (not service though) in case there has been
a general reduction in prices.


Jim Clinch, Norwich, UK
87 CQ, 86 80 Sport, 83 4000, 81 Lancia Montecarlo