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Re: Black-out badging

To: knotnook@traverse.com (Kneale Brownson)
Subject: Re: Black-out badging
From: ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 07:04:38 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: quattro@audifans.com
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990518062925.00aca480@traverse.com> from "Kneale Brownson" at May 18, 99 06:33:00 am
Sender: owner-quattro@audifans.com

Kneale Brownson writes:
> Is there any tune or handling significance to black-out badging on an '86
> 5kcstq I'm looking at as a parts car for my '87 5kcstq?  Was the black-out
> badging just a paint/trim option or did it accompany other differences in
> the car as part of a package?

Probably the chrome on the badge had all faded.  AFAIK there was no
"black out badging" from the factory for the 1986 5K line.  Either that
or the previous owner removed the chrome.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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