Re: early 80's 5k's?

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

iviarty@juno.com writes:
> 	When did the 5k's taillights and reflectors design get pulled away from
> the license plate?  I have seen some that go all the way to center, but
> my 87 and the 86 next door have a black area between the lights and the
> tag.  Why the change?

The non-turbo 5K/100 have the black center, turbos (5KT/TQ, 200TQ) have
the orange/red center.

> 	Also, why do some of these cars have 4 separate headlights and the
> 86-88's I see have just two?

The quad-light setup was used for the 84/85 5K model years.  Beginning
in 86 the 5K got one-piece aero headlights (large trazoidal ones on the
non-turbos, and flatter, elongated ones on the turbos).

These comments refer to North American models only.

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