Hi everyone
My suspension got massacred by the potholes on country roads during the big rains last year. The car almost disappeared down a sort of open-cut mine one evening in the rain. Engine stopped, all red lights flashing, B Double on my tail and nowhere to pull over. Luckily she started again first turn of the key which is why I'm writing this today
Long story short, the springs and shocks gradually self-destructed over a period of months as I hit more potholes and now to get her through rego I'm going to have to replace the lot. All those lovely Bilsteins and Eibachs will have to go and be replaced by the original factory bits which have been lying around gathering dust for 15 years. Unfortunately, the rear shocks seem to have gone all funny and the springs won't fit squarely on the perches so I'll have to get hold of another pair.
Can't find any new ones anywhere online - plenty available at low prices but as soon as I click on them they tell me they're only for FWD models, not quattros.
Would anyone have a pair of rear shocks lying around to suit a 2000 model 1.8T quattro sedan? They don't have to be perfect, only good enough to get the car back on the road in reasonable safety. She's done 470,000 km so there's not a lot of life left in her. She's nearly as battered as her owner
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Send me a post if you think you can help.
Thanks
kermac (Kerry), Binalong 2584
My suspension got massacred by the potholes on country roads during the big rains last year. The car almost disappeared down a sort of open-cut mine one evening in the rain. Engine stopped, all red lights flashing, B Double on my tail and nowhere to pull over. Luckily she started again first turn of the key which is why I'm writing this today

Long story short, the springs and shocks gradually self-destructed over a period of months as I hit more potholes and now to get her through rego I'm going to have to replace the lot. All those lovely Bilsteins and Eibachs will have to go and be replaced by the original factory bits which have been lying around gathering dust for 15 years. Unfortunately, the rear shocks seem to have gone all funny and the springs won't fit squarely on the perches so I'll have to get hold of another pair.
Can't find any new ones anywhere online - plenty available at low prices but as soon as I click on them they tell me they're only for FWD models, not quattros.
Would anyone have a pair of rear shocks lying around to suit a 2000 model 1.8T quattro sedan? They don't have to be perfect, only good enough to get the car back on the road in reasonable safety. She's done 470,000 km so there's not a lot of life left in her. She's nearly as battered as her owner

Send me a post if you think you can help.
Thanks
kermac (Kerry), Binalong 2584