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Old 01-19-2005, 06:34 AM
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Somebody just posted this down a few posts....but now I can't find it!
Old 01-19-2005, 07:05 AM
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<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/84787.phtml">Poor soul</a></li></ul>
Old 01-19-2005, 08:08 AM
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Default Mine were black, too.

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Default Re: Does your car have quattro?

No mine not a quattro (2wd) :-(
Old 01-19-2005, 10:49 AM
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Default Re: 99, Black.

Thanks guys. The stealers over here are telling me that OE was never blue. I guess that's because all the mechanics over here are aged about 12yrs old, and they were'nt around when these early 8's were serviced at the offial Audi sites. I must be one of the few who with such an old car still go to Audi. The annaul expence is prolly 50% of the cars value :-(
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Default I suspect that's the issue, right there.

Different shocks on the non-quattro cars.

You need to get some 3.7 FWD guys to weigh in. They're pretty rare, here.
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Default Re: I suspect that's the issue, right there.

Seems that the 96-97 cars may have had blue shocks. by the time you get to 98 there all on black. Even the 4.2 of 96-97 are blue.

I have been in a couple of S8's and the setup in them is far, far softer than my old 3.7 sport...
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