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Liam672 · 17-02-15, 06:51 PM

Anyone know where to get Boot lid gas struts for a 1985 B2 Audi 80 sport?

As lid keeps hitting my head starting to hurt

shaun5 · 17-02-15, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Liam672

Anyone know where to get Boot lid gas struts for a 1985 B2 Audi 80 sport?

As lid keeps hitting my head starting to hurt

whats the part number on them? ive got B4 cabriolet and B4 saloon ones. They might be the same?

andya · 17-02-15, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Liam672

Anyone know where to get Boot lid gas struts for a 1985 B2 Audi 80 sport?

As lid keeps hitting my head starting to hurt

Audicoupeparts on here might have some....

theschmallfella · 17-02-15, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Liam672

Anyone know where to get Boot lid gas struts for a 1985 B2 Audi 80 sport?

As lid keeps hitting my head starting to hurt

I don't remember the B2 80 Sport having gas struts?! Did they? I had two of them plus two B2 80 quattro's and I don't remember them having them. Did they not have the big spring thing that the C3 100/200 saloon had? I do however remember being hit on the head a lot!

Flying Frank · 17-02-15, 08:12 PM

No gas struts on the 80 Sport I have and there are no struts on the rear donor end of an Audi 80 CL. There are some sort of metal rods that criss cross the area under the rear parcel shelf and they must be the springs that you are referring to. Definitely no gas struts though.....

theschmallfella · 18-02-15, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Flying Frank

No gas struts on the 80 Sport I have and there are no struts on the rear donor end of an Audi 80 CL. There are some sort of metal rods that criss cross the area under the rear parcel shelf and they must be the springs that you are referring to. Definitely no gas struts though.....

Actually Frank is right, the more I think about it there were definitely no gas struts on the facelift B2 80's. Was this a mod carried out after too many bangs on the previous owners head? I did this with my 200, I based it on the set up in the V8, the springs had gone soft and the slightest incline or breeze would drop the boot lid firmly on my head! The B3 had gas struts didn't they, they could have come from a newer model.

Flying Frank · 18-02-15, 01:43 PM

Here is a picture ( albeit of a very dirty Audi 80 boot area and rear parcel shelf area) showing the tensioned grey metal rods used to power the boot open and allow it to be closed under spring tension.

I'll try and put the picture up again, just for interest but maybe its too boring and has been binned by the bosses?

theschmallfella · 18-02-15, 02:07 PM

[quote=Flying Frank;373174]Here is a picture ( albeit of a very dirty Audi 80 boot area and rear parcel shelf are) showing the tensioned grey metal rods used to power the boot open and allow it to be closed under spring tension.

Here's one I found on google, not seeing a gas strut here

Liam672 · 17-02-15, 08:13 PM

It sure does have them one either side but both seem abit ungassy now ! haha

Hanuman · 17-02-15, 08:19 PM

According to VagCat/ETKA, there is a strut listed.

811827552A. Option?

Although, knowing how Audi's attention to detail goes wrt their drawings, that may be the tailgate strut.
T'internet gives a length of 305mm, rod stroke (oo er) of 110mm, or there a outs.

18-02-15, 01:43 PM	#7
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	Here is a picture ( albeit of a very dirty Audi 80 boot area and rear parcel shelf area) showing the tensioned grey metal rods used to power the boot open and allow it to be closed under spring tension. I'll try and put the picture up again, just for interest but maybe its too boring and has been binned by the bosses? Last edited by Flying Frank; 18-02-15 at 10:42 PM.

17-02-15, 08:19 PM	#10
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,016	According to VagCat/ETKA, there is a strut listed. 811827552A. Option? Although, knowing how Audi's attention to detail goes wrt their drawings, that may be the tailgate strut. T'internet gives a length of 305mm, rod stroke (oo er) of 110mm, or there a outs. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor Last edited by Hanuman; 17-02-15 at 08:24 PM.

17-02-15, 08:12 PM	#5
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	No gas struts on the 80 Sport I have and there are no struts on the rear donor end of an Audi 80 CL. There are some sort of metal rods that criss cross the area under the rear parcel shelf and they must be the springs that you are referring to. Definitely no gas struts though.....

18-02-15, 02:07 PM	#8
theschmallfella Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Back in the Emerald Isle Posts: 772	[quote=Flying Frank;373174]Here is a picture ( albeit of a very dirty Audi 80 boot area and rear parcel shelf are) showing the tensioned grey metal rods used to power the boot open and allow it to be closed under spring tension. Here's one I found on google, not seeing a gas strut here

17-02-15, 08:13 PM	#9
Liam672 Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canterbury, Kent Posts: 56	It sure does have them one either side but both seem abit ungassy now ! haha