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Old 07-20-2011, 03:18 PM
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Default wednesday challenge: identify these control arms
found a box of new control arms with a few missing and two with no part numbers. at one point i could have identified these by sight.

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Audi's have 2 control arms on top and bottom, the big one is the 2nd lower arm and the little one is an upper arm
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Originally Posted by ryan_qttro
Audi's have 2 control arms on top and bottom, the big one is the 2nd lower arm and the little one is an upper arm
thanks for the reply! driver or passenger? does 2nd mean front or rear?
which upper arm is it?
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Lower 2nd one = rear
The top one I think is rear too, should be part numbers some where on them
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no part nums on any of them.
lower-rear: right or left?
upper-rear: right or left?

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top one is front right upper front control arm
bottom one is front right lower rear control arm

don't know part numbers off hand
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TOP 8E0-407-506 ? Right front upper.
BOTTOM 8E0-407-694-?? Right front wishbone link.

As most of you know, the letters at the end are VIN,DOP,PR determined and change every few minutes.
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thanks all! headed over to the classifieds if anyone is interested...
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