Hey! Thanks everyone!!! It was just the alternator belt. I was on the way to work when I broke down so I left it in a hurry without looking at anything really. When I went back to get it that night and took a look the belt had vanished. Limped it home with several jumps and installed the new belt ...

Hey everyone... it's been a while!


This morning on the way to work my battery light came on, my voltage went all the way down over the course of 5-10 minutes, then I almost completely lost power. Lights are still on but lost power steering etc and the car won't start at all or even turnover. I ...

Whhhhattttt?! I know 2 other 200 20v owners who had no problem with it. If I were you I would call again or do the live web chat thing and get some answers.

Nursing school and work have been busy so there' hasn't been much progress at all. Minor hiccups here and there, clutch is starting to go (not so minor) but otherwise all has been decent. Replaced the rear tie rods which entirely got rid of all the squeaking that I had been attributing to bushings ...

Uhhh I don't think so but I can't say for sure... Anyone?

I have UFOs, my rotors and pads are completely worn. I believe have an extra set of pads so really just rotors if I kept it stock for now. Eventually I do want to completely upgrade the brakes so if I found a good option for that first I might go that way too... I'm really flexible right now. My ...

Anybody in the Bellingham area have any extra brakes laying around they need to sell? I'm considering all upgrades or even stock temporarily if I have to I just need to replace mine asap..

Looking good! The more posts the better. I've been trying to clean mine up at a snail's pace... learning as I go so it's awesome reading threads like this

It is finished. Both sides were equally wrecked.

That's kinda what I was thinking. Anyway axles will be here Tuesday. Anyone who's done this before had much luck finding the bolts?

As a former shokan employee I can tell you that axles are basically rebuilt. And I bet 1/2 of that price is shipping....



actually the shipping is just an extra $28... I don't have a whole lot of options here, I've tried every place that was recommended to me and scoured craigslist nationwide ...

Raxles can't do it :(

NICE! congrats!

I know you just said you only have whats listed... so feel free to totally ignore this post, but I need a new shifter boot and timing belt cover for my 200. so....

I'll check it out!

I'm going with Shokan... Ordering tomorrow.

Yea I was sort of hoping to avoid having to replace the joints, it sounds like a very difficult task for me

Ok so far Shokan and Force 5 are the only places that have the axles. So it's a tough choice because I can spend $370 at Skokan and have a 6 month warranty and axles that are fully in tact.... Or I can spend $100 at force 5 and another $40 rebooting... Hope for the best and have money to spend ...

I emailed them. Also sent an e-mail to Blauparts.com, heard they might have what I need.

If you're ok with shipping costs and having your car down, send them to the place I mentioned. they will rebuild them and ship them back same or next day. they have never told me they couldnt fix ANY axle i gave them. the difference is they machine the axle you give them. machine, install new ...

Ok cool. I just e-mailed Shokan. In the last 15 minutes I've called 5 places in the PNW near where I live that all do axle replacement/rebuilds, and none of them says they can do it on my Avant.
Yea, the force 5 guy seems overly laid back about the whole transaction but whatever. He's saying now he ...

Nice! Seems like a good list. Yea it may take a little but for me to get it all together but I'll post when I do.

Also I finally found a guy with cv axles, and I'm going to need to replace both of mine, but he just told be both the boots are torn. It's an Audi parts junkyard called force 5 auto in ...

nice thanks

Does anyone know any good threads for a vacuum assist brake conversion? I'm trying to decide whether I should go that route or just replace my accumulator. Also both my avant and my roommates 200 are getting pretty squeaky. I'm about ready to get new shocks/springs and all the bushings I can think ...

I also need 2 CV axles but I don't think any of those would fit. They are so hard to find