AUDI R8 Leaking Shock Absorbers...Nagengast...TC Garage
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I doubt i'm the first and clearly won't be the last to encounter this issue hence the post. Car is a 2007 with magnetic shocks.
It took an Audi main dealers 2 years to diagnose what was wrong and they had to leak for them to find the knocking problem.
Audi offered to do the work for £3500 then a day later it was £2900 and when i said i had found another way the price dropped to £1800. At this point i said done and a day later Audi called me to say it wasn't possible as they don't make the bolts anymore and it would need to be a completely new suspension rebuild (think about £6000)
At this point i went down the more unusual route of exploring a refurbishment in Poland!
Used a specialist TC Garage in Copthone who told me those bolts are common and many companies make them. They did all the work and sent them out to Nagengast in Poland. https://nagengast.pl/en/about/
There is a video of how they regenerate them which shows how much work goes into it the process. Its fast as well...like a 1 week turn around. This is probably one of the best companies i have ever dealt with. i paid and before the money had cleared they had already put them in the post. The garage said they looked like new and the car now drives like it did 10 years ago.
The garage also spotted the Oil Cooler was blocked so have saved me a blown engine.
Hence both Nagengast and TC Garage deserve this post for outstanding work
It took an Audi main dealers 2 years to diagnose what was wrong and they had to leak for them to find the knocking problem.
Audi offered to do the work for £3500 then a day later it was £2900 and when i said i had found another way the price dropped to £1800. At this point i said done and a day later Audi called me to say it wasn't possible as they don't make the bolts anymore and it would need to be a completely new suspension rebuild (think about £6000)
At this point i went down the more unusual route of exploring a refurbishment in Poland!
Used a specialist TC Garage in Copthone who told me those bolts are common and many companies make them. They did all the work and sent them out to Nagengast in Poland. https://nagengast.pl/en/about/
There is a video of how they regenerate them which shows how much work goes into it the process. Its fast as well...like a 1 week turn around. This is probably one of the best companies i have ever dealt with. i paid and before the money had cleared they had already put them in the post. The garage said they looked like new and the car now drives like it did 10 years ago.
The garage also spotted the Oil Cooler was blocked so have saved me a blown engine.
Hence both Nagengast and TC Garage deserve this post for outstanding work
Thanks for posting this.
I find it amazing however that Audi don't do the work as the bolts aren't made any more? I've never heard of that - anyone else ITK able to confirm this?
Considering Audi costs are usually roughly £1k a corner on the mag ride shocks and the mis-quoting, wonder if this is just an incompetent dealer? I thought dealers had to be certified as a "sport" dealership to service R8's?
I find it amazing however that Audi don't do the work as the bolts aren't made any more? I've never heard of that - anyone else ITK able to confirm this?
Considering Audi costs are usually roughly £1k a corner on the mag ride shocks and the mis-quoting, wonder if this is just an incompetent dealer? I thought dealers had to be certified as a "sport" dealership to service R8's?
Trust me this is a main Audi Dealer who looked after for 10 years.. The bolts are just a joke, its a common part but because Audi don't make them they won't fit them for audit reasons and that comes from head office. So happy that the car went to a specialist as teh specialist spotted the oil cooler which Audi missed and that could have blown the engine
Certainly looks that way but sadly we now live in a world of total compliance for the main dealers. Hence they wouldn't do the work for Audit reasons. When i told the specialist they weren't made anymore and could we use the original bolts they said the same as you. You can buy them anywhere!
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