HELP! Rear air springs on A6 Allroad

[Allroad_2013]

The rear air springs on our A6 Allroad C7 (4GH, 4GJ) 3.0 TDI are on the way out (rear sags if we leave it parked in the Auto height setting, stays up if we leave it in the Allroad setting).

According to my local Audi dealership parts department the part numbers are 4G0616001T and 4G0616002T.

In trying to avoid paying Audi £384 each for the air springs and before I risk some cheap Chinese imports, I thought I would check with Arnott's who seem to be the most obvious quality alternative.

Their website doesn't list a spring for the C7 Allroad BUT they do list a product as the equivalent of 4G0616001T and 4G0616002T (A-3891 and A-3892)
However, after speaking with their customer support department and supplying them with my VIN they say A-3891 and A-3892 are NOT compatible with my car.

So I'm confused !

Has anyone been through this before and can they suggest a viable alternative? Or has anyone fitted a set of Arnott A-3891 and A-3892 springs to a C7 Allroad and they've been fine?
Any help would be appreciated.

[johnsimcox]

Maybe worth calling bagpipingandy https://www.bagpipingandy.com. From what I have read on a number of forums he is very helpful and what he does not know about Audi air suspension is not worth knowing

[Whippy53]

Maybe worth calling bagpipingandy https://www.bagpipingandy.com. From what I have read on a number of forums he is very helpful and what he does not know about Audi air suspension is not worth knowing

I concur, not only does he have an encyclopaedic knowledge base. But he also sells parts. ��

[Allroad_2013]

I have sent him an email and await a reply. Will update the thread once I've had a reply.

Can't believe I'm the only person that's faced this issue, so hopefully it might prove useful to others if I can find out the answer.

[Allroad_2013]

Not had a reply from Andy, so no progress on suitable air-springs as yet.

One thing I have noticed is that if I enter the VIN number in the audi.7zap.com website, it says the number is not found.
It would be useful if some other forum members could check their VIN numbers and see if the site recognises them.

[Crasher]

What is the VIN?

[Allroad_2013]

What is the VIN?

PM with VIN sent.

[Crasher]

Yes, left bag 4G0 616 001 T and right 4G0 616 002 T, £386.60. We would consider the Arnot A-3891 and A-3892 and would retail for £280 for each in the workshop so to be honest, we would push for genuine at that price difference

[Allroad_2013]

Thanks for the reply.

Did you deduce this from the VIN number, as Arnott's said they weren't compatible?

Are the Arnott units equivalent in terms of quality to the Audi items? Who makes the OEM units?

[Crasher]

I think the OE manufacturer is Dunlop, I put the Audi number into the trade parts lookup system Tecdoc and it listed that Arnot number