Avant boot strap

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Avant boot strap

Post by maars » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:47 pm

The boot strap on my Avant snapped the other day - the rubber end (see photo) broke.
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Does anyone know if you can order a replacement?
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by mikep99 » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:54 pm

Mine broke as well a while back.
Dont think you can get just the strap iirc.
Where abouts has it snapped? Just where the strap meets the clip?
Ive been using luggage straps in the eyelets on the boot floor since.

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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by maars » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:20 am

The rubber clip snapped off from the elastic (red box on photo) - looks like the rubber perished. It is twelve years old, after all.
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by mikep99 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:38 am

Looks like you can get the strap.
See items 40 & 42 on here:
http://www.oemepc.com/audi/part_single/ ... 645/lang/e

I cut an old plastic card up, put a strip down each side of the strap connector and used jb weld to hold it all together.
Left it 24hrs in a couple of small clamps then wrapped with matt black vinyl. Stronger than its ever been!

Dont think it'll be cheap from audi!
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by maars » Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:32 am

Thanks Mike!

Sadly my Mac blocks that site. Could you post the image, so I can see 40 & 42?

I can then call TPS.
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by Surrey Sam » Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:04 am

I have a new one lying around somewhere that's no longer required.
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by maars » Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:06 pm

Surrey Sam wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:04 am
I have a new one lying around somewhere that's no longer required.
Superb Sam. Thank you. I'll be in touch :thumbs:
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Re: Avant boot strap

Post by MB2 » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:11 pm

My strap had aged badly so I decided to look at this. The fittings at each end simply unclip with a screwdriver and I replaced the elastic with a piece of 30mm elastic bought from eBay. I chose grey but in reality it is black so I would choose black in the future.

It was 5 minutes work to swap over - removing the boot panel is more involved so the job is best saved until the panel is off but it was simply repaired with 3.99 of elastic.

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