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I have most of the bolts I need for my rear suspension refurb bought directly from the main dealer (apart from the ones that are NLA). After inspecting them, they are all grade 10.9 and coated in (what I can only find as something called) "greenkote". I spent a couple of days searching the net and cannot find a retailer who will sell direct to the public. It seems the ones I could find are more set up to sell on an industrial scale or are companies specialising in coating something you send to them.

You can, quite easily find 10.9 zinc plated bolts and whilst these will not be as corrosion resistant as original equipment, they may be the best we can get easily.

Galvanised (HDS) bolts will give better results but I can only find them in grade 8.8

Any bolt refresh kits that I can find all seem to be for the front end of the car. I'm also not sure if these have the green coating or not.

At the moment it looks like I'll simply be buying other genuine coated bolts from Audi (other suspension bolts) but a different part number. They'll be slightly longer but it's easy enough to cut them down.

Thanks everyone for your replies