Originally Posted by mannyo (Post 105641)

I fixed the boot on mine today and for the first time in 2 years it closes and does not pop open again. Took the rear trim piece off and found the spring broken from the soft close mechanism, located the OEM spring but it had snapped. I purchased the multipack of springs from Maplin last weekend, and used one of those to replace the OEM one. The spring is the one shown in post 3 of this thread from audiworld.

http://www.audiworld.com/forums/a8-s...ishar-2866079/