slotting the strut towers

[robert weinberg]

Thanks Chuck. stupid question - i assume the procedure and associated pdfs are applicable to the 200q20v - his car is a 97 S6. i suppose he's European - i've never heard of a 97 S6 in the states. it's just a URS4, correct?

see ya,
Robby


--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Chuck Pierce <cpcycle at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Chuck Pierce <cpcycle at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: slotting the strut towers
> To: centaurus3200 at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 11:23 AM
> Opps!
> http://www.elektro.com/~audi/alignment/
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>
> >Sent: Aug 1, 2008 2:07 PM
> >To: Chuck Pierce <cpcycle at earthlink.net>
> >Subject: Re: slotting the strut towers
> >
> >thanks chuck, i don't think the anything was
> attached though. please try again.
> >
> >do you mean that usual crack in the firewall?
> mine's not cracked, but you see see it's a little
> stressed. 
> >
> >i don't mind running around with negative camber
> until i get a strut tower bar on. i guess the strut tower
> bar pushed the sheetmetal outward to fix the negative
> camber?
> >
> >Robby
> >
> >
> >--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Chuck Pierce
> <cpcycle at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Chuck Pierce <cpcycle at earthlink.net>
> >> Subject: Re: slotting the strut towers
> >> To: centaurus3200 at yahoo.com, "200q20V mailing
> list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
> >> Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 11:02 AM
> >> Robert 
> >> Attached is an Article on modification of the
> spring
> >> plates. Read Pt III
> >> I do not know if I would slot the towers.
> >> I would build Bernie's strut brace first. 
> >> Does your car have the bending sheet metal from
> the towers
> >> coming in a bit?
> >> 
> >> Chuck Pierce
> >> 91 200 20v Avant
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >From: robert weinberg
> <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>
> >> >Sent: Aug 1, 2008 10:13 AM
> >> >To: 200q20V mailing list
> <200q20v at audifans.com>
> >> >Subject: slotting the strut towers
> >> >
> >> >hi all,
> >> >
> >> >UPS finally found the koni/H&R combo i
> bought from
> >> chris at force5. what an ordeal - lost in indiana.
> >> >
> >> >anyway, i'm going to drop the car off at
> my
> >> friend's shop this sunday. does anybody have a
> decent
> >> write-up on the procedure to slot the strut
> towers?
> >> >
> >> >from my research, it seems if i did nothing,
> the
> >> H&R combo would run about -1.5 degree camber
> even with
> >> the struts adjusted to the max. not god awful, but
> -1 or
> >> less would be better.
> >> >
> >> >the 200q is not my daily driver, so when i do
> hop in
> >> the driver's seat, it will be for something
> fun, like
> >> carving up highway 1 ;-)
> >> >
> >> >see ya,
> >> >Robby
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >      
> >>
> >_______________________________________________
> >> >200q20v mailing list	
> >> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/200q20v
> >
> >
> >