[Biturbos4] Biturbos4 Digest, Vol 54, Issue 12

[Joseph Martin]

If you're looking for good shocks to go with stock springs, you want
Bilstein HD rather than Bilstein sport.  They're designed to give a bit
better performance, but with stock springs and ride height.  Add a rear
swaybar, and you'll have a decently handling S4, even with stock springs.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:00 PM, <biturbos4-request at www.audifans.com> wrote:

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>   1. S4 suspension advice (Ameer Antar)
>   2. Re: S4 suspension advice (DocWyte)
>   3. Re: S4 suspension advice (j.koenig)
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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:23:27 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ameer Antar <antar at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Biturbos4] S4 suspension advice
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> Hi all, my new to me '02 S4 came with the Vogtland/Koni sport suspension
> kit (I think it's a 40mm drop). The height makes it handle and look really
> nice, but since I live in Boston, it's way too rough and it scrapes when
> going into driveways.
>
> The stock springs and shocks/struts have 65k on them. I'm thinking the
> springs are fine, but the shocks are probably done. What's my best choice
> for shocks with stock springs? I've heard oem's are $$$ and too hard to get.
> So that leaves Bilsteins or Konis... any advice/experience with either
> setup?
>
> I would love to find lower than stock springs, but they'd have to be like
> half the drop. I don't think any springs out there do that... and I'd rather
> not spend so much on buying coil-over's (and maintaining them). Any comments
> much appreciated.
>
> -Ameer
>
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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:40:52 -0600
> From: DocWyte <docwyte at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] S4 suspension advice
> To: Ameer Antar <antar at comcast.net>
> Cc: biturbos4 at audifans.com
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> Either use the stock springs with bilsteins (get them from AWE, they
> should have height adjustable slots), or get the Shine Racing
> Suspension, they're in Walpole.
>
> Ameer Antar wrote:
> > Hi all, my new to me '02 S4 came with the Vogtland/Koni sport suspension
> kit (I think it's a 40mm drop). The height makes it handle and look really
> nice, but since I live in Boston, it's way too rough and it scrapes when
> going into driveways.
> >
> > The stock springs and shocks/struts have 65k on them. I'm thinking the
> springs are fine, but the shocks are probably done. What's my best choice
> for shocks with stock springs? I've heard oem's are $$$ and too hard to get.
> So that leaves Bilsteins or Konis... any advice/experience with either
> setup?
> >
> > I would love to find lower than stock springs, but they'd have to be like
> half the drop. I don't think any springs out there do that... and I'd rather
> not spend so much on buying coil-over's (and maintaining them). Any comments
> much appreciated.
> >
> > -Ameer
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:09:50 -0400
> From: "j.koenig" <koenigj at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] S4 suspension advice
> To: "Ameer Antar" <antar at comcast.net>,  <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <021201c8ba83$2b593d90$1f12fea9 at TopGearhome>
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> Hi, Ameer.
>
> I too wrestle with the roads in the greater Boston area -- not much fun.
> I changed the originals to Bilstein Sports at ~120k (with OE springs), and
> it certainly
> improved rebound damping, but the ride improvement wasn't as dramatic as I
> was expecting.
> Your 65k versions might not be dead yet.  Using them now to solve your
> immediate problem
> would let you read what's out there and shop around before you find the
> 'right' springs,
> 'invest' in coil-overs, etc.  Just a thought.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ameer Antar" <antar at comcast.net>
> To: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:23 PM
> Subject: [Biturbos4] S4 suspension advice
>
>
> Hi all, my new to me '02 S4 came with the Vogtland/Koni sport suspension
> kit (I think it's
> a 40mm drop). The height makes it handle and look really nice, but since I
> live in Boston,
> it's way too rough and it scrapes when going into driveways.
>
> The stock springs and shocks/struts have 65k on them. I'm thinking the
> springs are fine,
> but the shocks are probably done. What's my best choice for shocks with
> stock springs?
> I've heard oem's are $$$ and too hard to get. So that leaves Bilsteins or
> Konis... any
> advice/experience with either setup?
>
> I would love to find lower than stock springs, but they'd have to be like
> half the drop. I
> don't think any springs out there do that... and I'd rather not spend so
> much on buying
> coil-over's (and maintaining them). Any comments much appreciated.
>
> -Ameer
>
>
>
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