lowered type 44, was 4000

[jim rose]

hold on...

i dont know about the 200's, but on my 5000 with hr's (1.5" drop) and
bilstein's i wore thru the front tires in 5 months - as in metal sticking
thru the insire edge of the tire with nearly new tred on top. [DOH!]

3 audi shops warned me this would happen, and the alignment shop noted that
the car would not go near its correct camber setting bc of the lowered
suspension. the camber is visibly riced-out.

i just called 2bennett the other day and they confirmed this is standard
practice with these [mines an 885k] cars. they advised the quicker/cheaper
fix of slotting the top strut mounts, which i plan to do soon as i just put
winter tires on it.

im sure the plate is better, but i dont need it to adjust, just wear
properly.

i have heard from now 4 people with 200's that they had no camber issues
when lowering. is there some adjustment difference between the 5000 and 200?
i did think there were minor fromt suspension differences, i guess that's
part of it....

unless the alignment shop was on crack.. [i live in berkeley, this is
TOTALLY possible]

jim
-------------------
...which is amusing, since it isn't needed on the
type44(5000/100/200) unless you -really- lower the car.  I lowered my
200q20v with h&rs/bilsteins and camber basically didn't change much
at all, which mirrored the experience of at least one mechanic I
spoke to, when I asked if such a plate was needed to maintain proper
camber.

Brett


_________________________________________________________________
Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com