[s-cars] RE: Eibachs

[Eric's E-Mail]

The drop on that combo is Perfect in my opinion.  I have had this exact
setup for about 2 months now.  Handling at 'illegal' speeds is wonderful.
The road feel is outstanding.  My wife HATES them!  The springs are somewhat
progressive, which takes some of the beating out of things, but the struts
are VERY STIFF!  The car feels more like my Corrado now than the Lincoln
Towncar feel it had before.  (90k on the stock dampeners was TOO Much!  All
4 had very little resistance left in either compress or uncompress.)  I
which the struts had just a little less resistance at start to allow for a
little less road vibration, but that's just fine by me. NO, I repeat, NO
more body sway at just about any speed in any corner, NO more brake dive,
and NO front end lift on hard acceleration.  You WONT be disapointed in your
purchase.

As for the install?  TAKE IT SOME PLACE FIR 'DA FRONTS!!! The front's were a
ROYAL PITA!  Also check out the www.URS4.com page for the camber plates
rebuild.  I got mine to -.6 on both sides.  Very nice comprmise between tire
wear and performance.  Not a sign of the usual tramlining of a very negative
camber...

Anyway,
You won't recognize the feel of the car at all when you are done :-)

Eric


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From: Paul Krasusky <KrasuskyP at FirstInterBank.com>
To: 'Keith Maddock' <Keith.Maddock at trw.com>,
's-car-list' <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:43:53 -0400
Subject: [s-cars] RE: eibachs

Update-

First, thanks to all that a) put up with my stupid lymric, and b) provided
me with their insights regarding my quandary.

Well, after much back and forth, and seeing that ECS is out of Koni's, I
settled on H&R / Bilstein combo.  I say this for two reasons.  1st, the guy
I got my car from is running that combo, along with my new 17x8 Avus' (but
245's rather than my 255's).  I rode in his, saw it, etc., it's nice and it
fits.  2nd, he's a dealer, and HE's ordering it for me, at a NICE savings.
Sweet.

Stupid camber plates are being anodized this week, so it delays my order.
ARGHhhhhhhhhhh!

Since my guy's hooking me up, gee, guess I HAD to order that brake kit I'd
been craving.  Went with the 993tt / Euro A8 (front and rear) rotors /
Mintex Red Box pads set up.  Couldn't justify the extra $500 clams for the
OH so purty cross drilleds, that's a ton of extra dough for a car that will
only see semi annual track use.  Oh well.  Can't wait.

So, my car will finally be 'finished' (are they ever?) for the Regionals,
heh heh...

Thanks again all.

P.S.  heh, my wife is hilarious.  At a family BBQ this weekend, she made a
point of mentioning me / the list / our 'issues', etc. to everyone there.
They all kinda looked at me like a dog looks at a human when you talk to it
(tilted head), with the big "huh?" expression.  Especially when she
mentioned me hosting the Regionals.  Does anyone get us?

-Paul "but dear, my car's done now" Krasusky (yeah, sure!)