[s-cars] Bilstein and H&R Suspension Install

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Well, I finally broke down and dropped the coin to lower my S6 boat (Loving=
ly put :-) ).

I took the setup to my favorite shop and nearly had a heart attack when I w=
as quoted 7 hrs labor for the fronts alone!!!  So I took the stuff home and=
 set up to do it myself.  Even did the camber plate mod off the UrS4 page. =
 Everything was working out great, till I realized I did not have the right=
 socket or the desire to remove the whole front strut mechanism.  So, I did=
 like I did on my old VW's, and released everything I could, got the strut =
top off (Left it in there for safety, just in case... and proceeded to try =
to remove the springs...  Needless to say, even with the steering knuckel r=
eleased, and the sway bar lowered (2 jack stands and 1 jack later) I still =
had to compress the spring to get enough clearence to remove the spring.  A=
nyway, all is back to gether now, and after nearly having another heart att=
ack, I realized that the bump stop for the front's would not fit over the B=
ilstein strut cartridge...  So I read again and saw that it is not used... =
 Relief right?  WRONG!  I then read one line down and realized that I did n=
ot shorten the rear bumpstop. :-(

The question is this,
On a mostly daily driven S6 Sedan, how critical is the shortening of the bu=
mp stop?  I plan to redo the work to shorten it, but I was wondering if it =
will cause any problems driving for a few days as I do NOT want to miss my =
appointment with the alignment shop (When you can get a Quattro allignment =
by someone who does race setups on VW's and Audi's for $150 you don't miss =
the appointment).

Thanks for your patience and any advice here would be great.

Eric

P=2ES. also got the Zimmerman crossdrilled rotors and the combo looks WAY S=
WEET!
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