[s-cars] Recap of Eibach and Bilstein Info

[serge]

Nearest I can figure from watching this dead horse get beat over and over
and now even putting in a few kicks myself, the Avant springs are longer.
Possibly due to some added weight over the rear axle of the wagon, third
seat and all. So when installed into a sedan, you get the jacked-up
oldsobuick look. Or if you use the sedan rear springs on the wagon, you get
the droopy back end. The active spring rates themselves may very well be the
same, so cutting coils, using spacers, getting more grooves in your rear
shocks, may all lead to the same result. I'll let you know more when I get
mine on the car.


Serge Filanovsky

95 S6 Avant



> Serge writes:
>>
>> What you describe in "1529.40 Kit combination one" is referred to
>> at Eibach as 1529.40E. The "E" designation is for Avants. You may call
> them
>> vanilla or cookies and cream, makes no difference to me:)  But to other
> Avant owners
>> who wish to have the Eibach kit, it may be helpful to know how to properly
>> reference it. According to Scott at Eibach you can still get the 1529.40E
>> kit through shox.com, the plain jane vanilla 1529.40 excludes Avants as an
>> application.
>
> I did not specify avant when I ordered my Eibach kit from shox.com. The
> sedan springs seem to work fine on the wagon...
>
> What's the difference between the springs for sedans and wagons?
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
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