[s-cars] Increase ride height with Bilstein & H&R?

[steve powers]

Last I knew, shocks don't raise your car up. (that is assuming
you're installing shocks designed for your suspension travel)

Because you want more ground clearance, go with standard height
springs and non-Sport shocks.

Steve Powers

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
>  [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Edward Estabrook
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:28 AM
>  To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>  Subject: [s-cars] Increase ride height with Bilstein & H&R?
>
>
>  Hi,
>  I've got a 95 S6 with H&R springs (supposed to lower ~1.5
>  inches).  The struts are shot, and I just discoverd that the
>  they are still stock (oops). So I am putting on Bilstein's
>  ASAP.  My question is should I get the 'sport' or the 'heavy
>  duty'.  I understand that the sports are usually better for
>  lowered cars, but what is the real difference?  Also, my car
>  measures only about 24.5 to 25 inches from ground to fender,
>  as opposed to the 25.75 - 26 inch measurement mentioned at
>  http://www.urs4.com/technical/suspension.>  html.
>  Does this
>  mean that simply putting on new Bilstein
>  sports will raise my car back up an inch?  How do the 'heavy
>  duty' Bilsteins effect the ride height?
>
>  I would really like more ground clearance.  I notice that
>  with the Eibach setup it is standard to use a 10mm spacer to
>  raise the rear back up to level.  I understand this isn't
>  required for H&R, but is it possible to use spacers front
>  and back and gain another 10mm of ground clearance and still
>  maintain the spring rate & handling?
>
>  It looks like I have to modify my camber plates, and I found
>  an excellent write-up on the procedure.  Any experience on
>  how long the whole strut swap / modify camber plates usually
>  takes, start to finish?
>
>  Thanks!!
>
>  Ed
>
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