[s-cars] Lowering the S4 and alignment

[tony.curran at sympatico.ca]

Hi Rolf,

I'm just about to get my S6 lowered too. I purchased a set of Bilstein sport shocks from Evolution Sports, the cheapest online shocks I could find at $199 for fronts (BILP36-0369) and $185 for rears (BILB46-2006), plus they had free shipping. Went with the Eibach springs 1529.140. Of the online outlets only Tire Rack had them in stock and I got the last set (currently enroute to chez moi). Apparently a new batch is being made and should be available in July. Try www.lightningmotorsports.com for best price of $236 and free shipping - tho they didn't have it in stock.

Also consider changing CV boots (my car is currently off road with torn CV boot awaiting new suspension), wheel bearings, brake rotors if required and control arms, as these parts are all disassembled to replace suspension. www.ecstuning.com for parts except for control arms which I got from www.germanautoparts.com for $88.95 ea.

I changing rotors to ECS slotted and PBR pads.

I'm also watching the discussion on alignment.

Tony

> 
> From: "RM" <waves at epix.net>
> Date: 2004/06/15 Tue AM 10:36:35 EST
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Lowering the S4 and alignment
> 
> First, i'm sorry for asking questions when this has obviously been discussed
> at length. I  have difficulty keeping up with all the email i get in one
> day.Anyway, I'm about to lower my 94 S4 and would like the final word from
> the great S-list. I installed nice 17" wheels and of course now the car
> looks 'dorky' with lots of wheel well space. All i want is a simple kit that
> lowers the car slightly w/o getting into anything trick.Eibach has been rec.
> in the past and I'll go with that. I also have a good line on either
> Bilstien or Koni shocks, any rec. for either? LASTLY, i missed allot of the
> alignment issues/emails over the past week. I don't track this car so i'm
> not worried about performance, just tire longevity. The big question is with
> a simple lowering kit, will i have to jump through hoops to align the car
> back tp or very close to factory specs? Sorry again for the redundancy.
> 
> Rolf Mair
> 
> 
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