[s-cars] RE: H&R race spring question (it broke!)

[Mark Strangways]

GOD I hate  this keyboard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: "Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)" <WQQ2PXK at ups.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: H&R race spring question (it broke!)


>I do scrape speed bumps with my eibachs...
> But then again up here we seem to have speed moguls. Too man idiots 
> ripping thru city side streets I guess...
> Names intentionally with held to protect the guilty.
>
> Mark S
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)" <WQQ2PXK at ups.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:35 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] RE: H&R race spring question (it broke!)
>
>
>>
>> Ed broke:
>>
>> <<<Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:14:06 -0500
>> From: "Edward Estabrook" <edwarde at myrealbox.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] H&R race spring question (it broke!)
>>
>> What is the lowered height difference between H&R race and the Eibach's? 
>> I
>> love the spring rate of my H&R's, but they are TOO low.  Around 2.5" from
>> the asphault to the aluminum channel pieces on the underside.  Scrapes on
>> everything and mades dirt roads impossible.  Any advice on a stiff spring
>> with more clearance?  Also I've read of peeps putting in spacers (usually 
>> on
>>
>> the rear).  Is it possible to put a spacer all around to get 1/2 more 
>> ground
>>
>> clearance and still use H&R's springs?  Also, with my H&R's my tires seem 
>> to
>>
>> wear just find.  Is this just luck, or do the Eibachs require the camber
>> plate mod more so than the H&R's.
>>
>> The reason this has come up is that my H&R 29771 Race Spring (S6+) broke 
>> in
>> half on the front right.  Is this a common failure for these springs?  I
>> didn't do anything harsh to it, it's never been tracked, and I'm not sure
>> what caused it to go... it just started making awful noises one day. 
>> Anyone
>>
>> had any success dealing with H&R for replacement?  They were 
>> pre-installed
>> on the car by PO and as far as I can tell, H&R won't warranty anyone 
>> except
>> the original purchaser. I think they're pushing 4 years old.
>>
>> Ed>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 29771s too low???  Man, there's not a dirt road in a 20 mile radius that 
>> I
>> have yet to defile and violate ala the 4 wheel WOT shuffle, and I've 
>> never
>> once had a bottoming out issue (running either my 17x8 or 16x7.5 Avus'). 
>> My
>> channels have rubbed once or twice over a tall speed bump, but that was 
>> with
>> the car fully laden.
>>
>> And I cannot picture what Dukes of Hazzard incident would cause one of 
>> these
>> suckers to break.  Maybe you recently had it in the shop or to a valet 
>> and
>> they Ferris Bueller'd it knownst to them but unbeknownst to you?
>>
>> Good luck with that.  Regardless, the Eibachs and H&Rs are within a 
>> fraction
>> of an inch to one another,
>>
>> -Paul
>> CT
>> '95 //S6 mit H&Rs
>> '84 Ur4kq sans H&Rs
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>>
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