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

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

Here's what I did.  Bought the springs from Alexander van Gerbig at 
_www.euro-audi-parts.com_ (http://www.euro-audi-parts.com)  on 19May04 for  a total of 
US$520.75 - more than what I paid for the H&Rs.  The  H&Rs I had were #29921.  
With the H&Rs the drop from stock on my  95.5 was 1.63 inches.  With the euro 
springs the drop from stock was 0.75  inches.  The color code on the front 
euros is Silver-Pink-Pink.  I  didn't write down the color code on the rears and 
its now snowing.  With  the euros and stock tires, 225/60-16s on Avus rims, 
the fronts are 26.5" to  fender lip and in the rear its about 27.25".  With the 
H&Rs I used the  stock Boges, with the euros I went to Bilstein (taller 
version not the short  version).  I like it - good luck.
 
Mark near Chicago being interrupted by daughter with IM capability - may  
soon lose it!
 
In a message dated 1/4/2005 6:34:41 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
audi.ed at gmail.com writes:

How much  do these euro sport springs go for?  Where does one aquire
them?   These sound like they might be a nice compromise.

thanks!


On  Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:57:07 -0500, Mtgadbois at aol.com <Mtgadbois at aol.com>  
wrote:
> Time for my $.02
> 
> I had H&R Springs on my  95.5 S6 for about a year.  It's a daily driver and 
I was scraping on  almost every speed bump. It was also a pain to get a jack 
under it.  But  it did look great and handled well.  However, after a year I 
had enough  and I got in on a group buy for euro sport springs (Audi).  I 
installed  them with Bilsteins and yes the ride is higher and a bit more "floaty" 
but no  bottoming out problems whatsoever.  The height is about 3/4" less than  
the factory 95.5 height.  I believe these springs were very close to the  
factory 1992 springs.
> 
> IMO this is the way to go unless you  are planning on going onto the track. 
 If you are - get a 911.
>  
> Mark near Chicago & looking for 8" to 12" of white stuff
>  
> Edward wrote:
> 
> I called H&R and they said I had  to deal with the company that sold the 
springs to me.  They also said  that they would only warranty them to the 
original purchaser, which I'm  not.  So unless I can think of something creative, it 
sounds like I'll  need to buy new springs.
> 
> I wanted the car higher, but maybe  simply buying the same springs over 
will fix it if they were in rough shape to  begin with...
> 
> 
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