[s-cars] Fwd: Koni/Eibach..not level :(

[Mark Strangways]

Yeah, I took the shock and had it grooved a bit high so that it sits level.
Darn easy on a lath.

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jpb3" <jpburns3 at gmail.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Fwd: Koni/Eibach..not level :(


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: jpb3 <jpburns3 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sep 30, 2005 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Koni/Eibach..not level :(
> To: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
>
> OK, talked with Arthur at Shox.com <http://shox.com/> and he said they do
> not carry the spacer but to check with ground control, ground control
> reffered me to Eibach, Eibach said their spacers are for coil overs and
> basically I should just live with the set up as is b/c it is engineered as
> such.
> This sucks. Any ideas?
> Please refer to this post to see old & new gap if interested:
> new
> http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/85705/dsc01121.jpg
> old
> http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/85705/dsc01081.jpg
>
>
> On 9/30/05, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Between the bottom of the spring and the spring seat. It's basically the
>> same diameter
>> as the bottom coil of the spring, which is actually a dead coil, intended
>> as a spring seat.
>>  Scargo
>>
>>  On 9/30/05, jpb3 <jpburns3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > LL,
>> > Thanks for the tip! I put a call into Shox.com <http://shox.com/> and 
>> > he
>> > is looking the spacer up for me.
>> >  I do have a question though, on the Koni's the "spring seat" is welded
>> > to the body of the shock, so where does the spacer from Shox go?
>> >  Thanks,
>> >  john
>> >
>> >  On 9/29/05, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Actually, the droop is associated with the Eibachs, not the H&R's.
>> > >  I was able to get the spacers from 
>> > > www.shox.com<http://www.shox.com/>.
>> > > The price seemed a
>> > > bit exotic, considering that they're simply hollow extruded spacers
>> > > that
>> > > look like 10 mm of steel tubing, but I had to consider the weight of
>> > > the
>> > > the back of the car sits on it, compounded by any dynamic loads the
>> > > car
>> > > goes through (gives a little more intrest to squat and roll, eh?), 
>> > > but
>> > > they
>> > > do place the car level, and haven't failed yet. As I recall, they 
>> > > were
>> > > $38,
>> > > and I don't recall if you can get them from TireRack (they don't 
>> > > carry
>> > > the
>> > > UrS Eibachs). If I had the receipts handy, I would look up the part #
>> > > for
>> > > you, but unfortunately, they're in storage until I fully move into my
>> > > house.
>> > > Perhaps any of you other Eibach lackeys can fill in here.
>> > >  LL - NY
>> > >
>> > >  On 9/29/05, jpb3 < jpburns3 at gmail.com > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Ok, just picked the ride up from the Koni/Eibach install only to
>> > > > find that
>> > > > the rear seems to suffer the same problems I have heard described
>> > > > regarding
>> > > > the H&R/Bilstein rear droop! I have read the article in the 
>> > > > archives
>> > > >
>> > > > regarding the correct spring # and US Vs. Euro springs etc...and
>> > > > thought for
>> > > > sure that I had the correct springs based on the #'s printed on the
>> > > > springs
>> > > > themselves. Does anyone here have the Eiback/Koni setup? If so did
>> > > > you have
>> > > > rear end issues as well? The ride is awsome, much, much improved
>> > > > over the
>> > > > stock setup but I do not like how the rear end looks to be lower
>> > > > than the
>> > > > front. Am I correct in thinking that no spacer exists for the
>> > > > Koni/Eibach
>> > > > setup?
>> > > > If anyone has thoughts or suggestions please help!
>> > > > John
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