[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 30, Issue 19

[Calvin Young]

Sean, 

How much did all this cost and how much labor would be involved in changing
the entire setup.  How many miles on the car.  I have 160K.

Cal


Message: 4
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:16:32 -0700
From: "Sean Douglas" <quattro20v at telus.net>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Suspension rubber pieces query
To: "'Tony Guttmann'" <T.Guttmann at ms.unimelb.edu.au>,
	<s-car-list at audifans.com>
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Tony:

I'm planning on overhauling my suspension shortly and have purchased every
single piece made of rubber between the wheels and the chassis. This
includes sway bar bushings, control arm bushings, subframe mounts, and all
the hardware that goes along with it.

I'm replacing the shocks and springs too with Boge / euro-sport springs and
associated bearings, mounts and dust boots.

While I'm at it, I'm doing the CV boots, wheel bearings, engine and trans
mounts. I'm even throwing in a V8 torsen differential too.

All in all, I have assembled over 200 parts, I admit I'm quite obsessive and
have even pre-finished the suspension components.

You can see some pictures here:

http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/52091/dscf0368.jpg

http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/52091/dscf0369.jpg

For you with only 59K miles, I'd probably only do the sway bar and control
arm bushings and maybe the subframe mounts. For the front control arms, its
easier just to replace the whole arm as it comes with a new inner bushing
and new ball joint, for the rear, you will need to press in/out the
bushings. The rear is a PITA and there are a lot of rubber bits back there.

Sean D.