[s-cars] Eibach Rear Spring Shim
Alvin Labonite
alabonite at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 22 17:47:41 EDT 2006
ouch! I don't think there was ever a spacer made for the koni's.. Switch to
H&R's ?
>From: "lebakken1 at netzero.net" <lebakken1 at netzero.net>
>To: quattro20v at telus.net
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Eibach Rear Spring Shim
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:36:25 GMT
>
>Thanks for the responses so far....but
>sorry guys - I should have been more specific. I have Koni's. The spring
>perch for these - I don't believe - is adjustable like the Bilstein's.
>It will make my day if I am wrong...........
>Craig
>
>-- Sean Douglas <quattro20v at telus.net> wrote:
>I think all it is a spacer in a cylinder shape that is 10 mm deep and the
>same
>diameter as the Bilstein housing. The lower perch sits on top of the
>spacer.
>
>I'm pretty sure ECS sells these.
>
>Sean
>
>Quoting "lebakken1 at netzero.net" <lebakken1 at netzero.net>:
>
> > All,
> > A long long time ago....there was an Eibach Prokit GB. Eibach mucked it
>up,
> > and many kits had rear springs that were ten mm lower than the front.
>Listers
> > compensated with 10 mm spring shims, or had a new groove cut in their
> > Bilstein Shock Housings. For those that used shims, what exactly were
>these?
> > Were they specially machined shims, that - hopefully - incorporated some
> > shape to properly engage the shock and index the spring?? Were they -
> > hopefully not - just a 10mm thick washer of the correct diameter?
> > Inquiring minds would like to know. Don't ask why.
> > TIA,
> > Craig Lebakken
> > 94 S4
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