[s-cars] replacing struts/shocks

[chris chambers]

Where can you get the euro-sport springs?


--- JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net> wrote:

> Rob A. is actually using the euro-sport springs with the Bilstein
> Sport.  It 
> is my belief that those springs are similar in ride height to the '92
> 
> springs.  AFAIK, he has had no issues and his car is a very good
> comprimise 
> between comfort and handling.  We drove his car to Sfest and it was a
> nice 
> firm but never uncomfortable ride.  Maybe he'll chime in with his own
> views.
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95.5 S6a
> '93 S4
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> To: "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>;
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] replacing struts/shocks
> 
> 
> >I have a '92 with the stock springs.  I installed a set of the
> Bilstein HDs
> > about 2 years ago.  The ride height did increase by about 0.5"....I
> think 
> > it
> > has settled down a little but definitely higher than the stock Boge
> with
> > 140k miles on them.  The ride is great....it definitely stiffened
> it up a
> > little bit and lessened the body roll.
> >
> > I have often thought I should have gone with the sports in order to
> keep 
> > the
> > ride height lower but I am still not sure if they will actually
> fit.  I
> > think it may be pushing it on their travel.  Even though the car
> sits 0.5"
> > higher it still handles better than with the stock Boge (no big
> surprise
> > there).
> >
> > If you use the Bilsteins, the collar that is used to hold the strut
> down 
> > is
> > not nearly as easy to get on and off as the stock one, since it has
> a slot
> > that you have to use a tool from the side to get to rather than the
> nice 
> > hex
> > nut on top like the stock one.  I was able to do it with the
> spring/strut
> > assembly still in the car but I did have to jack the car up and
> remove the
> > wheel to get to the adjusting collar.
> >
> > Koni's are another way to go, albeit more expensive.
> >
> > --Calvin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Wylie Bean
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:56 AM
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] replacing struts/shocks
> >
> >
> > Subject is a 92 S4,
> > Will be doing suspension overhaul, level depends on what becomes of
> Eric's
> > vibration investigation, as my car has the same. As far as strut
> choices 
> > go,
> > I want to maintain my 92 springs because I think they offer a
> sporty yet
> > compliant ride without being too tall but not slammed either.  Is
> anyone
> > running Bilstein sports with these springs?  Are they too short for
> the 92
> > springs?  I know HDs are the suggested strut if using Bilsteins,
> but I 
> > don't
> > want to raise the car with them, and I've heard that might happen. 
> Is 
> > there
> > any reason to use something more along the lines of OE, say Boge?
> >
> > I don't plan on tracking the car aside from maybe in April @ VIR. 
> > Hopefully
> > the coupe will be track ready by then, but if not, it should be by
> the 
> > fall
> > events....
> >
> > Wylie Bean
> > TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> > 90 Cq
> > 92 urS4
> > 01 allroad quattro
> >
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