[s-cars] Bilsteins and oil in the strut tower

[Robert Myers]

And that is the reason I now keep my urS6es at OEM ride height.  It 
saves front bumper covers and associated bit and pieces.   Concrete 
parking blocks and steep angle of attack intersections are pretty 
tough on lowered Audis.

Bob


At 01:47 PM 3/17/2008, Rit bellis wrote:

>My bilsteins and H&R's are holding up well after about 25k.  I have 
>moved from a very rural area to the Puget Sound area, and have 
>discovered that the lowered front will not clear parking curbs, 
>which means pay attention or lose the front bumper cover.  If I had 
>it to do over again, I'd shoot for about 1/2 inch more clearance in 
>the front. > To: tedebearp at yahoo.com; 
>s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com; konecc at snet.net; 
>georgeverbryck at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com> From: 
>theringmeister at triad.rr.com> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:19:29 +0000> 
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bilsteins and oil in the strut tower> > I have 
>the sports on my 92 along with the stock 92 springs and they really 
>are nice. They've only been on there since Nov, about 5K miles, but 
>the car is really fun to drive now. Firm, but not stiff save for 
>some of the larger areas of rough pavement. We don't have many 
>potholes down here so I can't really add much in the way of 
>first-hand experience there. > > > Wylie Bean> 90 cq> 91 90q20v> 92 
>UrS4> 01 allroad> > -----Original Message-----> From: Theodore Chen 
><tedebearp at yahoo.com>> > Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:15:56 > To:Rich 
>Assarabowski <konecc at snet.net>,George Verbryck 
><georgeverbryck at yahoo.com>, s-car-list at audifans.com> Subject: Re: 
>[s-cars] Bilsteins and oil in the strut tower> > > would you guys 
>still recommend the bilsteins? i have yet to replace my stock 
>shocks, and they have 156k miles on them. they're still ok, but it'd 
>be nice to tighten up the handling.> > -teddy> > ----- Original 
>Message ----> From: Rich Assarabowski <konecc at snet.net>> To: George 
>Verbryck <georgeverbryck at yahoo.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com> Sent: 
>Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:14:20 PM> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bilsteins 
>and oil in the strut tower> > Many of us on this list have 
>experienced this on their S-cars. The> Bilsteins for this car 
>(either by design and/or poor manufacturing) are> prone to premature 
>wear, which results in the shaft becoming loose and> developing a 
>rattle. The quick and easy way to check this is to pull the> strut 
>mount out of the car and extend the shock. You can do this without> 
>removing the strut from the car, this is the same procedure as 
>replacing the> struts without removing the springs. > > When the 
>shaft is extended, if your struts are worn you will feel a clunking> 
>when you move the shaft sideways. It may seem like it may be just a 
>loose> nut (check that first!), but more than likely it's the shaft 
>that's> developed lateral play. I had my struts replaced under 
>warranty and while I> was at it, had the new ones revalved (highly 
>recommended). The new struts> were tight (no play) and the clunking 
>was gone. Make sure the strut mount> rubber is not torn, which also 
>frequently happens.> > By the way, since I no longer own my S4, I 
>have a custom-made tool to> install the Bilstein nuts (the ones with 
>the two notches in them). You can> tighten them by inserting a pipe 
>wrench through the spring, but the more> elegant way is to tighten 
>them through the top so you can use a torque> wrench to snug them 
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