[s-cars] Front end vibrations

[Matthew Russell]

Chris- thanks for the info.  How are these s6+ springs compared to  
eibach I wonder?

I think some of our CO "roads" are just like your MI "roads". 8-)

Jeff Posto is another one who's name popped up in one of the QW  
discussions. Wonder what he wound up doing?

Matt

Mmmmmm...iPhone


On Dec 11, 2009, at 7:10 PM, chris chambers  
<fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Matt, Bill, etc,,,,
>
> My S6 came with Eibach springs and Bilstens, handled great but the
> ride was just too harsh on our oh so lovely michigan "roads".
>
> Apparently if you look in the State of Michigan DOT dictionary the  
> definiton of
> road is "potholes connected by varied rough surfaces".
>
> So after being told by four other Audiworld (at the time, now  
> Quattroworld) that
> the Eibach -Boge/Sachs (sachs bought boge) mix provideda nice look,  
> improved
> handling and a comfortable ride i decided to give it a try.
>
> In my case my car already had Eibachs and I had a set of Sachs/Boges  
> already
> in my great pile of parts which I had purchased from  
> Germanautoparts,com (best price at the time).
>
> Now I also have a set of the Eibachs that were manufactured short a  
> turn or two of coils,
> If you have bilsteins there is a readily available fix, but not if  
> you have Sachs/Boges because the
> Bilstin struts are larger in diameter than stock struts. My planned  
> fix involves acquiring a used
> set of stock spring perches to cut into spacers.
>
>
> HTH
> Chris
> Begining to ponder the condition of my fuel lines........anybody  
> have a fire suit for Billy boy can borrow?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com>
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Cc: skippertgore at gmail.com
>> Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 5:52:49 PM
>> Subject: [s-cars] Front end vibrations
>>
>> Matt et. al.,
>>
>> Riding part of the way out to sfest with Chris Chambers, I could  
>> not help
>> but notice the suspension on his car felt great. or, at least way  
>> more comfy
>> than my bilstein eibachs.
>>
>> But anyway, he may chime in here, but he is running eibachs and  
>> some new
>> sachs boge or supposedly the stock shocks.  So, my plan is  to go  
>> that way
>> sometime before the next millennium or I emolliate myself in a fuel  
>> line
>> repair.
>>
>> There was some install issue with the rear spring perch IIRC.   
>> bilsteins
>> take a different size?  Dunno.
>>
>> I think the best price was at GermanAutoParts.
>>
>> Be guinea pig no. 2 and report back.
>>
>> Bill~excitation with no vibration~M
>>
>>
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