[s-cars] S6 and Eibach lowering kit

[Michael Lardizabal]

Patrick-

Bilstein Sports and your best bet w/ the Eibach kit.

The HD don't have enough travel and will blow out pretty fast. Plenty of threads out there  from guys that have gone that route.

Koni adjustables are awesome,but I think you need to do something different for them to work in the front, maybe someone can chime in on that.

Do you have camber plates that have been modified using the Igor templates ? or 2Bennett
Gen3 adjustables ?  you'll need either one to align the front.

I live in upstate NY where its a bit of a snow zone. Our roads can be pretty crappy as well. After having modded 2 urs4's I can tell you that once you lower them they become rather agile but the ride is stiff, especially w/ 18's .

PS- while you're in there....get all the bushings, arms, ball joints , etc inspected. You want all that fresh.
 
--- On Fri, 3/27/09, pfm2316 at yahoo.com <pfm2316 at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: pfm2316 at yahoo.com <pfm2316 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [s-cars] S6 and Eibach lowering kit
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 9:05 AM

Hello all, stuck here in Milwaukee enjoying owning this car with whats left of
the winter
(8" of snow expected tomorrow night). I'm running the stock Avus
16" wheels with new (11/08) Blizzak REVO 1s and plan to leave them as a
dedicated set for winters. 
I'm planning to change over to 18" 9 spoke Audi replicas with General
UHP rubber but wanted to lower it to enhance the appearance of the plus 2
conversion. I was lucky enough to locate the set of Eibach springs with the part
numbers that this website indicates require no maching or spacers:
http://www.elektro.com/~audi/eibach/
this site states 
".....1529.140 Kit combination three: p/n 1527.001 F, 1516.002 R
With the currently provided North American kit (combination three), you should
get a level ride with Bilstein Sport shocks. This should not require any
machining or spacers on a UrS4/S6 sedan. I can't speak to Avant's."
 
it also states 
"......Sedan 4WD (Quattro) 1991 - 1997 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.5 TDI, S4, S6 
        Pro-Kit 1528.140 - p/n 1527.001 F, 1516.002 R "
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I now own a set of 1528.140 with spring part numbers
        1527001VA & 1516002HA verified by the seller
 
Sorry for the wandering prelude.....my question to you is this. With the spring
package
I describe......is it imperative that I change shocks from whatever is on my
car now.
Sorry, don't know whats on my car now as I write this but believe it to be
stock or equal
as about 99% of the car appears to be stock everywhere. I've always read
the discussions
regarding Bilstein "sports" or "HD" but don't get the
impression that there is one clear 
preferred combination......but I don't believe I've ever read any
discussion that doesn't
require a shock change.....is it required for me to get new shocks - Bilstein?
- when I
proceed to lower my car next month with the Eibach package - (sidebar: guy that
sold
me the spring kit stated he used to work for Bilstein and said he would instead
recommend that I go with a Koni set that he would choose for me when I was ready
to make my change - anyone have a comment or advice on Koni instead of
Bilstein). I can tell you that my ideal ride choice would lean toward a softer
ride sacrificing flat cornering as the
torn-up-potholed-poorly-repaired-and-patched Milwaukee roads don't do a
sportier setup any favors at all.
I especially look forward to hearing from any of you living in the snow belt to
comment on your lowered car's behaviour in the snow.....any different than
stock ride height?
Thanks in advance so much for all the input you all provide as it keeps me
excited about
my car and will keep it on the road for many years to come.....it took me 13
years to get this car and I plan to enjoy it through all these Milwaukee
seasons, there is nothing like
the look on my passenger's face as the power of this sleeper allows me to
point and shoot
at whatever traffic slot I want on the freeways or when I can pull ten car
lengths on Any sort of traffic from a red light with more than eight inches of
snow on the roads, that kicks ass.
 
regards, Patrick
1995 S6
1985 Mercedes 2.3-16V 


      
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