RE: Suspension & tire stuff

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Try Dunlop's Web site at http://www.dunloptire.com/. They have a fitment
guide that gives most of the data you need.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA
1990 Coupe Quattro

>----------
>From: 	Michael Spiers[SMTP:mikes@specnet.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, May 08, 1996 2:18 PM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Suspension & tire stuff
>
>I have a question I think I know the answer to about suspension stuff,
>but I
>wanted to throw it out for a few knowledgeable folks (Graydon, Scott,
>Eric,
>Jeff, et al.) to respond to.  I've come into a set of springs that will
>lower
>my '87 5kTQ somewheres around an inch & a half. The first question is,
>will the
>stock shox I've got in the car right now still work?  I know, I know, I
>should
>replace them too, but the entire front end needs to be rebuilt (every
>bushing,
>sway bar, control arm, etc.; it's been a rough winter) and I've got
>three bent
>wheels & 2 blown tires, so if I can wait 'till later to do the shox &
>struts
>when I'm in a more financially stable position that would be most
>beneficial.
> I have no idea what's in there, but they were replaced just before I
>bought
>the car in October of '94, and I'd guess they're Boge, the car lived at
>the
>Audi dealer before I got my hands on it.
>
>Second off, lowering the car with springs won't change the actual
>stance of the
>car any more than say loading it full of crap with a stock suspension
>will it?
> I can bottom out the suspension on the car right now in every well
>(pick the
>car up by one tire with a hydraulic jack) without rubbing fenders, I'm
>assuming
>lowering the car will not change that.  I don't want to loose the
>ability to
>cram five 200 pound guys & all their crap for a ski weekend into it
>over a
>silly thing like cornerability.
>
>Thirdly, does anyone have a size chart for Dunlop tires?  I'm running
>the
>D40M2's right now in a 215/45 17 config.  Since I blew two of 'em, and
>a third
>has a nice gash in it, I'm thinking a larger tire may be a smart choice
>(not
>getting 17's in the first place would have been the better choice, but
>I
>digress.)  Calculation wise, a 215/50 17 wouldn't be any wider, but can
>anyone
>check the charts & tell me if in reality that's true?
>
>TIA for any & all info!
>
>-- 
>-Mike
>mikes@specnet.com
>mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
>87 5000CS TQ - Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
>84 5000S - Boulder, Colorado
>90 80 - Bethesda, Maryland
>(hunting for the elusive Lago Blue '91 200Q)
>