Re: A4 modifications

[Kim Knapp <kimknapp@vail.net>]

At 10:34 PM 8/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Aug 1997 Kwattro@aol.com wrote:
>> << Can I lower it 20mm myself using
>>  Eibach lowering springs and achieve the same affect as the factory package
>> >>
>> 
>> Hell, for a cheaper route, take out your springs and chop a coil off.  BAM!
>>  Instant lowered A4, about 20 mm.
>
>I think the BAM part of the statement about sums up that post as I go
>staggering
>to bed with visions of a low-rider A4 bouncing around off it's bump-
>stops.....
>
>If you are going to go aftermarket with the A4, H & R has a
>great
>setup going and from what I've heard from an owner is that it is
>phenomenol!
>
>Oh, if you go the "chop a coil" route, might I recommend curb-feelers and
>chromed fender flares?!
>
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>Brendan Rudack
>
>rudack@umcc.umich.edu
>rudack@ucsub.colorado.edu
>Fenton, Michigan 
>USA
>
>'88 90q
>coil-overs, G60s, 63mm exhaust, 
>modified bumper....
>
>'87 5000tq 
>IA stage 2, ABT/Koni/Tokico's
>working on modified bumper...
>
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Heyyy, don't make fun of a cheap and easy modification. I have done this on
several cars back when that was all I could afford to do. It raises the
spring rate and lowers the CG. As long as you don't go crazy and decrease
your travel too much, it works well. I used to drain the oil out of my
(various, RX4, RX3, RX7) Mazda shocks and replace it with heavier weight
shock oil, shorten the springs and ,very successfully, go autocrossing! And
no, the car wasn't constantly crashing into the bump stops.
		Kim