Re: Suspension (Eibach)

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, L. Scott Oliver wrote:

> I recently put Eibachs on my 5kTQ, along with Koni reds (left at the
> factory setting.)  I'm not terribly impressed with the handling, but that's

My father & I put Koni reds and Eibachs on his 5KCDTQ a few years ago.   
No problems at all.   we set them to middle settings all around.

> another story.  I now have a clunking from the front left strut.  Turns out
> the Eibach spring is banging the end (pigtail) of the spring into the first
> coil when it's compressed.  This is highly annoying.  I called Eibach and

Sounds doubtful to me.   You'd have to compress the spring _alot_ to get 
those to touch.   More likely you got the order of the parts at the top 
of the strut incorrect.  Its very easy to do.  I've done it.  (At least, 
I'd like to think its easy, since I've done it!  :-)

> got zero help: they told me (for the first time) that they don't make quattro
> springs, and since this is a quattro, they don't know, don't care, and don't

The Eibachs we put on Dad's car were speced for a non Quattro.   They fit 
fine.   They work fine too.

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