Vossen CV3s and H&R Street Performance Coilovers Finally Installed (A few pics)

[VicTorious1]

So I received my Vossen CV3s, which I ordered through the group buy arranged by Tag Motorsports. It was a great deal. I dealt with Alex and John at Tag, who were both knowledgeable, helpful and responsive. I also ordered my AWE track exhaust through them and they hands down beat all of the other prices I found. I was going to have my wheels and coilovers installed by a local shop, but I reached out to the AZ Rocky Mountain community and Jordan (ThatA4T) and a few other Denver guys helped me with the install, which was adventurous as we had a few hiccups along the way. Nonetheless, it came out fine. Excuse the dirty car as I didn't have time to wash it before snapping these photos.

Specs: Wheels - 20x10.5 ET30 all around. Tires - 285/30-20 Hankook Ventus V12.

Some before pics:






During pics:






After:

[VicTorious1]

After practically having it slammed (the pics don't show how low the rears settled overnight), I decided to raise the coilovers up a bit until I can roll my fenders. Then I'm going to lower them about .5 to 1 inch. I might also toss some 5mm spacers on the rears. Some more pics after raising it are below.

[AllBlackA4]

looks amazing, well done

[Wah]

Nice DIY. Wheels look GREAT and stance is perfect now. Congrats!!
First night time pick is absolutely gorgeous.

[Mops@Nemesis]

Looks really nice Vic. Stickies dude! Who is the B5 fan and whats the B5 with the euro lid in the garage? Just curious.

[homer123456]

Looks sensational, congraaaaaats

[teky929rr]

looks great!

[VicTorious1]

looks amazing, well done

Nice DIY. Wheels look GREAT and stance is perfect now. Congrats!!
First night time pick is absolutely gorgeous.

Looks sensational, congraaaaaats

looks great!

Thanks, all. I'm loving the new stance and feel.

[John P.]

Nice! Went with the 285s? I don't think you'll be able to fit a 5mm spacer back there without rubbing.

[VicTorious1]

Looks really nice Vic. Stickies dude! Who is the B5 fan and whats the B5 with the euro lid in the garage? Just curious.

Thanks, Ben. There are a few B5s that AZ member ThatA4T is working on. I told him that when I posted these pics people would be more interested in the B5 than the CV3s. Ha. A few pics of his rebuild are below.

[tboooe]

Victorious1, great finish! Sometimes I wish I got a darker color car so I can get cool wheel finishes like this. Do you have a shot of the front? In the pics the fit looks very aggressive. I would be very curious to know what your alignment specs are. Do you plan on doing this any time soon? Oh yeah, buff those tires man! Wheels and a car this nice do not deserve such dusty tires!

[staticuxo]

looks great! love the finish. no way you can ride at that height right now, that front is WAY too tight with the 285's. turns won't be possible, lol. it also looks like you may get some rubbing in the rear, too.

i know i rub on hard dips in the rear with 5mm spacers and on hard cornering up front with 275s.

[Greedo]

I saw it in person (I was in the silver B6 avant as you were leaving) and it's gorgeous.

I could have swore your front rings were black, however. Maybe they were just out when I saw you? Maybe I'm just crazy and don't know what I'm talking about.

Anyhow, great looking car!

[VicTorious1]

Victorious1, great finish! Sometimes I wish I got a darker color car so I can get cool wheel finishes like this. Do you have a shot of the front? In the pics the fit looks very aggressive. I would be very curious to know what your alignment specs are. Do you plan on doing this any time soon? Oh yeah, buff those tires man! Wheels and a car this nice do not deserve such dusty tires!

tboooe, thanks. I ordered an orbital, that nanoscrub and some Wolfgang's on Mops orders. I'll be doing a full detail hopefully next weekend if I get a second. So the dusty tires will be a thing of the past. I plan on having the alignment done this week as well. I've got some negative camber up front from the looks of it, but I'm not sure the specs. What were your specs again? That's why we need 10+ people to go in on these adjustable control arms.

looks great! love the finish. no way you can ride at that height right now, that front is WAY too tight with the 285's. turns won't be possible, lol. it also looks like you may get some rubbing in the rear, too.

i know i rub on hard dips in the rear with 5mm spacers and on hard cornering up front with 275s.

Yeah, I had to raise the fronts. We raised the rears as well so as not to have (reverse) rake. It feels like the rear fenders come rolled. I'm not sure why they don't just roll the fronts as well. It couldn't hurt.

I saw it in person (I was in the silver B6 avant as you were leaving) and it's gorgeous.

I could have swore your front rings were black, however. Maybe they were just out when I saw you? Maybe I'm just crazy and don't know what I'm talking about.

Anyhow, great looking car!

Thanks. I saw your B6 as I was leaving and almost turned around. Your right, I had the rings off as I was debating plasti dipping it and clearcoating it the same colors as my wheels, but I think it might clash with the chrome accents on the grille. I actually like the look of the grille with black rings, but I'm not sure if with black rings the chrome accents will need to be blacked out as well.

[tboooe]

tboooe, thanks. I ordered an orbital, that nanoscrub and some Wolfgang's on Mops orders. I'll be doing a full detail hopefully next weekend if I get a second. So the dusty tires will be a thing of the past. I plan on having the alignment done this week as well. I've got some negative camber up front from the looks of it, but I'm not sure the specs. What were your specs again? That's why we need 10+ people to go in on these adjustable control arms.

HA HA...just pulling our leg man. Our cars are so nice it great to see them detailed out. I just got some gtechniq C1+ sealant. Check them out. Their products are supposed to be awesome!

As for alignment, mine is -2.36R/-1.67L but my car is not as low as yours. We are up to 11 people now! I am going to see if we can get up to 15 people and get more discounts. I plan on ending this group buy in 1-2 weeks.

[ThatA4T]

Looking good man! Can't wait till u get the rest of Ur parts in! And roll those fronts so we can slam it back down. :) I still need a ride in this thing! And thanks for the pics of my car as well! ;)

[VicTorious1]

Nice! Went with the 285s? I don't think you'll be able to fit a 5mm spacer back there without rubbing.

Thanks. Yeah, I went with the 285s as I wanted the slightly meatier tire and like how yours looked, but as you suggested, I'm going to have to roll my front fenders. I think 5mm in the rear would be cutting it extremely close if possible at all.

[tboooe]

Thanks. Yeah, I went with the 285s as I wanted the slightly meatier tire and like how yours looked, but as you suggested, I'm going to have to roll my front fenders. I think 5mm in the rear would be cutting it extremely close if possible at all.

you may need to play with negative camber a bit to make it fit. Rolling fenders will help too!

[Greedo]

Thanks. I saw your B6 as I was leaving and almost turned around. Your right, I had the rings off as I was debating plasti dipping it and clearcoating it the same colors as my wheels, but I think it might clash with the chrome accents on the grille. I actually like the look of the grille with black rings, but I'm not sure if with black rings the chrome accents will need to be blacked out as well.

Haha. I think we were both thinking similar thoughts - I was trying to find the house, so I was already going slow, but I was honestly debating rolling my window down hoping you'd stop so I could tell you how I liked your car. But I didn't want that potential awkward moment of some guy thinking I'm a weirdo in another Audi who just drives around telling people I like their car.

I think the black rings would look good. At least with plastidip you can peal it off (granted it does not come off as easy as people make it sound; my grille surround needs to be redone and the old coat is not coming off easily).

[ThatA4T]

It comes off pretty easy if u put enough coats on it. If its real thin it doesn't just "peal" off

[Greedo]

Makes sense.

I want to delete my exhaust cutouts - sounds like you've done it and had a really fun time with it.

[ThatA4T]

Haha I've done it 3 times now. It's a blast. If u decide to, make sure Ur tips turn down enough or Ull melt it out!

[Beast]

wow congrats man, looks amazing. I would leave it the height like that it looks perfect. Unless your roads are bad.

[oohnoo]

Looks real good.
What sort of hiccups did you have as I'm going to be installing my H&R coilevers next week

[VicTorious1]

Maybe I should do some cutouts on my exhaust when it gets here.

[ThatA4T]

Give me a call if u want to. U know where I work.

[ThatA4T]

If Ur really interested call now and set it up. Were a few weeks out

[ThatA4T]

Looks real good.
What sort of hiccups did you have as I'm going to be installing my H&R coilevers next week

We had 3 hiccups that set us back. He got the coilovers used and did not receive the nuts for the top of the front struts. So not knowing they even came with new nuts or had a different thread pitch we used the stock nuts which we quickly found out was the wrong thread pitch. So 4 stores later and a die and 2 new nuts we got it figured out. Then my compressor started smoking and took a shit on us so we borrowed one from my dad. And lastly the lower spring seat was on upside down on the pass side which we didn't notice until we had it in haha so if u buy them used, be sure to check for all parts and don't trust that everything is in correctly already.

[oohnoo]

Thanks for the reply, have to check and make sure now...lol
So even though you got them used they still settled, thought that only happened with new. Good to know.

[tboooe]

Thanks for the reply, have to check and make sure now...lol
So even though you got them used they still settled, thought that only happened with new. Good to know.

The springs will settle everytime they are uncompressed. For example, when I jack my car up to remove the wheel then put it back down, my car will sit about 1/2" higher for awhile.

[VicTorious1]

Thanks for the reply, have to check and make sure now...lol
So even though you got them used they still settled, thought that only happened with new. Good to know.

The coilovers were fairly new and the springs had been sitting unused for about a month. I think they settled faster than new ones, though. We also modified the front stock bump stops.

The springs will settle everytime they are uncompressed. For example, when I jack my car up to remove the wheel then put it back down, my car will sit about 1/2" higher for awhile.

Yeah, we were debating whether the springs would settle at all and they indeed settled.

[homer123456]

What specs are the wheels? 20x10 ET25 all round?

[VicTorious1]

What specs are the wheels? 20x10 ET25 all round?

20x10.5 ET30 all around. I spoke with Vossen today and they should be coming out with the 20x10 and 20x11 this week.

[philthyphil]

Vic, as I said when I was over there. Those wheels are fuggin sick! The drop looks about perfect to me.

Great hanging and talking to you. I'll let you know about cars n coffee next Saturday. We should roll our fenders next weekend, I can't really wait any longer to do it. Lemme know if you wanna split the deposit and knock it out.

[VicTorious1]

Vic, as I said when I was over there. Those wheels are fuggin sick! The drop looks about perfect to me.

Great hanging and talking to you. I'll let you know about cars n coffee next Saturday. We should roll our fenders next weekend, I can't really wait any longer to do it. Lemme know if you wanna split the deposit and knock it out.

Thanks for helping, Phil. Good seeing you again. Definitely let me know about C&C. Now I just need to install my sways, exhaust, adjustable control arms and head and tail lights. I'm down to split the deposit so we can get our fenders rolled and done with.

[ThatA4T]

I'm am too I need to do mine so I can get further along on body work.

[shonseb]

Vic, car looks sick. The wheels look like they were made for your car. Now I know who outbid me on Ebay!

[TheDapperDriver]

looks really good

[Will@TAG]

VICTOR FTW!

Looks good buddy... Next up... BBK :)



PS - Stay tuned for an update later today on your exhaust... Alex will call you in a bit.

[VicTorious1]

VICTOR FTW!

Looks good buddy... Next up... BBK :)

PS - Stay tuned for an update later today on your exhaust... Alex will call you in a bit.

Thanks, Will. I know about the BBK. I was going to paint my stock calipers red and then I tossed the CV3s on and realized how small they look.