Thanksgiving pics of the dropped ride.

[gdawg'05a4]

I posted last week about how after installing the H&R springs, the rear height was jacked and was pretty much the factory sport height, no change. Went back to my mechanic yesterday and thought about what could be the issue. The rear was not riding on the bumpstops so it wasn't holding up the car higher than it should have. After finding everything to be normal, he called H&R and explained the problem and they said they would get back to us later.

While waiting for them to call back, my mechanic said he was going to loosen all the rear control arm bolts and put the car back on the ground to see if it would make a difference. Funny enough, 5 minutes after he starts loosening the bolts, H&R calls and suggests the exact same thing!

Well, he was right. Loosening them up and putting load on the suspension caused it to drop 0.75"! After tightening them back up, now the rear sits at 25" and the front 24 14/16". You can see the first pic, which was taken when the springs were installed last week and compare the second, from today, after fixing the issue. Then took some pics in downtown Boston

[Hamotee]

Looks great. Love the last picture.

[yung turbo]

beautiful and what tires are those; the look like some serious race tires.

[Pothole]

looks real good, what color are those wheels?, there not hyper silver anymore

[SeKKeY]

beautiful and what tires are those; the look like some serious race tires.

wintersport m3s?

[gdawg'05a4]

Thanks guys. The tires are Dunlop Wintersport M3s :zoom:

The Sport 17s are painted Graphite. I did a write up about a month ago on painting them.

http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...ainting+wheels

[gdawg'05a4]

wintersport m3s?

Ding!

[dougyfresh]

I like this photo. The dark blue looks really good!

I was staring at my car today and realized the rear fenders are at 25.5" and the fronts are at 26.75". It needs to be leveled out bad..

[gdawg'05a4]

Thanks Dougy!

Wow, how did that happen? Definitely gotta get it leveled out and get the rake back.

[dougyfresh]

I guess the OEM sport suspension is like that. My car has always had more 'gap' up front. It'll get all taken care of come springtime.

[gdawg'05a4]

Ahh. I thought you had a aftermarket suspension set up. Mine did the same with the '05 sport suspension. Rear had about a 2 finger gap and the front had a 3 finger gap.

[doublezero30]

hmm maybe i should loosen some bolts in my front suspension and see if it settles. about how many fingers is your front gap?

nice pics. next time let me know ill meet you there. we can sport our winterwheels with pride lol

[UnkleGatsby]

Your car looks great!

[Smitty2A4]

Your car is pretty much what I want mine to look like when it is "finished" adding maybe a painted Boser hood to the mix. I think these pictures just made me make up my mind on getting a USP for my front end and painting my grills black, looks so good on a dark blue A4! Man I cant wait for spring already to get my front end, get everything painted and drop my car!

[absolutegtr]

Car looks gorgeous! Im guessing those are the H&R sport springs, correct?

Wierd....but my ride height(H&R sport) is as follows:

(25-1/2") FRONT (25-1/4")


(24-3/4") BACK (25")

I wonder why my suspension is ever-so-slightly uneven? (Its not like you can visually see a difference though)

[jon102034050]

looks great, i bet it feels even better knowing youve got it figured out :)

[A4TUNE]

damn man your car looks sick bro!

great color

[dougyfresh]

Ahh. I thought you had a aftermarket suspension set up. Mine did the same with the '05 sport suspension. Rear had about a 2 finger gap and the front had a 3 finger gap.

It will have coilovers... once the winter is over.

[khmerguy978]

looking good. i know exactly where those street shots were taken. many drunken nights in that area.

cheers... rocco

[italian a4 1032]

nice

[El_Chapusca]

Looking good great set up with USP Front and S4 rear thats what im going for and You should try 10 mm spaces to give your car a more aggresive stance

[doublezero30]

nice

do you say anything else besides this in these type of threads? lol.

[LampyB]

that's my car! you're switched over to winter mode now though, right? do you just have H&R springs on OEM shocks?

[A4 KiDD 810]

Glad it worked out. Your car is definitely the nicest, cleanest dark blue I have seen on an A4. Keep it up

[gdawg'05a4]

hmm maybe i should loosen some bolts in my front suspension and see if it settles. about how many fingers is your front gap?

nice pics. next time let me know ill meet you there. we can sport our winterwheels with pride lol

Thanks! Definitely, winter wheels FTW!

The front is about 1.5 finger gap, maybe slightly less than 1.5.

[italian a4 1032]

do you say anything else besides this in these type of threads? lol.

lol nate im a man of few words

[gdawg'05a4]

Thanks everyone!

Your car is pretty much what I want mine to look like when it is "finished" adding maybe a painted Boser hood to the mix. I think these pictures just made me make up my mind on getting a USP for my front end and painting my grills black, looks so good on a dark blue A4! Man I cant wait for spring already to get my front end, get everything painted and drop my car!

Nice! The USP front is my favorite part of the car.

Car looks gorgeous! Im guessing those are the H&R sport springs, correct?

Wierd....but my ride height(H&R sport) is as follows:

(25-1/2") FRONT (25-1/4")


(24-3/4") BACK (25")

I wonder why my suspension is ever-so-slightly uneven? (Its not like you can visually see a difference though)

Yep, H&R Sport Springs. The height is definitely strange on yours...should go the other way for that rake look.

looks great, i bet it feels even better knowing youve got it figured out :)

It definitely feels good to have it figured out. It was bothering me all week that the rear was so jacked up.

It will have coilovers... once the winter is over.

Nice!

Looking good great set up with USP Front and S4 rear thats what im going for and You should try 10 mm spaces to give your car a more aggresive stance

Yeah, I'm looking into spacers to push out the rear wheels just slightly so it's more flush.

that's my car! you're switched over to winter mode now though, right? do you just have H&R springs on OEM shocks?

Yup, winter mode now. I have the H&R springs on Koni Sport shocks. Great combination. The ride is firm but not break your back firm. Still is quite comfortable on long drives and absorbing the bumps, etc but handles like its on rails. BIG difference from factory sport suspension.

[absolutegtr]

could you perhaps take a picture of the front wheel gap....?

Thanks, but I feel my front is sitting to high....I did NOT load the suspension when tightening up the front bushings and whatnot. I am hoping that is the reason why my front sits like 1/4" higher....

thanks

[4Rings3Liters]

The pics in the city look really good.

[gdawg'05a4]

could you perhaps take a picture of the front wheel gap....?

Thanks, but I feel my front is sitting to high....I did NOT load the suspension when tightening up the front bushings and whatnot. I am hoping that is the reason why my front sits like 1/4" higher....

thanks

Sure, I'll take a couple of pics today.

[gdawg'05a4]

The pics in the city look really good.

Thanks!

[absolutegtr]

bump for some pics.

I loosened all my control arms hoping that it would bring the front down a little.....nope

I am guessing your fender to ground measurements are slightly smaller because of the 17" wheels/tires....

[GO-GOTEKNO]

great pics ,i love the color of your car

[gdawg'05a4]

bump for some pics.

I loosened all my control arms hoping that it would bring the front down a little.....nope

I am guessing your fender to ground measurements are slightly smaller because of the 17" wheels/tires....

Might be because of the 17" wheels. But still, if I put on my 18s, the front should still be lower than the rear.

Did you trim the front bump stops when putting in the springs?

[gdawg'05a4]

great pics ,i love the color of your car

Thanks!

[mtshank]

nice shots.....

[Molotov]

How did you even stumble upon this thread?

[mtshank]

How did you even stumble upon this thread?

just saw the date......that's weird stuff???

[Audi_Chick]

You car looks so proper I've never wanted that color so much before now.

[tdmopar59]

car looks great man!