Wolfmayhem

Back in april I had the eibach pro kit installed on my 2000 4.2 non sport, and it did not lower my car at all. I have called David Royce at eibach at least twice a month since then and they still do not have an answer for me. The one thing that I can say for certain is that they can not guarantee how much this kit will lower the car. They claim that the kit will lower your car 1.3 inches, but they are basing this on european specs. They have since had one sport that they have installed the kit on in house, but no non sports. All I can say is be careful, because the kit did NOT work on my car and it was a big waste of money.

Stoney

Or looked at the FAQ?

alfabutt

as in V8 Gecko's case. I didn't measure my ride height before the Eibach's were installed, but it was definitely lower afterward. I had non-sport suspension to begin with. The sport suspension is 25 mm lower than nonsport and the Eibach system is supposed to lower the car 30 mm from non sport, so the 5 mm difference between sport and Eibach may be hard to discern by eye if you started with a factory soprt suspension.

Wolfmayhem

I had everything checked out by Audi. They corrected some problems with the install, but nothing lowered the car any more.

Wolfmayhem

I did, but back in April I don't think there were many 4.2's that had this done.

rboorgu

I installed the Audi/prokit springs with bilstein sports (highest perch) on my 2000 2.7t. I initially liked the setup, but now I think it is too low. The front is sitting 24.5 inches from fender to the ground. This is almost a 3 in drop I think. I don't know what to do now. Anyway, be careful with these springs. They seem unpredictable.

Raj

pablo1

Sport susp results in 20mm lower for the 4.2. At least on my 2000 and I believe thru 02 at least.

Victoryroad

new Bilstein sport shocks when installed. Will bring the car in to the shop Friday for adjustment to stiff setting on newly installed H-Sport anti-sway bars and check the height of the car again. It has probably settled a bit due to the Bilsteins settling. I was initially a bit disappointed that the car was not the 1.2" lower as advertised by Eibach, but the handling and ride with the new suspension bits is far better, so I am OK with the modifications. I am not so sure that a much lower car is a good thing, at least in New England where the roads have enough potholes and bumps to cause problems. For the same reason will stay with 17" wheels. Need to go to the stiffer setting on the rear bar which I expect will reduce understeer.

Stoney

Lowered it 1/2" from sport or non-sport height?

alfabutt

best calculated by carefully measuring the distance from the lower edge of the rim across the wheel center to the fender lip and subtracting one half the diameter of the wheel from rim to rim. If I can remember correctly mine was about 37cm give or take 2mm front and rear, which was within Eibach specs.