Hi, Audi Lovers
I'm located in Copenhagen, Denmark and have had the A4 Cab. for around 3 month.
My car was fitted with H&R springs, which lowered the car an extra 30mm, when I picked it up from the dealer.
H&R are the makers of some of the best suspensions and spring systems, and the Audi A4 Cab, was my 11th car with H&R springs.
I never change the shock absorber, since my cars are always new when I buy them.
I have never ever had any problems with, any of my previous cars ( VW, Audi, Porsche and BMW ), but my new Audi Cab is just terrible!!!
I does not handle any sporty, but still it is hard in the city ( driving on standard 16" wheel ), on highway is jumping around, and in nights you can see the headlights jumping up and down. On highways you can feel, that it is the shock absorber that is not working probably!!
I have had big discussions with the importer of Audi. They say it is the H&R springs, that are the problem, but my dealer who have tried the car, says it is a shock absorber problem!!!
I have bought 18" wheels for the car, but it is not possible to drive the car with this set of wheels...in the city you will damage the car to much, and it feels like driving on Lego cubes instead of wheels.
Have any one had the same problem, or what do you think?
I can see that some people has made complaints on this site, with the "jumping" comfort when driving on highway.
On my old BMW 330 cab, I had the same H&R springs and 19" wheels, and it was still more comfortable to drive then my new Audi, with 16" wheels!!!! Strange, very strange.
Some years ago I was racing standard cars, and here we were using progressive spring bars ( springs are getting harder and harder, as the temperature are rising on them ) My car feels like that, but I do not have progressive spring bars on it!!!
Looking forward to hear from you.

Eik

Well there goes my idea of messing with my cars set up.

I've been told by Supreme Power Parts (in California) that Eibach is working on Springs for the Cab right now.

I almost had Intrax springs installed a couple of months ago, but ran into problems at the garage due to A4 Sedan/Cab compatibility issues. Hopefully Intrax will also come up with A4 Cab-specific springs soon.

Were your H&R springs made specifically for the A4 Cab? A4 Sedan springs may not work properly due to the Cab's significantly increased weight.

I'll post a review when I get my A4 Cab springs installed. But that may not be for some time.

Hey Anim8or, it's Jason Hill here. I'm the one with the avant that was lowered by eric from spp that night we couldn't find the springs for your car at intrax. Still no luck with the springs? What a bummer. I ended up raising my car up half an inch in the front. It was a little too low...I couldn't get it out of my driveway without dragging. Drop me a line and let me know how you're doing. Take it easy. Jason.