JP4
07-15-2005, 12:16 PM
Well...I have purchased and installed the H-Sport sway bar upgrade kit for the RS6. First of all I have to say that the purchasing experience went well. Ordered the kit over the net and had the bars delivered within a week. Packaging was good and kit was complete. Instructions were very good complete with pictures illustrating proper installation technique specific for the RS6. The kit included bushing brackets WITH zerk fittings and a small tube of lube for the bushings. The zerk fittings even have little caps to cover them preventing contamination. Nice touch!
Initial driving impressions:
Haven't had them on the track yet BUT, the flyover on and off ramps have given me an opportunity to get a feel for the new setup. Turn in response is a bit crisper and the car feels more settled once established in the turn. Haven't pusted it hard enough yet to determine how much they have reduced the understeer. The front bar only has one setting. They advertise it as 50% stiffer than OEM. It weighs about 3 pounds less then the OEM bar. The rear bar has 2 settings and I have it set at the stiffer setting. This alledgedly is 67% stiffer than OEM at the stiffer setting, 49% stiffer at the softer setting. I didn't weigh the rear bar. It seems to be slightly lighter than the OEM bar.
IMHO the bang for the buck factor for this upgrade is quite good.
JP4<ul><li><a href="http://www.h-sport.com/cgi-bin/EDCstore.pl?user_action=detail&catalogno=22827">Link to RS6 Hotchkis sway bar kit</a></li></ul>
Initial driving impressions:
Haven't had them on the track yet BUT, the flyover on and off ramps have given me an opportunity to get a feel for the new setup. Turn in response is a bit crisper and the car feels more settled once established in the turn. Haven't pusted it hard enough yet to determine how much they have reduced the understeer. The front bar only has one setting. They advertise it as 50% stiffer than OEM. It weighs about 3 pounds less then the OEM bar. The rear bar has 2 settings and I have it set at the stiffer setting. This alledgedly is 67% stiffer than OEM at the stiffer setting, 49% stiffer at the softer setting. I didn't weigh the rear bar. It seems to be slightly lighter than the OEM bar.
IMHO the bang for the buck factor for this upgrade is quite good.
JP4<ul><li><a href="http://www.h-sport.com/cgi-bin/EDCstore.pl?user_action=detail&catalogno=22827">Link to RS6 Hotchkis sway bar kit</a></li></ul>