Our roads are crappy and the H&R's with the Bilstien sports aren't cutting it,,,any

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08-20-2008, 09:26 AM

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I think sport struts will work better... more dampening

Guess it depends what you want in your ride!

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08-20-2008, 10:15 AM

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See my sig for height.

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08-20-2008, 10:21 AM

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Thanks, but that's installed, was looking for measurement of coils with ruler not installed

To compare to a set of Eibachs I got my hands on... ;-)

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08-20-2008, 11:14 AM

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according to Bilstein the specs on the sports and HDs are identical - either will work.

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08-20-2008, 11:15 AM

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I've got a set of S6+ springs in my barn.. not installed

so .. tomorrow PM I can measure the unweighted
'height' of those springs for your comparison to Eibach, James..

I intend to remove my H&R's and install these in September, in a 1993 S4.

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08-20-2008, 11:28 AM

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Thanks! I'll give you the specs' on the Eibach's

I was told the height is the same, but looking at them unsprung they look like the car will sit lower than expected... but that's just the front spring, the rear looks much heigher!

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08-20-2008, 11:30 AM

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Then it has more to do with the "Sweet" spot in the shock!? I would go with the Sport

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08-20-2008, 11:31 AM

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Actually in WNY the vogtlands and bilsteins have been tolerable...

...they have a slight bounce to them, but much better then constant collisions on frost heaves.

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08-20-2008, 02:53 PM

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Here's an old audifans post with this spring info

<ul><li><a href="http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/s-car-list/2003-May/016005.html">http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/s-car-list/2003-May/016005.html</a</li></ul>