broken rear spring

[audiholic ste]

Today the bounced the car up the pavement and broke the rear drivers side spring . Audi s3 8l 2000 . My question is do I have to buy a full set or can I just buy the rears and what spring should I go for apex hr ? The car has in my opinion always been stiff and I've felt every little bump in the road

 

[kryton]

If your going to upgrade you will need full set but if genuine ones just get rear pair

 

[audiholic ste]

Bit of a mistake should have said . Today the wife bounced ....

 

[kryton]

i got genuine ones off a breaker with 60k on it for 30 delivered , there are different coloured spots for different spring lvngths so make sure u gvt thv right ones .

 

[audiholic ste]

The springs are rusty as hell . Don't think I'll find any coloured spots on them or do u mean on the new springs if I go to a breaker ?

 

[jojo]

Buy new mate, used ones will go the same way, it's a known fault. I'd be going for fresh shocks too whilst its all off.

 

[jojo]

Might aswell have at my thread below for some info.

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/a3-s3-...3-eibach-vs-h-r-vs-apex-lowering-springs.html

 

[shady-ninja]

on a car that old I will change all the shocks along with the springs possibly with an uprated one.
if its a basic 1.6 A3 then I will just change one spring.
don't cut corners or else it might bit back in unfavourable conditions such as the wet.

 

[audiholic ste]

What's a good spring and shock combo . Don't want it stiff as hell and end up with a sore back . My back is bad enough through work .

 

[audiholic ste]

Being a numb nut when it comes to cars what's the difference between springs and shocks and coilovers .

 

[Lavis89]

Springs are springs, they bounce the wheels back into place, shocks are the shock absorbers, they help dampen the bumps (Shock absorber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), coilovers are springs/shocks in a single unit and adjustable so you can choose your ride height and usually give adjustable dampening aswell (Coilover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) with all above it's very much a matter of you get what you pay for.

 

[S3quatt]

Bilstein's & Eibach Springs are decent enough. 20mm drop over standard, so not too bad.Springs & shocks are just that.Coilovers have the spring over the shock & are fitted as a single unit.Never used them as from what I've read they are generally hard as hell.

 

[audiholic ste]

New springs and shocks then .

 

[Lavis89]

i have coilovers on my car (the entry model AP coilovers) and i find them to be better all around than what the car had on as standard, but the standard suspension was 12 years old.