ride hight?

[Starry]

i have lowerd my s3 and was wondering what the standard hight of an s3 is as i didnt mesure it befor dropping it.
just so i can see how much its gone down by.
thanks

 

[glen_jai]

i have lowerd my s3 and was wondering what the standard hight of an s3 is as i didnt mesure it befor dropping it.
just so i can see how much its gone down by.
thanks

Try parking it next to a standard one. Someone on the forum with a standard s3 might be able to measure the distance from the wheel arch to the wheel for you....

I didn't measure mine either before the drop.

 

[glen_jai]

Also, check your rear camber. It's probably out now you've lowered it.
If so, you'll need some adjustable rear tie bars. They're about £300 I think.

Cheers,
Glen

 

[sackers]

Ditto on the adjustable tie bars, you'll ruin your tyres pretty sharpish if you dont add these. It'll Mess up the handling too.

 

[Starry]

i have had the camber adjusted to its max and its still a little out but the tyres seem to be wearing true after about 5k.

 

[glen_jai]

I didn't think you could adjust the rear camber....

So how negative is your camber set to at the rears?

 

[sackers]

I was thinking the same thing, i didnt think you could adjust the rears without buying new tiebars.

 

[glen_jai]

I think tracking can be set (toe in/out), but not camber.

Hey sackers. I think we drive the same car.
I got a silver 2001 (facelifted) one too.

Do you have anymore photos of your car? Quite like to see what the 3.2 TT wheels look like.

Cheers,
Glen

 

[sackers]

You have great taste to then my friend :icon_thumright:

Theres a few pics on Piston heads. I was gonna sell her but ive had a change of heart. Unless i spend a fortune theres nothings else id rather have.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/373012.htm

The ad is still there but ill be taking it down fairly soon. It shows how the wheels look though. Pretty dam good if I do say so myself!

 

[glen_jai]

You have great taste to then my friend :icon_thumright:

Theres a few pics on Piston heads. I was gonna sell her but ive had a change of heart. Unless i spend a fortune theres nothings else id rather have.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/373012.htm

The ad is still there but ill be taking it down fairly soon. It shows how the wheels look though. Pretty dam good if I do say so myself!

Thanks. You too dude
Nice wheels.... they look like a bigger set of Avus'.

You were going to sell your S3? Gosh the irony of that. So was I....
I almost sold it for a Porsche 993 (with 99500 miles on the clock). I've decided against it too, as everytime I wash the car... it still looks fabulous, and a porker is just a tad too pretentions for my liking.
So I went down the BT route.

My ad is still on piston heads too... got loads of interest, but had to turn them all down unfortunately.

 

[Starry]

once i had lowered it the top of the rear wheels were pointing in and it looked very odd, after the guy played around with it they were much straighter. i assumed there was a certian amount of adjustment but you needed the tie bars to go beyond that.

 

[s3ollie]

i assumed there was a certian amount of adjustment but you needed the tie bars to go beyond that.

Your correct, there is a small amount of adjustment so it can be set up at the factory.

 

[jm-baker]

Just measured the distance between the top of the tyre and the highest points of the wheel arch on my "Standard S3" and its 40mm rear and about 30 - 32mm front.... i think the front is lower because of the top strut mounts compressingwith time and age...?

Front deff looks lower!

 

[Starry]

cheers jm, the problem is im running 19"s so that wont work for me i need the top of the arch to the floor. thanks anyway:icon_thumright: