Nice, are those 18's? - If so i really need to get mine lowered!
Not trying to compete here promise,
Just to give an idea of what else can be achieved comfortably
Here is my SE - 1.9TDI
Lowered 40mm on 19's
These are APEX springs
I wish i had gone 40 rear/50 Front though as you will see the front is a tad higher
Tyres are 225's all round, the fronts are 8.5j and rear are 9.5j
Offset is ET35
Yeah the gopro camera shots are fisheyed.
Ill get a side shot from car park at lunch
The ground isnt level with the pic you see so that probably isnt great judgement.
Ill upload new one later
That's be good. You've got some unusual tyre/wheel measurements going on there. Mine are 8J x 18 and ET42, with 235/40/18 tyres all round.
B5 cups should fix the front ride hight :icon_thumright:
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/parts-requests/154529-audi-a4-b5-front-suspension-cup.html
I need to lower my SE! It sits waaay too high, looks worse when I have the 18's on.
JDP - how does the ride compare to the SE suspension and how much mileage have your shocks covered?
Assuming they are the original shocks, they've done 76,000 miles? The ride is broadly the same as far as I can tell at the moment.
I'd expect they might start showing their age fairly quickly with lowered springs (well, according to conventional wisdom at least).
Cheers guys. Running out of things to upgrade/change/modify now though... at least things which I can justify the cost!
Have you ever thought of a cupra-R splitter Jeff? It levels out the front of the SE bumper rather than it curving up as standard... could have it painted silver to match the bumper
Cheers guys. Running out of things to upgrade/change/modify now though... at least things which I can justify the cost!
Have you ever thought of a cupra-R splitter Jeff? It levels out the front of the SE bumper rather than it curving up as standard... could have it painted silver to match the bumper
Are they difficult to fit and what's the common way of bolting one on?
Seems to be pretty common to run standard shocks and aftermarket springs, with the B7 at least... don't recall seeing any stories about people finding nackered shocks after fitting them? Could be 1 of 2 things: 1) German Engineering is awesome, or 2) the drop is fairly minimal so doesn't put too much excess wear on the shocks. Be interesting to know if anyone has changed their shocks retrospectively (due to failure or otherwise) and which they chose...?
Matty86, that would be me (19" rims and -30mm H&R springs, on standard s-line/sport shocks):