Fitted some Eibachs today..

sparkymark75 · Oct 16, 2018

Chased up autodoc today about my Eibach order I placed last Monday. The springs are out of stock and are on back order with Eibach. Their website doesn't give you an order status. So once you order and pay, you'll get them sometime between now and the end of time. Just as well I'm not in a hurry!

Jimbob76 · Oct 16, 2018

sparkymark75 said:
Chased up autodoc today about my Eibach order I placed last Monday. The springs are out of stock and are on back order with Eibach. Their website doesn't give you an order status. So once you order and pay, you'll get them sometime between now and the end of time. Just as well I'm not in a hurry!

Ha! Hasn’t stopped the beggars taking payment though! This may take some time...

Jimbob76 · Oct 16, 2018

Starry said:
Before spacers and springs..

The plot thickens - spacers? Details please!

sparkymark75 · Oct 16, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
Ha! Hasn’t stopped the beggars taking payment though! This may take some time...

About an hour after I contacted them and as if by magic, I get an email saying they've been dispatched!

V6_Man · Oct 16, 2018

sparkymark75 said:
About an hour after I contacted them and as if by magic, I get an email saying they've been dispatched!

Maybe they are reading your posts here on the forum

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Starry · Oct 16, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
The plot thickens - spacers? Details please!

I think I went with 12mm front and 15mm rear from memory.

NevMan · Oct 16, 2018

Starry said:
I think I went with 12mm front and 15mm rear from memory.

Oh dear, @Starry looks like you are costing @Jimbob76 even more cash...lol

Starry · Oct 16, 2018

Obviously the pics I put up are a before and after. Come on Jimbob, get spending lol...

Jimbob76 · Oct 16, 2018

q5man said:
Oh dear, @Starry looks like you are costing @Jimbob76 even more cash...lol

Starry said:
Obviously the pics I put up are a before and after. Come on Jimbob, get spending lol...

You are a pair of devils on my shoulder, lol

Seriously though, there is a noticeable but subtle difference in those before and after shots @Starry. This ****** forum - opens your eyes to problems you never knew you had, lol.

@Starry - can you recall/put your hands on the specifics of what brand of spacers/where you got them from? And are there any negatives to fitting these in terms of handling characteristics/downsides in general? Genuinely interested in your experiences with spacers, as I wasn’t initially thinking of going down this route, but ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ as the saying goes...

Sorry to quiz you to death mate, but what you’ve achieved is spot on, so if I can learn from your experience/research, I’d be daft to not ask the question. Want to do this once, and do it right.

Starry · Oct 16, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
You are a pair of devils on my shoulder, lol

Seriously though, there is a noticeable but subtle difference in those before and after shots @Starry. This ****** forum - opens your eyes to problems you never knew you had, lol.

@Starry - can you recall/put your hands on the specifics of what brand of spacers/where you got them from? And are there any negatives to fitting these in terms of handling characteristics/downsides in general? Genuinely interested in your experiences with spacers, as I wasn’t initially thinking of going down this route, but ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ as the saying goes...

Sorry to quiz you to death mate, but what you’ve achieved is spot on, so if I can learn from your experience/research, I’d be daft to not ask the question. Want to do this once, and do it right.

https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/spacers-fitted.363581/

Have a look at this thread mate. As for the pros, makes the car look lower and fatter, just closes down the arch gap. As for cons, none that I can think of. Drivers the same with or without. As you can see on my last car, I always use them..

Starry · Oct 16, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
You are a pair of devils on my shoulder, lol

Seriously though, there is a noticeable but subtle difference in those before and after shots @Starry. This ****** forum - opens your eyes to problems you never knew you had, lol.

@Starry - can you recall/put your hands on the specifics of what brand of spacers/where you got them from? And are there any negatives to fitting these in terms of handling characteristics/downsides in general? Genuinely interested in your experiences with spacers, as I wasn’t initially thinking of going down this route, but ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ as the saying goes...

Sorry to quiz you to death mate, but what you’ve achieved is spot on, so if I can learn from your experience/research, I’d be daft to not ask the question. Want to do this once, and do it right.

https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/spacers-fitted.363581/

Have a look at this thread mate. As for the pros, makes the car look lower and fatter, just closes down the arch gap. As for cons, none that I can think of. Drives the same with or without. As you can see on my last car, I always use them..

Jimbob76 · Oct 16, 2018

Starry said:
https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/spacers-fitted.363581/

Have a look at this thread mate. As for the pros, makes the car look lower and fatter, just closes down the arch gap. As for cons, none that I can think of. Drives the same with or without. As you can see on my last car, I always use them..

Nice one mate. I now have a new research project for the weekend. And that B7 RS4 photo, I think I audibly squeaked when I saw it - those flared wheel arches - the missus just looked at me and asked ‘what’s up?’ I said ‘nowt, don’t worry about it’

Jimbob76 · Oct 17, 2018

So my initial research suggests that an S3 Saloon can handle a more aggressive offset than the Sportback (which I have). There also seem to be a few respectable members on here (e.g. @batch , @Rob2k68 and @jungle650 ) who have previously lowered their Sportbacks, on 19" wheels, without using spacers, and their results look great.

I need to be sure that under load, the wheels (particularly the rears) would still sit behind and not hit the wheel arches, so while I might not end up with the MOST aggressive stance by not going down the spacers route, that is what I'll initially try. Spacers just seem like too much hassle at this stage and could well not be needed on my Sportback (with 19" v-spokes @ et49).

STELLAR write-up from @jungle650 on his experiences of lowering a PFL Sportback (with 19's on mag-ride, and then re-calibrating the mag) here - this was sooo helpful, and a ****** good read:
https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/magride-vcds.273828/page-3#post-3067667

@DJAlix responded to a PM I sent him earlier this week within a couple of days - and he's offered me a cracking deal on mag-ride calibration + start/stop memory module fitting (once I've received the new springs, had them fitted, waited for them to settle for a few hundred miles and had 4 wheel alignment completed). Cheers Alix, looking forward to meeting you soon mate, and thanks for the quick reply - will be in touch soon.

Oh, and had a call from Autodoc this evening, from an exceptionally friendly 'fraulien' to check my order details and confirm dispatch of my Eibach Sportlines. She even asked for my chassis number, to confirm I'd ordered the right suspension kit for my car, and to double check I wanted the Sportline kit instead of the Pro kit. Super helpful.

Looking forward to posting detailed results and my experiences when the project is complete...

Adam14 · Oct 17, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
So my initial research suggests that an S3 Saloon can handle a more aggressive offset than the Sportback (which I have). There also seem to be a few respectable members on here (e.g. @batch , @Rob2k68 and @jungle650 ) who have previously lowered their Sportbacks, on 19" wheels, without using spacers, and their results look great.

I need to be sure that under load, the wheels (particularly the rears) would still sit behind and not hit the wheel arches, so while I might not end up with the MOST aggressive stance by not going down the spacers route, that is what I'll initially try. Spacers just seem like too much hassle at this stage and could well not be needed on my Sportback (with 19" v-spokes @ et49).

STELLAR write-up from @jungle650 on his experiences of lowering a PFL Sportback (with 19's on mag-ride, and then re-calibrating the mag) here - this was sooo helpful, and a ****** good read:
https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/magride-vcds.273828/page-3#post-3067667

@DJAlix responded to a PM I sent him earlier this week within a couple of days - and he's offered me a cracking deal on mag-ride calibration + start/stop memory module fitting (once I've received the new springs, had them fitted, waited for them to settle for a few hundred miles and had 4 wheel alignment completed). Cheers Alix, looking forward to meeting you soon mate, and thanks for the quick reply - will be in touch soon.

Oh, and had a call from Autodoc this evening, from an exceptionally friendly 'fraulien' to check my order details and confirm dispatch of my Eibach Sportlines. She even asked for my chassis number, to confirm I'd ordered the right suspension kit for my car, and to double check I wanted the Sportline kit instead of the Pro kit. Super helpful.

Looking forward to posting detailed results and my experiences when the project is complete...

Wow been a busy bee eh? Definitely intrigued by your results. Although mines a saloon, so as you say definitely interested in getting that wider stance like Starry has achieved.

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Jimbob76 · Oct 17, 2018

Adam14 said:
Wow been a busy bee eh? Definitely intrigued by your results. Although mines a saloon, so as you say definitely interested in getting that wider stance like Starry has achieved.

The research is half the fun mate :thumbs up:

Jimbob76 · Oct 17, 2018

So now I have @jungle650 's attention :thumbs up:

...

In your post I linked to above mate, you mention that you upgraded top-mounts and bearings at the same time as you fitted your lowering springs (at negligible cost but worth it while the springs are being fitted). What's involved here pal? Keen to learn from you!

jungle650 · Oct 17, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
So now I have @jungle650 's attention ...

In your post I linked to above mate, you mention that you upgraded top-mounts and bearings at the same time as you fitted your lowering springs (at negligible cost but worth it while the springs are being fitted). What's involved here pal? Keen to learn from you!

Hey @Jimbob76 , Yes I had the new top mounts and bearings fitted at the same time on good advice from a couple of the guys on the forum like @Rob2k68. If your car has done more than 10-15k miles its worth doing, especially on the PFL cars as it was a weak point from memory hence a revised part. In terms of cost to fit it was essentially free as labour time is minutes to un bolt and bolt new items onto the car. With the springs removed you have full access to the front top mounts. I had all this completed for me by a local garage so cant give you any more info on fitting as I didnt get my hands dirty. However for the additional extra cost of parts its well worth doing, as if you need to replace these parts further down the line or have noises over speed bumps due to old worn top mounts you will need to remove the springs again to get to them. Hence thats why I just changed them, leaning on other forum members feedback at the time to ensure I had no issues.

On a side note, I now have Eibach Pros with an 8mm H&R hubcentric spacer setup on my RS3 Sportback with no rubbing issues. Offset is probably different betwen S3 and RS3 alloys though and offourse there are the flared front arches on the RS, hence why I thought it now needed some small spacers to push the wheels out a tick. :rockwoot:

Hope this helps a little.
Jungle.

MikeParkin · Oct 18, 2018

I went with H&R springs but I did have some on a Megan 225 years ago and had no bother with them.

Have not changed top mounts yet as I’ve had no trouble yet.

Jimbob76 · Oct 18, 2018

jungle650 said:
Hey @Jimbob76 , Yes I had the new top mounts and bearings fitted at the same time on good advice from a couple of the guys on the forum like @Rob2k68. If your car has done more than 10-15k miles its worth doing, especially on the PFL cars as it was a weak point from memory hence a revised part. Hope this helps a little.
Jungle.

Cheers buster - I've only just ticked over 6k miles, so think I'll keep things simple for now. Thanks for the reply.

MikeParkin said:
I went with H&R springs but I did have some on a Megan 225 years ago and had no bother with them. Have not changed top mounts yet as I’ve had no trouble yet.

F3ck1n hell Gandalf - how old are you? You had that Megane a LONG time ago, lol

sparkymark75 · Oct 19, 2018

What's the "official" name of the top mounts? Just so I can look up the part numbers.

Fatbloke · Oct 19, 2018

sparkymark75 said:
What's the "official" name of the top mounts? Just so I can look up the part numbers.

Top strut mounts I think. Worth changing the strut bearings too.

glasgowdubber · Oct 19, 2018

Absolutely stunning, always amazing how some springs can totally change a car. Can I ask what spacers you went for?

jungle650 · Oct 19, 2018

Didnt feel the need to fit any to the S3. .... But I fitted these to a RS3 running Eibach Pros.. lots of discussion on forums about 8, 10 and 12mm spacers, and different set ups front to back. I kept it simple, with 8mm all round!, perfect in my eyes and no issues.

H&R Hubcentric 8mm spacers

Subtle, but effective in my eyes.

Jimbob76 · Oct 19, 2018

jungle650 said:
Didnt feel the need to fit any to the S3. .... But I fitted these to a RS3 running Eibach Pros..H&R Hubcentric 8mm spacers

Very, very nice mate. Looks great. Love those RS3 19” V2 Rotors - they suit your car perfectly. You had my attention at Daytona, lol.

After a detailing session today this is where my ‘stance’ currently sits (before my imminent lowering project)...

RS3/S3 differences aside you can see the difference a slightly lower look gives. Yours looks bang-on mate.

Took a few measurements today on a flat surface (I did get the ‘long’ spirit level out to check, lol) (and to compare against once lowered). Measurements, ground to wheel arch as follows:
Front offside = 670mm
Front nearside = 670mm
Rear offside = 665mm
Rear nearside = 660mm

...so confirmed what my eyes told me, in that the front sits definitely does sit higher than the rear, but interestingly there’s a 5 mm difference between the 2 rear measurements. Possibly confirms I do have a need for mag-ride calibration?!

Also confirmed to me while measuring that the fronts can take 20-25 mm lowering, and the rears 10-15 mm EASILY, WITHOUT looking to the untrained eye that it’s been ‘dropped’. Has given me confidence that the new Eibach Sportlines will give me the OEM+ look I’m aiming for (when they arrive).

@jungle650 - how come you opted for the Pro kit on your RS3 when you went for the Sportlines on your previous PFL S3? The Pros offer less of a drop (c. 10mm) if I understand correctly. Did you go down this route as you had less wheel arch gap to reduce on the RS?

jungle650 · Oct 20, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
Very, very nice mate. Looks great. Love those RS3 19” V2 Rotors - they suit your car perfectly. You had my attention at Daytona, lol.

After a detailing session today this is where my ‘stance’ currently sits (before my imminent lowering project)...

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RS3/S3 differences aside you can see the difference a slightly lower look gives. Yours looks bang-on mate.

Took a few measurements today on a flat surface (I did get the ‘long’ spirit level out to check, lol) (and to compare against once lowered). Measurements, ground to wheel arch as follows:
Front offside = 670mm
Front nearside = 670mm
Rear offside = 665mm
Rear nearside = 660mm

...so confirmed what my eyes told me, in that the front sits definitely does sit higher than the rear, but interestingly there’s a 5 mm difference between the 2 rear measurements. Possibly confirms I do have a need for mag-ride calibration?!

Also confirmed to me while measuring that the fronts can take 20-25 mm lowering, and the rears 10-15 mm EASILY, WITHOUT looking to the untrained eye that it’s been ‘dropped’. Has given me confidence that the new Eibach Sportlines will give me the OEM+ look I’m aiming for (when they arrive).

@jungle650 - how come you opted for the Pro kit on your RS3 when you went for the Sportlines on your previous PFL S3? The Pros offer less of a drop (c. 10mm) if I understand correctly. Did you go down this route as you had less wheel arch gap to reduce on the RS?

Morning @Jimbob76

1) -Ride height measurements. Its not un common for one corner or in fact every corner to have slightly different measurements. So you are doing well with just one corner reflecting a small difference. I had very similar meaurements on my S3 albeit marginal on passenger rear and once again similar to you on my RS3. I dont think its anything to be overly concerned about unless you had wild difference all round or have OCD!. You will find your stock OEM mag ride factory calibrated figures will be different corner to corner, front to back. Once the new springs are fitted and settled a full re-calibration with @vagcarcoding ( aka @DJAlix ) is a must and changes the car beautifully. However all of these things are personal. Some people like a hard firm ride, others prefer more comfort. For me I wanted the ability to choose. Mag ride gives you this and after fittting the springs the re-calibration brings a true choice back. If you dont re-calibrate the car does not know the new resting height therefore control and dynamic settings are not truely correct.

As a reference point, here are my measurements from the middle of alloy to bottom of wheel for my calibration purposes:

FL RS3 - I forgot to take the stock numbers or dont have them written down any more ! But after re-calibration. My new RS3 settings on Pros were/are:

Front 346 - 343
Rear 339 - 330

vs PFL S3 running Eibach Sportlines:

My original cars Mag Ride settings were on S3:

Front 360 – 364
Rear 346 – 347

After recalibration my new settings on S3 were:

Front 340 - 340
Rear 333 - 335

2) Eibach Pros vs Eibach Sportlines- Its a good question and one I knew people would ask so I have already completed a write up comparing both ( with measurements! ) which I hope will answer your questions.

Its here:

But in summary for me I wanted to retain stock looking springs ( Pro springs are black vs Sportlines which are bright red ) also with the added front axle weight of the RS3 and the shocking pot holed roads I wanted a little more comfort and compliance. However both sets of springs are excellent in my opinion and offer very similar drop levels, with the Sportline offering marginal firmer damping and marginally further drop over the Pros.

Jungle

Jimbob76 · Oct 22, 2018

jungle650 said:
Didnt feel the need to fit any to the S3. .... But I fitted these to a RS3 running Eibach Pros.. lots of discussion on forums about 8, 10 and 12mm spacers, and different set ups front to back. I kept it simple, with 8mm all round!, perfect in my eyes and no issues.

H&R Hubcentric 8mm spacers

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Subtle, but effective in my eyes.

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jungle650 said:
Morning @Jimbob76

1) -Ride height measurements. Its not un common for one corner or in fact every corner to have slightly different measurements. So you are doing well with just one corner reflecting a small difference. I had very similar meaurements on my S3 albeit marginal on passenger rear and once again similar to you on my RS3. I dont think its anything to be overly concerned about unless you had wild difference all round or have OCD!. You will find your stock OEM mag ride factory calibrated figures will be different corner to corner, front to back. Once the new springs are fitted and settled a full re-calibration with @vagcarcoding ( aka @DJAlix ) is a must and changes the car beautifully. However all of these things are personal. Some people like a hard firm ride, others prefer more comfort. For me I wanted the ability to choose. Mag ride gives you this and after fittting the springs the re-calibration brings a true choice back. If you dont re-calibrate the car does not know the new resting height therefore control and dynamic settings are not truely correct.

As a reference point, here are my measurements from the middle of alloy to bottom of wheel for my calibration purposes:

FL RS3 - I forgot to take the stock numbers or dont have them written down any more ! But after re-calibration. My new RS3 settings on Pros were/are:

Front 346 - 343
Rear 339 - 330

vs PFL S3 running Eibach Sportlines:

My original cars Mag Ride settings were on S3:

Front 360 – 364
Rear 346 – 347

After recalibration my new settings on S3 were:

Front 340 - 340
Rear 333 - 335

2) Eibach Pros vs Eibach Sportlines- Its a good question and one I knew people would ask so I have already completed a write up comparing both ( with measurements! ) which I hope will answer your questions.

Its here:

But in summary for me I wanted to retain stock looking springs ( Pro springs are black vs Sportlines which are bright red ) also with the added front axle weight of the RS3 and the shocking pot holed roads I wanted a little more comfort and compliance. However both sets of springs are excellent in my opinion and offer very similar drop levels, with the Sportline offering marginal firmer damping and marginally further drop over the Pros.

Jungle

Once again you’re a legend of experience and information mate. Kudos

I’ve had shipping dispatch confirmation for my Sportlines springs today, and have next week off work, so could work out nicely timings-wise. Will be calling my friendly neighbourhood VAG indy garage (used for the last decade, trust them implicitly) tomorrow to book in a service and spring fitting for hopefully later next week.

One question that has been bouncing around my skull is, based on your previous PFL S3 lowering with Sportlines experience, if you had your time again (with your newfound knowledge of adding 8mm spacers to your FL RS3) would/could you recommend some subtle (8mm H&R Trak+ hub-centic) spacers on the rear ONLY? I’m looking at my car with its current stance thinking the front should be fine, but the rears might look a little ‘tucked’ under the arches once lowered.

Definitely owe you a beer/bacon sandwich @ AITP11 mate :rockwoot:

sparkymark75 · Oct 23, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
I’ve had shipping dispatch confirmation for my Sportlines springs today, and have next week off work, so could work out nicely timings-wise. Will be calling my friendly neighbourhood VAG indy garage (used for the last decade, trust them implicitly) tomorrow to book in a service and spring fitting for hopefully later next week.

Yours were dispatched pretty quickly compared to mine. I think it was a combination of them waiting on stock and having to go through security because the delivery address wasn't my billing address is what held my order up. But I got them last Friday so just waiting on availability of the guy fitting them for me. Then need to get a 4 wheel alignment arranged at some point and possibly a magride calibration if @DJAlix manages to get up to Scotland.

Jimbob76 · Oct 23, 2018

sparkymark75 said:
Yours were dispatched pretty quickly compared to mine. I think it was a combination of them waiting on stock and having to go through security because the delivery address wasn't my billing address is what held my order up. But I got them last Friday so just waiting on availability of the guy fitting them for me. Then need to get a 4 wheel alignment arranged at some point and possibly a magride calibration if @DJAlix manages to get up to Scotland.

It's taken a week and a half from order to receiving the dispatch confirmation mate (I also had separate billing and delivery addresses), but not in a rush, and still deciding what to do re: spacers on the rear wheels, so happy to have the head time to think to be honest (and happy with the £70 discount over best UK supplier price I could find). If I'm lucky, the arrival will coincide with the annual service I have planned for the back end of next week (but this plan could well slip).

Then it would be 2 separate trips, 1 after a couple of weeks 'settling' time before I get 4 wheel geometric alignment on a local Hunter system, then try and time a 'work' trip to North London to see @DJAlix to get the mag-ride re-calibrated and a start/stop memory module fitted.

Just need @jungle650 to get back to me on my rear wheel spacer dilemma, so I can complete my project plans... :whistle2:

sparkymark75 · Oct 23, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
It's taken a week and a half from order to receiving the dispatch confirmation mate (I also had separate billing and delivery addresses), but not in a rush, and still deciding what to do re: spacers on the rear wheels, so happy to have the head time to think to be honest (and happy with the £70 discount over best UK supplier price I could find). If I'm lucky, the arrival will coincide with the annual service I have planned for the back end of next week (but this plan could well slip).

Then it would be 2 separate trips, 1 after a couple of weeks 'settling' time before I get 4 wheel geometric alignment on a local Hunter system, then try and time a 'work' trip to North London to see @DJAlix to get the mag-ride re-calibrated and a start/stop memory module fitted.

Just need @jungle650 to get back to me on my rear wheel spacer dilemma, so I can complete my project plans...

All that planning would make my brain melt mate.

Jimbob76 · Oct 23, 2018

sparkymark75 said:
All that planning would make my brain melt mate.

The devil is in the detail mate, and this is one devilish project I want to get 100% right

Project Manager by trade, so get my kicks in my spare time planning interesting stuff (and get a little kick out of waiting for the plan to fall into place). Can't help it, in my DNA. Want the low but doesn't look low to the untrained eye look. As a famous philosopher once said...

jungle650 · Oct 23, 2018

Jimbob76 said:
Once again you’re a legend of experience and information mate. Kudos

One question that has been bouncing around my skull is, based on your previous PFL S3 lowering with Sportlines experience, if you had your time again (with your newfound knowledge of adding 8mm spacers to your FL RS3) would/could you recommend some subtle (8mm H&R Trak+ hub-centic) spacers on the rear ONLY? I’m looking at my car with its current stance thinking the front should be fine, but the rears might look a little ‘tucked’ under the arches once lowered.

Definitely owe you a beer/bacon sandwich @ AITP11 mate

All of these things are based on personal taste my friend. I never used spacers on my PFL S3 and I was pleased with it. However if I was to do it again and looking at some old pics ...yes I might consider it as the rear wheels are tucked under and this is pronounced further with the lowering of the car. Dont get me wrong the car will still look good lowered but the overall stance would defo be improved with spacers 8-10mm.

Sorry pic heavy... Here are some pics of my S3 without spacers running OEM 19’s on Michelin MP4S . Lots of different angles for you, which might help you decide.

One thing I would add, If you are running 18’s yes defo add spacers as the wheels are not as aggresive in stance to begin with.

Just dont go too wide as you dont want rubbing on the wheel arches or too much dirt and muck thrown up to cause what the US guys call ‘ road rash ‘ on the rear door sills/ arches.

A few rear shots....

Front shots..

Full side view. ... and yes I did love my old Misano Red S3, hence all the angles/ pics !

Then as a comparison ...

With 18’ wheels...

And then

RS3 to S3 with/without spacers .

If that lot doesnt help you decide... then who knows !

Jungle

MaxBoostMRC · Nov 1, 2018

Hi just booked my car in at VRS for some Eibach sportline springs. Was a good price as well £350 Supplied and fitted.
How do they look now after settling in?
Are you still happy with them?

MaxBoostMRC · Nov 12, 2018

So had my sportline springs fitted at VRS and what a great service it was. Any way I measured from the floor to the arch on each corner before and after and this is what I had.

Front passenger 673mm to 655mm
Rear passenger 660mm to 656mm

Front drivers 674mm to 656mm
Rear drivers 663mm to 657mm.

The springs feel very like stock but just need to let them settle then going to get the mag ride recalibrated.

Starry · Nov 12, 2018

MaxBoostMRC said:
So had my sportline springs fitted at VRS and what a great service it was. Any way I measured from the floor to the arch on each corner before and after and this is what I had.

Front passenger 673mm to 655mm
Rear passenger 660mm to 656mm

Front drivers 674mm to 656mm
Rear drivers 663mm to 657mm.

The springs feel very like stock but just need to let them settle then going to get the mag ride recalibrated.

Tbh i didn't think mine settled much at all. Not visually anyway, ill run a tape over them and so for sure.

MaxBoostMRC · Nov 13, 2018

Starry said:
Tbh i didn't think mine settled much at all. Not visually anyway, ill run a tape over them and so for sure.

My mag ride needed a recalibrate anyway but going to wait a few weeks before I have it done just to make sure.

Starry · Nov 13, 2018

MaxBoostMRC said:
My mag ride needed a recalibrate anyway but going to wait a few weeks before I have it done just to make sure.

I've not got around to getting mine calibrated yet but it feels fine anyway.

NevMan · Nov 13, 2018

Starry said:
I've not got around to getting mine calibrated yet but it feels fine anyway.

If it was me, I would get it recalibrated, as plenty of threads on here saying what a difference it makes, @DJAlix has some good detail on this, and from what I have read makes a big difference on standard setup let alone eibach and others. Not costly either so worth the check as opposed to it feels ok. Just my opinion, as I don’t even have S3 let alone mag ride

Starry · Nov 13, 2018

q5man said:
If it was me, I would get it recalibrated, as plenty of threads on here saying what a difference it makes, @DJAlix has some good detail on this, and from what I have read makes a big difference on standard setup let alone eibach and others. Not costly either so worth the check as opposed to it feels ok. Just my opinion, as I don’t even have S3 let alone mag ride

I need somebody local, I spoke to the main dealers and they where clueless.

Lehn · Nov 13, 2018

Starry said:
I need somebody local, I spoke to the main dealers and they where clueless.

You can get it done remotely: https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threa...king-sound-magnetic-ride.375548/#post-3344843

MaxBoostMRC · Nov 13, 2018

Starry said:
I need somebody local, I spoke to the main dealers and they where clueless.

Yes I asked main dealer but waste of time they don’t even know how to service the haldex properly.

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