stapo69
All hail the mighty quattro!
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This should cause some controversy!
So i thought it was about time I put some pics of the motor up now it's got to a reasonable state, a UK first? B5 S4 on air?
The airride was half easy, the front as it's been done before on Passats, fwd A4s an A6s, the rear however was another story, I was using Rayvern Hydraulics for the build, well known as probably the top specialist in all things that make cars go up and down in the UK, he's been doing it for years and without Ray this would never have got finished,having never done a quattro before it took a good many trips over to the workshops, lengthy phone calls and much trauling through the net to figure out how to get the rear to work, around 3 months all together, but we got there in the end with great success and all is good.
I'm running 2 compressors and 2 11.5l tanks with water trap, 8mm lines, high flow valves and 150psi pressure switch. All fitted by myself over a number of weekends. The bulk of the kit is hidden away in the spare wheel well, except for one tank behind the seats as this was added later, but still all nice and tidy, the switches and gauges have but trimmed into a custom panel replacing the ash tray, and the cigarette lighter relocated to the handbrake area to keep a 12v supply in the front of the car.
The ride is good and comfortable, we used Avo adjustable dampers along with the bags, although it does feel a little bouncy after having coilovers for 2 years but to be expected, overall very liveable.
Anyway I wont waffle on, pics do the talking so much easier, lets see what people think! Personally I love it, the car looks awesome dropped onto the floor, but remains useable and practical, even more than before when on coilovers.
Oh I cant recommend Rayvern enough, top top guys, the most genuine helpful people Ive net for a long time, although I think they'd rather never hear my name again!
A random order of pictures I know, and not the best shots I've ever done, but I just threw this together to get it out there.
Thanks for the comments in advance whatever you think.
So i thought it was about time I put some pics of the motor up now it's got to a reasonable state, a UK first? B5 S4 on air?
The airride was half easy, the front as it's been done before on Passats, fwd A4s an A6s, the rear however was another story, I was using Rayvern Hydraulics for the build, well known as probably the top specialist in all things that make cars go up and down in the UK, he's been doing it for years and without Ray this would never have got finished,having never done a quattro before it took a good many trips over to the workshops, lengthy phone calls and much trauling through the net to figure out how to get the rear to work, around 3 months all together, but we got there in the end with great success and all is good.
I'm running 2 compressors and 2 11.5l tanks with water trap, 8mm lines, high flow valves and 150psi pressure switch. All fitted by myself over a number of weekends. The bulk of the kit is hidden away in the spare wheel well, except for one tank behind the seats as this was added later, but still all nice and tidy, the switches and gauges have but trimmed into a custom panel replacing the ash tray, and the cigarette lighter relocated to the handbrake area to keep a 12v supply in the front of the car.
The ride is good and comfortable, we used Avo adjustable dampers along with the bags, although it does feel a little bouncy after having coilovers for 2 years but to be expected, overall very liveable.
Anyway I wont waffle on, pics do the talking so much easier, lets see what people think! Personally I love it, the car looks awesome dropped onto the floor, but remains useable and practical, even more than before when on coilovers.
Oh I cant recommend Rayvern enough, top top guys, the most genuine helpful people Ive net for a long time, although I think they'd rather never hear my name again!
A random order of pictures I know, and not the best shots I've ever done, but I just threw this together to get it out there.
Thanks for the comments in advance whatever you think.
thats lower to the ground than snakes *******..ive scean some shady looking installs but that looks like a top job (still got loadsa room in the boot)..nice work
nice one.
