The New Look

[HMS-S6]

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[Rusty]

Satin? black S6+ alloys, nice

[martinjs]

Nice Rich, 255's? bet it grips like fek now.

[istoo]

Looking good!

Looks quite like Beerbelly's S6. Works for me!
Hows the rest of the car work going?

255's mine too and yes somewhat grippy!

[DamianURS4]

get it lowered!!

[HMS-S6]

Thanks everyone!

Rusty; Yeh i had them done in Satin and as close to RS6 Plus grey as i could get.

Martin & istoo; Jesus does it grip, not only are they 255's but i took a deep breath and went for porsche fitment (N3) Pirelli PZero rosso's!! :mischeif:

Damian; Yeh i was thinking that too Spink has reccomended some Eiback springs which i'm looking at.

[HMS-S6]

Next i have to fit the S6+ tailgate and rear spoiler i have waiting

Then i'm thinking of having all the chrome trim done in satin black too (keeping with the S6+ theme) What do you think???

[istoo]

You know i went from H&R's back up to standard springs. They were just too low for my part of the world, motorways and smooth A roads fine, Scottish B roads and any form of speed hump.. CRUNCH. Destroyed most of my suspension components. Eibach i believe are a mild drop and stiffer spring rate, would be my choice if i had the money!

Good find on the S6+ rear, does make it sit a lot better

Surprised your trim is chrome, i thought they should have been black on all cars, unless chrome was an option. the black trim in reality is chrome trim with a black vinyl type coating.

Rosso's are a great tyre, they were standard fitment on my A4, really good allrounder imho. Although far from the cheapest, if its any sollice they will stand for a lot of miles as well. Best performance upgrade you will make is tyres I still dont understand why they are so overlooked. I think you'll be needing a project thread now.. chop chop!

[HMS-S6]

You know i went from H&R's back up to standard springs. They were just too low for my part of the world, motorways and smooth A roads fine, Scottish B roads and any form of speed hump.. CRUNCH. Destroyed most of my suspension components. Eibach i believe are a mild drop and stiffer spring rate, would be my choice if i had the money!

Good find on the S6+ rear, does make it sit a lot better

Surprised your trim is chrome, i thought they should have been black on all cars, unless chrome was an option. the black trim in reality is chrome trim with a black vinyl type coating.

Rosso's are a great tyre, they were standard fitment on my A4, really good allrounder imho. Although far from the cheapest, if its any sollice they will stand for a lot of miles as well. Best performance upgrade you will make is tyres I still dont understand why they are so overlooked. I think you'll be needing a project thread now.. chop chop!

Thanks for the comments and advice. Yes spink said how well they ride on the eibach's, a little stiffer would be fine but too low and stiff on uk roads will make a car slower point to point, dispite what most saxo owners will tell you

The black trip as opposed to chrome was only on the S6+ and the run out S6's. Mine being an 'early' one has chrome, but is easily painted.

Re the tyres; I couldn't agree more, they are so important, why spend a fortune on power and suspension only to run them on crap tyres!!? It's not really a daily driver anymore and will be garaged and not come out at all in the salt, so grip was my only concern, Michelin PS2's were on back order, so realistically i had a choice of the Rosso's and Contisport2's, so i thought anything standard fitment on 911 turbo's would be grippy enough, and i have to say its transformed the car, i'm coming out of bends and islands at the most stupid speeds

What tyres do you use istoo?

[s2_wot]

Looks good,
on my car the grille badge is up a bit higher and I think it looks that bit better. Don't actually know what is the "correct" spot for it.

EDIT: and I really like the rims in black. Black trim is a great job too on the run out cars.

[HMS-S6]

Looks good,
on my car the grille badge is up a bit higher and I think it looks that bit better. Don't actually know what is the "correct" spot for it.

EDIT: and I really like the rims in black. Black trim is a great job too on the run out cars.

Thanks very much any pics of yours?

[s2_wot]

A few from a while ago in this thread, tidied a bit more since then

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46869

EDIT: The OEM exhaust is a bit low when it comes to lowering, I've thumped it a few times as it is on standard height.

[istoo]

My car is all black trim and its a 94, means i have to go inspect it further now you have said that...

Tyres, always seem to hinge on how much money I have at the time! Rosso's I had on the A4 where excellent, standard fitment on quattro sports and the latter S4's. Mu urS4 is on Dunlop Sports not a tyre i would have picked but had a pretty new set on when i bought it and replaced like for like.

I put Falken 452's on my wifes E61, and for a "budget" tyre they are excellent, really good infact.

There is a car in the forsales a user called unicom has Konis & Eibach on his which looks and rides bang on for everyday use. My first lowered car i have bought, and its not any quicker tbh, feels really low sitting in tia dn made the car look great. But wholey impractical imho for a daily driver. Ultimately adjustable coilovers would be ideal for a weekend car, but a tad expensive perhaps!