Audi RS2 -94 Swe

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Beautiful and loving the pics. Roof rails?

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Waiting on the spring to arrive. A While ago i bought some tie end adjusters from forum member Greg_S. This weekend i finally got them installed. There was some struggle to get the old parts off. But nothing a little heat couldn't take care off The car is now ready for an wheel alignment after the suspension change. The car has also started to run a little rich, need to pressure test the system. Bought a fuel pressure regulator and a temp sensor from Audi tradition, thought they needed a change after all these years. Will get back after some fault finding.
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[Fat Audi 80]

Gorgeous!

[ThatGUY]

Very beautiful!!!

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Today the sun was shining and little bit of snow has fallen here in the south of Sweden. Thought it was a perfect day to give the car some fresh air and take some photos.

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How much is not much space? They do run very close even with stock rubber.

Looking very tasty!

About 2-3mm. So maybe its good enough.

[Bowie69]

How much is not much space? They do run very close even with stock rubber.

Looking very tasty!

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Wheels back from the machining. Fitted Today. What a difference it makes (in my opinion). Don't think i will ever use the stock wheels again Very pleased with the outcome. There is not much space in front between the tire and tie-rod. Maybe i will put in a 5mm spacer just to get some more room. The KW is set at max height in front. Back its maybe 2/3 of the full height if i remember correct.
Snapped some photos before it was put in the garage again, will have to take better ones another day with better weather.

Rear wheels mounted, stock wheels in front:
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And all 4 wheels on:
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[le mans]

Perfect. What a car.

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KW V1 suspension fitted to the car yesterday. I will change the tie end rods and then do a wheel alignment. Also the new rims are at the machine shop to enlarge the center bore.

Some pics from yesterday:
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Now it sits much higher than before, and this is not max height, so thats good i think. Before the wheels was under the fenders.

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Where do you get the bolts plated? Look very smart.

A company here in Sweden. Nothing special, i think its pretty common around the world

[Bowie69]

Where do you get the bolts plated? Look very smart.

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Busy days, i thought i would get some rest from the garage/car as the bolt galvanizing usually takes a week. But today i got the bolts back for the suspension.
So now i have all parts to fit the KW-suspension. Also got some VAG-special tools for the front strut nut.
New tires arrived today also, so tomorrow it is off to the rim company so they can bore the center on the rims up to 73.1mm and fit the new tires.
Lots of stuff the last days, but hopefully soon i can have the car back on the ground with new suspension and new rims, looking good

New Pirelli P-Zero PZ4, 225/40-18:
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Bolts before/after galvanizing:
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Tools for the front strut/nut:
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Today i draged myself to the garage to clean the wheel housings. Said and done, what a crap job. But it turned out better than i could have imagine. So well spend time before the new suspension is mounted.
Bolts/nuts for the suspension is at the galvanizing company.

Front:
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Rear:
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Today i started with the changing of suspension. Everything came off simple and without braking any parts, so thats good. The front struts will be replaced with the KW struts. At the rear the "housings" is used together with the KW dampers/springs. I took the parts to work and cleaned the parts as good i could. I will save the parts, even if i don't think i will ever use them again. It's feels good to have them "clean" before i put them to rest.
The rear housings is in good shape. The upper control arms has some surface corrosion. For now i think i will just put some paint on them to protect them until i will do a full restore of the subframes rear/front.
Next up is to clean the wheel housings and all nuts/bolts for the suspension. Waiting on new top mounts and tie-rods for the front. Otherwise it's just the owner that needs to put in some hours..

Suspension off the car:
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Suspension parts cleaned, (The Koni stuff has seen better days):
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Front:
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Rear:
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Maybe tomorrow i have time to start cleaning the wheel housings and the bolts.