S2 heavy duty/Rally Suspension

[94S2Sedan]

I have officially become fed up with the terrible road conditions here in Brazil.
I'm at stock ride height and my car still scrapes on speed bumps and bottoms out the suspension on a daily basis.
I have decided to take a different route with modifying my car, I can't imagine how annoying and stressful it would be to have lowered suspension and larger wheels.

So i have decided to replace the shocks and springs on my car, I'm looking for a heavy duty shock absorbers with more suspension travel and longer springs. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on shock absorber and spring brands.
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I am flying to the states next week and would like to order the parts online sometime next week so i would be able to bring them back with me. Any advice and suggestions are very much appreciated!!

Cheers.

[stocious]

diy coilovers, on audi 80 struts and i think youll be able to fit an adjustable koni in them.. was mentioned a while back by a member called skull i think. good luck

[94S2Sedan]

Has anyone on the forum done something like this??
I was looking to get something less complicated, something like a bolt on off road shock absorber with more travel and a longer spring to lift the car....

[andy10v]

Have a read through these threads for ideas

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=32321&hilit=rally

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=38880&hilit=rally

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=43689&hilit=rally

I think Derracuda had a 90q with passat springs on it for a lift as well.

[andy10v]

Passat and 200/5k spring in a 90q

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31960&hilit=passat

[macspring]

I presume you've checked to verify that the oem sponge/rubber bump stops front and rear are still in good order and have not worn away, thereby a partial cause of your problem ?

Just so the rest of us can better appreciate what your roads are like, do you have any photos of a typcial section of road with a speed bump and or pot hole ?, without going to any trouble.

My recollection is that the original oem height was quite high from a practical / clearance point of view, and way too high from an aesthetic point of view.

Nice car by the way.

Kind regards.

[terrybullwon]

I presume you've checked to verify that the oem sponge/rubber bump stops front and rear are still in good order and have not worn away, thereby a partial cause of your problem ?

Just so the rest of us can better appreciate what your roads are like, do you have any photos of a typcial section of road with a speed bump and or pot hole ?, without going to any trouble.

My recollection is that the original oem height was quite high from a practical / clearance point of view, and way too high from an aesthetic point of view.

Nice car by the way.

Kind regards.

Off topic.

Have you seen any of my PM's David i have been trying to get a hold of you

[macspring]

"Terry",

Apologies, replied by pm.

Back on topic 94S2Sedan.

Thanks.

[94S2Sedan]

Here are a few pictures of some of the things i encounter on a daily basis, Trust me they are worst in person..

The rim bender...


Typical cobblestone street...


And the thing that pisses me off the most, ****** patch jobs


Now do you understand why i'm fed up this this bull ****....
Not to mention the massive speed bumps that scrape even my mum's bone stock Honda Civic.....

[stocious]

wow. luky you got quattro then .. thats just shocking and i thought that the roads were bad in ireland. if that cobblestone rumbled much it would drive me bonkers, a cement truck drove through my town whill still pouring a little muk out the back, one straight line of rumble whole way through town

[URQguy]

LOL, I can't say I miss the roads in Brazil. Thing is, the whole time I was in Bahia and they told me they were WAY better in the south!! What part of the states are you visiting?

[94S2Sedan]

I live in SantaCatarina, I've been to Bahia and yea the roads here are way better but the speed bumps are still massive and being that this state was colonized mosty by German immigrants around ww2 there are cobblestone streets allover the state, unfortunately they don't see much maintnance. But I can't complain about the highways here in the south of brazil, there top notch and well maintained.
I used to live in Miami, I was pretty much raised there, lived there since 94 .I moved back to brazil in 2010...

[Rusty]

Bilstein B6 with a spacer on the lower spring seat or a set of standard height springs off an 80 V6.

[94S2Sedan]

andy10v
Thats siting pretty high up...

Rusty
Thats more what i was thinking, do the Bilstein's bolt on relatively easily? I'm thinking standard audi 80 springs will give me enough clearance....

Cheers!

[macspring]

Thanks for the photos, I don't envy your roads, especially the "gold bars" speed ramps, but I do envy your car.

V6 Quattro oem springs will be higher than oem S2, and give a nice comfortable ride.

17" rims as the max, or maybe 8 x 16 with 225 x 45 x 16 ?

Good luck.