80 Quattro Stiffness

[R5T]

Afternoon all.

As you all know, coilovers are a pain to get hold of and when you do find them they cost the earth ! ..

My saloon has been lowered by a previous owner, I'm guessing at 60mm .. I'd like to go a bit lower, but mainly I want to stiffen the ride.

I'm going to be doing top mounts soon and as I'm having the struts out.. I may aswell address the issue.

What would people suggest ? I want to keep as much comfort as possible but eliminate the body roll as much as I can. I'll also be intending to do subframe and roll bar bushes at a later date, but for the time being just want to address the shocks/springs.

What is going to be the easiest/cheapest solution ? Uprated/stiffer shocks ? Lower/stiffer springs ?

What do people recommend I.e brand ? Mm of drop ? Stiffness ratings etc ..

Thanks

Sam


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[R5T]

The car is an L reg 93 .. 2.6 Quattro saloon btw

Sam


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[AQTdriver]

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69719

[R5T]

Haven't got that kind of money I'm afraid mate, I've seen some HSD's for £900 brand new. I can't afford anywhere near that I'm afraid. Thanks

Sam


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[K Simmonds]

FK may do a more budget option, but their not as goods as KW's etc.

[R5T]

How budget are we talking ?


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[K Simmonds]

Pos sub 500 quid, you'll have to do some poking around on the net.

[R5T]

That's more in the ball park I'm thinking, even that is a stretch. Failing that, what are my other options ?

Sam


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[macspring]

If you're happy with the height of your existing springs, and just want less roll, while keeping the comfort, consider adjustable (off the car), Koni shocks ( set them to almost full stiffness ), or Bilstein shocks.

As you're on a budget, leave springs and shocks as is and fit uprated anti roll bars.

RS2 on the front.

Neuspeed one on the rear. The one that is a for a B5 Avant will fit perfectly. From Awesome GTI.

I presume you must be on 17" or 16" rims ?

If it was me in your shoes, I'd pick 225/50/16 tyres with 16" Avus rims and the anti roll bars.

Easy enough to go to 5 x 112 hubs. Have machine shop drill the existing front hubs and discs to 5 x 112, and get new or second hand rear discs from an early B5 A4. Job done for small money.

[R5T]

This is a root I'm interested in, however can you use S2 front hubs and B5 rear assembly and use B5 coilovers ? Or had I tea something wrong in the past ? .. I'm on 17" with 215 45's ATM.

However the past couple of days it's felt really vague steering wise on the front, very understeery when going round right hand bends... I've got a fair amount of work to do to get it feeling right I think. Either way !! .. I'm liking the idea of eventually doing a 5 stud conversion as there is a much bigger choice of wheels etc.

Thanks

Sam


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[R5T]

Would like to revive this quickly ! .. If no replies I'll post a new subject.

I'm aware that the saloon quattro's share a lot of components with the early b5 avant quattro's ...

Question is .. If I was to buy a set of b5 avant Quattro coilovers .. How hard would it be to fit ?

Sam


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[sam80quattro]

Rears would fit, fronts wont

[R5T]

Okie dokie .. Is there anyway of fabricating them to fit ?


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[K Simmonds]

Not really the B5 front end is effectively double wishbone as opposed McPherson strut so their very different.

[R5T]

Damn .. I know a lot of you dot approve but I want to go low .. I doubt I'll get that with springs and shocks, aswell as the stiffness


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