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Old 04-19-2001, 06:02 PM
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Default A4 Avant with Neuspeed/Bilstein adjustable struts and Sport springs

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These are Neuspeed Sport Springs with Neuspeed/Bilstein adjustable height struts. I believe the spring perches are set 2 clicks up from the bottom on the front and back, so I could lower it a bit more. Notice how the rear is higher than the front. I'd like to lower the back a click or two to see if I can match it up to the front.

And those are 17" BBS RC rims.
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Are those race or sport springs? Seems low for sport if shocks aren't on the lowest setting.
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Default Neuspeed Sport Springs

They are the Neuspeed Sport springs. The strut spring perches are set lower than normal. They are about 2 clicks up from the bottom.
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Default When you say lower than normal, do you mean they are not standard neuspeed/bilsteins?

So you sent them to bilstein and had them cut more perches in there for you? I am thinking about having them do that for my rears which sits higher than the front.
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Default The Neuspeed/Bilsteins are modified from normal Bilsteins...

They include spring perch height adjustment rings.
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Are the stock Sport shocks adjustable???
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Default They do look low for "sport", think it looks great!.!.!.

I was considering the "race" springs because everyone led me to believe the sports weren't all that low, but I think it looks good, unless it has to do with the shock/strut setting.

I like the rims, I am actually considering the BBS RK 17"s on my short list of wheel choices.
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Default Nope. :(

The factory shocks that come from Audi aren't. Neither are the standard Bilstein shocks. That's why I went for the Neuspeed version of the shocks. Gives you a little room to change the height. Handy.
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Default You can go a bit lower than my setting, too.

I'm considering dropping the back one click, and raising the front one click. In it's current config, I don't scrape much at all, but there are a few times I do, which bugs me. Those big speed bumps are a pain.

I went from a serious off-road 4x4 truck to this. So it's taking some getting used to.
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Default Do you have measurements from the ground to top of fender?

So the setting is at the middle setting of the 5 or one below the middle? Thanks.


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