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B6 cars have an aluminum uprights with bolt in wheel bearings.

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Old 08-10-2007, 07:35 AM
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Default B6 cars have an aluminum uprights with bolt in wheel bearings.
Anyone tried to swap the uprights?
 
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Old 08-10-2007, 07:53 AM
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Default The B5 S4 also used aluminum uprights too.
Keep in mind that they changed the caliper spacing on those too....you would have to swap brakes as well.
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Default the aluminum S4 uprights were only for a limited number of early cars.
later ones were steel.
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The V8 C5 A6 uses them too.
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Default So that helps me how?


Carson, if you are tracking this, lemme know what an Al B5 upright costs...
 
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