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How much of a difference is there between the sport package suspension and a regular suspension?

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Old 07-18-2001, 04:27 PM
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How much of a difference is there between the sport package suspension and a regular suspension?
Old 07-18-2001, 04:38 PM
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Default Approx. 1 P-Head.

Acutally, it's about 1.25"
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Then you mean p-Head.
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Yeah...that.
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Default Huge difference.....

The sport package is .78" lower than non-sport, with stiffer springs, stiffer shocks, and beefier swaybars.

I've driven both, and the difference is night and day. Sport package is far better without even being remotely harsh. And the visual difference is quite dramatic. Non sport looks like an All-Road compared to the sport.

It has always baffled me as to why all A4's don't have the sport package, when the sport package is a very comfortable ride with plenty of ground clearance.
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Not true. .78" is the height difference =)
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then you mean .78p-Head. little p for fractional measurements...
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Errrr...last I checked inches (") was still a recognized measurement, fractional or otherwise.
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Default Sorry, on AW, the new measurement format is in poger-heads, or p-heads for short.

The conversion formulas are still being worked out...
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Gotcha.


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