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Old 11-18-2008, 09:19 PM
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Default Woohoo! Car handles like its on RAILS!

My gf got me H&R sport springs for our 3 year anniversary, w00t! Finally got rid of that big gap in the front, perfect now. The rear however is like stock factory sport.

When it originally came off the lift, it was HIGH...like non-sport height. Then as we went for the test drive and put some load on the rear suspension, it settled down to factory sport height. I'm hoping it will settle further after a couple of days and drop it a little more.

Here are some pics I took in my garage:

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<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/68279/2.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/68279/3.jpg">

Those who installed H&amp;Rs sports, did the rear settle some more after a few days?
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my eibachs sit lower than that
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After settling? Or out of the box?
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both, from my experience, springs don't settle more than .5"
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The front is fine, even without a settle. The rears I'll have to keep an eye on.
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Default Oh and with my 17s, the gap is greater than if my 18s were on there.

With the 18s, the rear was perfect height, slight gap like the front.
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you must be running a non-OE tire size then
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Default Nope, OE tire sizes.

235/45/17 - Winter
235/40/18 - Summer
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well since the size difference is &lt; 0.3%, the fender gap should be the same as well
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My b6 sat the same as yours with HR sport springs. It looks good imo!


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