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Old 08-21-2013, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DNJ47

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Old 08-22-2013, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by josedebardi
Who do you work this out?

First poster shows ~4 inches and looks to be US based. So I would say no drop compared to Q5.

Second poster is from Canada and does appear to have a drop...
I'm looking at the pics from the first poster (bjweber) who confirmed he's in the US. It's a little hard to tell what the gap is due to the angle of the picture, so it's up for debate. I thought it was about 3.5". Regardless, it's definitely less than the stock 4.5" gap. As MP4 pointed out in another thread, the best way to do this is to go to an Audi dealership and have the same person measure the Q5 and SQ5 back to back, from the ground up to the fender which is how measurements are taken for VAG mods.
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Originally Posted by Parsec
I'm looking at the pics from the first poster (bjweber) who confirmed he's in the US. It's a little hard to tell what the gap is due to the angle of the picture, so it's up for debate. I thought it was about 3.5". Regardless, it's definitely less than the stock 4.5" gap. As MP4 pointed out in another thread, the best way to do this is to go to an Audi dealership and have the same person measure the Q5 and SQ5 back to back, from the ground up to the fender which is how measurements are taken for VAG mods.
Agreed!
Old 08-22-2013, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by josedebardi
Agreed!
Why do you care anyways? You're in the UK with your 1.2" drop, lol
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Originally Posted by Parsec
Why do you care anyways? You're in the UK with your 1.2" drop, lol
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Old 08-22-2013, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Parsec
measure the Q5 and SQ5 back to back, from the ground up to the fender which is how measurements are taken for VAG mods.
This should not be from fender to center of wheel so tire model and/or inflation don't influence measurements?
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Originally Posted by Yoshimura
This should not be from fender to center of wheel so tire model and/or inflation don't influence measurements?
I think tire inflation results in trivial measurement differences, so I was suggesting a method that's easy to replicate to compare the ride height of 2 different vehicles. I think eyeballing the center of a wheel cap will result in more of a measurement variance than tires that are over/under inflated by a few psi.
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For those wanting a drop, it shouldn't be too hard to buy euro spec SQ5 springs. I'd imagine dampers are the same since they do not affect ride height.
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I am going out to test drive a SQ5 (US) tomorrow. I try to remember to bring my ruler
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Originally Posted by koobah
For those wanting a drop, it shouldn't be too hard to buy euro spec SQ5 springs. I'd imagine dampers are the same since they do not affect ride height.
You are mistaken...post# 13

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho...2#post24479132


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