Is there an easy way for the oil filter?

[rah]

It can be taken out without dropping the sway bar, but in the end it'll be easier to just take it off.

Yes it does make sense just to drop it, i wanted to make sure it is not going to compromise the screw or holes after repeated removals, that was one of my biggest worry with that>

[nubcake]

Yes it does make sense just to drop it, i wanted to make sure it is not going to compromise the screw or holes after repeated removals, that was one of my biggest worry with that>

It can and it eventually will. But you can replace just the mounting bracket afterwards, it's shared with V8 A6 and S6, so not terribly expensive.