Konis and H&R springs

[kismetcapitan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/file-91.jpg

It looks awesome, and totally drivable....so long as I never need to turn. I do think the front drop is a little too aggressive. 1.2" would have been fine instead of the 1.4".

Front spacers have to come off sadly. I need to find someone who can work with rolling the fenders, then I'll try the spacers up front again.

But the rear is perfection. Exactly where I wanted it to be. Spacers work back there with just a hair of clearance.

Road test evaluation will have to wait until the alignment is finished tomorrow morning.

[Elevens]

I was thinking a little to low up front. But after taking a look at mine, Maybe not. Looks good provided you don't have any clearance issues, and the Ride is acceptable............................


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[kismetcapitan]

19" don't look as ghettofabulous as I thought they might. I'm still concerned about sidewall height with a car this heavy; hence my hesitation to go to aftermarket wheels.

On the one hand, I'm wondering if an aluminum disc spacer at the top of the strut could lift the front up just enough, but I've never seen such a product. I think I heard Mercedes uses these? And in looking at the whole front suspension assembly, it's the most obvious place to put a spacer.

Milling another slot on the Koni to raise the spring a bit could be another solution.

But on the other hand, I think the car ought to be raked, with the front lower than the rear. I'm just glad I don't have that horrible gap in the rear anymore, and in terms of ride, I'm hoping for rock hard, but will likely be somewhat disappointed. Plenty of cushioning in the seat :)

Which reminds me of a tangential thought - back in the day, I was very keen to get a Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 (ironically also with a Cosworth engine). But the seat drove me nuts - it felt like a cheap boxspring mattress and I just couldn't get used to it. So consideration then went to the E30 M3, but then (this was 1990) Nissan pulls out a twin turbo car that could do the 0-60 sprint in 5 seconds flat. So that's when I left Audi and spent the next 21 years in Nissans. How times have changed...when the E30 M3 was considered quick. My wife's Hyundai is that quick now.

[kismetcapitan]

first road test impressions: I'm pretty satisfied with the ride - it's very, very firm. My only qualm is that I can feel that the DRC is missing. It was an odd feeling to get used to at first, how the car would settle into corners, but it's too bad DRC isn't reliable - it really did "prop" up the car in corners. There's slightly more body roll, but it's predictable, seeing as it's basic old school spring/damper/rollbar.

I need to roll the front fenders; I can then reinstall my spacers. IMHO, bringing the wheels out more, whether through spacers or wheels with greater offset, do far more to improve the look of the car than going with larger diameter wheels.

[lswing]

I agreed on the ride, although mine's set to soft and the stock springs, so not too firm. I could feel the car stay more stable in the corners, but it did seem to be lacking that bit of "support" from the DRC, interesting. The big difference is hitting bumps/dips at 80, the car sticks fine now, instead of the DRC trampoline effect....way more predictable!

Looks a bit low to me, but each to their own...

[Jimmy]

Don't be hatin' 19" rims until you try them out !

Once I thought the same here in New England with our so-so roads....but a well-made rim (OE Rs4 19x9" et29 in my case) and decent tires gives a perfectly acceptable ride. Of course, there are the stock rims with Blizzaks for the winters...

[kismetcapitan]

some clearer pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/file-93.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/file-95.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/Untitled.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/file-96.jpg

AND...finally got that battery tray removed. Just need an A6 carpet now. I feel such relief in getting that damnable thing out of my trunk, battery and tray!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/tobereeno/file-92.jpg

[Amulet-S6]

To where did you relocate the battery?
Do you have any idea what weight springs are on this set-up? I know STASiS offers three spring rates; 600, 700 or 750#.

[kismetcapitan]

I have two PC925s, each is tucked in the storage compartments - one in each side.

No idea on the spring rating, and I searched hard for that info. All I can say is that they are lower and stiffer than stock. They don't feel like race springs though (I had racing springs on my Skyline).


I reinstalled the front spacers, and the look is killer. "Rolling" the fenders ended up being very easy, as the metal is aluminum. I was going to have it professionally done, but then the wife and I got into one hell of an argument and I went to the garage to cool off. Nothing like tools to calm the mind :) Careful but firm hammer blows with a woodblock on the outside tucked in the fender lip very nicely - you can only tell it was hammered, not rolled, if you run your fingers along it. There's a torx screw at the top that I removed, but with the fender lip now pinching down on the plastic arch liner, I don't think that screw will be missed.

[kday]

Not to rain on your parade (it looks great) but can you still get the fender liners out? Unfortunately that needs to be done fairly regularly...

[kismetcapitan]

Not to rain on your parade (it looks great) but can you still get the fender liners out? Unfortunately that needs to be done fairly regularly...

really? why? is it for access to certain things? The fender liners should be able to slide out, but getting them back in might require undoing, then redoing the bending of the lip that I did.

on my Skyline, the fender liner was cut so that it could hang separately and the lip completely folded flush, but that left a small gap between the body panel and liner. I wanted to avoid that.

[kday]

It doesn't need to come out all the way, but you need to pull it back to get access to the bumper nuts. I've had the front bumper off 3 times in the 6 months I've owned my car so either I'm unlucky or it is common. I guess you could just cut an access hole for a long socket extension.