Jason,
Sorry to hear the news. I wanted to clear up some things about what audi-rs6 said in the past.
The red quoted item below is 100% incorrect. IMHO
The primary reason for high riding 4x4 RS6s after the suspension recall is plain and simple. The dealer tech cuts corners and torques the control arm bolts with the suspension unloaded. This happens more on the rear than front due to the nature of the job to replace the struts. You see, the rear control arms need to be removed to replace the rear struts and due to the tight fit the tech just torques the control arms with the suspension unloaded causing the rear to sit 1/2 to 3/4 inch too high.
If you torque rear inner control arm busings with the suspension unloaded beware of the super rake 4x4 RS6. No matter what springs you choose.
My RS6 #1...a low mile car with the DRC recall sit just fine after the recall. 13 7/8 front and 14 1/8 rear. Now KW V3 what took so long.
My RS6 #2 sit just fine after the recall same as the above. Now Kyle RS6 #2.
My RS6 #3...a low mile bone stock car sit just like a 4x4 RS6 after the recall. I checked the front control arms which were fine then loosened the rears and loaded the rear suspension before retorque. The end result?? 13 7/8 front and 14 1/8 rear.
A stock RS6 will have a slight rake due to the nature of the body panels but just say no to the SUPER RAKE RS6 4X4 and set the rear control arms properly. Plain and simple.
Originally Posted by Audi-RS6
I decided to lower my car
Did factory recall on shocks.
Bought set of springs H&Rs Sport setup.
H&R developed their RS6 setup with old shocks, new ones as you know sit higher, tons of claims including two of our cars.
I installed H&R on stock DRC set up. Nice ride but rear looks ugly. Way too high. I could not understand why they had to make it 1.5 drop at a front and 1.0 rear when all prior a6 setups are 1.7/1.5 and 1.9/1.5
So, question was
1. will the 4.2 set up fit.
2. to figure the difference in weight between 4.2 a6 and RS6
3. Should it be Sport or Race setup they have for 4.2
RS6 vs 4.2 door stickers shows same front weight and 60lbs heavier in rear. Possibly because of battery and additional cooler.
So I bought H&R Race setup for A6 4.2 quattro. And got what I wanted. More stable and better looking ride.
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