Coilovers

B8 S4
#21

seinsmeld, 2 questions

  1. how’d you get the link with the clickable image from flickr?

  2. I added your red car’s quarter mile time to the dragstrip database…please have a look and make sure it looks accurate

p.s. someone in my neighbourhood bought your red car…saw him driving a couple of weeks ago…

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/sakimano/IMG-20130321-WA0003_zpsd4ed6aa1.jpg

#22

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1/4 mile was 12.9 109 mph
Wonder what the red car sold for?
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#23

New car looks awesome seinsmeld

#24

Lol it was 12.8

We have a video

#25

Wow 12.8, nice, at least I didn’t post 12.7. What would my stock 13 S4 run with launch control in the 1/4?

#26

Thanks Bangoman.

#27

dunno but ‘turbobaby’ went 13.1 @ 106 in his stock DSG at Cayuga. Jspazz went 13.4 I think but that’s almost inexplicably slow. Must have been super hot/humid.

#28

Installed last night.

So far so good. A lot better than the lowering springs. Around town low-speed compression compliance is a lot better. BTW, I am coming from H&R OE springs, which is my first time trying lowering springs with stock struts (always had coil overs) – and will never do it again. Yikes.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8661441669_9d6a1fd961_b.jpg

#29

Looks good. You ended up with the Stasis right? How much was the drop?

What did you find wrong with the H&R OE springs?

#30

Yes, Stasis or Ohlins SL – what they call their challenge suspension.

The springs and dampers (ADS) don’t work well together. Rebound was too high for the spring weight and progression, bouncing, etc.

Since I bought a car with ADS, I tried to see if I could make the stock adjustable dampers work with a little lowering. Not up to my standards. May work for 95% of the people out there, but guess I am too demanding or know how a properly balanced coilover suspension works.

#31

Another shot of the whole side

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8663738740_cf155a2410_h.jpg

I am sitting at Stasis ride height recommendations (wheel center to fender lip, B8 S4 Sedan).
Front: 13.5"
Rear: 13.38" (3/8")

gonna roll around a bit and see if I want to raise it up a bit

#32

Looks great bro! I’m going with H&R sports for now, but would love to eventually pony up for a good set of coilovers. There truly is no substitute for a good set of coilovers for ride quality balanced with handling. Congrats!

#33

not armed that is monster truck. Lower that shit till you shred tires and need to camber the fuck out of your wheels. Then get some 12" wide wheels…sorry, rims…and stretch the living fuck out of some 225s.

#34

Don’t be jealous.

#35

That looks awesome. I have the H&R sports for the ADS struts, never installed…

#36

Looks excellent notarmed!

#37

I am torn. I loved the in-cabin adjustability of the adjustable struts (ADS), but hated the stock ride height and installed H&R lower springs for the first time (I know, I know…)

I didn’t enjoy the bounce of lowering springs, so I went with Stasis/Ohlins non-adjustable coilovers.

But now that I bought the p-car for the track, I am switching the car back to Daily Driver mode and want a more adjustable suspension for road trips and date nights. I basically don’t need a stiff race car around town anymore…gets old. I recently drove down to LA and back…it was fun but not that fun…

I AM SWITCHING COILOVER BRANDS --> Need adjustability

However, I want to avoid (a) having to utilize an expensive aftermarket electronic solution (Bilstein or KW iphone app whatever), (b) jack up the car and crawl underneath to go a few clicks softer for road trips.

The new JRZ RS Pro’s with remote resevoirs would allow me to install them underneath the hood/trunk for easy clickage…but I hate having to spend $4.5K on a track suspension I will never use. I installed these same ones on the p-car for gods sake. That is 4 sets of tires on suspension for a daily driver.

The billstein adjustment is underneath the strut (one click does both rebound/compression), KW’s rear rebound adjustment is buried behind the strut mount and requires deinstallation to adjust…that is NG.

I am thinking I just have to compromise and go Bilstein.

For reference I will list the Ohlins for $1000K shipped, they have 3K miles on them.

#38

Also for reference, I am planning to keep the car for at least another 5 years as a daily driver.

#39

not anymore, they redesigned it and it is now on the bottom in the rear

#40

But still requires jacking the car up to reach the dials…