Yea Im sure I will, I have a B5 a4 as well and that thing is full of slop.
What a bummer that was. I can see why you’d be hesitant lol.
Sucks to be at the front of technology. Shit never works the first time.
When I was the guinea pig car for the development of b7 s4 launch control I had a couple of different chips to try. One of them wouldn’t let me rev past 5500rpm in any gear lol. That was a bit of a downer! But I expected it. You shouldn’t have had to deal with that. Their habit of no contact for stretches can be frustrating. They need to learn the bill Gates principle theory of management…that bad news must travel quickly within the organization so they can deal with problems…and even if it’s bad, you need to keep your customers in the loop.
I drove a stock S4 with a stock steering wheel and shifter and I truly did feel like I was driving a bus. And now I’m so used to the short shifter that I wish it were even shorter 
Axle do you have an aftermarket/rs4 steering wheel?
He has TTRS
Indeed.
Fucking christ, a good pair of snap ring plyers will save you a lot of time and headache on this job. Anyone have any brand recommendations?
I just bought a pair from the local auto parts store. Came with like 10 different tip accessories and it was reversible. Made the job very easy. I did try to use a pair that was to small at first and gave up after 15 minutes and got in the car.
I used craftsman snap ring pliers and things were still a PITA. This was primarily because I was removing the small snap ring at the top of the pushdown spring as doing this made installation easier (lining up that linkage bolt) and also allowed me to switch to a stiffer spring. It wasn’t removing the snap ring that was a pain…it was reinstalling it while trying to compress the spring/shifter assembly at the same time in a not so great angle while in the car.
The whole time I was convinced that I was going to shoot that snap ring somewhere deep into the confines of my car and never find it again. It did shoot off a couple times but thankfully I got it all working.
Haha, I got so angry at the cheap pair today that I threw them across the room and they stuck in the sheet rock 
Bought a “heavy duty” set from Autozone that did the job. Yes, reinstalling the snap ring for the spring mechanism is a big pain in the ass. I was raging when I finally got it done.
Always have the same problem myself. I finally invested in a comprehensive set of various sized internal and external snap rings and e-rings for those times when I lose one.
I just asked JHM to install the stiffer reverse spring. Sounds like a good option, so…why not?!