I have a set of Stance+ coilovers to fit to my A2 at some point.
Watching the below video, suggests that the spring mount on the rear needs to be cut off the subframe.
Is this correct?
Grateful if someone could confirm.
That’s interesting.See here:
Post in thread 'Today I.....'
https://www.a2oc.net/community/index.php?threads/today-i.28729/post-488410
I wonder if that’s another option, rather than sitting the spring adjuster on the spring mount - have it at the top.
How would you secure the adjuster if mounted upside down? It doesn't sit right with me...no pun intended.That’s interesting.
I thought that maybe they were meant to go that way round at first. But I couldn’t see a way of attaching my particular cup that way round…
Thats the conclusion I came to really. Couldnt see how youd mount it. On a VW Bora I installed air ride on years ago, we had to cut a hole in there in order to bolt the rear bag in (You have to bolt both ends of the bag). So maybe thats what they did?How would you secure the adjuster if mounted upside down? It doesn't sit right with me...no pun intended.
Yep, not something I’d given much thought about until now.I wonder how its being kept in place, I hope its not just the force of the spring.
When we decide to mod a car, we Google around, and are offered items that we are told are for our specific application.Yep, not something I’d given much thought about until now.
I totally agree with the sentiments of what your saying. All I would say is that I didn’t fit it and have had zero issues with it, hence not giving it any thought. Moreover, it handles superbly, though the ride is certainly firm.When we decide to mod a car, we Google around, and are offered items that we are told are for our specific application.
Take a coil over as an example, no after market suspension manufacturer is going to design, test, and manufacture such a thing just for an A2 (let alone for each variant).
So what we get is an item that is generic, with maybe an adaptor or two, to make it fit our car.
Contrast that with OEM bits. Audi have a huge range of springs, for even one car (with OSS, TDI, FSI, without OSS, TDI , FSI, you get the idea), each one matched to the car's weight, and dampers to match. Tested over a range of road types, temperatures etc before the first customer cars are deliveried.
We need to be careful, and be very sure that the wizzy bit of kit is actually an improvement, (not the same as different), and more importantly, safe.
Mac.
Good point @Erlingtheyounger, I hadn't thought that the caution I encourage applies, perhaps even more so, to buying a car that isn't 100%, OEM.I totally agree with the sentiments of what your saying. All I would say is that I didn’t fit it and have had zero issues with it, hence not giving it any thought. Moreover, it handles superbly, though the ride is certainly firm.
To give you some background, the kit was fitted by a previous owner even to the chap I purchased from and about 3 years and 30k miles prior to me buying it. He was an active a2oc member who lavished love, attention and money on the car which gave me confidence to buy it and invest further into it, depute it’s high mileage. Since then I’ve done a further 25k miles in it and it has been cared for by WOM and the local independent Indy my father has used for his A2 for the last 15 years. Both have taken interest in the suspension because of how adjustable it is and how well the car handles. Both have concluded it is way, way more than the car needs in terms of specification.
In summary, I’ve no safety concerns about the car in terms of its suspension. I definitely wouldn’t replace it like for like purely on cost grounds (I believe the kit was upwards of 2k?) but hopefully it’ll be a while before I need to worry.