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Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:41 AM
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Default Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

Hello all !

I hate the original look of my 15" rims on the A4.
I plan to drop the car about 1 or 1.5 inches.

What would you choose between :
- H&R sport spring : 1.25" front 1" rear
- Eibach : 1.4" front 1.3" rear

Will I need something else for those springs ? camber kit, coilover...

Thanks for your replies.
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:43 AM
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I recommend h&r over eibach anyday. what i would highly recommend is getting new shocks. either bilstein or koni...
plan on spending about $1000 on springs/shocks and install and alignment. i know it sucks but thats how it goes
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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Default RE: Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

u dont want to half A$$ and then pay for it later on in life
or u can get a damper system
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 04:30 AM
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What is your budget, how much do you wanna spend? You deffinately want to get struts if you are going to get lowering springs. A setup with struts and springs can be found from $550-700. Coilovers are an option depending on your budget and what you wanna do with your car. I just installed koni coilovers and i love them, and i got a good deal $895 shipped. After you change out your suspension or change it it is highly reccomened to get a wheel alignment. Are you going to be doing the install?
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 01:11 PM
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I got my Koni COs for manufacturer cost due to a mistake. Get COs do it right the first time.
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 01:17 PM
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Default RE: Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

do you have quattro?
cause i'm kinda thinking that different size lowering front and back may not be the greatest idea
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:35 PM
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Default RE: Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

Well they do sell sport springs for the quattro which are different measurements from the front to back
 
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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Default RE: Dropping my car, Eibach or H&R.

look around i found my h&r ultra coilovers for $400 with 8,000mi on em. Also I recommend that you don;t do just springs. As was said you will pay for it later as i found out after 2 months on springs with my old jetta.
 
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