I have finally saved up enough money to drop my car! and im so excited about this but the question i have is where is a good site to get springs and shocks for a good price and also with my audi do i need shocks cause i dont want a bumpy or bouncy ride. Thanks

 

I would just get a kit or get shocks/struts and springs because if you keep the stock struts the lower ride hieght puts more wear on them and the will wear out faster and need replacing aftermarket brands like Koni guarantee there stuff for life I believe</P>


So to save yourself the hassle of doin the same job twice I would buy both.</P>


as to where.....</P>

 

try Pure Motorsports
They have a great sale on til end of April - read the requirements tho.

 

brrman thats a good site, but ill end up paying 700 for my drop any way i can do as good but cheaper

 

<IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0">get your springs melted. it works...

 

I just put in the eibach sportline springs in my car it says it lowers the car 1.2" but I think it will go more after it sits for a while but it handles great even with the stock shocks if anyone is from Toronto they will know the don vally the night after I put them in I was fly down that bad boy at about 160-170 my buddy was in the car he drives a dawoo & he couldn't belive it he was sh@tin himself but it was fun

 

go coil-overs h&r yahhhhhhhh[8D]

 

you can try www.supremepowerparts.com (spp) that is where i got my neu/bil ones. i think i paid about $450 for them. i bought my spring off ebay for 150. so i dont know how much new springs cost from a dealer. you will end up spending at least $600 on the low end of the scale. dont forget about $250 for the install

 

I think $250 is on the light side - more like $400, but then again, I didn't paid for my install. I did it myself and later did another CO install on a friends S4, too.

If you're at all mechanically inclined (know how to hold a wrench), then you can do the job yourself with only a few specific tools. You can make it easier and faster if you have one or two buddies help out, but I talked with a guy who did the whole install of coilovers himself - he didn't even have any power tools to speed things up and it took him 6 hours.

You'll need the obvious jack and stands and several socket wrenches (metric), but most importantly you'll need a spring compressor and a torque wrench (both cost under $40 each, but sometimes you can borrow them from a friend) - if you can get a spring compressor that has a power jack, then it can go faster with the use of a power drill attachment. If you're reluctant because you're afraid you might screw something up, don't be. You can't damage anything (save for being stupid) and the only thing that requires technical/special attention is that the bolts are torqued to their correct specs. A torque wrench ensures this.

I'd consider the DIY first before dropping several bills into someone elses wallet.

 

$400 is too much for a suspension install. $250 is quite reasonable.

And if you do it yourself, replace the hardware (ie, bolts)