there's a lot of windy roads around where I go to school, I was able to drive my sedan at 22.5" ground to fender with cheap coils comfortably down them going ~60mph. with my stock suspension 27" ground to fender avant, going 45mph isn't as comfortable. both quattro. fwd cars I've been in can barely go 30 comfortably. I miss spirited low driving in my car that doesn't drive any more the stress on the control arms ftl though

 

well i also have a bad cv joint and wheel bearing as well... and its screaming at me now that i lowered it more... so ima go up a lil bit more.. id rather have the car live longer then look uber cool lol

 

am i crazy or does you passenger mirror look crooked, also holy bejesus with the amount of coils left. if you could control the suspension inside the car, you could easily lay frame haha

 

hahaha u noticed that too huh...

 

hit up NAPA or autozone for a new axle instead of replacing the cv joint. Make sure you replace the big bolt from the outside, too.

 

for a new axle? is that cheaper? or just easier? and what big bolt?

 

it's around the same price and 1000000x easier/cleaner.


the bolt that holds the axle to the spindle.

 

ooh ok haha... is there like a codder pic (however u spell it) holding the bolt in? do u know the size the bolt is off hand? or would kragen or autozone or whoever know?
oooh and u do know im fwd right... its the front diver side

 

It normally comes in a kit with the axle. depending on your year you will need to find a big *** 14mm allen (they come in 1/2" drive) or I think it's a 17mm 6pt (normal). That bolt is torqued to like 1million ft/lbs, so make sure you use the right size and get lots of leverage.

 

The front axle bolt is a 17mm Allen bolt and the torque is huge - bring your muscles. It's 130 ft-lbs plus a 180 turn. If you buy an axle rather than rebuilt the joint (which is very easy to do), don't buy an Empi-brand axle. They were having problems mismanufacturing them. They were about 1/2" too short which stretched the joints and blew them out in 5-20 miles (search my old posts for info on this). Rebuild is more money but it's ftw.