Haven't dropped the whip yet. Was contemplating goin with Tien superstreets w/ dampers or the Stasis set.

http://shop.achtuning.com/index.asp?...amp;ProdID=684 Stasis

http://www.optionimports.com/tesustda96au.html Tiens

Its a 2.8 and this thing isn't hitting the track so general ride comfort should be good. I don't need a completely stiff suspension. Someone told me the Tiens were great, performance and comfort bc of the dampers. Also hear Stasis were comparable. I have the money for either and don't mind spending the extra $$ for quality. I got beautiful 18' wheels itching to be set but don't wanna spoil it without the correct suspension. Either these, or any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Dan

 

Stasis sells modified Audi's through a limited number of dealerships. They receive breathing, suspension and brake modifications and are covered by the factory warranty. I imagine anything they sell is of equivalent quality to OEM. I don't know about Tien. How about 2Bennett Audimotive? They wind their own springs for their coil over kits and the ride isn't objectionable. You can set the ride height where you want since the kit comes with threaded collars and the Koni's they sell have adjustable damping.

 

The only thing about the dampers for the stasis is that they cannot be adjusted unless they are off the car. Tiens can be adjusted while attached. I'll check out 2Bennett.

 

2 Bennett uses Koni dampers. Koni fronts can be adjsuted on the car, the rears must be released from the lower eye, compressed fully and then twisted to adjust.

 

i just put my stasis street sports on and they feel like they need to be stiffer.

 

You only need enough spring rate to prevent bottoming. Then you dial in enough rebound damping to control the spring rate. You want as much bump compliance as possible short of bottoming. Controlling the rebound will give you the controllability in corners you desire. Don't get crazy with hard springs, they can make the car handle worse. Stasis know what they are doing. Roll control is achieved by adjusting ride height such that the roll axis and what is called the "Mike Axis", a line through the car's center of mass are brought as close together as possible, not through heavy anti-roll bars.

 

How long would a new set of coilovers last? A reputable set, nothing shiity

 

I would do the whole thing in either a Bilstein or H&R. i have the H&R coil overs on my 2.8 B5 and they haven been on there for daily driving for over two years and still stiff as ever. great responsiveness all the time and have improved my commute or any other drive for that matter. but if you going to improve all of the suspension you might want to get urethane bushings and up grade the control arms and tie rods. and a set of H&R sway bars. I've used Tein and they are a little stiff to my liking but they were in a rice rocket i could feel every bump not the best street ride but good for auto cross. so it will come down to street or track use. haven't used the H&R's on the track yet still building for that.

 

The Bilsteins I removed from my 90 when the 2Bennet coil overs were installed were broken. When you run them through their stroke the action is not smooth, there is a clunk too. Be careful with the urethane bushings. They are so hard you can actually crack suspension parts. Same with Delrin bushings. They are designed for track use on a car that is race prepped and inspected before and after every race where problems will be found and corrected promptly. For street use you can damage your car in a very expensive way. Know what you are doing before using racing parts in a street car.
Same for hard springs. Like I said, you want just enough spring rate to prevent bottoming and no more. If hard springs are so good, then why have them at all. Just go full rigid! No, the suspension must have compliance to absorb bumps so the car can corner without being disturbed by mid corner bumps. Too hard springs will ruin the car's handling on bumpy surfaces of public roads.

 

I don't intend to use my rides for the track and thinking about lowering it. What would you recomend Stasis or Tien. Use only tien lowering springs before and that gave the car a really nice stance, but it ended up damaging my power steering rack. I removed the springs and put the stock back on and had it fixed. I really like the way the car looked when it's lowered. What should I do help?????