Hi all, and very happy new year to you all, well can someone please put me right on my rear suspension height/sag, 2 years ago when i bought my 2004 A4 B6 1.9tdi sport quattro i gave it a full once over and replaced quite a few parts all over the car, i replaced my rear shocks which were in a terrible state (sport sus, red shocks) and replaced them with brand new genuine audi ones which were for quattro models but for a B7 (8e0 513 036 c, i managed to fit them but noticed the piston rod was about 2" shorter than the original and i had to cut off 2" off the bump stop, at the time all seemed well and i didnt particularly notice any difference in the ride height, however just lately i have noticed how low the wheel arches are over the wheels more so on the drivers side and im struggling to get a single finger clearance between the top of the tyre and wheel arch.
Now what i want to know is is this down to worn rear springs only and nothing to do with the shock absorbers or is it because the rear shocks have a 2" shorter piston rod that is causing this and pulling the back down more than it should ? ?, having removed the wheels and looked at the rear springs nothing looks amiss, the springs are slightly rusty but dosen't look broken, the springs are original (3 pink stripes), i thought the ride height was determined by the spring only but i might be wrong, ive got to do something with this as when i recently had family members sitting in the back seats over christmas the tyres kept brushing against the wheel arches when cornering, sorry for the long post but just trying to explain as clearly as poss, i dont want to spend unnecessarily buying the wrong parts, by the way the car has now done 178,000 mls, cheers, andy
Now what i want to know is is this down to worn rear springs only and nothing to do with the shock absorbers or is it because the rear shocks have a 2" shorter piston rod that is causing this and pulling the back down more than it should ? ?, having removed the wheels and looked at the rear springs nothing looks amiss, the springs are slightly rusty but dosen't look broken, the springs are original (3 pink stripes), i thought the ride height was determined by the spring only but i might be wrong, ive got to do something with this as when i recently had family members sitting in the back seats over christmas the tyres kept brushing against the wheel arches when cornering, sorry for the long post but just trying to explain as clearly as poss, i dont want to spend unnecessarily buying the wrong parts, by the way the car has now done 178,000 mls, cheers, andy