Urgent suspension help
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Urgent suspension help
If anyone can help. I have just got new koni shocks to fit with original springs for my c5 rs6 avant. I bought the springs through this site after a member messaged me. Coming to fit them today and I’m having issues. They are replacing my old kwv1 set up so I knew they would look different. However I’m not sure they are the correct springs at all at the moment. Starting on the rears they don’t seem to fit with the original top mounts at all. Can anyone help if the pics uploaded correctly.
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Re: Urgent suspension help
Top pic shows the springs I was told were original drc set up etc. Second pic shows the rears against the kw rears. As you can see the kw spring is wider and sits in the old top mount. The black ones sold as original don’t seem to match at all or sit in the top mounts. Neither do they sit in anyway on the koni shocks.
While I haven’t stripped the front off they seem far too wide for the top mount there and the bottom of the black springs don’t sit on the new koni shocks.
I have a feeling I’ve been supplied incorrect springs hopefully in error or have I got it wrong
While I haven’t stripped the front off they seem far too wide for the top mount there and the bottom of the black springs don’t sit on the new koni shocks.
I have a feeling I’ve been supplied incorrect springs hopefully in error or have I got it wrong
Re: Urgent suspension help
They don't look like my DRC springs, IIRC. I'll see if I've got a photo.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Those rears look HUUGE. Odd.
I found a photo of my front springs:
Can't find one of the rears at the moment. I'll keep looking. Pic here from RS6.com:
https://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/2507 ... her-stuff)
I found a photo of my front springs:
https://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/2507 ... her-stuff)
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
Re: Urgent suspension help
Another photo here:
http://www.2040-parts.com/audi-rs6-oem- ... -i1048981/
Certainly the rears don't look much different in diameter to the fronts.
Count the coils, too.
http://www.2040-parts.com/audi-rs6-oem- ... -i1048981/
Certainly the rears don't look much different in diameter to the fronts.
Count the coils, too.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Re: Urgent suspension help
So would you say the narrower ones are front and wider rear ? Or just totally wrong. The lad I got them from says he is 100% sure they are correct
Re: Urgent suspension help
Hard to say because of scale, etc. but the rears look wrong to me. Not the right number of coils, not the right shape. Compare to the RS6.com photos.
The fronts don't look right either because they don't have the smaller diameter first coil. Compare to my DRC springs.
The fronts don't look right either because they don't have the smaller diameter first coil. Compare to my DRC springs.
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Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Re: Urgent suspension help
Another set here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254580334219
Seems obvious to me that they are completely different springs.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254580334219
Seems obvious to me that they are completely different springs.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Re: Urgent suspension help
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Yeah they look totally wrong. I got the guys details from CJ on here who is a decent bloke and been here for ages. It was a mate of his who had the set up for his rs6
Re: Urgent suspension help
I did that guide. That's my suspension in the photos.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Maybe they are for a C6 RS6...
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Re: Urgent suspension help
<beep> knows then. Back to hunting for springs it seems. With my car on stands and shocks waiting to be fitted ffs