Engine Change & Suspension Refresh - Advice Needed!

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Engine Change & Suspension Refresh - Advice Needed!

Post by Laurenceleo » Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:01 am

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Hey lads! One of my first posts here but I'm a long term reader of the forum!

I'm in a Phantom Black 2006 Saloon.
She was an ex demo model and has all the bells and whistles.

Around a year in now and I've completely fallen in love with the car. That said; it has issues and they're now being addressed. I've promised myself a full & complete restoration over the next year. Car is currently 123K miles.

Main Body:

Engine:

Sourced an extremely low mileage engine (20K) at a solid price. I'm going ahead with a full swap in 4-5 weeks time.
I'm looking for advice on any other parts I should watch for or replace at the same time!

Suspension:

At 123K miles the DRC really feels like it gone limp. So a full coilovers replacement is in need.
I want to fully replace all components. Aside from coils what other parts are needed exactly? All aftermarket preferably & advice on coilovers much appreciated! I'll be listening to experience here guys.

Aside from that there's a heck of a lot planned. Once it's mechanically perfect I'll be prepping up for a full spray in Java Green in the new year with some gorgeous Carbon parts sourced & bought already!

******* Side note

My own engine will likely be up for sale if anyone is interested. Misfire due to someone messing with the flaps. It's perfect based off the oil analysis however it will need a full carbon clean along with a proper manifold delete & blanking.

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Re: Engine Change & Suspension Refresh - Advice Needed!

Post by daytonamart » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:11 am

Java you say? Sounds like a major project fair play to you.

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Re: Engine Change & Suspension Refresh - Advice Needed!

Post by docurley » Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:05 am

If you are going coilovers then ARB might be needed but if it was SS+ suspension then I would not bother, did coilovers on my last RS4 which had SS+ suspension and did not change the ARB and it felt the same as it was with DRC
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