Hey guys,

A few weeks ago I bought what was supposed to be an OEM B7 A4 Sport Suspension. From the research I did, it sounded like the new suspension would fit on the car very easily as long as the right parts were sent with it. (i.e. bump stops/shocks/struts/springs/etc...) I had my mechanic try to put this suspension on my car last week. He found that he couldn't get it to fit. He said the sport springs were much wider at the top than the stock springs. That means the the spring plate, which goes on the top and bottom of each spring to hold it in place was too small for the new springs.

After a little bit of research we found one of two things...one, Audi changed their spring design during the 2007 model year. This suspension is off an 06 A4 Quattro...

Or, it's not an A4 suspension at all. I've seen the diagrams of the A4 suspension and the A3 suspension. The springs that came with what I bought look like A3 springs. Not A4 springs. I've attached 3 diagrams, and the picture of my stock spring, next to the sport spring (The stock is on the bottom) The first diagram is an A4, the second an A3, the third is a TT.

Could someone please help me out here. I'd like to find out what they are, that way I may be able to sell the whole thing, since I can't use it.

Thanks in Advance!

~Eddie




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First post, bear with me.
I just bought a '06 2.0 Quattro with the sport suspension. It sounds by the increase on the sticker price that it is a very inexpensive modification ($150.00) plus the $450.00 for the 17 inch wheels.
Based on this, I thought "sport suspension" was just lowering the stock suspension by adding a bracket to each shock. Am I totally off?
I did not mean to hichjack your thread but this looks like a good place to bring this up.

 

No...the sport suspension is different shocks/struts/springs. The price different between the two setups is what your are paying. if you wanted to buy an OEM suspension from the dealer it would probably run you several hundred dollars.

 

Thanks, it makes sense.
Hopefuly you will get your question replied.

 

Anyone??