So i have a 98 A4 Quattro with the 1.8t and i recently put some ronal r7 18x8 rims on it and there is just too much gap between the fender and tire so i am wanting to lower it but everything i see online for the quattro is for the 6 cylinder model not the 4 cylinder and if its for the 4 cylinder its only for 2wd? wtf? just looking for a good cheap lowering kit, not cheap ebay junk though. thanks in advance for any help.

 

Holy run-on sentence.

There are a lot of coilover options that work for your setup. Most, if not all, 2.8 coilovers are meant to be for a 1.8T too.

Here are some pointers. Link.

 

How much are you looking to spend, and how low are you looking to make it? You can achieve a moderate drop with a $150 set of springs, or drop $3k on coilovers, and anywhere in between. What did you mean when you said "lowering kit?" Like a cup kit?

 

I didn't realize this was english class lol. I just want to lower the car for appearance, not performance. Looking to lower it right around 2 inches, but not wanting to do it with cheap ebay universal springs. Not sure what you are talking about when you say cups, still kinda new to Audi's. Is that better meh?

 

Good choice staying away from universal springs, that'll give you nothin but trouble. You have several options:

1. Buy OEM sport suspension from a part out or pull-a-part yard. Potentially the cheapest route, but you're buying used parts with (sometimes) unknown mileage.

2. Put lowering springs on your stock shocks and call it a day. This is what I'm running right now (Nuespeed Race springs on OEM sport shocks) and it's very bouncy. Pretty sure all of my shocks are blown or on their way to being blown. On the up-side, it cost me $125 for some used race springs and about 4 hours of my time.

3. You can add Bilstein sport shocks to the spring equation to cut down on the bounce, but they're not cheap. ($600-$650 a set, depending on your VIN#) For that price, you may as well buy coilovers.

4. Buy coilovers. The sky is the limit here. They generally go lower and ride better than a shock/spring combo, but you'll pay for it. The lower end would be Raceland or Megan Racing coilovers, they're about $300 a set. Remember that you get what you pay for. Mid-range coilovers like ST's, Vmaxx, will run you between $700-$800. The top of the line stuff like Bilstein PSS9's and KW V1's will run you the better part of $2k, but the ride quality will be better.

EDIT: ST's are a popular choice for our cars because they're not as cheaply built as MR or Racelands, but also not as expensive as the higher end stuff.

 

And let me add here that Vmaxx sucks a huge hairy bag of dicks. You're better off taking the bus than running those turds.

 

^ that was a little graphic....

I like my Tein S-Tech springs on S4 Struts, but with the lighter 4 cylinder you may not end up as low as you'd like in the front.

 

Bilstein sport shocks (the yellow ones) actually are about 0.5" shorter than OEM shocks (not sure how they compare to OEM sport shocks, though) so they alone help with lowering the car.

Add to that I've got Tein springs (which they don't make for 1.8T Quattro) with ~2" drop, and total I've got about 2.5" drop which is low enough to scrape some speed bumps with my subframe while crawling over them.

Also, I looked around Classifieds for Bilstein shocks. Ended up with 4 new shocks and paid less than $300 for all of them!

 

A lot of people like their Racelands. I guess they are worth it?

 

Don't want anyone to get any misconceptions.