BringerOdeath
Ready to race!
Finished up the coilover install. My kit didn't ship with rear dust boots or bump stops. KW was kind enough to ship them to me 2 day. So I got the rears installed which wraps up installation of everything. Then I took the car out for a test drive and 2 mins later a deer jumped out at me. I swerved around it (thanks powerflex bushings for the great steering response :thumbsup but it managed to slightly swipe my right rear door. You can see a clean mark from the center of the door to the wheel where he got me, and a small scratch. Oh well, it could have been much worse--just one more thing to fix before I wrap my car. In the meantime I'll give the springs a little more time to settle and fine tune my ride height before I get an alignment.
*SOME* of the hardware that was replaced during this work:
Thanks! They seem pretty fantastic so far. Steering has completely changed and no consequential NVH or anything. What an under rated modification.
I'll look into aluminum control arms, but unless I can find some cheap I'll probably go the powder coat route. The main reason being I'm set up to do powder coat in my garage so it's virtually free. Can I run the passat control arms without upgrading to passat spindles? I had no idea about the single piece subframe from a passat/TT & the aluminum rear subframe from an A3 though. I'm gonna have to look into that. I assume it bolts right up? Do you happen to have part numbers?
Also, PM incoming about the mirrors.
The passat parts are super cheap from the junkyard. I got all 4 spindles and control arms for $150. You can run the passat control arms without the spindles, no probs. The control arms are like $40 for both. There is a b6 passat and a tiguan with alum control arms at the jy near me. I have to go by there on mon or tuesday, so I can pull them for you. The subframe part numbers I can find for you. The alum rear subframe is from the quattro a3. The alum spindles drop quite a bit of weight, it's totally worth it.