Audi S4 B7 suspension,

[Hydracam]

Hello all,

I have reached a common turning point in my life and harsh important decisions need to be made. I have wheel tramp on the front end and as my car is at 80K I would like to sort it out. The question is do I a) keep the car genuine and only fit Audi parts or b) go for some good quality after market parts.
I'm not really looking to lower the car but would like to see if the cars front end can be improved.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.


Paul

[Dr G]

Presumably we're talking about wheel hop rather than axle tramp?

Something could be moving around at 80k, get a decent garage to have a look at the bushes/links/track rods and replace anything worn with genuine. I don't know what the availability of polyutherane parts is like on these cars but they can introduce harshness/vibration with little other merit.

If you want to improve the handling of the car a spring set (on genuine dampers) from H&R or Eibach with a genuine RS4 rear anti roll bar is a good first step.

[thesyn]

Lots of info on this on rs246. Reported to be occurring on low mileage R8s also. My S4 has only done 22k and hops on full lock .
Had the front suspension checked and nil found.
My solution is that I tend to avoid full lock!

[Hydracam]

Thanks for the replies gentlemen.

I have thought some more and I have now ordered the B7 RS4 anti roll bar, bushes and bolts. This mod seems to be worth a try as the cost is about £75.00 + a bit of man time with the car fitting it. I have also decided to keep the front end standard and gone for springs, shocks and all of the bushes to refresh the suspension. If I need to go any faster around my local A and B roads then perhaps a road closure and some marshalls would be needed...

Cheers

Paul