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Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers | « » 11:39 PM 10/11/2005 | |
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Straight out of the box, handling of the Audi A3 is impressive. Nevertheless, there’s always room for improvement. Prepping the car for more intense track use and dropping it to an aggressive ride height were two priorities for the A3 - priorities that KW Variant 3 coilovers seemed to fit perfectly. Full Story
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Re: Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers (George@Fourtitude) » | « » 11:51 PM 10/11/2005 | |
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Very nice ! cant wait to see what wheels you have lined up for the Project A3 car!! In the mean time some spacers are in order quick!!(jk) I do wish i had spent the extra 200 bucks for the V2's but after checking the new prices on the KW web site that 200 is now 400 as the V2's have crept up to 1600+ and almost 2g's for V3.However im sure your loving the ride. congrats. "Slammed dut duh dut,dut duh dut let the boys be boys...."
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Re: Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers (cwash36) » | « » 12:35 AM 10/12/2005 | |
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That's very nice! A little low for me. I don't know if I'd do coilovers over springs on an A3 if I get one, but for a $30,000 car, why not? That car has got to be fun to autoX with everything you've done to it and the DSG. Now....sway bars! I want!
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Re: Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers (Turbo311) » | « » 1:11 AM 10/12/2005 | |
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Sweet purchase!! Congrats!INOX, as in "inoxydable" or "un-rustable". Since you've opted for a pro to fit the coilovers, did you corner-weigh and adjust accordingly? How will you be tuning your dampers? With V3, you have seperate compression and rebound damping adjustability. A mind-boggling number of possibilities!
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Re: (3dr A3 3.2) » | « » 4:12 AM 10/12/2005 | |
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Wow, that's a wee bit too dumped. Looks terrible, IMO. But I guess at least for practicality's sake it'll be raised a tad.
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Re: (Son of a B...5er!) » | « » 11:24 AM 10/12/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Son of a B...5er! » | | Wow, that's a wee bit too dumped. Looks terrible, IMO. But I guess at least for practicality's sake it'll be raised a tad. |
if you read the whole article and previous posts of mine. we KNOW it is too low and it will not stay at this height for too much longer. things are coming that will necessitate a height increase of a little bit. and the car did beautiful on the autoX course the other day. vid is in another thread of mine. no rubbing issues with tires or the front lip on the pavement in hard corners. The car was not corner balanced yet because we want to wait until it is more complete, then take the time to do that and dial it in just right.
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 1:43 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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Bah, i like it that low 
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Re: (Vdubgirl) » | « » 3:56 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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nicole, you durty girl you
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Re: (Son of a B...5er!) » | « » 6:06 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Son of a B...5er! » | | Wow, that's a wee bit too dumped. Looks terrible, IMO. But I guess at least for practicality's sake it'll be raised a tad. |
Except for shows and photo shoots, I'm inclined to agree. That said, we were just playing around to see the versatility of the V3s for those who'll dump it that low until the wheel upgrade happens, which should be shortly. That said, I'm told from Brian that the car rides surprisingly well for being that low. I'm sure it's not all that great for long-term tire wear and suspension geometry, but interesting to know that it rides that well with such an extreme drop.
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Re: Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers (George@Fourtitude) » | « » 10:35 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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Where would one get the fourtitude.com decal shown in the rear side window?
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Re: (George@Fourtitude) » | « » 10:45 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by George@Fourtitude » | Except for shows and photo shoots, I'm inclined to agree. |
Too low, without exception. The car looks broken....my $.02. Love the car though.
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Re: (VDUBfanatic) » | « » 10:50 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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dont worry, the car wont be too low and broken lookin for much longer.just wait and see
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 10:56 PM 10/12/2005 | |
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Im sure you have some serious meat ready to fill the void between how it looks now, and how its looking in your head Brian i know that space between the wheel and the fender is killing you to look at being the stickler you are for detail (i know mine does and im running spacers, only 8's thats the problem)
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Re: (cwash36) » | « » 11:26 AM 10/13/2005 | |
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the wheels are being made now and will fill the void very nicely.
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 11:41 AM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ProjectA3 » | | the wheels are being made now |
that means something forged doesn't it? 
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Re: (crew217) » | « » 12:08 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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by adding the coilovers (i know there's still tuning and wheels needed) do you see less and less of the esp light, flashing like a vegas neon light? also do you think $2000 for suspension work is more of the way to go over a rough estimate of $2000 for (a non existant) quattro?
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Re: (AudiVwMeister) » | « » 12:41 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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the coilovers wont really help the ESP light not flash. they may produce less wheel hop because of the valving of the front struts, but if you are losing traction because of tires, then you cant do anything about that except get stickier tires.I drive with ESP on all the time, except when i go to autoX or want to drive spiritedly. i like it being there when something or someone unavoidable decides to pop up.
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Re: (crew217) » | « » 12:43 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by crew217 » | that means something forged doesn't it?  |
you/we/I shall see soon enough.
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 12:44 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ProjectA3 » | you/we/I shall see soon enough. |
Hmmm so that rules out IForgery . . . . because you'd never receive those  My guess is DPE. Dave
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 12:46 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ProjectA3 » | | the wheels are being made now and will fill the void very nicely. |
I smell HRE or IFORGED,Brian you devil you!!!
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Re: (George@Fourtitude) » | « » 2:01 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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Sorry Brian, I didn't have time to go thru the whole article at work. By saying it's too low I just meant to say is that I think it LOOKS terrible, no matter what the purpose is.
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Re: (cwash36) » | « » 2:08 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by cwash36 » | I smell HRE or IFORGED,Brian you devil you!!! |
we shall see but i will say COLD
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maybe JLine's?
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Re: (shady12v) » | « » 3:35 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by shady12v » | | maybe JLine's? |
COLD
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 10:56 PM 10/13/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by ProjectA3 » | COLD |
i believe i know..... but i think jlines would still look good.
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Maybe my eyes are scrwed up, but the light in that pic makes the murano green look like moro blue to me. I swore it was blue until I read the full story. Strange.
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| Quote, originally posted by crew217 » | | DPE, Fiske, Kinesis |
nope x 3
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Re: (ProjectA3) » | « » 1:54 PM 10/15/2005 | |
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Sportec Mono10. That'd be my ONLY choise for the A3 Sportback.
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Re: Project A3 DSG: KW Variant 3 Coilovers (George@Fourtitude) » | « » 11:54 PM 10/18/2005 | |
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Thanks for the pics! Always enjoy "reading" your posts over on the .:R forum!
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Re: (vrbrips) » | « » 11:59 AM 10/19/2005 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by vrbrips » | | Maybe my eyes are scrwed up, but the light in that pic makes the murano green look like moro blue to me. I swore it was blue until I read the full story. Strange. |
No same here, in the exaust mod it looked Ocean Blue, in this one it looks Moro, very strange. Brian does the car look blue in certain light?
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Re: (judgegavel) » | « » 7:22 PM 10/19/2005 | |
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thanks for those pics Derek,yeah some people think the car is blue, some say gray, and others green. green is the least mentioned though. everyone seems to like it and comment how different it is.
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I have a question which I hope can have some answers. By lowering to such extent, I believe the camber will be running into the negative region. Any plans to resolve it via a camber kit as you will be facing uneven wear on the tyres especially the innner tyres. I have a A3 too running on Audi Sports suspension. Thinking of lowering it for looks as well as performance. Only factor I am considering is the negative cambers.
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