jdhill

Hi guys. I just put 22's and H&R sport springs on a 2013 Q5 2.0t. Although the gap between the tire and fender measures dead even, these cars always look a bit dumpy in the rear and I would like some wedge to it. So I want to raise the rear up half an inch. In the past with mercedes I was able to fine tune the ride height with spring perch isolators which they sell in different thicknesses to raise or lower a car slightly. Audi does not do that apparently. I've also bought aluminum ones for the coilovers on my A4 wagon as it was too low even adjusted all the way up, but KW does not make them for this. Any ideas would be welcome!

apoelistas

https://www.spaccer.com/en_US/makes-...s/audi/q5.html
It cost $ 146.97 for the pair.

Also search for rear strut spacers for Q5. I think it is different than above method (see their installation instructions).

I have the same problem with H&R lifting springs fitted on my wifes CR-V.

I like the silver strip skirt molding (on the low door panels) on your Q5. Can I retrofit that??

delz05

You can add those moldings. They are the same for all models, SQ, S-Line, Non S-Line

https://genuineaudiparts.com/parts/2...&siteid=214407

https://genuineaudiparts.com/parts/2...&siteid=214407

Posted this link just to show same part number for all Q5

apoelistas

So I need to replace 6 lower moldings with respective s-line package. Will be expensive. I was hoping that the grey titanium strip (or is it chrome??) was a different part no. Cheers for the info.

ParadigmDawg

Looks awesome to me.....

apoelistas

Yeap I agree, I also like the tinted windows and white black ext mirrors.

ParadigmDawg

I should really take some pictures of mine which is also lowered with H&R. Every time I walk up to it, I am like "dang, that's a good looking car".

jdhill

so I still haven't raised the rear up but I did paint the detail on the rocker and the rear bumper which visually gives the car more rake and takes the weight out of the rear a bit. I just don't like the dog taking a dump look that IMO these are prone to.

This one is a photoshop of the last pic to see how the black would look. I went a bit higher with the black on the back bumper in the end.

apoelistas

Nice. I need to read car painting for dummies/beginners in order to carry out the above job.

My project will be a 10 mins job. S/S Mirror covers/caps and S/S skirt mouldings because I have the lava grey perl effect Q5.

In the future I will get the s/s skid plates (front and rear) or change the rear bumper with the two piece (and paint the smaller piece silver).