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Hey,
I am back and forth about lowering my car. I feel it could use a 1” drop, but I’m worried that it will not look right. I am trying to have an even gap between the tire and wheel well all around.
Will dropping it an inch give me what I’m looking for? I can’t seem to find any pictures on a B8.5 S5 with a similar set up. All I see are B9s and and B8.5 with coil overs.
Here is a pic of my car, it is sitting on 19” wheels. Please advise, or post a pic if you have 19s.
Hopefully this helps you, this is my 2013 S5, I am sitting on coilovers right now but prior to that I was on H&R sport coils and pretty much had the same stance.
When I installed the coils I had the shop doing the work level out the car on their alignment rack because the most important thing is that you a flat level surface
to level it out. If you use your driveway most of the time they have a sloping grade for the rain so its not perfectly level. Good luck.
It's a nice look... wondering how lowering that much (springs or coil-overs) affected the quality of the ride. One thing I really like about the S5 is how nice the OEM suspension is -- makes long drives really enjoyable. With that much drop I'm guessing a result is a somewhat harder ride? (I know "how much" is really subjective... just wondering what your butt-dyno decided going from OEM to this drop.)
It's all going to depend on the conditions of the roads that you are driving on, I drive my S5 on Dynamic something else to consider is that
the S5 is a sports car not a rolling couch from your living room. Yes it is a little rougher ride being lowered but what a joy to drive it is.
02-07-2019, 03:04 PM
Need Lowering Advice
