Damn that front upper control arm bolt is a slut... Got my Vogtlands installed.
#1
Damn that front upper control arm bolt is a ****... Got my Vogtlands installed.
I'm letting them set a bit then I'll adjust em. Its at about 24.75" all around right now with rubber down to the wear marks. I'm gonna bring it up to about 25.5" and get my new tires and an alignment and I'll give a review. Had to vent though, that bolt was stuck like hell. 57K miles.
#2
AudiWorld Expert
52k, same... a two dollar part delayed my entire install by several days...
all that engineering knowledge and they didnt forsee a bolt rusting up in that location? or if they why not put a stainless steel one?
thats besides the point... could you show us before/after photos when youve done it all... id appreciate that...
im currently at 25.5, debating going to 24.75 or 25.0 all around... however my garage may not let me...
thats besides the point... could you show us before/after photos when youve done it all... id appreciate that...
im currently at 25.5, debating going to 24.75 or 25.0 all around... however my garage may not let me...
#3
Yeah I'll toss some pics up. I suck at taking pics while I'm workin on stuff so you'll probably
get quite a few more afters than befores I got new hardware last week cuz I knew I'd end up botching that thing all up. I'll take some where its at now and after I get it where I want it. Srsly tho, put a 4" long steel bolt through a cast spindle... fart smellers.
#6
AudiWorld Expert
i got a new bolt and nut from the dealer...
i think it was like 1.23 for the set.
but if you do a search, someone posted the sizes and the availability in a thread i made not to long ago...
good luck.
but if you do a search, someone posted the sizes and the availability in a thread i made not to long ago...
good luck.
#7
I used a new stock bolt from the dealer. New nut too. I hacked the crap out of the bolt on the way
out, theres no way I'd reuse it. I was pounding on the thing with a hammer while wrenching on it so I banged up the threads on the end. Its a shouldered bolt though so it might be kind of hard to find an 8.8 shouldered stainless bolt. I put some corrosion protectant on the new one when I put it in, as well as cleaned out the hole in the spindle.