Weitec Suspension now fitted! - with pics

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:09 pm

Hi guys, finally got my Weitec suspension kit fitted and boy what a difference it's made! This kit is by far one of the best i've had on any car i've lowered in the past. The ride feels more or less like factory, however the body roll has been eliminated, the stance is far better as you can see and even the rebound rate feels alot better than the standard setup. Albeit the original suspension had done nearly 118k miles... All in all, i'm very very pleased as it was the missing link for my car and the transformation has made my Avant feel tight and sturdy on the road Very Happy

Here are some pictures and apologies as I forgot to take some before shots Rolling Eyes

, but to give you an idea I could have probably put my head between the tyre and the arch before!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:38 pm

Looks good Yaz, is that the 60mm kit?

Cheers

David

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:40 pm

Hi David, hope you're well mate? Yes its the 60/40mm kit. You got yours on yet? Put some pics up! Wink

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:56 pm

Thought it looked lower than mine. My 40mm kit lowered the car about 25mm but might settle a bit more with a few miles under it's belt. It looks like it should have done from the factory.

My kit was fitted up at Bladerunners place a few weeks back and along with an S6 front anti roll bar, a factory sport rear and a set of 8x17 S6 wheels it has made a huge difference to the feeling of the car. No surprise really as all the shockers were well past their best and one had lost all it's oil and had no resitance in either direction.

A full photo write up will appear in due course in my 'Big Green Bus' project thread when I have the time to sit down and plan it out properly.

Cheers

David

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:00 pm

Sounds good David, look forward to seeing the full report.

Speaking of report, I have just ordered the custom fit front armrest for my A100 and should be getting it next week. Once that's in, i'll take some pics and report here too!

Bandwidth Buster Joined: Aug 12, 2006 Posts: 803

Hows current stocks of these kits?i remember you saying they were getting low.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 2:43 pm

Hi Spink, well they seem to have sold out of most of these kits, however they seem to be making them upon request.
So basically, i've been told that until further notice, keep ordering them!

Bandwidth Buster Joined: Aug 12, 2006 Posts: 803

thats good news then,need to buy prams/cots etc etc 1st though Shock

i will have a set on order soon

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 6:08 pm

Looks good and I would say the 60/40 is best.

A big thank you to Yaz for geting me the kit and Mr Bladerunner for fitting it.

Sorry for the low res photo.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:26 pm

LOL! I feel your pain Spink, i've got my first one on the way too due end of Sept Shock

But don't worry mate, just let me know when you're ready and i'll do my best to look after you! Wink

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:30 pm

Hi Paul, glad to hear you're happy with your kit mate. And what difference it made, don't you think? BTW, what size are your wheels?

Would also like to say a big thank you to all that has bought from me and apologies to Bladerunner for giving you extra work! Laughing

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:33 pm

Yaz, The wheels are 17's as after a day at an airfield found they hold better than my 15's did Very Happy

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:36 pm

Mmm, 17's eh? Any arch rubbing issues? I wasn't sure if 17's would fit with the 60mm drop at the front. Also what are the profile of your tyres?
Sorry for all the Q's Paul Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:00 pm

They are 225/45/17 and wheels are ET35, but have taken them of as need new rubber and 15's dont feel right.

Had my friends s4 wheels on at the airfield and he has 235/40/17 on the rear and it felt good.

Mr bladerunner sent me this site http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html, have a look as the 225/45/17 it is about an inch bigger and 215/45/17 is best if you want to stay at stock size.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:03 pm

Thanks for the info Paul that's really helpful. I might have to consider 17's then me thinks...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:14 pm

17's will go but you need to check th ET (offset) as the front is tight, that is why I went for a 7 inch rim that is ET35 so it gives me 10mm more clearance from the strut and changes the outer postion by 10mm making the arch look fuller.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:20 pm

Yes I see what you're saying...And I suppose its a completely different ball game with deep dish wheels when you have to consider this as well as caliper clearance.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:34 pm

Deep dish depends on the wheel shape + ET and cant see why the calipers would be a problem.

Here is a pic of my wheels, as you can see they have a little bit of a dish.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:45 pm

They look really good Paul, will have to see when I decide which wheels I want.

Newbie Joined: Jan 14, 2011 Posts: 14 Location: London

That looks sexy, I wonder how does it coupe under load (full boot, 4 people). I`m thinking of getting the 60/40 kit, with 17" Dotz Mugello
http://www.potn.co.uk/dotz-mugello_c1_6599_31302.htm

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 6:31 pm

Very well I would imagine due to the fact it's firmer than factory suspension.
BTW, i'm also a 'DOTZ' dealer if you like the Mugello's - gorgeous wheel! Wink

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:09 pm

just a bit of technical input.. when I fitted the 60/40 kit to pauls car I looked at the front springs before fitting and thought it might sit almost as low mine, (spax springs / koni adjustable), which while I love is not very practical for an everyday estate car..

what I've done to mine, (because with the spax 60mm fronts it really is more like 85mm drop) and to pauls 60mm fronts is fit a modified upper spring seat rubber to the bottom of the strut which raises the spring by about 4 / 5 mm and also seems to isolate more of the road noise from the front struts, (at least it does on my car, not driven pauls enough before & after enough to confirm).

So to sum up these cars are like allroad's on steroids with factory standard suspension (fwd), so when you lower them to audi sport style stance (60/40 kit) the undersides will be lower than it appears from outside, as such speed bumps especially the sump crusher type take on a whole new level of danger... I have to slow to a crawl and drive over the hump as most wont go underneath.. however mine is a bit lower Wink

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:23 pm

Additional..

I also recommend while you are doing it you replace the front strut damper cap nut. the plastic damper protector support that should be fitted greased and worked so it turns freely on the damper cap nut, and the damper gaiter as well... premature damper failure will be the result if this is not sorted / renewed / correct

Also you should replace or disassemble & clean the strut top bearings and regrease, (I use putoline racing bearing grease). If you do both sides together mark the strut tops to strut as the strut top bush has camber position set.. all the above is included in my fitting service

Ideally when the car has settled you'll need to do front cambers / and tracking.. you may also suffer increased bump steer (60/40) due to steering arm angle> I've reversed the steering arm balljoint position on the strut on mine to counter the significant lowering, so making steering arms level..

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:50 pm

No sympathy from me.. you should have kept it in your trousers mate Laughing

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:17 pm

Hi guys, just been reading this thread, you seem to know what your doing which is nice to know.
Cars look great.

What i would like to know is can this kit be used on a 1990 Audi 100 2.2 5 cylinder 10v turbo FWD. Im after a lowering kit (springs and shocks) that will drop the car nicely on maximum 17" rims with a little stretched tyres nothing to much, a little bit like this: but i think the front a bit higher than this golf

But i really dont want any scrubbing at all. Thats my fear.

My car

Anyway, i hope you can answer my query.

Thanks

Andy

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:13 pm

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:27 pm

Hi yaz, im very interested in the AP kit, that seems spot on. Do you know if i would need to change anything else like bushes and stuff, i guess i need to take a look at the state of mine to know.

How do you except payment dude as im really looking to pay by mastercard right now.

Thanks for your reply also

Andy

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:29 pm

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:33 pm

Thanks

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:24 pm

to yaz: What the kit included (springs+shocks)? How about stop buffers.