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Old 04-03-2010, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by wailshark
I think in your case (if you don't want to lower the car) I would go with 17's...won't look as bad and 4x4 even on stock suspension and mitigates the risk of bending wheels and other damage from potholes.

As for the slowness, thats pretty par for the course. The car is a great winter and luxury car but isn't a track star by any stretch. You can fix that with getting a chip and upgrading the turbo if you'd like but i'm not sure how much modding you're wanting to do.

Lastly, welcome to the forums!
Yeah, I guess 17's would be a bit better then 16's ... Does anyone have a picture of 17's on a stock suspension?
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Would you consider lowering to say sport suspension height?


I just cant believe you would want to stick with the base suspension it looks like a 4x4 truck!

I would sacrifice comfortable ride comfort for looks any day and lower suspension doesnt mean the ride will be bad, I mean were not talking slamming it to the ground.
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Old 04-06-2010, 01:50 PM
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Thanks for all your help but it turns out I brought the car back to the dealer this morning. I had it inspected and the transmission was about to die. I'm told that the automatic CVT transmission on the 1.8T isn't very reliable to begin with, and can cost up to 8000$ to replace!!!!

So since my GF insists on an automatic it's going to be a Quattro or I'm gonna go back to BMW...
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Originally Posted by Kunstler
Also, does anyone have a picture of what an A4 (B6 2004) looks like on 18" rims with the stock suspension? Does it look ok or more like a tractor?
see the pics posted of mine on my profile... stock suspension with 18s... looks good to me.

edit: oops just saw he returned it... next time I'll read all the way through!

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Originally Posted by Kunstler
Thanks for all your help but it turns out I brought the car back to the dealer this morning. I had it inspected and the transmission was about to die. I'm told that the automatic CVT transmission on the 1.8T isn't very reliable to begin with, and can cost up to 8000$ to replace!!!!

So since my GF insists on an automatic it's going to be a Quattro or I'm gonna go back to BMW...
straight up cvt is garbage. Quattro or nothing, I wouldn't have bought my car if it was fwd!

QUATTRO FTW
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