Super sexy top control arms.

[Bandycoot]

Just seen these on the 034 motorsport website.

http://store.034motorsport.com/produ...udi-a8-s8.html

Has anybody used them and are they worth it? Like a lot of people who have fitted coilovers or just lowered their suspension I cannot reduce the negative camber. These look like a solution - but at a price.

Cheers

Steve

[Adrian E]

There's a retailer who advertises on AudiSRS who imports these - I looked at them when I needed mine changing but as mine's standard ride height and almost certainly always will be I couldn't see the point in paying 4 times more for the ability to adjust them lol

[Bandycoot]

They are re-buildable as well. But is that and the adjustability worth the price?

[71camaro]

I have a set and I absolutely hate them. If I weren't at university 6 hours from home they'd already be swapped for stock replacements. Ride like crap, too large a diameter for a lowered car (they hit the body and the aluminum brace they mount to), just overall crap. I've never been more dissatisfied with a car part I've purchased, and I've had five modified vehicles and two or three unmodified.

[SilverS8]

From earlier experience with coilovers on a D2 and pretty low i found no reason to fiddle with the negative camber that was iirc -1,5 since this was compensated by adjusting toe-out + 10 min.
My previous S6 ran -1.5 camber for 11 of the 13 years i had here and no uneaven tirewear.

So unless your neg.camber is way above that i would have spent that money elsewhere

[71camaro]

Originally Posted by SilverS8

From earlier experience with coilovers on a D2 and pretty low i found no reason to fiddle with the negative camber that was iirc -1,5 since this was compensated by adjusting toe-out + 10 min.
My previous S6 ran -1.5 camber for 11 of the 13 years i had here and no uneaven tirewear.

So unless your neg.camber is way above that i would have spent that money elsewhere

I'm actually on air suspension, go way lower than coils, I lay lower control arm mounts when parked, and I wanted the adjustability for dialing in front camber for show setups because I run really aggressive offsets on my wheels. These seemed great because of that, sometimes needing more camber on a show weekend and less regularly, but the product is just attractive garbage. They look great out of the box, and that's the last time I liked them. If they had a smaller diameter arm and a stock-hardness insert they would be great, but as is they're junk. The lack of a regular ball joint at the ends is bad too- the heim joints shouldn't ever seize or have other issues, but they do, and popping and rattling is the result.

[Bandycoot]

The overall opinion would appear to be not to bother. So I won't. Thanks for the advice chaps.

[71camaro]

Originally Posted by Bandycoot

The overall opinion would appear to be not to bother. So I won't. Thanks for the advice chaps.

I'd say get them if they were a better product for sure.