That's better!
On my last MOT (and at the service before that) I had an advisory for the upper suspension control arms, so I decided to bite the bullet and replace all 8 arms and the stabiliser links.
I got the parts from these guys: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:X:RTQ:GB:1123 who were very helpful, took my registration number and promised to get me the right kit (the S8, apparently, has one of the arms different to the A8).
The car feels brilliant and as tight as a duck's rear orifice! It's stopped shuddering on braking and it skips over the many potholes on my way to work without so much as a twitch. The whole front end feels like new. 
BUT - unfortunately 2 of the arms were the wrong ones and had to be ordered from Audi (ouch!) and the excessive hand brake travel that I asked A4 Audi to look at required a new caliper (ouch again!).
The bill was horrible! 
But the car feels great! 
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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