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25th March 2015, 08:50 AM
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Treating Her Outdoors
After spending much more money in the last year on the big lady outdoors than I have on the little lady indoors, I thought it'd be interesting (and somewhat reassuring) to record our collective insanity by sharing the things we do above and beyond essential maintenance.
So, what have you done/spent on your '8 lately? (leave costs out if you prefer not to divulge your spending). Here's what I've done .... About 8 months ago I had the following work done:
Which all came to somewhere in the region of £3K In the last few weeks:
With labour, came to over £2.5K I think I need to find a cheaper hobby 
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust 
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25th March 2015, 09:23 AM
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How did you find the B6 shocks were - I cant honestly say i noticed a massive difference on standard springs ?! 2002 S8 FE with 20s
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25th March 2015, 09:48 AM
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And it's hard to say how much of any ride improvement can be attributed to the shocks because of all the other suspension work I had done. In that respect, it feels great now though; tight as new again! 
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust
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25th March 2015, 11:13 AM
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Had i kept mine, i would have put stiffer springs on it to really complement and feel the difference - eibach maybe as i just didnt get enough grin factor back from all the work i did (new front arms and shocks).
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