Lifting my B6 Avant... Am I crazy?

[EuroEnduro]

Hey all,

So, after half a winter in my third B6, I thought that I should honor Audi's rally heritage and go full rally car for wintermode. My idea was lifting the car at least 1" above stock, max 2". Research has shown me that anymore that 2" would require driveline mods, something that I don't really want to get into. Now, simply lifting it shouldn't be hard, right? Well, this is where my situation presents itself. What I would like to do is: have it lifted for the winter, but then lower it for the summer, preferably with minimal suspension component swapping.

My idea is buy the ECS coilover sleeves (https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-part...n-kit/b6b7cok/) which boasts 1.5" of lift above stock, and use this with my current neuspeed springs, which are about 2" lower than stock (nonsport). So now I will be 0.5" lower than stock, and my shocks should be happy. To make up the rest of the height, I was thinking some type of strut spacer, bolted above the top of the strut... This is where I'm looking for ideas.

The rear would be much easier, simply an adjustable perch, and potentially a shock spacer to make sure they don't over-extend when lifted for the winter.


Now, I am aware that with strut/shock spacers I will be limited uptravel, but that is not too big of a concern for me, I won't be rock crawling


Any ideas or comments are appreciated!

[VAGlover]

I don't know if he's on audizine, but follow ibreakaudis on Instagram, he'd uniquely lifted his b5. And it's badass. DM him and I'm sure he'd help you out.

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[BlueBoostedAudi]

Sounds cool! I think you should be able to just get some adjustable coilovers and call it a day? I'm not for sure though maybe somebody else can tune in on that. You could always get them bigger tires?

[EuroEnduro]

I don't know if he's on audizine, but follow ibreakaudis on Instagram, he'd uniquely lifted his b5. And it's badass. DM him and I'm sure he'd help you out.

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Already follow him, he has some pretty cool stuff, thanks!!

Sounds cool! I think you should be able to just get some adjustable coilovers and call it a day? I'm not for sure though maybe somebody else can tune in on that. You could always get them bigger tires?

The thing with adjustable coils is that most of the time their highest setting is still lower than stock... But big wheels will definitely be on it. I'm thinking at least 205/75R17... Still have to see what's the biggest I can fit under there