I posted on Audizine, and I want to post here as well to get a less biased view.

Heres my options... Didnt want to do this so early in the game BUUUT....

Option 1: Ohlin Motorsports:
http://www.stasisengineering.com/Cat...ID=208&PID=171


Option 2: Stasis SL's:
http://www.stasisengineering.com/Cat...ID=208&PID=185


Option 3: KW V3 variants:
http://kw-suspension.com/en/30_Produ...nt_3/index.php




All three are excelent, obviously the Motorsports are the best, but Im not sure I can justify the price for the "extras" esp since I will not be tracking this car. What do you guys think????

 

a-spec

 

Oh, the irony...

 

No idea, but is this by chance the same suspension system they're using the TT-RS...the magnetic particles in the shock oil to control dampening/rebound?

 

I'd go Ohlins ... very popular and if you ever take them off there'd be a line of people looking to buy them off you.

Unfortunately, it seems the DRCs do fail ... I wish Audi would step up on this.

 

Thank God you got the extended warranty!

Your move, BMW.

 

Should've bought an M3. Fail.

 

let me guess? you got 25k off the sticker price?

 

Fixed:

2008 RS4 Ti pkg.
CRIPPLED

 

what in the hell is a DRC? i dont speak german

 

^ Dynamic Ride Control

 

Beyond ridiculous having to replace the suspension on a 2008 vehicle at a cost of over $2k, in particular a car like that!

The manufacturer/dealer would be fixing it or the car would be Lemon Lawed - completely unacceptable.

 

Rev B installed un der warrenty last year, no problems since and zero dollors out of my pocket.

 

^^^ awesome. Good to hear that they replaced it free of charge.

 

there is only 1 "Zine"

 

Yea they made it right, there was a TSB out on it anyways. Some Audi techs flew in from Germany to help pressurize and optimize the system correctly.

 

Yea, AudiZine!

 

All this technology they're releasing is downright hilarious. Yeah, it hypes you up for the car but its just another way for them to make a shit load of money when it goes bad...and it will go bad because its designed to go bad

 

How do they make money when its warranty work?

 

wait till the warranty runs out.

 

They don't...they make it when it OUT of warranty!

 

Not entirely true. Dealers are reimbursed by corporate for warranty work. Of course they make much more money for non-warranty work... but they do get a little something for warranty work.

 

Glad to hear. The dealer here is phenomenal... glad to know they take care of people elsewhere as well

 

Good thing I have 100K til Im out and switch cars every few years!


Yea my dealer is also fanastic, they treat me very well. Typically the higher up you go, the better they treat you. Can't imagine how Bentley/Lambo dealers treat their customers!

 

Nice to hear.

 

Then you buy the Ohlins or similar if it fails again

BMW had issues with fancy suspension systems going bad on early model M cars. Most of the owners of those cars just replaced them with more conventional parts.

 

BJ's while you wait

 

Exactly, IF I keep the car for that long Ohlin SL's please! FWIW, the stock DRC system is fantastic at keeping body roll at a minimum, and helps keep the car very stable at high speeds. I have no complaints at all when its working, which it has been just fine since the updated rev B was installed last summer.

 

 

I wanted 4 doors, AWD, and a high strung V8. The E90 wasn't out then, not to mention it doesn't look as good, not to mention no AWD. Plus BMW interiors are less than savory in my opinion. I keep up just fine with new M's anyways. Once APR releases the RS SC kit, I'll be in 11 second territory!