A3 S3 coilys....

The standard suspension on this car is weird!! basically once youve undone everything the springs use there own tension to push down on the hub carrier which is then pushin down on the drive shaft makin this difficult to remove as a whole unit!...the inside of the top strut is the top spring seat...on one side we used spring clamps on the other side we used a grinder to cut the spring down for ease of removal plus they wont be going back on...got rears to do tomorrow which dont look that simple and these cars are 4x4...prob the hardest coilys we done so far...

soo if you have an S3... we wont do yours..

I stood and watched for three hours thinking it really shouldn't be this hard, but it was. Glad to hear you got the the other side out with less hassle.

yes it was alt less hassle

especially with a grinder

cali mate just wonderin if we could put gaz,s A3 on the VAG-COM...he now has an ABS light on.....argh!!!! be good to see which 1 is givin us trouble.

No probs, send him over one night or let me know when he is going to be at yours. He had a bill of clean health on Saturday when we checked but maybe a sensor has been knocked.

I see you later then.

all sorted now... the abs sensor on the passenger side had worn thru from rubbing off the tire??? or wheel...


got the backs done after alot of hassle just wudnt seat right.. Bastard thing lololol

My magic was not needed, where are we going to see pictures?

cali dude thanks for that even tho we didnt need any calimagic!..still good to know you would of helped if needed!....i was thinkin bout goin to maplins for a resistor for the airbag on sat...

I will bell you tomorrow, I am a bit busy having a birthday weekend.
I think you will need a 0.2 ohm fuse, and some wires to make up the cable. I can help bodge it together on Tuesday night if you fancy.

nice one mate do you think maplins will have what i need?

I am going to check the one in Watfords for you tomorrow, I will let you know.

What would i do without you eh! thanks mate your a star

No worries, hopefully they have what we need and I can make something up for you next week.

rrr cool mate! this time i will deffo buy you a drink...you cant do everything for nothing dude!

Buying the right resistor was an absolute arse, the guys in the shop were not particular knowledgeable or helpful. I have some parts that I am going to play about with tomorrow but so far I have realised that if the air bag is really only 0.2 Ohms then that is very very low. Maybe just the right piece of wire will work but then we need something to deal with the current in the even that the air bag is triggered.

thats very technical stuff mate good job you know whats going on...thanks for ya help mate

glade mines already been lowered then