Socal_Tom

'84 suspension removed, including brakes since those will be part of the swap.

Total time, including chasing after the dog, some coffee and some work items to deal with on a day off, was around 90 minutes.

Both the tie rod and and ball joint took some additional time since I got the nuts loose but didn't fully remove them and then hand tighten them back on, so when I went to remove them the nuts where spinning the shafts too. Lesson learned for the other side.

FredR

When you want to make the joint just biff it with a rubber mallett and that will seat the taper sufficient to enable the nut to pull it in.

FredR

Tom

Assuming the motor is still in-situ, did you have any difficulty undoing the UCA nuts?

Socal_Tom

Hi Fred, they actually came off without much fuss. Bonus of a Southern California car I suppose, we'll see how the S4 treats me later today.

Socal_Tom

Got the S4 lower suspension mounted, went on quite easily. I just roughly positioned it in place, used a floor jack to off it up, got a couple of nuts threaded and then tightened and aligned as I went.

Refitting time was under 10 minutes.

Socal_Tom

Done, and got the suspension bits from the '84 mounted on the S4 so I can move her around.







Tackling the other side swap tomorrow.

FredR

For heavens sake get the S4 calipers painted red!

Well done.

Socal_Tom

Ha, will put that one the list.

Holy cow - the UCA bolts on the S4 are such a pain to reach.

85euro928

Personal taste but on a red car the S4 calipers look better black.

FredR

There's no accounting for personal taste!

Looked superb in red when I had my Guard's red S4. On std setup wheels it makes little difference as you cannot really see the calipers but when you have 3 piece 18 inch forged wheels and you can see everything there is no substitute for red calipers. On my Cobalt Blue GTS they are even better [of course].

Socal_Tom

It will be a fine day indeed when I can prioritize thinking about the color of my calipers.

Grin.