My $1500 FAIL on the Audi S3 Salvage Rebuild Project

1. I believe that car was previously owned by NJ governor Chris Christie which would explain the blown suspension

2. I have a 2016 s3…can you sell me the back shocks..

3. My 2015 Audi S3 sat a little lower on one side. Drives absolutely fine and handles really good. Guess it is normal.

4. I’m assuming you probably figured what was wrong with the ride height dice this video was made. However just watched this. I own a 2015 S3 and don’t see any difference. This might be common sense thing but both tires need to be at 44 psi or a the same pressure. Secondly I would change the ride from sport to comfort and see if the difference still prevails.

5. 2.8 liter supercharged 5.0 mustang lol

6. Damn i wish i had the knowledge to rebuild

7. just measured mine exactly the same each Side 2014 A3 from uk

8. Hi Samcrac, thank you for your video's. They are very interesting and it's great to see your projects coming along. I particularly like that you show your errors and mistakes. What I would like to see though, is what you do with your finished repair cars. DFo you keep them all or re-sell them? If re-selling, what sort of margins do you make? My apologies for seeming rude, lol. But it's not that, it's just I'm fascinated as to how much you make from your work. 🙂

9. Are the springs on the back in one piece? They can loose a small bit and sit lower and torque the bolts when resting on it's wheels and try to loosen rear arm bolts on both sides and torque again to specific strengths. Just guessing could there be some metal bars welded when repaired the rear body parts? Or a lot of filler lol? Just going crazy guessing

10. FYI, shocks do not support the weight of the car so they would have nothing to do with your sagging suspension. The spring is what holds the car up.

11. It's no problem my sack hangs a little lower on my left side but my balls work fine

12. Did you ever find out why the car wasn't level?

13. Any car with a rebuilt or salvage title, repaired to pristine condition, is worth half of rough book regardless of how clean it is or how low the mileage. I can see repairing a car for you to drive and enjoy, bet to flip one to make money doesn't seem to be worth the bother. Plus, German cars are famous for falling apart when the warranty runs out even when they haven't been hit.

14. What did this car cost you at each stage of your build?

15. Hi Sam, Greetings from Serbia! I spent a whole day yesterday going through many of your videos! I like them all, very interesting, especially The Money Pit Jetta series :))) I own a car that has never been in an accident, and it's still one of the most economical cars in the world, but the time came to replace the shocks and the right engine mount last year! I was soo in for a surprise it's a VW Lupo 3L….. The front struts vere about 400$, and the mount was about 400$ as well (no aftermarket option) 🙂 Being a person passionate about cars and about to start doing what you are doing, i find your videos very educating to boot. You know, in my country you can repair a badly damaged car and sell it like has never ever been involved in an accident… I wont say Ill be doing that, but I will keep myself from going into details surely….. So here is a big subscribe… just wanted to say that. Greetings from far away!

16. Your video seems to be every teenagers dream… buying a salvaged car 1/4th of the price of retail off the lot and rebuilding it for pennies to the dollar.

17. how about checking the passenger side to see if the shocks are set al the way down. It could be that the driver's side is NOT low, but the other side is high!

18. It would be the spring not the shock

19. Even brand new cars have body filler on them look at the production line

20. Sacking wouldn't usually be caused by the strut. The struts job is to cancel out bumps from the road. The reason a car would be sacking is bad springs, the job of the springs is to carry the weight of the chassis and make sure it doesn't smash into the undercarriage of the car.

21. Suspension is fine I think… my bet is that the tires make the difference in height (some how)… Front's are Hankook VENTUS V12 EVO2 and rear Continental CONTISPORTCONTACT 5P… on the side note with AWD (Quattro) there should be all the same (not only the same size)

22. I owned a MK7 GTI, and now an A3; in the CFL area.

    Engine weighs more than DSG box, and this deviation in weight from side to side is something considered from the cars conception. so the weight argument is null.

    In regards to replacing the suspension.. I would opt out of the pricey OEM solution and go with a set of adjustable BC coil overs.This would solve the aesthetics / height difference… although, I don't think coil overs will solve the true issue at hand, which I think is a bigger geometry issue located either @ the upper spring cup, or sub-frame / uni-body needs adjustment.

    I have only watched two of the S3 videos and probably not in the correct order. so I am yet to know if you have found the culprit.

23. How much you resale that car

24. I love your videos samcrac. Thanks for doing them. You are like a friend that only appears on Youtube!

25. Put coilovers on. Problem solved

26. When replacing 1 back or front strut your supposed to replace both on the front or back similar to brake pads/rotors when replacing front or back they recommend you replace both on the front or back of the the vehicle. Shocks don't do anything for ride height that's the springs job anyhow. Shocks are there just to absorb the ride hence "shock absorbers" now I also can't imagine audi or any vehicle manufacturer to design a vehicle to be lower on passenger/driver side maybe front/rear. I'd Imagine that would be very hard to get wheel alignments exact and keep them that way. Check your Springs on the drivers side makes sense as that's where the damage was correct? Going to watch the first video. Thanks for your very detailed videos btw just throwing my 2cents out there

27. Looked like so many different tires on there…. I think I saw a Hankook, Continental, and something else….

28. There was allmost nothing wrong with it, few destroyed suspension parts and body damage stupid to total it

29. all this work just to save a few bucks .
    hardly seems Werth it ……

30. @Samcrac Wish my suspension was this rust free. I'v got struts waiting for me in my garage but the bolts are completely seized in there.

31. Springs control ride height also. I bet you that if you replaced springs, it’d fix it. I replaced struts on a previous car to fix rear ride height, and it didn’t do anything. But, when I had the rear coils replaced also, it was fixed.

32. This guy legitimizes the jew stereotype. Lol.

33. I never have measure it I do have a 2017 A3…. but I will let you know tomorrow 😀

34. Very interesting videos, and the comments also and that give it a charm to this channel

35. I have noticed this with some cars before and I remember that someone told me that the car is engineered this way to compensate from the slight slope the road have in order to drain the water, so you would sit level in the car. Don't remember who told me that and I don't know if it's true…

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