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SMOKEY53 · #4 03-25-2015, 08:32 PM

Hi mate

I appeciate your pain here, I've just been through the same and even putting LOWERING springs in I had a lot of heartache.

As mentioned earlier, coil springs are not covered in the Bentley manual - and as not a lot of people have coil springs in the rear, I didn't find much on the net either.

This is as close as I could find in terms of a guide:

BMW Workshop Manuals > X Series E53 X5 3.0d (M57) OFFRD > 2 Repair Instructions > 33 Rear Axle > 53 Springs With Suspension > 2 RA Removing And Installing_replacing Rear Left Or Right Coil Spring

I think you're going to have a real time of it with getting a spacer up in there. I have read some people suggest compressing the spring off the car, then tieing it down with ratchet straps or chains in a compressed state - inserting into spring pocket and releasing. This just sounded way too sketchy for my liking.

(I fitted strut spacers and 2inch lift springs to my Pathfinder - the springs required so much compression especially being heavy duty off road springs - I had four compressors on it and still wasnt enough to get the top hat on - in the end. It was sure one of the compressors was about to sheer so I stopped and took it to a shop who had a wall mounted hydraulic compressor. The guy showed me a hole in their workshop roof where a spring had come loose and fired off. It was pretty frightening. Also saw it happen on an episode of 'RoadKill' were Freidenburger nearly got taken out by a spring shooting out from under the wheel arch. So be careful!!)

Are you sure fluidmotorunion weren't using a car with an airbag rear? With airbags it would be a lot easier as you just deflate it, roll it up and slot it in.

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