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Originally Posted by blktoptrvl
Depends how it is done. I would imagine that like most things there are cheap ways and more expensive ways. The cheap ways will have cheap parts that may or may not be up to the task. Any chance that a lowered car can cut the tires?
I had a friend who lowered his (older car) and left a shackle bolt extended too far. First time he went hard around a corner the bolt ripped into the tire and he spun out on a two lane sweeper.
Could this kind of thing happen on an X5? I have no clue.
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That reasoning makes sense if your talking about lowering a car with a coil-over shock setup not something with air. With the x5 its doesn't matter if you use the computer, links, the intrax module, or pull an airline and let it air itself out all your doing is changing the amount of air in the system/spring rate. If I had a module (which im considering) and lowered my car to the same height it wouldn't mean its done better - it would give the EXACT same result.
With that said I grew up spending all my Summers in Poland/eastern Europe as a kid and got REALLY into modifying cars living over there. I have put together numerous vehicles that were very low on stretched tires and crazy looking to the average person. I have never had not even as much as a flat tire with one of them and have always used $1000 plus suspension setups which were engineered and built in Germany. Maybe your friend took the cheap route?