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Originally Posted by 525iT_Feen
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.  |
You are specifying a air suspension. My comment was of suspensions and lowering in general.
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Originally Posted by 525iT_Feen
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?
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I think you know that I was not speaking of YOU and YOUR experience. You may be the king of suspensions for all I know. I am talking about the average owner who may buy a cheap kit and put it on and the consequences thereof.
As for my friend, at the time he was a professional and seasoned mechanical engineer and also a car mechanic. I think the fact that he could mis-judge how much the tire would flex in hard corning is my point. If he could make such a mistake can't the average owner - especially one who is not trained?