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Old 08-24-2016, 08:44 PM
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Update 8/24/16

I was out of town and started on it Tuesday morning. Finished front suspension and started on rear:

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Remove 30A fuse #87 to cut the power to air compressor:

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Everything removed to gain access to air bags and shocks:

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Removing air bags. Pretty simple: releasing air, removing some clips and bolts:

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Everything removed and ready for new springs and shocks:

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Issue arrised with ECS Tuning coil conversion kit. I'm convinced and have proof that they sent wrong coil springs. Since they're slow to respond and of course convinced it's not their fault, I ordered Suplex springs (German made, identical to OEM) and doing some other stuff till they arrive on Friday:

Assembling Bilsteins with all new hardware. OEM ones were still ok but tired:

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Everything removed and waiting on springs. I made a mistake instaling new arms before springs but it's easy to remove them:

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At the meantime I took care of inactive suspension light. Extremely easy with $30 P.A.Soft scan tool and I'm glad that I did research as I've heard people paying big bucks to do it. Basicaly you un check suspension inactive light as shown on screen. Started the car the way it is (without all air suspension components) and no warning light whatsoever:

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