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Old 09-28-2016, 10:21 PM
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Coilovers cause damage to Torque Converter?
I was just told by an indie mechanic that he was strongly against replacing the air suspension with coilovers because in his opinion it put more strain on the transfer case and would over a short period of time cause damage. Anyone else heard this?

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I was just told by an indie mechanic that he was strongly against replacing the air suspension with coilovers because in his opinion it put more strain on the transfer case and would over a short period of time cause damage. Anyone else heard this?

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I call BS on this one. Find another indy. This one doesn't know what he's talking about. The air bags are simply a different form of spring. If what he was saying was true all of the X5's without airbags would be suffering premature transfer case failure. I haven't seen anything anywhere indicating that to be the case.
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I was just told by an indie mechanic that he was strongly against replacing the air suspension with coilovers because in his opinion it put more strain on the transfer case and would over a short period of time cause damage. Anyone else heard this?

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This is compete bull!!! Come on. Its time for you to find a different indy
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Ask him the physics behind that one.
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Ask him the physics behind that one.
There lies the problem.
To many hacks call themselves Indy and they don't even have adequate education to begin with.
I guarantee you he can adequately calculate parts surcharge and ballooned labor time.
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He probably knows that once the conversion is done he won't see you again for a long time 😂

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Probably told you that to make more money since air suspension & it's parts cost more. I hope so at least because it's not true at all.
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I thought it was fishy. I do work on my own car, I was buying parts from him. Thanks for the replies!
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