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Old 08-09-2023, 10:25 PM
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4.8is, Do I have the wrong rear arnott air springs? A-2503/2504?

In 2021 I ordered rear air springs arnott a-2503/4 This was based on using FCP's website system. That said, here's what you need based on your make and model

Ever since I installed them, my rear air springs have been touching the inner part of my chassis unless I run negative 2.7 rear camber to gain clearance which obviously chews up tires.

Today I decided to go to the alignment shop and try again to set my alignment to -1.5 and then -2 and still the airbags touch and actually now I'm stuck with air suspension code errors because the airbags are causing the car not to raise and lower like it's supposed to when you hit the button and it causes SLS inactive errors

So looking on arnotts website today it said for the 4.8 that I actually need A-2501/2502 air bags versus the 4.4 and the three liter cars which get the 2503/2504

And then I found a forum post where somebody said they emailed arnott and they explain that there's a difference between the comfort and sport springs and the sport springs which are 2503/2504 have a larger diameter piston for a firmer ride and the 2501/2502 are the comfort springs and have a smaller diameter piston

So do I have a case here of simply having the wrong rear airbag installed?

Does anybody else have the same issue with the dual axle air suspension on the 4.8 IS with 2503/2504 airbags?

I'm attaching a picture of what my X5 airbags currently look like right now which shows the airbags actually rubbing on the inner chassis area
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