BMW X5 SUSPENSION REWORK. - Page 4

dpgx5 · #1 02-21-2011, 11:57 PM

Sorry to hear that as well, always appreciated your threads and info. Cheers!

bigwave2255 · #2 02-22-2011, 11:06 PM

to the OP can i ask what sort of driving and weather conditions you operate in and WHY is there so much surface rust on your suspension components and cross members???

just curious, as i have not seen anything like that here in Australia

Ewen

Isambard · #3 02-23-2011, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bigwave2255

to the OP can i ask what sort of driving and weather conditions you operate in and WHY is there so much surface rust on your suspension components and cross members???

just curious, as i have not seen anything like that here in Australia

Ewen

If I may answer (not necessarily for the OP), being in a similar region of the UK, I can tell you that it is simply our weather that causes all the rust and shite on our vehicles.

Salt on the roads from snow/ice etc, plus the copious amount of (I'm sure to some degree-acid) rain we get here.

We're both miles away from the sea so thats it I guess, our shite weather-nothing more. Mine is the same, like all my other previous cars over the last 20 odd years of ownership...

bigwave2255 · #4 02-23-2011, 08:40 PM

thanks, it had me wondering, as mine is as clean as underneath.

i wonder if that is the reason many have to do suspension repairs at what i would consider an early age, and may also be the reason for power train and electrical issues that from my limited experience have not heard of here in Australia

Isambard · #5 02-24-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bigwave2255

thanks, it had me wondering, as mine is as clean as underneath.

i wonder if that is the reason many have to do suspension repairs at what i would consider an early age, and may also be the reason for power train and electrical issues that from my limited experience have not heard of here in Australia

Spot on mate! Still, my X is going to get the oz treatment in a few months' time as I plan to take him to Perth for a nice relaxing emigration!! So, I'm just in the process of changing as much as is reasonable in preparation for a long and healthy, relatively salt and rain-free life in oz.