Rear suspension air bag replacement

[rph74]

Originally Posted by sasquatch

What about swapping the air bags for regular spring coil setup? I understand at least one company (KW I think) makes a coilover kit for this vehicle?

YES. I highly recommend doing that if you plan to keep the car for a long time. I did this on my (rear only) air suspension. This is my wife's dd, and I didn't want to have to worry about air suspension issues. There was no change in handling or ride comfort. The peace of mind of not having to worry about sudden air suspension problems is priceless.

If you want to keep stock ride height then you simply need to order the OEM coil springs made for the 3.0 model. Before you do anything, you should probably contact your local BMW dealer to make sure that they can remove the suspension inactive warning from the cluster. My dealership here in MO failed after having it for 1 week. A dealership in suburban Chicago did it successfully in 1 day.

Here's my post from last summer:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...uspension.html