"Slammed" the X5

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by 525iT_Feen

I don't necessarily agree with you that an aftermarket rear bag couldn't be matched up and made to work BETTER then what is back there now but I have no proof because I haven't begun to look into it much and have no evidence to disprove your theory. I've used Aerosports which is on the cheaper end with no major issues but see your point about matching it up to the X's suspension ride.

I never said it couldn't be done? "Better" is just a hugely relative term....it really depends on what you plan to get out of the whole thing.

The point I was trying to make was that the difficulty of maintaining ride consistency between front and rear increases beyond the ideal when you start playing around with that stuff... making it not worth the time unless you plan to go all out on custom dampers as well. In keeping with the German engineering philosophy, it would probably be safe to assume that the valving inside the factory dampers are tuned to work with the characteristics of the air spring BMW used and/or vise versa. Simply changing out the air spring is only part of the equation.

In regards to the front bottoming out, it was directed more to the OP of this thread, as his front wheel looked tucked from the pics he posted.

[CarlJohnson]

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but someone was telling me instead of using the drop link arms I could program the height using a computer to manually adjust the OEM computer settings. I believe this is what you guys did.

What exactly do I need to order to be able to do this? How expensive is it? Fairly easy to figure out?

I would really like the option of being able to lower and raise it when I feel like and not doing a mechanical change like the lowering links.

Thanks,
Carl

[AquilaBMW]

Originally Posted by CarlJohnson

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but someone was telling me instead of using the drop link arms I could program the height using a computer to manually adjust the OEM computer settings. I believe this is what you guys did.

What exactly do I need to order to be able to do this? How expensive is it? Fairly easy to figure out?

I would really like the option of being able to lower and raise it when I feel like and not doing a mechanical change like the lowering links.

Thanks,
Carl

Carl -

As far as I know - similarly to the E39s with SLS on the rear - you can reset the rear ride height. This can be done using DIS or INPA. I love using INPA for this as it seems easier and more straight forward.

However, as to the question of being able to raise and lower it at will - if your car only has the Rear SLS, you will be able to do that only to the rear. You won't be able to raise or lower the front end that easily unless you are able to install some kind of Coilover kit / system.

[4.8isX5]

Carljohnson.. Are you the one from my instagram? Lol this is my thread also,

And update befoe i had it slammed but now its completely different.

[CarlJohnson]

Originally Posted by 4.8isX5

Carljohnson.. Are you the one from my instagram? Lol this is my thread also,

And update befoe i had it slammed but now its completely different.

Haha, random yeah. I looked up online and you can buy the interface cable to plug into the obd2 port with a USB but where can I get the software to use with it? Torrent maybe?

[4.8isX5]

Get the whole package and cable, $35, its the romanian seller one, youll have to wait like 2 weeks but thats the one to get.
Incl all software and instructions (which are a MUST if you dont know your way around computers/networking very well) IT is my field so its all basic stuff for me but not others.

[tmv]

Carl, the question is: does your X5 has 2-axle air suspension? Without it, you'd have to go with lowering springs/shocks or coilovers.

[dhyrk3]

Originally Posted by AquilaBMW

Carl -

As far as I know - similarly to the E39s with SLS on the rear - you can reset the rear ride height. This can be done using DIS or INPA. I love using INPA for this as it seems easier and more straight forward.

However, as to the question of being able to raise and lower it at will - if your car only has the Rear SLS, you will be able to do that only to the rear. You won't be able to raise or lower the front end that easily unless you are able to install some kind of Coilover kit / system.

I thought you can only do it using DIS ...

[tmv]

You can calibrate ride height with INPA too, but I found DIS to be easier: just answer the question, and enter 707+(however much you want to lower it) for the front and 709+(however much you want to lower it) for the rear.

[Texjr]

So could you do it from inside your car? Like pull up, type in the heights, hit enter and it drops? Or do you have to have the hood open to get to the plug?