Front suspension USD 4000 part only ??????

[g300d]

Originally Posted by Helmuth

Just wondering why I need a wheel alignment when I would change the shocks.
From that picture I would believe that everything stays in place when replacing them.

Tolerances on the location of the hub bolt holes and possible change in ride height vs worn struts can change the current wheel alignment.

[m5james]

Firestone will do a wheel alignment for $80 w/ a lifetime warranty...at those prices it couldn't hurt just for the sake of having it checked anyways. This is irrelevant for Helmuth, but point being.

Helmuth, that's absurd what they're asking. I paid $950 US for my coilovers and about $1000 for a 20 piece suspension kit from www.fcpgroton.com and then a shop could get all this done in a day. It's not rocket science doing this stuff, so qassuming your $4000 quote is in US dollars, what they're asking is just complete robbery.

[RajB]

Originally Posted by m5james

Mine only came w/ rear air suspension, so I've still got airbags in the rear. There are little arms that connect to the control arms to little sensors that read when the truck is too low. A member here was going to help me w/ custom made smaller arms and some Romanian software that would allow the car to sit nice and low on the coilovers, but then I'd still have use of the airbags for things like towing, lots of girls in the backseat, etc At this point I'm just going to leave the power to the pump disconnected, but I know I'm going to get an error message until I address it properly.

Ah ok. If you are keeping the rear air suspension then the easiest thing to do is purchase the adjustable rear links that connect the sensor to the lower swing arm. There's a few websites now selling them as you can adjust the link then to trick the sensor into thinking the X is sat to high and thus the system will reduce the air in the rear and therefore drop the rear. This will still allow the rear to be self levelling. You may need to disconnect the fronts using this method and place the leveller to the correct point as the rear to make it think it is sat level.

[KyleNatolix5]

Originally Posted by m5james

Mine only came w/ rear air suspension, so I've still got airbags in the rear. There are little arms that connect to the control arms to little sensors that read when the truck is too low. A member here was going to help me w/ custom made smaller arms and some Romanian software that would allow the car to sit nice and low on the coilovers, but then I'd still have use of the airbags for things like towing, lots of girls in the backseat, etc At this point I'm just going to leave the power to the pump disconnected, but I know I'm going to get an error message until I address it properly.

PLZ keep us updated with this. very interested in this. I ordered myself the bmw scanner 1.4.0 in hopes of just deleting the self level suspension all together.

[m5james]

The guy I mentioned earlier said he'd make me a set of these links from parts he got at his local Ace Hardware and then I need some software so everything would still work. Does that sound right? I'd think of the arms were adjustable enough that whatever software he's referring to wouldn't be needed.

[KyleNatolix5]

Originally Posted by RajB

Ah ok. If you are keeping the rear air suspension then the easiest thing to do is purchase the adjustable rear links that connect the sensor to the lower swing arm. There's a few websites now selling them as you can adjust the link then to trick the sensor into thinking the X is sat to high and thus the system will reduce the air in the rear and therefore drop the rear. This will still allow the rear to be self levelling. You may need to disconnect the fronts using this method and place the leveller to the correct point as the rear to make it think it is sat level.

would this trick work with the abs sensors? this would definitely be helpful any suggestions on where to get the adjustable rear links?

[KyleNatolix5]

Originally Posted by m5james

The guy I mentioned earlier said he'd make me a set of these and then I need some software so everything would still work. Does that sound right? I'd think of the arms were adjustable enough that whatever software he's referring to wouldn't be needed.

a set of adjustable control arms to correct camber or adjustable rear links for the sensors?? I don't think its going to need "new" software but maybe some coding to the current software. who knows though I'm learning every step go the way.

[KyleNatolix5]

Originally Posted by m5james

The guy I mentioned earlier said he'd make me a set of these links from parts he got ay his local Ace Hardware and then I need some software so everything would still work. Does that sound right? I'd think of the arms were adjustable enough that whatever software he's referring to wouldn't be needed.

This is a site from one of the members here! they have them!
Ill be ordering these soon

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[RajB]

Originally Posted by KyleNatolix5

This is a site from one of the members here! they have them!
Ill be ordering these soon

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Yup that's the sort of thing I was talking about for the rear. If you plan to just use lowering springs etc for the front then these are the way to sort the rears.

As for the scanner software. Yes it will be used to code out the check control BUT that gets overriden if for example the system thinks the rear is completely out if line with the fronts.

I've gone complete coilovers front/rear but when I loaded up the X with laminate flooring and the rear dropped significantly the message still can up on the dash as it thought the rear had completely been shot.

[RajB]

Originally Posted by KyleNatolix5

would this trick work with the abs sensors? this would definitely be helpful any suggestions on where to get the adjustable rear links?

Shouldn't need to worry about ABS sensors as they are seperate and not affected by this.