Air strut replacement checklist ( chime in all who know )

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So as most of you may know or maybe you dont. I am living in San Antonio now for a few weeks and in my other post the right bag blew.

Since i dont have the comfort of back home and a garage at my parents place i just want to know exactly what i need as now its even a hassle to jack the car up and take the wheel off to check lol..


Basically from what i remember when doing brakes the e53 had a simple strut design..

3 bolts at the top, 2 big ones for the knuckle at the bottom, stabilizer bar and then the air line. Let me know if im missing anything from the image in my head.

I have the cars scissor jack and 2 toolboxes with me one of which is ratchet/socket set etc. Im not new to work on cars as back home i did work every weekend on audi/bmw/ etc.

So since i also dont have another vehicle in case i also want to see if anyone knows the specific nut/bolt sizes as well.

And no access to my impact gun i had which takes me back to the old days of manual wrenching lol.


The air hose will come off with a normal open ended wrench?

Other then that i think it will be straight forward i just need to know specifics as i dont have the comfort of everything at home but will still mostly DIY my ride.