2007 x5 very harsh ride

[leafsrule531]

I have a 2007 e70 x5 3.0 with 3rd row seating. The car doesn’t have air suspension. I just recently did a whole suspension revamp in the hopes that my ride would get smoother / softer. This includes Sachs shocks and struts, new bump stops, strut mounts, control arms, end links for the front and I even got rid of the run flat tires and put regular Michelin tires.

Now I do admit that I live in NJ and a do lot of driving in NY and the roads are horrible. But I cannot come to terms with the fact that Bmw made this suv so harsh from the factory. The car does have 140k miles on it but I would’ve thought that after doing a suspension revamp the car would’ve been driving like new. It’s not even enjoyable to drive this car with passengers in the back. It’s to the point where some people in the back feel nauseous at how bumpy the ride is with almost no give up on the ride. I’ve driven Bmws all my life and also own an e46 m3, 330ci, e90 with sport suspension so I know that these cars are built to be sporty and a focus on handling. But the x5 just has a horrible ride - there is no smoothness in the car at all.

I wanted to get others opinions on this ? Does everyone’s x5 with no air suspension drive this harsh ? Have I missed anything that I should replace that would improve this ?

Should I just get rid of the car Ans get a Lexus ? I really don’t want to do this since I’ve spent so much money on maintenance already on this car.

Would love to get any advice or feed back!


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