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Old 09-02-2009, 11:30 AM
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What will this mod do to your alignment? camber and toe settings, tire wear etc.?
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What will this mod do to your alignment? camber and toe settings, tire wear etc.?
After installing new springs, you MUST get a four wheel alignment done. This adresses the camber and especially the toe settings. My service rep had to manually set these settings to the factory recommended settings, and although it is not physically possible to achieve those numbers with lower height, the numbers were very very close. In fact he printed off the settings after the alignment and the difference in numbers was negligible. You can not 'feel' any difference if the camber or toe is off; the only way to check is by looking at the numbers after an alignment. This gets a little more complicated if you have the active steering and dynamic handling pkg, and of course more expensive than a regular alignment.

If these settings are correct, you should get 'normal' tire wear. Unfortunalely tire wear gets worse as the tire size gets larger. So 21" will probably see more wear on the inside than a 20" would, especially since they can't be rotated! I just pulled off my 20's and replaced them with 21's but didn't see any wear on the tires at all. In fact they still look new afer driving for most of the summer...
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Contact Silver5 for the rear links. They are adjustable and you can shorten or lengthen them for the exact drop you want!

I also have a set of H&R springs (2" drop) for the front if anyone is interested...

those (2"drop) H&R Springs that you have will they fit on 01 X5 4.4I Sport???. My X5 is low for some reason but i think my guy that fixs my car he adju the rear suspension and i was think a 1.5" Drop but 2" drop maybe good too. what do you think?

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Old 09-08-2009, 08:56 PM
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Drop looks great! It'll go even lower once the springs settle. Love the aggressive stance.
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I am about to order the 2010 X5 35d, they changed the option on the sports package to where the adaptive drive is a seperate option, making it too expensive for me. My question is, will the H&R lowering kit work fine without the adaptive drive? I will have the self leveling suspension in the rear (because of 3rd row seat option).

Hopefully, the lowering kit will acieve a lower stance and improve handling without having to order the adaptive drive, what do you think?

Also, I know this has probably been asked, but I cannot seem to find the answer, if I use the lowering springs and links, will this have any negative effect on the rest of the suspension system? I am worried about hitting a pothole and messing stuff up. On my clk 500 I intalled shocks and struts to balance the lowering springs, is this not nessessary on the e70???
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looks great. Any change in ride quality? Probably makes ingress/egress easier.
I'd like to know the answers to those questions as well.
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Old 10-01-2009, 08:50 PM
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Yes getting in and out is a little easier, not a big difference as it's only an inch difference in height. I had a loaner 3 series for a couple days, and it was very difficult to get in and out, especially since I am 6' 3 and have back problems!

As far as the ride quality, the cornering, handling etc. has noticeably improved. I have the dynamic handling pkg. and active steering as well, so there is no body roll and it feels very responsive. The ride is firmer of course with the lower springs but not so bad that it bottoms out or anything! It will bottom out over bumps if you drop it 2.0". I have since installed 21" wheels which makes the ride even firmer yet, but again not anything too drastic. It's still comfortable.

If you live in a city where there are a lot of pot holes and the roads are very bad, then I would either drop the car OR install 21" wheels. If the roads are descent, then go with both.
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Wow, that makes want to do this to my car! It's suprising that such a small drop makes the stance that menacing.
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I'm about to order these springs, already ordered the links. I have an early (08 build) 09 4.8 sport with 214s but no third row seat.
Do I have self leveling suspension or not? After all the searching on this site I am still unclear!
Would the window sticker state if self leveling rear suspension is present?
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Old 12-21-2009, 07:10 PM
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I'm about to order these springs, already ordered the links. I have an early (08 build) 09 4.8 sport with 214s but no third row seat.
Do I have self leveling suspension or not? After all the searching on this site I am still unclear!
Would the window sticker state if self leveling rear suspension is present?
I have yet to see an X5 E70 WITHOUT self leveling! I'm pretty sure all the US models have it. So you only need the front two springs and rear links.
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