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Originally Posted by simoncpw (Post 661582)

I have the H&R kit (springs for front and links for rear air) on my 4.6iS with sports suspension. I find very little to no difference in ride comfort; less rolls when cornering (but I also put on spacers at the same time)... and it makes the car look stunning.

Two possible (unconfirmed) problems that might be related to this mod:
1) one side of the rear air suspension leaked, had both side replaced and so far so good (the old ones looked pretty worn out)
2) the inner side of the rear tires worn out way faster than normal. No sure if it's the alignment / balancing problem, although I did have them done after lowering.

how much did it cost you to have the air suspension replaced?

If you dont want to spend big bucks on coilover go with this.....

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-new-mods.html
:Got day off last week and did some more mods.
Front fender flares and new lower springs.
The lower springs is S2 made by B&G
With 1.4 drop around.
Got the springs from this seller
eBay Store ? CARTREATS: Search results for.

Before:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...b480108a_b.jpg

After:

front:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/...1c18ed5e_b.jpg

Rear:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/...7af38c84_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/...51746fb1_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/...157a5d07_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/...dffc68c3_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by serbiasrt8 (Post 662721)

how much did it cost you to have the air suspension replaced?

No, the air suspension was not "replaced". It's just the "links" that was replaced with the shorter ones which were part of the H&R lowering kit.

The links look like these, except that the H&R ones are not adjustable.

Thanks guys. mrbmwx5, it seems like you didn't need anything special to set the camber back to spec afterwards. That is good news.

Did you do the spring change yourself or have a shop do it?

I do all the mods and maintenance myself.
After i lower the car i have my guy at the dealer do the re- alignment for me.

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Originally Posted by mrbmwx5 (Post 662887)

I do all the mods and maintenance myself.
After i lower the car i have my guy at the dealer do the re- alignment for me.

Tell the truth Tom....you sub contract me to do all of your mods!!! :rofl::D:rofl:

RR:D:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by richirich (Post 662888)

Tell the truth Tom....you sub contract me to do all of your mods!!! :rofl::D:rofl:

RR:D:thumbup:

Man ... I can turn your x5 into this...:D bond replica :rofl:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/...c02e017536.jpg

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Originally Posted by mrbmwx5 (Post 662887)

I do all the mods and maintenance myself.

thanks. I try to do as much as I can myself, but have never dealt with suspension parts before. I am thinking of paying a shop to do this for me. (If I didn't have a 3 year old daughter that wants to spend every second of our time together, and didn't have a wife that hates it when I spend time in the garage, I would have more than likely taken care of this mod on my own as well. :D)

Let me tell you some thing.... For this mod you will be looking to spend about $700 for parts and labor.

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Originally Posted by inky (Post 661631)

I have Intrax springs on mine. There are other choices out there besides the typical 2. Intrax lowers it a full 1 1/2 inch(lower than the others) and gives a ride that isn't any more rough than the factory sport suspension imo(subjective). My installer used some different camber bolts he had laying around to get the right camber. The rear(air springs) I made some links to drop it about 2 inches so my camber is way off. My insides wore out in 8 months and have now been flipped on the rim. Once I wear them out again I'm getting new rear tires and installing the KMAC rear camber kit. Since you probably won't be that low in the back you should be able to keep it in spec. So far I love the look and ride although given the money I would have opted for the coilovers in a heartbeat!

INKY hi, the camber bolts, on my x5 i cannot get the rear camber to 0 degrees, it is currently at -01.77 degrees, I WANT 0 or near 0 camner to minimize tire wear, will the camber bolts solve not being this?