Lowering a DBX
Discussion
Wife’s DBX
Unbelievably I’ve been given leave to “mod” it!
Thinking it would look better about 20mm lower. Won’t ever go seriously off road so not an issue in that regard
Can obtain lowering links easily
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/405341165987?_skw=asto...
Has anyone had any experience doing this? Any major issues related to the air suspension? Does it need any ECU tuning?
I know it will need a revised wheel alignment/ geo set up
As always thanks in advance
Graze
Unbelievably I’ve been given leave to “mod” it!
Thinking it would look better about 20mm lower. Won’t ever go seriously off road so not an issue in that regard
Can obtain lowering links easily
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/405341165987?_skw=asto...
Has anyone had any experience doing this? Any major issues related to the air suspension? Does it need any ECU tuning?
I know it will need a revised wheel alignment/ geo set up
As always thanks in advance
Graze
Graze01 said:
Wife s DBX
Unbelievably I ve been given leave to mod it!
Thinking it would look better about 20mm lower. Won t ever go seriously off road so not an issue in that regard
Can obtain lowering links easily
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/405341165987?_skw=asto...
Has anyone had any experience doing this? Any major issues related to the air suspension? Does it need any ECU tuning?
I know it will need a revised wheel alignment/ geo set up
As always thanks in advance
Graze
I would assume the links work the same as on the BMW system and trick the car into thinking it is riding higher than it really is, so automatically lowering it to where it believes it should be.Unbelievably I ve been given leave to mod it!
Thinking it would look better about 20mm lower. Won t ever go seriously off road so not an issue in that regard
Can obtain lowering links easily
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/405341165987?_skw=asto...
Has anyone had any experience doing this? Any major issues related to the air suspension? Does it need any ECU tuning?
I know it will need a revised wheel alignment/ geo set up
As always thanks in advance
Graze
8Tech said:
I would assume the links work the same as on the BMW system and trick the car into thinking it is riding higher than it really is, so automatically lowering it to where it believes it should be.
I was wondering and guessed the same. I also wondered what would happen when the system decided it needed to be at its lowest, which I'd guess when it does the "kneeling" thing.LTP said:
I was wondering and guessed the same. I also wondered what would happen when the system decided it needed to be at its lowest, which I'd guess when it does the "kneeling" thing.
It would attempt to lower the car further by the same amount it usually would, but if that actually "bottomed-out" the suspension, you might get a suspension error message. There will be clearance everywhere to allow for a limp mode in the case of total air suspension failure, (unbelievably common, ask any Range Rover, Merc or BMW X5 owner), so it would not be undriveable, just a tad bumpy.8Tech said:
It would attempt to lower the car further by the same amount it usually would, but if that actually "bottomed-out" the suspension, you might get a suspension error message. There will be clearance everywhere to allow for a limp mode in the case of total air suspension failure, (unbelievably common, ask any Range Rover, Merc or BMW X5 owner), so it would not be undriveable, just a tad bumpy.
Ah, I never thought about it sitting on the bump stops. As I assume the adjustable links are altering the height sensors so, as you said, the car actually positions itself lower than where it thinks it is, I didn’t know if there are other sensors to feed back actual height achieved to the controller as a system check. There may or may not be, I am unfamiliar with the DBX, but if the sensors sense it has not lowered to where it wants to go, it may assume a fault and throw up a fault code.
Hopefully, the sellers of the links have developed their parts to allow this to function without throwing a code.
Hopefully, the sellers of the links have developed their parts to allow this to function without throwing a code.
LTP said:
8Tech said:
It would attempt to lower the car further by the same amount it usually would, but if that actually "bottomed-out" the suspension, you might get a suspension error message. There will be clearance everywhere to allow for a limp mode in the case of total air suspension failure, (unbelievably common, ask any Range Rover, Merc or BMW X5 owner), so it would not be undriveable, just a tad bumpy.
Ah, I never thought about it sitting on the bump stops. As I assume the adjustable links are altering the height sensors so, as you said, the car actually positions itself lower than where it thinks it is, I didn t know if there are other sensors to feed back actual height achieved to the controller as a system check. Graze
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