Lowering a DBX
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Graze01

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1,131 posts

110 months

Tuesday 7th October
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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

Jon39

14,044 posts

161 months

Tuesday 7th October
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Graze01 said:
Wife's DBX

Unbelievably I've been given leave to mod it!

Graze

What a wonderful opportunity.

How about an Aston Martin Works, Le Mans rear wing?
That would make your car look special.

alscar

7,103 posts

231 months

Tuesday 7th October
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I like your choice of “unbelievably “ smile
Our favourite SUV thus far was our Cayenne GTS V8 from 2009 with air suspension that lowered itself ( or manually able ) above a certain speed.
Does the DBX not do that ?

Import

280 posts

48 months

Tuesday 7th October
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Alscar..one of mine too..2010 gts..should have kept it..lol

alscar

7,103 posts

231 months

Tuesday 7th October
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Indeed Import.
Sold ours in 2019 after constant issues with the PDSS and other continuous mostly erroneous warning lights which never seemed to be dealt with.
Still favourite shape Cayenne ( ours was the launch special red ) and a fabulous beast.
Only ( part ) photo I could find.




Import

280 posts

48 months

Tuesday 7th October
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I see ya…new beastie is spectacular..wow..

8Tech

2,156 posts

216 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.

LTP

2,668 posts

130 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.

Graze01

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1,131 posts

110 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.
Thanks Gerry!, hope u r doing well

Graze

8Tech

2,156 posts

216 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.

LTP

2,668 posts

130 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.

8Tech

2,156 posts

216 months

Wednesday 8th October
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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.

Davil

539 posts

44 months

Thursday 9th October
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Just get some hydraulics on it Graze and program the horn to play the low rider theme. Done. smile

Graze01

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1,131 posts

110 months

Thursday 9th October
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Davil said:
Just get some hydraulics on it Graze and program the horn to play the low rider theme. Done. smile
Thanks David, not sure that’s what Moni is after, but very helpful!

Graze

Graze01

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1,131 posts

110 months

Thursday 9th October
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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.
I will try it and report back, given the links are adjustable I think it’s worth a try

Graze