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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: pauls on 04 January 2016, 11:42:46
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The back end of my car is sitting a bit high for my liking. I believe its due to the standard elite air shocks.
I have already changed the springs for police springs all round. If I change the shocks for b4's will this lower the car a little or is the height due to the police springs.
If I do take the air shocks off what else will I need to remove or unplug.
Also is the below the correct shocks for my 3.2
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311506178035?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Don't quote me for pounds and pence, but Plod springs do sit the car slightly higher especially with no weight in the back, more noticeable on Estates though normally.
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Might be possible to tweak the self leveling to allow the car to drop slightly :-\ can have a look whilst underneath it... pm incoming ;)
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If anything my 3.2 sits tooo low, when in Wales I had to go another route as I kept grinding on a particular speed bump :(
So can I have those SL shocks? :)
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If anything my 3.2 sits tooo low, when in Wales I had to go another route as I kept grinding on a particular speed bump :(
So can I have those SL shocks? :)
If I do take them out then yes you can :y
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If anything my 3.2 sits tooo low, when in Wales I had to go another route as I kept grinding on a particular speed bump :(
So can I have those SL shocks? :)
If I do take them out then yes you can :y
:y :y
Cheers :)
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When those springs were on my ex plod car I never noticed that the car sat high on its arse,and in fact I thought it looked right. I don't know wether that was because the car is an MV6, Good chance Al will know :y
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I have a couple of gash paving slabs that you could put in your boot if all else fails.....job sorted ;D
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I have a couple of gash paving slabs that you could put in your boot if all else fails.....job sorted ;D
Thanks mate, Iam using the wife at the moment.. Trouble is she is finding it dificult to get in and out of the boot. :y
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If you put the paving slabs on top of her,technically it should solve that problem ::)
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You can remove/delete the SL suspension from the Elite as Iv done it to mine..
I have Bilstein B4's with Apex springs front and rear...
All you need do is replace the SL shocks with 'normal' shocks and just unplug the pump that is located underneath/behind drivers side wing... dont just pull the fuse as that may also be protecting another circuit...
I normally re-instate the SL when I hook up the tintent for our jollies when the season re-starts again from March/Easter :)
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You can remove/delete the SL suspension from the Elite as Iv done it to mine..
I have Bilstein B4's with Apex springs front and rear...
All you need do is replace the SL shocks with 'normal' shocks and just unplug the pump that is located underneath/behind drivers side wing... dont just pull the fuse as that may also be protecting another circuit...
I normally re-instate the SL when I hook up the tintent for our jollies when the season re-starts again from March/Easter :)
You can also pull the relay which will kill the pump and nothing else :y It's one of the small black ones, if you pull the wrong one you lose main beam so easy enough to identify.
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You can remove/delete the SL suspension from the Elite as Iv done it to mine..
I have Bilstein B4's with Apex springs front and rear...
All you need do is replace the SL shocks with 'normal' shocks and just unplug the pump that is located underneath/behind drivers side wing... dont just pull the fuse as that may also be protecting another circuit...
I normally re-instate the SL when I hook up the tintent for our jollies when the season re-starts again from March/Easter :)
You can also pull the relay which will kill the pump and nothing else :y It's one of the small black ones, if you pull the wrong one you lose main beam so easy enough to identify.
This is preferred way :)
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Disabling the pump and leaving the shocks in place is a sure fire way of killing the shocks...
Ok, with plod springs it might be less noticeable and take longer, but really not recommended ;)
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I seem to have mislead you Al, what I suppose I should have said was to replace the SL shocks with Bilstein shocks... Oh wait - I did..... :y
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I seem to have mislead you Al, what I suppose I should have said was to replace the SL shocks with Bilstein shocks... Oh wait - I did..... :y
So you swap the shocks to self leveling when you need to tow :-\
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Yes, but ONLY when I have the heavy caravan on the back....
I know it seems a bit of a faff to arse around changing shocks eveytime we want to go away.... but now we have a lighter caravan being delivered next week so shouldn't need to change back to SL suspension... hopefully... If it proves I need to change to SL suspension to tow, it only takes around 1/2hr to reinstate it....