Fahrwerk: Anyone used or heard of Luftfederung shocks

[andrewgrhogg]

My car has EDC only and no leveling. Maybe this was an option in the US only.

Thanks for the links - very helpful. I did search but didn't find those - sometimes searching in english doesn't pull he right threads.

I will email the german company that someone mentioned (texerv) and see if they can refresh the shocks and for how much - and will of course report back.

And more - i messages Peter (heatingpad) about his Chinese dampers hat he has had for 3 years and he reported back that they are working very well still after about 12000km.

[gasi]

Zitat von andrewgrhogg

My car has EDC only and no leveling. Maybe this was an option in the US only.

Well, if you know for sure it is OK.
However all I know is that leveling was an option for all models except for the long versions and for the 750's. These got it as standard equipment.
Leveling has no controls for the driver and it only affects the rear axle whereas the rear shocks have hoses conncted to them.

[Arvak]

Hi Andrew,

I had some shocks overhauled from Texerv.
Worked just fine.

If there is a language barrier or other problems to connect, just let me know. I am happy to assist.

Regards from Northern Germany
Boje

[andrewgrhogg]

I did reach out to Tim at Texerv - his written english is very good! Probably better than most Americans....tho that bar is not very high. Unfortunately all he works on is SLS shocks these days. So still stuck with options of Poland, and buy Chinese knock-offs. What to do?

And to just close the loop on the rear shocks - i took pics of the shock label and they are Sachs, part # 331700105197, which comes back as EDC only. RealOEM has the part number as 33521091573, but they appear to be the same shock.

Front left is Sachs 141500115440, whole Realoem shows 31311091557. But again appear to be the same shock.

[Arvak]

I have no personal experience with them - but heard positive results coming from the E31 community.

 https://brt-automotive.de/fahrwerksrevisionen/

Maybe worth a try?

[andrewgrhogg]

Thanks - i have emailed them (brt automotive) with all the info about my car and current shocks to see if they are able to refurbish, and if so for what cost. Once i get an answer i will update for future interested people.

[Bruno0711]

Zitat von andrewgrhogg

Thanks - i have emailed them (brt automotive) with all the info about my car and current shocks to see if they are able to refurbish, and if so for what cost. Once i get an answer i will update for future interested people.

Updates would be nice. Sooner or later it will become relevant for everyone with EDC I guess..

[gasi]

Zitat von andrewgrhogg

Poland or Chinese knock-offs. What to do?

I clearly recommend to refurbish yours in Poland. So did I yeas ago with the Nagengast company. To me it would be too risky to go the chinese way.

[CM Heimann]

As far as I know all 750s come with self leveling (Niveauregulierung) it would be quite a surprise if they would have specked "down" the US version. Normally it is specked up over there. Except for E60 M5 six speed manual, wich actually makes a lot of sense to me. @ Andrew, if you run into communication trouble feel free to contact me.