I was a fan of Airmatic, not so much anymore
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I was a fan of Airmatic, not so much anymore
So today's my birthday and my lady treated me to some cageside seats for the UFC fight tonight in Atlantic City. We both love road trips so planned to cruise the E55 up the coast in one shot, then take some time making the way home throughout the rest of the week and the weekend.
My E I've had for going on three years and it's been super reliable and is such a nice car to drive I didn't hesitate for a second to plan a trip around it. I tossed a spare crank sensor in the glove box and we hit the road last night.
After making the way through the back roads of central Florida and getting on I95, the rest of the trip is almost doable on auto-pilot; nearly a thousand miles of all the same highway. Autopilot that is, until thirty minutes after getting situated and all the right tunes lines up does my front right air strut blow and the red "car too low" death message pop up on the DIC. So after a lopsided trip back home and a nights rest, this is what I've got:
My E I've had for going on three years and it's been super reliable and is such a nice car to drive I didn't hesitate for a second to plan a trip around it. I tossed a spare crank sensor in the glove box and we hit the road last night.
After making the way through the back roads of central Florida and getting on I95, the rest of the trip is almost doable on auto-pilot; nearly a thousand miles of all the same highway. Autopilot that is, until thirty minutes after getting situated and all the right tunes lines up does my front right air strut blow and the red "car too low" death message pop up on the DIC. So after a lopsided trip back home and a nights rest, this is what I've got:
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Coilovers time. Everytime I go on a trip, the airmatic had always in the back of my mind. Well actually cps, spare tires, and airmatic.
I finally placed order for my coilovers. Should be here in 2-3 weeks.
I finally placed order for my coilovers. Should be here in 2-3 weeks.
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Man that just sucks -
I did a three hour road trip a couple of weeks ago (b-day also) and the E had no problems.
It seems more and more people are going to the coilovers.
I did a three hour road trip a couple of weeks ago (b-day also) and the E had no problems.
It seems more and more people are going to the coilovers.
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That is too bad, but you can get a replacement basically overnight.
Happy birthday anyway.
Holy crap, if you just got on 95 from Orlando, Arrnott is only a few miles away, that would be closest AirMatic failure to Arrnott ever
Happy birthday anyway.
Holy crap, if you just got on 95 from Orlando, Arrnott is only a few miles away, that would be closest AirMatic failure to Arrnott ever
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You go with Arnott coils brotha?
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=Forrest Gump 9;6104439]Coilovers time. Everytime I go on a trip, the airmatic had always in the back of my mind. Well actually cps, spare tires, and airmatic.
I finally placed order for my coilovers. Should be here in 2-3 weeks.[/QUOTE]
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=Forrest Gump 9;6104439]Coilovers time. Everytime I go on a trip, the airmatic had always in the back of my mind. Well actually cps, spare tires, and airmatic.
I finally placed order for my coilovers. Should be here in 2-3 weeks.[/QUOTE]
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That's the thing I hate about these cars... there's no type of warning indication for a catastrophic failure that can leave you stranded. Similar thing happened to me, but not on a long road trip like that. It just sucks when you need to get from point A to point B sometimes and your car just randomly gives out on you.
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Man that sucks.
Side note..I will have a brand new set of KW coilovers for sale minus the rear spring perchs and adjusters. Helluva deal. Any interest shoot me a pm.
Side note..I will have a brand new set of KW coilovers for sale minus the rear spring perchs and adjusters. Helluva deal. Any interest shoot me a pm.
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Thanks fellas, as much as i love it I was gonna sell this E pretty soon anyways but I'm gonna coil over the CLS now 100%.
On a side note, we were able to get some last minute flight tix to Atlantic City (albeit $500 each dammit) so the party rolls on! Sitting here waiting to take off right now!
On a side note, we were able to get some last minute flight tix to Atlantic City (albeit $500 each dammit) so the party rolls on! Sitting here waiting to take off right now!
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This place is a joke.
My RF strut blew out in my garage last month, scared the crap out of me.I sent it to S. FL to have it reman'd. Sorry for the trouble.Try to find a local dealer they can put an arnott in there for about $1k unless you want to do it in the hotel parking lot...uggh
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Arnott is in southwest florida and they are a fairly new sponsor here
Chris send me a pm with your new number
I have a package to mail to you left over from the door you gave me.
I want to make sure your address is the same.
Chris send me a pm with your new number
I have a package to mail to you left over from the door you gave me.
I want to make sure your address is the same.
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Yup , mercedes master tech are here in south Florida, and patrick and his father own and run the business, it's a Mercedes repair shop and have expanded to making struts for Mercedes, Bentley etc, good guys
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Ijust answered my own question and they have a limited lifetime warranty on parts just like Arnott. Finally someone in our neck of the woods that does this and we dont have to wait forever because we are located in the armpit of america.
http://www.rebuildmastertech.com/
http://www.rebuildmastertech.com/
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Yeah it drove surprisingly straight as well, considering the gangsta lean that was going on. The tire didn't rub at all, though there was as expected very limited turning radius.
Andrew, my # is the same, I just have a new phone that didn't get synched with the old contacts.
Thank you Brad
Andrew, my # is the same, I just have a new phone that didn't get synched with the old contacts.
Thank you Brad