Help! After Lowering Links Install, Rear Shocks Dont Turn On! - Page 2

Jun 30, 2011 | 12:51 AM

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phatisfy

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Originally Posted by jadeethan

phatisfy,

I take you have ghostlinks on your s550 i white (assuming that is yours)?

How does the suspension ride? I have a wife and 2 small kids and I want to know if they will feel it...it's important that my car is not bouncy like any other dropped vehicle.

Thanks for the input.

Yes,that's my car you see in the sign,and yes I am using links. The car is not bouncy at all? Our car uses air structs.So it's not like normal cars with springs and shock absorbers.Those can get tricky if you lower your car really low. I lowered my car really low,and the ride quality is still as good.IMO.I doubt you will go as low as my car,so you should feel no different than oem. Because when I had my stock 19's on and lowered it about 2inches.The ride to me was way better than stock height.The car felt more stiff and it feel as the body roll was eliminated? All my cars are all lowered.And I think the S class have the best ride quality.

Jun 30, 2011 | 12:55 AM

#27

phatisfy

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Originally Posted by jadeethan

great..thanks.

and the job seems to be a DYI job..like someone who is pretty techy and hands on should be able to tackle it?

Thanks.

If you jack the car up and turn the wheel all the way to the L/R,you'll be able to just pop off the oem link and pop the new ones on. Takes about 20mins to do. It's a really easy job,so don't waste your money and pay anyone to do it for you. btw the links should come with detailed installation instructions.

Mar 20, 2012 | 10:18 PM

#28

V12toHybrid

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Kia Sedona

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Originally Posted by phatisfy

I just went over the install manual for the links. And it said (rear sensor) "make sure the sensor arm is pointing UP". You might want to double check that. I had mine pointing down,and my car was stuck like your's. Once you have it pointing up,you need to hit the button to reset the air struts.

i can't believe i did the same wrong install and the problem solved because of your thread. thousand thanks to you

Mar 20, 2012 | 11:06 PM

#29

phatisfy

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Originally Posted by V12toHybrid

i can't believe i did the same wrong install and the problem solved because of your thread. thousand thanks to you

Mar 21, 2012 | 05:23 AM

#30

lei996tt

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From: socal

S550

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Originally Posted by SteelCitySupra

Did your car respond instantly? I even tried to drive it a short distance to give it a chance to catch up and nothing. I figure maybe the rear sensor is malfunctioning but I also would assume that it would throw some sort of check engine light, if that was the case.

I have not tried installing the stock ones but i did adjust the the aftermarket ones to stock length and it didn't respond.

And thanks for the tip on the bending the tab. At this point I think its rubbing for other issues

What brand of wheels are those? Looks great...

Mar 21, 2012 | 04:11 PM

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Dr Feltersnatch

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amg cl/s

adv1's. and they are for sale.

Oct 5, 2012 | 12:31 PM

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jett3jett

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From: Florida

2021 G63, 2016 S550, 2019 RR 👻

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Originally Posted by Dr Feltersnatch

adv1's. and they are for sale.

how much???

Oct 6, 2012 | 06:28 PM

#33

slowfiero

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e500

Hey guy i have 2003 sl500 and I would love to drop it at least 3 or more inchs can I do this by buying lowering links and also will it ride not smooth any more?