Sjohnny

Does lowering your car cause the air struts to wear faster or damage them in any way?

I used the adjustableairride lowering links.

The Godfather

While there is no definite proof, the fact the struts function at a compressed/lowered state than intended by design would lead one to believe that it reduces their life span.

On my E55 I had a strut go out while I had it on links. No clue if it was time to go or not, but it happened.

Best thing to do? Get a warranty and not worry, or keep it stock.

SFBIGBODY415

Yes it does riding lower to the bumps and bad roads puts more wear on the suspension. But well worth the look. Also depends how low you are trying to go

Sjohnny

Would it cause excessive wear? Like, for example, if the struts were made to last 100k miles, would the lowered suspension last only 10k miles?

Here is an image of how low I went:

phatisfy

My car is lower than your car now.And everything is still good.

SFBIGBODY415

That's low but you should be good for years. They normally last a long time 100k or more miles. But you never know anything can happen sometimes peoples airmatic goes out with low miles and not even lowered. If it goes out most likely its not because it was lowered

jadeethan

I think it also depends on where you live. If you live in NYC where the road are really bumpy such as in Manhattan or in the FDR / Cross bronx express, you can probably attribute those bad roads to additional wear on your airmatics.


But if you live in a suburbs where roads are maintained well, you can slam your car and proabbly get away with it...

THat's my two cents...