BMW E70 X5 Rear Air Spring Replacement DIY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I show you how to replace your rear air spring on an air ride equipped E70 BMW X5. Rear air springs came standard on 7 passenger vehicles and was optional on all models.
I also show you my tow setup and talk about how the car performs when equipped with an aftermarket receiver.
I tow a 6 x 12 foot enclosed Uhaul trailer. The total weight of the trailer is around 4000 lbs loaded. The E70 X5 is rated at 6000 lbs of towing capacity. My vehicle is equipped with an N62 4.8L V8 making 350 HP and 350 TQ. When you see the word "affiliate" listed beside any link in my description please know that this is a custom link and I will earn a small commission if you opt to purchase using said link. This is at no extra cost to you so it's a win all around :) Thank you!
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Just my opinion, when you finish install new airspring. You shouldn't let the car down on un-inflate airspring. You should remain in wheel touch the ground only position. Then start your car & let compressor inflate to new air spring until it done. Then completely lower the car.
This method will protect new air spring from damage.
Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to share. I've just replaced my air bags myself by following your instructions. It has worked a treat! Bought the items (one pair) on ebay for $100 USD including shipping. Changing them was relatively straight forward. And I've saved thousands of $$$$$ compared to having the job done by BMW dealership or specialist.
Steve Blackburn Awesome, glad it helped!
It was help ful video. Most difficult part was blindly securing the top part. With rubber cuff arnot air suspension won’t go in. Spend 1 hour won’t go in. Than just threw away rubber cuff and worked fine. Another part that was difficult was that when you put on deflated one, hard to pull pack down. One side ended up securing the lower end of airbag by inflating for few seconds and than manually pushing the clips in place
Vehicular DIY your video was extremely helpful for me. I have replaced 2 air bags on the rear driver side and 1 on the rear passenger side. Now I can change these puppies in 15min. I almost converted to springs but since I had purchased 2 spares on Amazon by Suncor ~80.00 for a pair. Thanks again for making this video...
Time to to order the rear air spring. A little nervous but we will see how it goes.
Excellent video. Thanks
for taking the time to share. I will be replacing my air bag myself.
When put it together, you can put the top bag cover first ,and then put the hose ,it easy more
A tip for put the cover back that cover under the air pump,seem twice time when people put that cover back ,accident push the air pump wiring cross the jack point,next time people jack up may damage the wiring!
Thanks for sharing. It was a lot less work than I had expected.
Yeah it's super easy really all things considered.
Awesome ill do mine next week. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video
Thanks
On the newer F15 X5, BMW advises against dropping the car down on uninflated air springs.
I agree
Amazing video! I might be doing mine soon... Is it a must to disconnect the battery or can I just make sure that I don't touch the key or open the doors to avoid activating the vehicle's compressor? Thanks for your time.
Great video brother 👍🏽
Hope all is ok. Looking forward to your next video mate :)
Is it normally sag when you park overnight after you replace it or it will stay to the normal height all the time?
Am curious. What year was your e70? Is it pre LCI? I forget if you say in the video. The reason I ask, it appeared to be super easy to get your airbags out. Like two twists and a couple pulls and they were out. I bought a 2013 e70 x5 with 3rrd row and the n55 engine. My airbags completely failed on Christmas Day when I was about to do a 240 mile drive back home from my brothers. Let me say it was an extremely bouncy ride home. LoL. Well today I just went to do my airbag change (the parts came in just last night) omg the space between the suspension arm and the body was minuscule. It took me a good three hours to change both airbags in the back. Could there be a difference there? It looks like it could have been easier if I took off the strut so that the wishbone could drop lower. I did finally get it done and it’s a complete success thanks to your video. I love your content and always hope to see what new stuff I can learn.
Thanks! It was a 2007 with no third row. Perhaps there were some updates on the later cars leaving less room. I now have a F15 X5 and it's on standard springs, I much prefer the ride on the F15, way less bouncy.
Vehicular DIY you aren’t kidding on how bouncy the airbag suspension is. But I am loving this car. I wanted to do the MHD tune on the n55 but apparently the DME is locked. It needs to be removed and something done to unlock it so that you can flash tunes on it. Maybe your F15 is the same way since it is also the N55. I remember you saying in a vid you were considering tuning it. I am wondering if your DME is locked too and if you know of a workaround for it.
thanks for the tips on towing. Did you do the wiring as well? what did you use for a brake controller?
Sehr gut angewiesen 👍👍👍
Great video!
great video! keep it up.
Did you have to get your battery reset
Hey requesting some ncis programming basics (video) where to download the program and correct teaching is hard to find. Been wanting to program my back up camera to come on when I put it in reverse for a while now :/
Yeah I've had that request from a few different viewers. I'll see what I can do.
What year is your car?And is this the same set up as a 2014 x6 M?
Do you know if this will be the same procedure on the 2014 bmw x5 f15?
The procedure should be nearly identical.
Does this same work with F15 model? Any differences? thx!
It's very similar.
About to do this. How are these holding up? Have you had to replace them again or still working fine?
I've had them in for a while, no issues at all.
Thank you. I ordered a set this morning and will be installing them Saturday. Appreciate sharing the process.
Do you need to remove any fuse or battery terminal?
Not required.
please share the link- Where did you buy it from?
I bought it on eBay a while ago but look up Suncor on eBay.
how much you buy that . and prand, website,and price pls
I bought it on Ebay. You can find them in the $60 range.
Vehicular DIY thanks, what about quality .
Did you just replace one? I would rather replace one but wasn't sure if I could do that
Yes you can get away with just one, I did.
That not the way to put the air hose! You should use a razer blade cut the hose off,it's a mark on the hose already shouldn't use again, and push the hose back to the new bag,it's a one way lock.
Don't use cutter need good cut!
Follow the manual please.
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