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Old 08-18-2007, 11:18 PM   #5
lincolnmaster80
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Re: Thinking Of Buying A 740iL ??? Help !

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Originally Posted by ibew595
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Do not buy any car with self leveling suspension as Lincolnmaster80 stated they shocks are expensive-----$600 or some ungodly amount. You can't get non BMW shocks to replace them with and cannot retrofit normal shocks into them.
Well, don't let that scare you. Before you run around in circles when these things kick the bucket, my car has rear LAD and 112,000+ kilometers on it...and no leaks. When these things go, I plan on replacing them with genuine LAD shocks...I mean, if they last another 100,000+ km's, then it's well worth the $1500 investment, especially if you only put about 15,000 km's on it a year. Just my opinion of course...

For the E32 LAD, they make an elimination kit that plugs the hydrolic regulator and replaces the LAD shocks with "normal" shocks.
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