Lowering an L322

Just wondered if there is any mechanical/physical reasons why you couldnt lower an L322? I know most on here disagree with it, and everyones entitled to an opinion but i was wondering if theres any stress put on any part of the vehicle by lowering it?

Also, the 2 options i've seen are having it reprogrammed, or the lowering links kit, what option looks best, or is least likely to give me problems?

every car I've ever worked with that's been lowered has suffered problems yes, the trouble is the manufacturers design everything to work how they designed it, so when you alter one part, it upsets the rest... Can you not lock the air suspension in motorway setting or something? That way its still using the manufacturers setup but is lower?

asking for trouble.

crazyjase said:

every car I've ever worked with that's been lowered has suffered problems yes, the trouble is the manufacturers design everything to work how they designed it, so when you alter one part, it upsets the rest... Can you not lock the air suspension in motorway setting or something? That way its still using the manufacturers setup but is lower?

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Cheers crazy

What sort of problems did you encounter? One option is lowering the standard height 'set-point' so that once its 30mm or 40mm lower, the 3 ride height options are still able to be used

Any thoughts on the other option, the lowering links kit? Trying to work out how it actually works

goonarmy said:

asking for trouble.

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What sort of trouble? Just wondering

Heres a link to the kit guys, anyone know where the links go and if its as easy and trouble free as they say?

range rover l322 air suspension lowering links module on eBay (end time 31-Aug-10 12:43:08 BST)

It would seem that all they do is alter the position of the hight sensor. A more elegant way would be to do it through the ecu and just change the values.

looks terrible from those pics on the ebay site

Drive a Rangie on our roads lowered like that and your going to break something for sure.

rewmer said:

It would seem that all they do is alter the position of the hight sensor. A more elegant way would be to do it through the ecu and just change the values.

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Cheers Rewmer, and cheers for not gunning me down for asking too

So if i self fit those kits, I'd be physically moving the sensors? Not too keen on that, the other option you mentioned is doing it through the ECU changing the values, can i ask why this is more elegant as you put it?
I know of someone who can do it through the ecu (I'm assuming)

Do you know if theres any added stress on items such as the airbags/valves etc if the ecu was adjusted to lower it? Would sitting lower compress the bags more or have more air to accomodate (not entirely sure how it works/where the air goes).

Thanks for your input by the way

glenbat said:

Cheers Rewmer, and cheers for not gunning me down for asking too

So if i self fit those kits, I'd be physically moving the sensors? Not too keen on that, the other option you mentioned is doing it through the ECU changing the values, can i ask why this is more elegant as you put it?
I know of someone who can do it through the ecu (I'm assuming)

Do you know if theres any added stress on items such as the airbags/valves etc if the ecu was adjusted to lower it? Would sitting lower compress the bags more or have more air to accomodate (not entirely sure how it works/where the air goes).

Thanks for your input by the way

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The lower it sits the less the air pressure in the bags. So the less the resistance to bumps. Big wheels, low profile tyres, low air pressure. If you hit a pot hole your teeth will rattle.

If it's too high, why don't you just buy a 106 and be done with it?

It just seems such an utterly stupid concept. Almost as daft as buying a Rangie and not off roading it. I mean what's the point?

Just my opinion

kooky_guy said:

If it's too high, why don't you just buy a 106 and be done with it?

It just seems such an utterly stupid concept. Almost as daft as buying a Rangie and not off roading it. I mean what's the point?

Just my opinion

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Well you can lower it. 22" wheels low profile tyres. Add blue leds underneath and to wiper arms, fit tinted windows, a straight through stainless exhaust with big tail pipes. A K&N filter kit and show it off at McDonalds on Saturday nights. Or even do what a car like that is best for. Sell drugs from it.:behindsofa:

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I'm not going anywhere near that link...its def got arse-gravy in it, def.

storm99 said:

I'm not going anywhere near that link...its def got arse-gravy in it, def.

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Take a look it's worth it not a gay to be seen. But the motors are out of this world. The owners cannot be serious.

Have you not seen the large about of post on this site people asking for help with air suspension problems and help with many of the other problems that these cars have. Why would you want to go and mess with the cars factory design and cause more problems on a car that is already well known for having tons of problems and faults. Trust me you don't need to go creating and looking for problems, you will have loads of problems soon enough lol

Just trade it in for an X5 and be done with it.

I am not too up on the L322s but I am sure that they run the same if not similar system. The hight of each corner of the vehicle is read by a variable potentiometer that is fixed to the chassis and driven by an arm linked to the axle via a rod. The information is passed to the EAS ecu which compares the figures it recieves and compares them to the set values it has for each selected mode- access, motorway, normal, extended. These set values are are programmed at the factory. However they can be changed if you have the right equipment ( Faultmate,Testbook etc) for the purpose of "trimming" the ride hight to allow for slight variations in linkages and readings from the sensors. Therfore if you change the values of the normal ride hight settings it will ride at a higher or lower level than designed. The approved method of setting the hight is by LR spacers that give a known hight and then writing the values given by the sensors to the ECU.

If you drop it a little I can see no ill affects, it would just be the same as running in motorway mode all the time, If you go to low though you will run into issues with drivelines being out of their comfort zone which will lead to problems.

barryboys is a good website but i cant get on there cos they dont take hotmail addresses