Just bought this for my wife, 25k miles. LOVE the ride, love everything about the car. I'm very mechanically inclined and have installed several lift kits on IFS and straight axle vehicles so I am familiar with suspension components.
The only thing I did not like about this particular one is that it is equipped with air-ride (I like more simple things if possible, such as no sunroof vs. sunroof). I couldn't pass the deal up though: 20k miles, white, fully loaded, etc. etc. One owner off-lease vehicle, no warranty work ever completed, clean Carfax for $60k.
My only issue/worry with this vehicle purchase is that it sits on 100% air for suspension basically. I fully understand how it works as well as the benefits, again - love how it rides. However, I do not spend this much on a vehicle to only keep it for a few years....we plan on keeping it for a while. With this said, I have fully read researched about the air-ride. Seems like the main issues are in states where the temp gets down to 0 degrees and colder....we live in GA. However, if the air-ride started acting up and costing a lot of money down the road....I'd basically opt to delete it and replace with standard struts.
Obviously, the electronics would not jive or operate the height adjustments and ride modes. But would this be possible to simply replace the air-ride setup with standard suspension components if it came down to it?
The only thing I did not like about this particular one is that it is equipped with air-ride (I like more simple things if possible, such as no sunroof vs. sunroof). I couldn't pass the deal up though: 20k miles, white, fully loaded, etc. etc. One owner off-lease vehicle, no warranty work ever completed, clean Carfax for $60k.
My only issue/worry with this vehicle purchase is that it sits on 100% air for suspension basically. I fully understand how it works as well as the benefits, again - love how it rides. However, I do not spend this much on a vehicle to only keep it for a few years....we plan on keeping it for a while. With this said, I have fully read researched about the air-ride. Seems like the main issues are in states where the temp gets down to 0 degrees and colder....we live in GA. However, if the air-ride started acting up and costing a lot of money down the road....I'd basically opt to delete it and replace with standard struts.
Obviously, the electronics would not jive or operate the height adjustments and ride modes. But would this be possible to simply replace the air-ride setup with standard suspension components if it came down to it?
