Self Leveling Suspension (archive)

My M5 is a '91 with 117K miles - new to me and I love it, but it seems to have an abnormally bouncy ride, even for a performance car. My tech says the accumulators are probably the culprit.

He is suggesting that I put 535i Shock assemblies with Bilstein cartridges in place of my self-leveling suspension. He says he can disconnect the relay and plug lines so everything is still there if I ever want it back to original, everything else is now. Supposedly I get a better ride and handling. Cost estimated at $500-$700 depending on how much we pay for parts.

Anybody done this? Thoughts?

Follow Ups:

Re: Hope this may help, some info for you........ john@bekkers 09:16 7/27/2001 (2)
- Re: Hope this may help, some info for you........ Steve 09:42 7/27/2001 (1)
  - Re: Usually the M is Bilstien. made for BMW john@bekkers 15:45 7/27/2001 (0)
just had mine done Stan ///M5 12:18 7/26/2001 (1)
- Re: just had mine done Steve 07:49 7/27/2001 (0)
Re: Self Leveling Suspension SSW 12:01 7/26/2001 (0)

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