When it comes down to converting the mark 8's to spring ride which of the spring sellers do you think give the correct ride height and comfortable ride and driving pleasure, Arnott or Strutmasters? This will be a 4 wheel conversion. Money is no concern for this job as both are roughly the same prices.
Customer reviews, Arnott or Strutmasters
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Mike Pizzuto
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I replaced both of my back air struts with arnott ones, they feel like they are high quality went in quite easily after figuring out how to do it , also put in arnott shock absorbers in the back, ride hight is good and it's a good comfortable ride more stiff than soft.
I would keep it air, I have seen many here who have converted and unhappy and converted back to air.
Thanks , I am supposing if I replace the 2 front air struts with arnot and rears with new shocks and a new compressor along with all new air lines the chances of failure will be small for the first 2-5 years. What do you see that can break after replacing what I just describes if anything else?
Thanks please read mikes post and my new question. If I rebuild the entire air system what else could break if anything else?
Jim Knight
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From what I got from real MK VIII Pros, any aftermarket front air bag still retains the original inner shock, all that is replaced is the bag. So, the bag will be new, but the inner shock could still be 20 years old with more than 100k miles on it.
Jim Knight
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I have also been advised to keep the air suspension, for ride, and for retaining the value of my MK.
I would think if you rebuild entire system you would have far more than 5 years of reliability. I would think at least 10 years easy.
My M8 is a 98 with all original equipment and same with my 91. I sensor lowered my 91 in 93 without a single issue. Yes the systems are a bit different with the M7 having the air bags and shocks separate, but still very similar systems.
With you asking is there anything else = There is the computer that controls the system, being 17+ years old it is possible that could fail, but I haven't ever heard of this happening. Maybe others can speak to their experiences.
When I was looking for my M8, I found a couple that were in great condition but converted to springs. That is the reason why I didn't purchase them.
whtwhale
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If you need to rely on it as your daily I would go with the strutmaster springs in a heartbeat. I did and the ride is nice and its great piece of mind. Later down the road when I turn this into a project car I would like to go with a full aftermarket air setup.
Mike Pizzuto
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There's always a chance of things breaking but replacing the whole air ride set up would make those chances very small
Jim Knight
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Check the options offered by Bill at supercoupeperformance.com. he offers coil over shock conversions that are adjustable, and he claims they can be set to whatever type of ride you want.
Thanks, I am leaning more to Arnott too. Do you know if they get EIBACH springs made for them?
So not having a air ride made the difference.