laxes Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 FYI to you if you are thinking of buying a Lexus with Airsuspension.. my 2008 LS460L rear suspension thumps while driving down the road- almost constantly. Rear Shocks are leaking (Air suspension - not the Spring Coil option), I checked them visually-yes I can see the grease . the car does raise and lower by 3/4" when the HEIGHT HIGH button is activated which tells me the air bladders are fine; just the shocks are gone. anyone want to guess the price for the part alone on these Air Shocks ? how about a cool grand each side ! w/o sport pkg 4808050153 Right Rear 4809050153 Left Rear w/Sport pkg4808050164 Right Rear 4809050164 Left Rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990LS400 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 $1,000 per side is a good price since current retail per Sewell Lexus is around $1,550. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxes Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 ridiculously insanely priced for a part that is only a tad more luxurious than the coil option and has a failure rate as common as a dollar store item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainla Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've seen them on parts.com for about $800 and change; never tried to buy one though. I don't know if I would characterize it as 'failure rate as common as a dollar store item'; they seem to generally last about as long as conventional shocks. My mechanic told me my front ones were leaking and I figured I would wait for the air bladders to actually fail; I'm still waiting (it's been 2 years). The ride doesn't seem any worse. The Mercedes and Jaguar units are closer to $2k; and try googling the horrors with the W220 Air suspension (fried compressor, failed springs, trashed suspension etc). You could also try an air spring conversion kit; I didn't see one one Strutmasters but they run about $1500 for all 4 springs for the LS 430; if you call them maybe they can help. Or try this place; although I don't know about the remanufactured springs: http://www.suncoreindustries.com/Lexus-LS460-AWD-2009-2012-suspension.php ridiculously insanely priced for a part that is only a tad more luxurious than the coil option and has a failure rate as common as a dollar store item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxes Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yes I did look at converting it over to springs but wasn't comfortable with the idea; I like to keep it stock. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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