I've had my 4.8is about 15 months now and forum freaks me out about things that can go wrong with them. I fitted budget tyres on 20inch rims and after 12 months I had a whine from the transmission that sounded like front wheel bearings I changed them both and the transmission whine was still there ...

My 54 plate x5 wouldn't pair to my iPhone until I used inpa software on my laptop and I went into the communication part of the software and connected my phone that way.
I purchased the software and cable from bcable.com

Well Henrym3 because you didn't ask on my original post I've only just picked up on this. I replaced both front struts with secondhand front struts from a 4.4 x5 of ebay cost £70 took about 3 hours quite easy and the rear air springs I replaced with the coil spring kit of ebay for £200 took me about ...

I've ordered 2 x front spring struts of a 4.4 and a coil spring replacement kit £270 i'll fit them Fri-Sat and we'll see how we go.

I forgot to mention if I fit coilovers and the rear spring is fitted over the shock would there be a big hole in the body and in the lower suspension arm where the air spring was.

Before the bag burst the front suspension was up too high even after replacing both front sensors, its just become a pita, I could fit two new air bags on the front for about £400 and it might not work where as if I fit coils it should work and I can drive the car.

But the wouldn't the system be trying to put air in the front all the time because it detects no air pressure or as long as it was level it wouldn't try. 
If it did work that would be a nice cheap fix.

This is my first post and I've been reading 100's of posts about the dreaded air suspension. I have a x5 4.8is 54 plate with a burst osf air spring, so as to avoid future air suspension issues I've got 2 options. 1. Replace all 4 corners with adjustable coil overs from Stanced uk £750 which means I ...