diplomacyk

Hey guyz yesterday i replaced all tires with 4 brand new ones as i would be travelling by road to another neighbouring country which will be atleast 3000-4000 miles so while getting them replaced i took pictures with my cell fone (sorry abt the quality) but i noticed the suspension had some kind of oil on it ...I really dont know what it is as i have marked them in the pic too ...i never use the height control its always kept on normal and i never keep it on high

2005 lexus ls430 ultra luxury package ...could anyone tell me what this is ?? is this something major or is it normal ?

my car has done 66,000 miles..please help answering me

GLIDESUL

I have almost twice the miles you have on your car and i dont see any oil on my air shocks like that. I dont know you maybe wanna get that checked out. Did you notice a difference in ride on your road trip.

DDLexus

one of my air shocks also looked like this. the next stage will be the degradation of the ride (feeling like old worn shocks), then you'll start to hear creaks in the suspension. I'm at this point now and need to replace... probably with coilovers. The replacement air strut costs as much as a total parts to convert to coilovers.

diplomacyk

Damn i guess i would just sell it offf and buy a ML/CL

airtime

That's what I'm thinking. With several member having issues, there must be enough used parts to put a full system back together

For those who's air was swapped out, what did you do with it? Got to be a market for it.

joeydingo

I've got three working air shocks with only 35k miles on them (all but passenger front) as well as 4 working sensors from 04 UL. Would part with them pretty cheaply; as replaced all when had a problem with one sensor and needed to replace one shock that was leaking oil.

StlLexusTe

The gas is leaking from the strut. Time for new struts soon.... start saving now. Expensive!

dan812

Joey - what year UL do you have the spare shocks for? Do the 01-06 all fit eachother??