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Rear air bag

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Old 10-07-2008, 09:57 AM
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So awesome, I have had this car not even 3 months (car has 48K miles) and the rear driver side air bag is leaking. I put the car in "jack mode" this weekend to change the oil and only raised the front of the car and when finished the rear is sagging after an overnight sit (in all height levels). I have seen the arnot industries site but they do not have rear bags. Anyone have another source for aftermarket rear bags or am I stuck with the factory air bags? I checked the genuineaudiparts site and they have them for $346.
Also, would it be a good idea to replace the shocks while I am at it? Genuieaudipart also has these but they are $318 each (for shocks!!!). Any other brands that are more performance minded? I am planning on doing the sway bars and chip next spring.
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Old 10-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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I just got an e-mail from Arnott Industries saying that they will have rear bags available by the end of the year. Don't know if I should wait that long?
 
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Old 10-07-2008, 10:23 PM
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you could try some slime
do a search on AW
 
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Old 10-08-2008, 10:10 AM
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Thanks for the heads up on that. I think I might try that first and wait for the new rear arnott bags to come out. Everything I have read on the front bags has been positive.
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Old 10-11-2008, 01:55 PM
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It ended up being a leak at the junction box where all the lines come out at the bottom rear of the car. It was the black line and you could not hear any sorta leak.
 
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Old 10-11-2008, 06:19 PM
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Good catch on that. Saved yourself an air spring replacement. My dealer misdiagnosed an air spring leak and relplaced one of the rear springs, but didn't bother to thoroughly check for leaks first. It was one of the lines and not the spring. Doh!
 
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Old 10-12-2008, 04:45 PM
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Thats good you caught that, i have never replaced a rear air spring on an allroad, just the fronts. I'm gonna add this in my sticky post.
 
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