Self leveling?

[dydigital]

How do i know if my 850 T5 estate is self leveling?


Was going to sell the car as i needed something more econmical for work, but i cant even sell it for £500 and it worth more to me than that. so going to slowly sort it out all its faults and keep it.

[cherry1809]

If your rear shocks have gaitors on the bottom, It's self levelling I think.
I'm looking at changing mine to non SL.
Your quite welcome to the old shocks for the price of postage
Have to sort mine first though.

[LiamT4]

Self leveling suspension looks quite a bit different to normal shocks. Or you can put some weight in the boot and go for a short drive to see if the rear has dropped, it will be lower initially but as you drive a small distance they will raise back up to their normal level, as long as they are working.

[dydigital]

doh! my boot had 5 alloys in it at the moment and is sat low at the mo.

so i can just change to a non-self leveling option? i am thinking of lowering it in the future but was not sure if it was just a case of swaping them other or something more.

[Ed.]

You would need to swap the springs and the shocks if you switch from nivomats. The existing top mounts can be reused.

Ed