Coding Out Factory Air Suspension

[azndonx]

While I don't think anyone has tried this, I don't see why you could not adjust config to match what the car without the rear air would be set to. 

I can try to help when you get to this, I think there may be some not-obvious configurations in addition to disable air suspension, such as the height sensor config, what should it be, which I am not sure about. There are sensors inside the air springs but I am not sure if the air susp car has an external height sensor like the non-air car would have. You can drop me a line at support email and I would try to help you sort that out.

I would be interested in doing this as well. About to pick up a 2017 S90 T6 individual with the factory rear air suspension and active shocks

I wish to fit aftermarket air suspension all round and disable the active shocks etc to lower the vehicle 

I’ll be looking at purchasing Orbit if this is a possibility to do

Hi PoLonY,

Thank you so much for the detailed response! I think your experience is really helpful in figuring out whether we can lower SPA cars with factory air suspension.

I have a 2018 V90CC, and so far I lowered the front with Heico springs; reusing the factory adaptive shocks.

For the rear, I used a type of "Ghostlink"/ Adjustable rear link for the level sensors. I shortened the link 5mm from factory, so the car lowers itself ~1" without having to mess with any coding or calibrations. 

I do want to switch the suspension out to coilovers, but I know the "Suspension Fault" will be inevitable if I leave the adaptive shock connectors unplugged. My question is -- What kind of testing / resistor did you use to trick the car into thinking it still has OEM adaptive shocks?

I know on other platforms, wiring in a 20W 8 Ohm Load Resistor usually does the trick, but wanted to see what type you used so I can try to replicate it.

Thank you