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Originally Posted by floydarogers
I'm afraid you're wrong, in this case. It's quite clear from numerous articles, from far more authoritative sources than me that that's the case with the xDrive suspension vis-a-vis the regular/sport suspensions.
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xDrive cars will ride like crap when lowered because there's not enough suspension travel and the stock shocks dont have enough rebound control - you'll be in the bump stops pretty quickly on both ends. Ideally you'd end up with shocks that have a shorter shock/strut body to gain some bump travel back - its really surprising how little travel these cars have before you get into the stops. At least the stops are progressive so its a soft landing.
But, shocks work by forcing fluid through various orifices - they work on the velocity of the shaft movement - the position of the shaft and its valves has no influence on the velocity and damping.
Might want to learn a bit more about how they work
