[cjheywood13]

Advice needed please from fellow UK owners and our terrible roads. Ive had the car for 6 months and it has done 118k now. I came from an A6 Avant BiTDI with 155k which had brilliant suspension and I did 80k in it, never replacing a part, so assume all original. Currently BMW is a bit of a let down.

The 535d is terrible and bounces and floats, with lots of knocks from front end and a sagging back end some day.

I have begun the expensive job of changing parts, and fitted a good quality Meyle HD front arms and wishbone kit. This has helped a little, but still feels like much more needed.

I plan on fitting some Koni Special Active dampers (formerly FSD). I was going to just go o/e but wanted to have improved dynamics without sacrificing daily abilities as it is a family car, so these seem to be good.

Now, questions are:

*Does anyone have experience of these
*What alternatives are there
*Do I keep standard springs, or what would you advise (dont want to go much lower)
*What other parts would you change (top mounts, bump stops etc)

Many thanks. Chris