LHM spheres on LDS cars

[vallium]

Apparently it's possible as this Russian put Xantia spheres on his C5 X7:

https://www.drive2.ru/l/637173586439701677/

According to him with pretty good results

Greetings. I'm still driving like this, no problems, I've probably driven about 80,000 kilometers already!)))

[Stickyfinger]

The flat double membrane spheres can take LHM and LDS............not sure if the green single membrane ones can tale LDS (but I think so).

I will NOT click on a Russian link, not a chance.....and I bet he has the wrong damper disks & pressures as well.

[vallium]

Your computer won't become immediately zombified just by visiting a russian page Drive2 is a blogging platform for car fanatics that among other things enables search by parts numbers. With machine translation it became available to global audience, at least until Russia decides to disconnect from the world.

What I came up with after some digging and a bit of consulting with AI (noted when such):

Original multilayer spheres are out of production, probably since the end of hydro car production (AI). As such any NOS is eyebleedingly expensive and almost a decade old. Everything else on the market, including Eurorepar, is just IFHS with single layer TPU membrane (AI) in different boxes with possible exception of Suplex that markets their spheres as having Desmopan^TM membranes. Which is just a brand name for a type of TPU. IMO not very likely they established their own production line for such a niche market. Suplex box with corresponding text on video:



Because of that it's impossible to go back to original standard and as saucer spheres have the same technology with at least double the price of green ones whole thing becomes kinda interesting, especially as car apparently becomes even more comfortable. My main concern is weight transfer under heavy braking.

Also according to AI all original spheres since CX ph2 were some kind of multilayer design.

[Stickyfinger]

Don't care...everything/one from Russia and Belarus should be blocked until they stop their murdering illegal invasion.

Not a chance in hell I will link into a .ru server etc....