LexusGK

Hello, I have a 2002 Lexus LS 430 and has done about 130K. When I take the car out after parking it for couple of hours, I have noticed that the front right side of the car goes down and the car body almost touches the tire. However, when I start driving it, after few mins, the body of the car goes up and it drives perfectly. Have my front air struts gone bad? Is it possible to get the struts repaired ( looks there is a problem with the pneumatic functionality of the strut) or I need to replace the front right and left air strut unit? or should I change both the front right air struts? Is there a recommendation for an OEM part or I should look at the salvaged part available on Ebay? Appreciate if someone can guide me. Thanks

gmcmanus

Sounds like your strut is leaking air pressure slowly. Given the price of these air struts even used, if it were me I would replace just the problematic air strut rather than doing more than that at once. New OEM struts are very expensive, so some good used is probably the way to go. I have an 04 ultra luxury that has air suspension I plan on converting to coil springs. PM me if you are interested in the struts (any of them) as mine function fine and do not leak at all.