Can I use a regular strut? Will the conversion be easy? What do I do with the load-leveling air pump?
Can I avoid the high cost of replacement Nivomat struts?
mARKSIMUS »
Is there another Option to replacing the horribly expensive load leveling shocks. I was thinking of going to the bone yard and finding a cross country or swapping some fwd springs and shocks. Anybody knowledgable on this topic?
Ozark Lee »
Swapping from Nivomats to conventional shocks involves replacing the springs as well as the shocks. The upper shock mounts should also be changed.
I don’t have a car with Nivomats but as l understand the procedure you will need to cap off or disconnect the air pump that adjusts the ride level but I really don’t have the details on that part of it.
Be careful on the lower mounting nut for the shocks. If the stud breaks you are looking at a new delta arm so use lots of PB Blaster and then just use slow and steady pressure when removing the lower mounting nut.
BEJinFbk »
You’ll need new springs, because the Nivo’s help hold the car up
and the Nivo springs only part of the support equation. The Nivos are a self-contained, self-leveling unit. They pump themselves up. There is no air or any other connection. They just look like a big shock. nivomat.pdf
Since the AWD has an actual read end, the mounting is entirely
different from it’s FWD cousins. It don’t just swap over…
AWD V70R – Are there Nivomat strut substitutes?
Last Updated on August 19, 2020
