Why does my car sit so low?

[ryan roopnarine]

from my somewhat thorough investigation of the subject, jeff....i'd say that a good 90% of all shocks are extremely easily disassembled, i would think that only 10% or so are welded shut. most of the time it takes a punch and a rubber mallet to disassemble, a lot of the time its easier than that, disassembly is usually popping a screw fit loose, and unscrewing at top or bottom. i never got around to disassembling the ones you sent me, however.

[ryan roopnarine]

here's sean and johan e32 page on disassembling the electro-hydraulic back axle shocks.

http://bmwe32.student.utwente.nl/gav...ut_rebuild.htm

if you read it, it mentions how easy it is to get teh things apart, i think it involved a mallet or such. this seems to be representative of getting shocks apart.