So after all this suspension talk I've started accumulating a bunch of parts to refresh the rear suspension of my XC60 as I noticed both rear shocks were the original (to the car) yellow label OEM Sachs ones and the nearside rear was now weeping oil out
11 years and 149K miles have taken their toll and sure enough after removal both rear shocks they were finished without any rebound whats ever. Basically my XC60 was ridding along predominantly on it's coil springs with little to no assistance from the rear shocks. I decided to go with the slightly uprated
Bilstein B4 over the stock Sachs along with brand new
LEMFORDER top mounts and
MEYLE HD drop links. This is a fairly straight forward job to do if you're handy with spanners and have a decent jack or two
Pix below.