940 Estate Rear Ride Height Suggestions Please

[jpliddy]

hi steve
did you put the heavy duty springs on and Bilsteine B4S on the rear of your 900
in the end , ? im looking at ditching my nivomats as my nivomat springs must be tired now after 25 years on the car ,

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by jpliddy

hi steve
did you put the heavy duty springs on and Bilsteine B4S on the rear of your 900
in the end , ? im looking at ditching my nivomats as my nivomat springs must be tired now after 25 years on the car ,

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There you go Jim, springs and dampers to dispose of the Nivo set up. Kilen are a subsidiary of Lesjofors who made the OE springs for Volvo, standard oil dampers made by KYB, Japanese but very well respected and OE kit on many high end Japanese cars, not to mention many British ones - when we had a car industry that is!

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by jpliddy

hi steve
did you put the heavy duty springs on and Bilsteine B4S on the rear of your 900
in the end , ? im looking at ditching my nivomats as my nivomat springs must be tired now after 25 years on the car ,

Hi,

I decided to keep to standard spec rear springs from Brookhouse (Lesjfors) along with Bilstein B4 front and rear shocks set from Parts For Volvo so as to continue enjoying the comfortable ride.

Still not 100% happy with rear ride height, as it just looks a bit low, but haven't been able to find any worn bushes and just passed MOT with no advisories???

Have secondhand front struts, arms and calipers to fully refurb the front end when I get round to it, so that may hopefully help.....

If al else fails, then I might end up with HD springs, getting a bit of a whizz in doing these now after first admin error of ordering saloon rear springs in error, trouble was I didn't realise till fitted.....😀
Cheers
Steve

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by jpliddy

hi steve
did you put the heavy duty springs on and Bilsteine B4S on the rear of your 900
in the end , ? im looking at ditching my nivomats as my nivomat springs must be tired now after 25 years on the car ,

Conversion kit https://www.classicswede.org/shop/ni...40-940-760-960

if you carry heavy loads I would suggest using cargo springs

[griston64]

Originally Posted by classicswede

Conversion kit https://www.classicswede.org/shop/ni...40-940-760-960

if you carry heavy loads I would suggest using cargo springs

What make are the springs and shocks ?

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by griston64

What make are the springs and shocks ?

PPS, I do also stock other makes