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Suspension 850 1993

posted by  Lost_Forever on  Wed Jan 25 02:15 CST 2006
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I own a 93 850 GLT. Many of my friends commented that the front of my car looks like it is riding low and maybe that the suspension need to be fixed or replaced. Can someone tell me how to determine if this is true? I always thought that it is because it is a GLT that's why it looks like that.

Thank you.

Regards,
Lost








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Suspension 850 1993

posted by  KlausC on  Thu Feb 2 10:01 CST 2006
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That "aggressive" look was on purpose in 1993. Drive it, it's fun :)

Klaus
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Suspension 850 1993

posted by  Rule 308 on  Wed Jan 25 05:30 CST 2006
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I went through everything in Vadis that might apply to it and could not find a spec for ride height on your car. The simplest thing to do would be to take a tape measure and measure from the bottom edge of the wheel to the edge of the wheel opening and compare it to someone elses 850.

Mark








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Suspension 850 1993

posted by  someone claiming to be Boston Tom on  Wed Jan 25 04:30 CST 2006 [RELATED]

The 93 might be a little lower - as I understand it has a more 'sport' suspension then later years.







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Suspension 850 1993

posted by  Lost_Forever on  Wed Feb 1 23:57 CST 2006
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Thanks for the comments. Yeah, the car does look sporty when I first bought it 2 years ago. I thought it was normal and the mechanic that I sent my car to for repairs did not seem to comment on the suspension. I supposed it is okay then.

Thanks again.







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