My XC has about 131k mikes and I am hearing some new noises coming from the front end. I was on Groton's site last night and came across a front end rebuild kit. It has struts, mounts, tie rod ends, control arms spring seats dust boots, swaybar links, ball joints, and the new nuts and bolts needed. I was wondering if any of you guys have ever bought this kit. The struts are sachs/boge. Any feedback is appreciated.


Thanks
Ken
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2000 V70 XC / 2001 S60 totalled while parked :(

Unless I wrecked one of my cars, I would never buy that package. Besides, Grotons "nuts and bolts" are a piece of garbage. Get OEM nuts and bolts, at least they are the same size, or do like Volvo mechanics do, reuse the bolts that are not damaged.

You need to isolate the noise... If the sway bar endlinks move by grabbing and shaking, get replacements from IPD. Better than OEM.
If the strut mount bushing is worn, get new ones.
The strut can be checked by using an adjustable wrench on the large nut under the hood. If you can turn it counter clockwise with ease, I would replace the strut, seat, and uper mounting. Use OEM or XC90 parts, the XC90 bushings are stronger than XC70.

Klaus
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I still miss my 164

Unless the car has had some hard use wouldn't it make economic sense to replace only what is verifiably needed? I'm under the impression that while not trouble-free the FWD and AWD volvo suspension systems are pretty well specified.