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Mechanic Disagrees with Bilsteins as Replacement Struts?! 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Paul on  Thu Dec 11 07:07 CST 2003 [RELATED]

My independent volvo repair guy thinks I'm crazy to want to replace the original strut/shocks with Bilsteins or anything for that matter. He said the original struts should be good fora at least 150K miles. (My '95 850 turbo wagon is 9 yrs old and has 95k miles). He thinks it is a total waste of money and that the bilsteins will probably make the car ride worse than it currently does. To me, the car rattles over bumps and wallows on 2 lane backroads. From everything I've read and known bilstein replacements for a car with this age and mileage is a sensible choice. Is my mechanic off base or is it me?






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