I went to NTB in Boston, it did the work right the first time.

Only the brake rotor came with the necessary bolts. Otherwise, for strut replacement, you need to buy them seperate. I am going to replace the passenger side control arm (ball joint) soon due to a small play. There are posts in VolvoSpeed to show how to take out the control arm (ball joint). I also bought the right side engine mount and tried to replace it during the strut replacement. However, I couldn't do it due to the very limited space in that area. I am not a big/tall guy, and I couldn't loose the 17mm bolts with a 17mm open box wrench. I was thinking about the 1/2" socket and ratchet, but forget about it due to limited room. I just bought a 30" glav. pipe and a 3/8" 17mm shallow socket. I hope the 30" pipe along with the 3/8" breaker bar and the shallow socket will give me enough levege to loose the 17mm bolts.

The Bilstein strut definately give me more harder feel when going over rough road. Boston also has a lot of pot holes. I try to avoid them if I can do it. Bilstein can handle the small pot holes and rough road very well but I still don't want to go over the potholes and don't want to damage the control arm or tie rod.

Ching-Ho Cheng
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1995 855 NA, Bilstein Strut & Shocks, Volvo Protective Grill, K&N Filter, E-Code Lens, Alpine CD-Changer, AutoDim RearView Mirror