Since I've been talking trash about the Nivomats long enough I finally did something about it today. From the junkyard I picked up 740 turbo wagon springs and a 760 diesel 19mm rear sway bar. IPD provided Boge turbo gas rear shocks and 240 turbo poly front sway bar bushing kit. Yes its a perfect fit on the 960s 23mm front sway bar. I love the simplicity of the NON IRS suspension. The whole rear suspension conversion took 2 hours.
My gripe with Nivomats stems from the fact that I never load up the car enough to use them. I prefer the conventional suspension. Hopefully by the time you read this, all the pictures have loaded.

There is a special surprise at the end of the post to top it all off. :-)

New turbo gas on the left, old nivomat on the right.


740 conventional spring on the left with 12mm thick wire. 960 nivomat on the right with 10mm thick wire. Both have 7 active coils and 4.5" wide. Nivomat is slightly taller.


Old 16mm sway bar at the top, 19mm sway bar at the bottom. 3mm difference doesn't sound like a lot but the 19mm has twice as stiff.


Saving the best for last. New 215 wide tire on the left, old 196 tire on the right.


You didn't think I was going to mount it on the 15" wheel did you? I found the wheels with a set of almost new on a 740 turbo at teh JY for cheap. I just had to have them.


It was all worth it. This picture was taken before the suspension went in.


First $50 + $5 shipping takes the nivomat shocks, springs and all spring seats. They have 110k miles on them and are still in perfect working order. Yes they still keep the car level. These are for non IRS wagons. It will also fit a non IRS sedan but the ride might be too stiff for your liking. Kind of like overload springs.
e-mail me: jtantare@gmail.com


Justin