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To Lower or Not to Lower, That is the Question

posted by  Naimnut on  Thu Apr 14 08:32 CST 2016
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My bone-stock '85 240DL is as high as the day it left the factory. I'm thinking it looks a tad ungainly and it certainly has a fair bit of body roll in the corners.

I'm thinking of installing a set of IPD lowering springs but have a few questions -
1. will I risk tire-rub in tight turns?
2. can I stay with the stock shocks and struts and strut inserts?
3. What are the pro's and con's of lowering a 240? I don't really want to simply cut a few coils out of the stock springs...but I also don't want to spend a ton of money on this project.
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'85 240 DL with 39K miles, '94 940 with 192K






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