The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

To those who have lowered, would you ever go back? 200

posted by  Naimnut on  Sat Jan 28 13:09 CST 2017
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Oct 23 09:16 CST 2014
[RELATED]

I'm loving my '85 244 but the stock height looks awkward and ungainly and the tendency to lean while cornering is less than ideal.

I don't know any other 240 owners locally to talk to and the threads I've found in my searches on this forum have not addressed my question, and it's really pretty simple. To those who have lowered their 240's or owned cars that were lowered, would you ever go back to a non-lowered 240? Another way to ask it - was it worth it to you?

I don't want or plan to go to larger rims and low profile tires. I'm not interested in looking like I'm on my way to a street race. But given that I plan to own my car for a long time I think it might be fun to have it a little lower and a little stiffer in the corners. I don't want to mess up my wonderful tiny turning radius either, or risk bottoming out over speed bumps.

Car has less than 55K miles on it. Shocks are original and, according to my mechanic, they are in good shape and should last a long time. Bushings seem to be tight.

Thoughts?
--
'85 240 DL with 48K miles






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.