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SUSPENSION:- WHERE DO I START?? 200 1985

posted by  KeplerNiko on  Sat Jun 26 07:40 CST 2004
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Once you handle all of the maintenance issues (i.e., get the car more or less to "true" factory condition), then you should begin on the quest to improve upon what the Volvo engineers thought worked. Here's my plan:

Thicker swaybars--I've got ipd's 25/22mm setup. Works great.
Polyurethane bushings--should reduce some vibration and movement
Better shocks--I'm saving up for Bilstein HDs, which are equaled only by Koni adjustables (more of a track one, I think)
Springs--I don't think I'll lower my Brick, but some of the authentic thicker springs from the GTs or some progressive ones I've seen online are what I'll consider

Get the "necessary" work done, then get the swaybars and shocks/struts. Then you can look into the lowering springs.
--
'89 244 GL -- 103,553 miles (see profile for info on car)






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