Hi Randy,

Excellent point! So, WallyM, click the 700 tab at the top, then you'll see the the brickboard.com search feature in the right pane for 700 shocks or strut cartridges. This forum is stuffed with conversations on which struts are best for what ride quality and such, and a host of other info you'll find enlightening.

Also, if your front strut cartridges are all worn and floaty, you may want to consider what rear shocks you have, as these may also be failing (unless you replaced them). You may find consensus is that it is best to have the same manufacturer make and model of dampener at all four corners.

Unless you have an independent rear suspension requiring the Nivomat auto-leveling rear shocks.

If you reside in a rust prone locale, like a single snow flake and then mountains of rock salt and brine everywhere, inspect the front strut seats for corrosion and rust.

Research articles for better spring compressors and methods and tools to slightly loosen (before compressing the spring) to (after safely compressing the strut spring) remove and replace the front strut cartridge gland nut.

Tool iPd sells to remove and tighten the front strut cartridge gland nut.

Use of this tool can induce some colorful metaphor (See Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) production.

Also, the Sachs by Boge dampeners seem not that bad, and endure. At least the two I have on the front of my 240. The Boge, by Sachs, is a little misleading in the branding. You have the more compliant (softer) Sachs Touring (Boge) Automatics and (stiffer) Sachs Advantage / (Boge) Turbo Gas. These are manufactured in Mexico. If the shocks in your front struts are factory installed OEM, they are mostly likely Made in Germany Boge. You may need to reuse the gland nuts from the OEM install. Unless Sachs / Boge improved in these. The stiffer Sachs Advantage / (Boge) Turbo Gas is softer than the Bilstein Touring. Yet may endure for as long as Bilstein Touring, 100k or more.

I can't speak to the Meyle dampeners. Research. Some threads may or may not advocate the KYB GR-2 and other KYB products as to being too soft or not lasting for more than 20-30k miles.

If you require replacement strut mounts as the bushing material is cranked or the bearing has free play in it, Volvo OEM remains the best (which is actually Made in Germany Boge, the bearing in Spain or Sweden, unless after market got better, we hope).

Questions? Good luck. Research. Ask questions. May check Volvo 700-900 series pages on your fave social sites like the face space bube toob book. You'll find a host of information / instructional videos on You Tube.

Check out FCP Groton and iPd for more information and instruction.

Sorry to go on so long.

Questions.

Hope that helps.

MacDuff.
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