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KONI on sale!

posted by  nortons on  Fri Apr 18 21:54 CST 2014
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Looking uo prices on a set of KONI Sport front and rear struts/shocks last night for my 242 V8 project. KONI website has sale on them for 240 Volvo; list price (front, part #8641 1245), $536pr, KONI online price $402pr, sale price $301.50pr
Rear; part #26 1129, retail $324pr, KONI online $243, sale $182.25
A further search found them at TIRE RACK has them at $143ea front, and $86ea rear with free shipping!
Can't find a listing/part number for EIBACH springs for 240 Volvo, though, looks like they discontinued them. IPD has "sport" springs for around $250 plus shipping.








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    posted by  Michael Yount on  Sun Oct 5 19:05 CST 2014
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    I run Koni Sports and Eibach springs on mine. Love the shocks -- plenty of damping. If you switch to coilovers in the front, you can run 2.5" Eibachs up front and the stock 5" Eibach's in the back. I run 275/200 -- and I'm very pleased with the outcome. Firm, taut -- all bumps are one and done. No rear sway bar with these rates and V8 torque. Strongly recommend poly bushings in the front -- gets rid of the extra indeterminate spring rate that's built into the stock bushings. Besides, if ya'lls are like mine, the exhaust system of V8 gets in the way of tightening the rear front control bushings to torque once the car's on the ground. You can tighten them off the car with the poly bushings.
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    posted by  wongg3 on  Sat Apr 19 10:01 CST 2014
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    Hey, those are decent prices, thanks for the tip.

    The Eibach springs have not been available for years. I did have a set on a 242 at one point, though, and they were awesome. Not too low and not too stiff for daily driver use.

    Greg
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      KONI on sale!

      posted by  nortons on  Mon Jul 21 20:52 CST 2014
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      Hey Greg, What do you think of the sport springs now offered by IPD? Planning to use aluminum heads and as much lightweight stuff as possible on the V8. Have a diesel front sway bar.
      Plan was to take stuff off Turbo car, paint, powdercoat, modify, etc, and then swap straight into project car avoiding having it laid up waiting for parts.








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        posted by  kittysgreyvolvo on  Wed Aug 20 19:46 CST 2014
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        The TME Volvo 245 wagon sport springs I have on my kittys grey 1991 volvo 240 do alright.

        I'd not kept up with Koni. I have a set of olskool Koni red struts on my imported from the Netherlands 1979 Volvo 242 GT (no K-cam oin that B21). It had Boge Turbo Gas as the made for Volvo version, yet these were rather done by 1989. So, the KYB Gas-A-Just, when KYB was good, still, then, did alright. I was poor then, like now, sort of.

        Maybe Konis. Perhaps for my supercharged 1972 Volvo 164e with a nicely built B30. The M410 has bearing lube or some other bearing problems. So maybe a Getrag m56 or something? I dunno.

        The normally aspired 1992 240 GL with M47 and Bosch LH-Jet goes fast a p[lenty for me, though.

        Like to have my 1979 242 GT back. I could fit it with Konis all around. Oh well.

        cheers,

        Slate Creek Brewing Company, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
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        Kitties are bastards. This is fun? Writing on a laptop in a brewery? Technology is bool dookie.






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