855t: H&R, Eibach or ipd?

[firebrick]

Lucky to speed bumps where I used to live we had speed "dips". Same as a speed bump just inverted! Those sucked!!!!!

Yikes. "Inverted" speed bumps? What a concept.

[IVIUSTANG]

Lucky to speed bumps where I used to live we had speed "dips". Same as a speed bump just inverted! Those sucked!!!!!

Yikes. "Inverted" speed bumps? What a concept.

Haha, yeah; I hit one of those travelling once. I bottomed out so hard my entire subframe scraped the ground, they should be outlawed; I wasn't even speeding

[firebrick]

Lucky to speed bumps where I used to live we had speed "dips". Same as a speed bump just inverted! Those sucked!!!!!

Yikes. "Inverted" speed bumps? What a concept.

Haha, yeah; I hit one of those travelling once. I bottomed out so hard my entire subframe scraped the ground, they should be outlawed; I wasn't even speeding

Perhaps, you should have had been speeding...if you go really-I mean really-fast, in theory, the car could have skipped the invert.

[Juan62]

Firebrick;

While I was in the Military, I bought the car new (US Specs) from Sweden Factory and was delivered to me in Germany. If I'm not mistaken, H & R, Eibach, and Sach originated from Germany, and those guys there know a thing or three about sport performance enhancement. For Sach/Boge combo, Eibach was the best. It lowered my car, stiffer a bit, more handling and control, and still had smooth comfort. In 1999, I went to 225/45/17 tire/wheel combo. It set this Brick off and the Germans loved it....there idea of course. It tuck those tires right under the fender lips, but when completely loaded down (full passengers and suit cases in the truck) it did rub a little in the rears). Currently, I've upgraded to 215/40/18 (43 ET offset) wheel/tire combo, and the stance is even better than before, but same problem when full load capacity. After 13 years, its time for new suspension parts, Struts/Shocks, and Springs upgrades. I'm locked on the Koni FSD, but need more research on H & R or Eibach combo. I've considered IPD Sport springs too, but no one has mentioned that Koni FSD are a great match combo. One more thing to add, you also must have good/great tires for this to work. I only buy Michelins, but the new Conti-DSW are great too.

[barneybox]

. ...Wait, but then, what about the hunkered down mean look I am after?... I have to be honest with you all, as much as I hate to admit but lowering itself has as high priority as performance and comfort for me. (Growing up in Japan, seeing "cool kids" always lower their whatever they drive the very first thing...it is in me, cannot shake it.)

I'm looking into replacing the suspension on our 96 855T before it gets passed over to my sister. The shocks and struts needed to be replaced, but at the same time I want to get a set of springs on it to get rid of the wheel gap. There is something about a lowered station wagon that looks so cool. As far as struts go, from what I am reading, TC/HDs will be a harsher/harshest ride and will raise the car a bit especially on the backend, so I'm crossing that off the list. I'm looking into oem Sachs at the moment, but am still undecided on the spring. I'm liking what I've been reading on the Koni FSDs but they're a lot more money. Your tires will definite have an effect on how the ride is; putting 55 aspect ratio tires will help, but we're sticking with 205/50/16s for now. Thanks for your post, it give me something to think about.

[firebrick]

I appreciate all of your postings! I have decided to return the TCs and get a OEM rear shocks. With that, I will have OEM Sachs on all four corners. I have also decided to go with the H&R spring.

Now, here is my new question...I have actually started a new thread under performance: "H&R springs on 855t" Please read it and tell me what you think.

Have a great week all!

[Tony Macias2]

Where is that silver volvo with 34000 miles

[JRL]

Here, Why?