What's the advantage of XC90 spring seats on a V70?

[kaneelschep]

It doesnt matter if the metal is thicker in it. It will always be the rubber rotting away first..

[tryingbe]

After three set of springs seats, (one unknown set, one raybestos set, & one IPD HD set). The first two seats just became apart after less than 1 year, the IPD one started to crack after 5 years, I had enough, and bought a ksport coilover that comes with a camber plates. The entire set of ksport coilover cost $1150 for me, it replace all struts, all springs, springs seats, strut mount, sway bar links, etc. It was a good deal since I had to replace all those parts anyways. I used the coilover to raise my car back to stock height instead of lowering the car.




No more rubber spring seats for me!

[kaneelschep]

That is a lot of money to spend in once, but it will probably be worth it in the long run. What kind of brand shocks and springs did you get? And how is the ride now? Did you use standard data for camber etc setting?

[erikv11]

Also I am curious, how does this eliminate the need for sway bar end links (or maybe that was just a typo?)?

[tryingbe]

That is a lot of money to spend in once, but it will probably be worth it in the long run. What kind of brand shocks and springs did you get? And how is the ride now? Did you use standard data for camber etc setting?

Ksports brand shocks/struts/springs/end links/camber plate/etc
I can't find a decent pictures of the kit for the 850, but everything was inside the box.
http://www.nlmotoring.com/product-p/cvo030-kp.htm

Ride is however you adjust it, can be soft or hard. I use -1.0 for front camber, whatever stock calls for front toe, 0.0 for rear toe. Other settings are not adjustable.

Also I am curious, how does this eliminate the need for sway bar end links (or maybe that was just a typo?)?

Replace, not eliminate. The ksports box come with a set of new sway bar links to replace the worn out ones on my car.