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98 S70 When should you replace your stabilizer bar?

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

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Re: 98 S70 When should you replace your stabilizer bar?

Post by erikv11 »

You can get used parts pretty cheap on the forums. try posting a WTB ad. But yes with shipping you'll pay more. I know what you mean, closest u pull is an hour for me and they have almost nothing useful, I have to go 3 hours to Minneapolis and that means I basically never go.
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Post by zhenya »

I am so lucky to have my mechanic just minutes away from me who always has a supply of P80 parts cars that he's fine with me picking parts from, and is really generous with pricing. Yet another reason I own 3 Volvos!

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You don't seem to understand
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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

So there are three different kinds of OEM VOLVO stabilizer bars! :shock:

MARKED 1 ($119)
http://www.tascaparts.com/volvo/s70/917 ... ilizer-bar

MARKED 2 ($139)
http://www.tascaparts.com/volvo/s70/917 ... ilizer-bar

and

MARKED A ($211)
http://www.tascaparts.com/volvo/s70/917 ... ilizer-bar

How do you determine which one fits?
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Post by tryingbe »

theWIFES_S70 wrote:
How do you determine which one fits?
They all fit a P80, even an oversize 25mm IPD one will fit a P80 just fine.
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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

Why the crazy difference in price?
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Post by tryingbe »

I don't do pricing for Volvo.

front sway bar part #s:

9173982 O.Dia 20 mm (marked red)

9173983 O.Dia 21 mm (marked yellow)

9173471 O.Dia 21.5 mm (marked yellow/blue)

rear sway bar part #s, probable O.Diameter:

9191459 (marked green) 19.5 mm

9191461 (marked yellow) 20 mm

9191462 (marked blue) 20.8 mm

9191494 (marked black) 21 mm
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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

So the 21.5 is what you'd find on, say, a S70 R?

Sweet. That means I can get the cheapest one!!!
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Post by tryingbe »

theWIFES_S70 wrote:That means I can get the cheapest one!!!
Why? Just buy the bushings as you need.
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Post by theWIFES_S70 »

Make life a little easier?

In all seriousness, thanks for the reality check. I don't need to spend money if I don't have to. I know the OEM one is good for 18 years. But realistically, are we going to get 18 more years out of this car?

The link you posted http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/9.5124... Is not half bad.

For a 20mm bar it's probably a real good bet. And pretty cost effective. Like I mentioned, I really need to get new subframe bushings in there (Proparts wasn't good to me...) and spend the OEM price for them! So saving the $119 really helps out.

Seem like you only have to lower the rear end of the subframe...
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread ... w-o-a-Lift
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