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V8 Suspension Setup: Not Sport or R-Design

A mid-size luxury crossover SUV, the Volvo XC90 made its debut in 2002 at the Detroit Motor Show. Recognized for its safety, practicality, and comfort, the XC90 is a popular vehicle around the world. The XC90 proved to be very popular, and very good for Volvo's sales numbers, since its introduction in model year 2003 (North America). P2 platform.
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MooseTest
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V8 Suspension Setup: Not Sport or R-Design

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Greetings.

Would someone be able to help my identify the Product Id / Chassis code for V8 models *without* the sport suspension setup? That is, for V8 models which aren't badged Sport or R-Design?

I run a 2007 V8 Sport SE and frankly, the state of local rural roads in the area in which I live is such that the stiffer sport setup just isn't suitable. It's really not comfortable. I'd like to effectively delete that option by replacing the shocks / springs / anti-roll bars as appropriate, with Volvo original parts. My problem is that I have only my Product Id / Chassis code available (33AEZ5448D52, should it be of use to anyone else) and I have the Sport version.

Hence my ask - would anyone with a non-sport/R-Design version mind sharing their Product ID/Chassis code? I'm asking here, since the vast majority of all First Generation XC90's sold into the UK were oil-burners. The V8, in any form, is a rare beast here. I hoping to identify the valid shock, spring and roll-bar combination for a non-sport V8.

Thanks in advance.

BTW - My request is essentially the reverse of that here: viewtopic.php?t=96671 (thanks to the OP and contributors of that thread for the interesting info)

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Post by ggleavitt »

2008 V8 Sport
33AEZ5448D52
33- Fr Spring, AE- Fr Strut, Z- Fr Sway, 54- Re Spring, 48- Re Strut, D- Re Sway, 5- Fr Bumpstop, 2- Re Bumpstop

2006 V8 Ocean Race (not Sport)
33AB65426952
33- Fr Spring, AB- Fr Strut, 6- Fr Sway, 54- Re Spring, 26- Re Shock, 9- Re Sway, 5- Fr Bumpstop, 2- Re Bumpstop
2006 V8 Ocean Race #740/800 200k, 2008 V8 Sport 183k

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Post by MooseTest »

@ggleavitt - Thank you very much! That's incredibly helpful.

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