rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen these

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rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen these

Post by theo2468 » 04 Mar 2011 03:14 pm

Found these today dad said one of his customers bought them for their 360 when towing a caravan to stiffen the rear, used them once and gave them to my dad . anyone seen these before? also got the instructions
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by volvodspec » 04 Mar 2011 05:20 pm

jup, original accesory. works fine and can improve the handling depending on what you do for shocks etc.

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Post by theo2468 » 04 Mar 2011 07:05 pm

oh rightt, doubt ill ever use them
C25 ECV-1985-Mk2 340GL-Kessy
A889 VUY-1983-Mk2 360GLS-RUF
volvosneverdie wrote:Vnd says:
diffs, are like pubs and legs.
Best appreciated when open.
I probably should have specified ladies legs in there too. [+=] "embarrarrased emoticon"[].com

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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by Speedy88 » 04 Mar 2011 07:11 pm

Gr8 4 driftorz!11

Look cool though, wonder how much they are worth?
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by theo2468 » 04 Mar 2011 07:12 pm

wouldnt have a clue
C25 ECV-1985-Mk2 340GL-Kessy
A889 VUY-1983-Mk2 360GLS-RUF
volvosneverdie wrote:Vnd says:
diffs, are like pubs and legs.
Best appreciated when open.
I probably should have specified ladies legs in there too. [+=] "embarrarrased emoticon"[].com

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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by Speedy88 » 04 Mar 2011 07:31 pm

Does it have the original brochure? :D
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by theo2468 » 04 Mar 2011 07:35 pm

no just the instructions
C25 ECV-1985-Mk2 340GL-Kessy
A889 VUY-1983-Mk2 360GLS-RUF
volvosneverdie wrote:Vnd says:
diffs, are like pubs and legs.
Best appreciated when open.
I probably should have specified ladies legs in there too. [+=] "embarrarrased emoticon"[].com

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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by Hell Driver » 04 Mar 2011 10:18 pm

We have caravan :D
Would be interested if speedy not wanting them :mrgreen:
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by Speedy88 » 04 Mar 2011 11:45 pm

haha you're welcome to them matey :wink:
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by theo2468 » 05 Mar 2011 10:42 am

sorry these are not for sale, dad wants to keep them
C25 ECV-1985-Mk2 340GL-Kessy
A889 VUY-1983-Mk2 360GLS-RUF
volvosneverdie wrote:Vnd says:
diffs, are like pubs and legs.
Best appreciated when open.
I probably should have specified ladies legs in there too. [+=] "embarrarrased emoticon"[].com

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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by filthyjohn » 05 Mar 2011 12:13 pm

They're amazing! Proper barn door engineering too.
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Re: rear springs? to stiffen for towing. anyone ever seen th

Post by Evoman » 05 Mar 2011 03:37 pm

how exactly do they fit on? the clamp on the axel??

looks mad though!
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Post by Hell Driver » 05 Mar 2011 07:30 pm

No probs, looks like we're stuck with the boat style rock and roll then when towing :lol:
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80) :-)
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario :-(

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