245 rear springs

Post by **blackbox** » 18 Oct 2008 06:32 am

will these springs fit the front of a 360 with a bit of a cut down
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Volvo245-wagon-r ... dZViewItem

Post by **classicswede** » 18 Oct 2008 12:51 pm

They are about the right size so will fit in the cup.As they are towing springs they could be stiff enough. If you are going to do that keep them quite long to start with and then chop back once you know what height the car is sitting at.

Post by **blackbox** » 18 Oct 2008 01:19 pm

ok thanks for that

Post by **Nikdev** » 19 Oct 2008 09:33 am

Ive had 240 rear lowering springs(stiff springs)
and they was not stiff enough, resulting in bad cornering, hitting the bump stops a lot, but much improved over just cut stock springs

Post by **blackbox** » 19 Oct 2008 09:41 am

i didnt get them so will think of some thing else just here in oz there not much to chose from

Post by **durty** » 20 Oct 2008 09:06 pm

i have cut rear wagon springs in the front of mine and they are very stiff, i cut them down so they were still just captive with the front jacked up and its about the same height as factory

Post by **classicswede** » 21 Oct 2008 10:16 am

My lowering springs are aprox half height of factory when uncopressed!

Post by **durty** » 22 Oct 2008 01:44 am

that sounds perfect for what i want. are they captive at full extension of the shock?

Post by **filthyjohn** » 22 Oct 2008 07:42 am

classicswede wrote:My lowering springs are aprox half height of factory when uncopressed!

Yep:

Post by **classicswede** » 22 Oct 2008 09:03 am

With a std shock they are not captive and need to be clamped in. If a shortened shock was used then that would not be a problem

Post by **durty** » 23 Oct 2008 09:50 am

no good for me then, clamped in is illegal here

Post by **classicswede** » 24 Oct 2008 09:08 am

You would have to go in combination with shortened shocks.

You could pull your apart and get the ends machined down.

To get stiff enough springs and lower something you will not be able to use std length shocks without clamping

Post by **Ozbrick** » 25 Oct 2008 02:31 am

blackbox wrote:i didnt get them so will think of some thing else just here in oz there not much to chose from

Not much to choose from? Just about every state capital has a spring manufacture company that can re engineer any shock to be stiffer and lower, mine cost $260 for a brand new 30% stiffer, 3 inch lower set of heat treated powdercoated springs. If you want cheap, look for MR2 springs, I hear they fit.

Car will look like this:

Front like this:

rears like this:

Post by **blackbox** » 26 Oct 2008 02:42 am

thanks its good to get an Australian reply will go to a wreckers to find an mr2