interesting thread
Cheers for all the information,may have to try the damper option.
Especially the MkII Escort ones
astraboy.

biewz wrote:

dalahare wrote:Depends how much you want to spend... whiteline here in aus make a front swaybar, stiffer springs front and rear will always help, provided you get dampers to control them, and the dampers themselves too.

do you have these guys contacts?
and are the anti-roll bars actually for the 360 or can just fit?

I would say this first result from google is them

http://www.whiteline.com.au/

From their web page you can click from top right corned 'online catalog' box, choose Volvo -> 360 -> only one selection here and then you see swaybar, that is 27mm and stock is 18mm if I remember correctly. Other parts that catalog did not bring up, but perhaps there is more comprehensive catalog available, surprising good pages they have

Edit:There was nothing more in catalog either, but they do make springs so making for 360 is no different than making to some other car if you just have specs.

Volvo 360 GL B200K wrote:Gas rear struts, they cured my body roll! I nearly new set up for grabs if anyone is interested.

Cheers

Can I have some more info on these please?
Like how much you want for them, whether they'll bolt straight on to my 360 and how stiff they are.
Cheers muchly

I think I might be ordering one of those ARBs, if they're the late mounting type...

cheers

James

Ditto here. Maybe we could try and get an order together to save on costs?

I'd be up for buying some dampers F+R, and i'd be happy to go with a group consensus as to which variety.

As well as an ARB, i mean. $213AU is currently equal to 85 pictures of the queen, so i'd be in if we could save on a bulk buy. If we ordered loads, maybe we could get V3M etched on them or something.

I would not upgrade only front ARB, I would install rear ARB too as if you put 27mm front ARB to front your car will be very stable with LOADS of understeer and by default it already is understeering too much. Going fast means to get car not so stable, but turning much better, of course if you can maintain stable feel and to get car to turn well that would be best, but then you should contact some suspension corporation and I'm sure they would be interested as it is nearly impossible to get car that goes like on rails and still is very agile and turns well.

Ihave fitted an anti roll bar from a 323 bmw on rear. It works O.K. but I think something a little thicker would be better. The koni shocks all round would probably do the trick. the monroes i have at the moment are almost at the end of their life.

Interesting, got any pics of that rear ARB setup?

Yeah pics would be cool, I have only seen the 363CS version of the rear ARB with the stock axle.

I will take some and show you how i have fitted it.

+1 for pics, sounds interesting!

I think 27mm front arb is way over kill for a 300. 23 - 25mm is more like what is needed.

With the right spings the std 19mm bar gives only very little body roll.

classicswede wrote:I think 27mm front arb is way over kill for a 300. 23 - 25mm is more like what is needed.

With the right spings the std 19mm bar gives only very little body roll.

Without rear ARB even 25mm might be too much, but 27mm without rear ARB is going to be only for straights, it wont turn into corners.