mraldonnelly
Tuesday 22nd March 2005, 16:34
Afternoon all,
I desperately need to replace my suspension. Since hitting a crater in the road in Ireland a while ago the handling of my car has become more and more twitchy. It seems to be getting worse and to be honest, I really don't have much faith in it.
So, I need to replace various bits.
Whlie doing the job I figure I may as well replace the wishbone bushes (£7.45), balljoints (£16.39) and track rod ends (£16.16) too along with the wishbones themselves subject to price (I can't get a price for these from ECP or GSF).
I am also going to replace the strut mounts all round (£51.11 front - £16.16 rear).
The prices above are inc VAT per individual side. So, without struts and springs the price is already £214.54 inclusive for everything mentioned above except the wishbones.
Now, through ECP, standard shocks and springs all round would be £336.14.
However, if I went for an upgraded setup, I could fit Bilstein "Sprintline" shocks and springs all round. The complete kit is £485.95, some £150 more than the standard setup. However, the Bilstein setup is listed as being for the S70. I can't find a kit for the 850. Anyone know if the S70 setup will fit the 850? I'm thinking it will as the part numbers for standard bits seem to be the same for the 850 and S70.
Bearing in mind that I'm not really bothered about lowering my car, is it worth the extra £150 for the Bilstein kit? Are there any others available at reasonable cost?
Finally, I'm trying to limit the parts that I fit to this car to transferrable bits so that if (or when) I get another 850 I can just swap over all the little parts I've bought for her. If I bought an 850 Estate, is the suspension transferrable from a Saloon? I obviously know that if the Estate has self levellers then the rears won't be transferrable but can the front still be swapped.
Thanks folks
Andy
I desperately need to replace my suspension. Since hitting a crater in the road in Ireland a while ago the handling of my car has become more and more twitchy. It seems to be getting worse and to be honest, I really don't have much faith in it.
So, I need to replace various bits.
Whlie doing the job I figure I may as well replace the wishbone bushes (£7.45), balljoints (£16.39) and track rod ends (£16.16) too along with the wishbones themselves subject to price (I can't get a price for these from ECP or GSF).
I am also going to replace the strut mounts all round (£51.11 front - £16.16 rear).
The prices above are inc VAT per individual side. So, without struts and springs the price is already £214.54 inclusive for everything mentioned above except the wishbones.
Now, through ECP, standard shocks and springs all round would be £336.14.
However, if I went for an upgraded setup, I could fit Bilstein "Sprintline" shocks and springs all round. The complete kit is £485.95, some £150 more than the standard setup. However, the Bilstein setup is listed as being for the S70. I can't find a kit for the 850. Anyone know if the S70 setup will fit the 850? I'm thinking it will as the part numbers for standard bits seem to be the same for the 850 and S70.
Bearing in mind that I'm not really bothered about lowering my car, is it worth the extra £150 for the Bilstein kit? Are there any others available at reasonable cost?
Finally, I'm trying to limit the parts that I fit to this car to transferrable bits so that if (or when) I get another 850 I can just swap over all the little parts I've bought for her. If I bought an 850 Estate, is the suspension transferrable from a Saloon? I obviously know that if the Estate has self levellers then the rears won't be transferrable but can the front still be swapped.
Thanks folks
Andy