lowering springs or coilovers on t4

[leet5r]

getting some arcadia wheels soon so am wanting to lower the car .
which is best coilovers or just a loweriong spring
am not after tracking the car or anything like that , about looks mainly
cheers

[S70T5Chris]

I had some Kilen 40mm lowering springs on my old T4. Got them from PFV, dunno if they still do them. It sat pretty low on them, I was pleased. I ran them with Bilsteins (I think, it was a fair few years ago). Was a fairly decent set up I had, and I did track it.

[S70T5Chris]

Had a ganders through me old photos, I miss that car

[stribo]

Had a ganders through me old photos, I miss that car

That looks really smart mate, you know how to make a Volvo look good.

[S70T5Chris]

That looks really smart mate, you know how to make a Volvo look good.

Fank ooooo.

I actually owned that car twice. I bought it when it was less that 3 years old, and I was 19! It was immensely fast when I was that age, and back then not every other car on the road was 200bhp. I had it for a couple of years, sold it to a family friend, then bought it back for peanuts a few years later. At which point I had the S70, and the modifying bug had got me! It wasn't overly mod'd, It was completely stripped out (proper went to town), suspension, exhaust, induction kit, bigger throttle body, wheels and strut braces. Dyno'd on 2 separate RR's at 225bhp. It was a lot of fun on the track. I took it to the ring once too.

[FIREBOLT]

I think the best coilover's are KW's! As you're not left with an expensive rusty mess when you use your car in normal UK weather.


I recognise those alloys from Ashley's S40 before he bought my 18's.

[LiamT4]

I had some Kilen 40mm lowering springs on my old T4. Got them from PFV, dunno if they still do them. It sat pretty low on them, I was pleased. I ran them with Bilsteins (I think, it was a fair few years ago). Was a fairly decent set up I had, and I did track it.

I'm pretty sure i had that setup on my t4. Seemed pretty good on the road to me.

[leet5r]

cheers lads , where did you the billys from chris

[S70T5Chris]

cheers lads , where did you the billys from chris

Can't remember tbh mate, it was such a long time ago, it may have been PFV as well.

[leet5r]

any 1 running the fk coilovers , cant afford the more expensive items like bc or gaz etc

[mitchyboy01]

Hi Lee,

Don't buy the cheap FK's mate, honestly they are crap. I made that mistake (as have many others), spring rates are awful, they bottom out all the time, rattle and knock, kill top mounts and the droplink bracket welds snap when you go nice and low. I changed the springs on mine costing over £150 extra in the end, needed new topmounts as they were destroyed. This improved the ride but they still rattled even with new droplinks and topmounts. Finally gave up when the bracket for the droplink snapped and the droplink wedged in my wheel! Here's what they cost me:

Fk's £120 (on offer)
Droplinks £30.
New coilover Springs £150.
Topmounts £80.

Gave up on FK's

H&R springs £180

Total =£560.

My advice is buy H&R lowering springs as they ride lovely and are of the highest quality.

If you want to go even lower, save for some proper coilovers.

[smithy]

I've got h&r springs and bilsten b4 shocks on my v40 and they ride very well

[leet5r]

i can find the bilstens any where on the net for the s40.
where dids yous get the h&r springs from then

[smithy]

i can find the bilstens any where on the net for the s40.
where dids yous get the h&r springs from then

Partsforvolvo mate speak to Jamey .i also had lesjofors with bilstens b4 on my s40 and that was smooth too

[leet5r]

is there any difference in the b4 shocks for phase1/2 as demontweeks list them all the same 43 for a rear shocker and 56 for a front shocker.
pfv list a kit for 220 iirc
the kit from pfv http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/...oducts_id=7700
what springs is best then eibach or h&r
cheers

[leet5r]

car will be on 215,45,17 on the arcadia wheel

[smithy]

I have b4 shocks with h&r springs with the same 17in wheel as urs .ghe car rides nice too

[leet5r]

any pics smithy

[smithy]

any pics smithy

Yes mate

[leet5r]

looks mint that , nice colour.