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VIEW    READ ONLY    PRINT   SAVE   A    A  Need a cheap ride height solution - sorry it's long 200 1987 posted by  Paul Driver of Inga on  Thu Apr 23 12:35 CST 2009 Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] last visit: Sat Nov 21 20:50 CST 2009 [RELATED] Until recently I had the dread saggin wagon look on my 86 245. With any sort of extra load (say four 25 lbs bags of sand in the back) it was just sad looking. First attempt was last summer replaced the shocks and not a lot of change in ride height, better ride, still a saggin however. Replacing the TAB brought her back to level height. I do have the more pricey Poly TAB, but they are IMOH worth it. However after all that work and getting back to level, if you added a load to the back you still got the saggin wagon look. Not near as bad, but not what I was looking for. Replacing the rear springs with new heavy duty set raised the back higher than the front. There was zero height difference between the new heavy duty and stock springs sitting side by side. Now you expect the ride to be a lot more firm (good thing I had softer shocks)and it sure is. But the ride height should have been close unloaded. That was true when Inga was new 23 years and 254K miles ago. She sat level and did not sag under a minor load. Cheap fix for your 244 find a good set of low mileage regular wagon springs and that should give you the extra lift you are looking for. Then you most likely need to change out the TAB's at some point. Good Luck, Paul Mark this post as an answer to my question<- Use this feature to mark quality replies to your post. Select, copy to buffer, and paste anywhere: <a href="http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1345509/220/240/260/280/need_cheap_ride_height_solution_sorry_long.html">Need a cheap ride height solution - sorry it's long</a>

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  posted by  CliveAlive  on Tue Apr 28 18:57 CST 2009 > V

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  • I drilled a hole in the center of a hockey puck. [200][1987]
    posted by  245DogWaggin  on Thu Apr 23 20:03 CST 2009 > V
    • I drilled a hole in the center of a hockey puck. [200][1987]
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      • I drilled a hole in the center of a hockey puck. [200][1987]
        posted by  Volvo From Heck  on Fri Apr 24 08:31 CST 2009 > V

• Need a cheap ride height solution - sorry it's long [200][1987]
  posted by  Paul Driver of Inga  on Thu Apr 23 12:35 CST 2009 > V
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    posted by  jdsullivan  on Fri Apr 24 11:07 CST 2009 > V
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      posted by  Paul Driver of Inga  on Fri Apr 24 17:02 CST 2009 > V

• Need a cheap ride height solution - sorry it's long [200][1987]
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• Need a cheap ride height solution - sorry it's long [200][1987]
  posted by  Volvo From Heck  on Thu Apr 23 11:20 CST 2009 > V
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