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1995 850 suspension springs/dampers 850

posted by  scurvy on  Thu Jan 5 04:35 CST 2006
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I'm looking ahead and doing some wishful thinking about the suspension on my base 1995 850 N/A sedan, specifically replacing the sagging rear shocks and front spring seats/mounts. While I'm at it, I'd like to replace both the springs and shocks with stiffer (but certainly not shorter or "lowering" springs). FCPG has rear springs for wagons as "heavy duty" springs for sedans. Anyone tried this? I'm fine with a slightly higher ride height. I'm also fine with OEM shocks/dampers as the ride quality was fine when it was newer.

I'm not interested in lowering springs or ultra stiff shocks/dampers, as I need enough suppleness to deal with the continuous road construction in Chicago.

Thanks,

scurvy

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1995 base 850 sedan w/M56 manual transmission, 156k miles







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