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soft front suspension with wheel well rubbing 850

posted by  vesparally on  Tue Jan 31 19:15 CST 2012
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'97 Volvo 850 NA 149,000 miles
The car came with 195/65r15 tires which measure 25" in overall diameter as oppose to stock/correct 195/60r15 (24.2" overall diameter).
The front seems to bottom out and rub the inner wheel-wells bad when the front wheels are turned on minor bumps/inclines (like pulling into a driveway).
I realize the tires are slightly over-sized and that the front struts could be weak.
DO the front springs ever get weak ? In all my years working on Volvos in various shops I've never had to change front springs, they seemed to last forever on my old 240's.
What is the stock ride height (measured at wheel-well lip).??

thanks all
ride on
Peter






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