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Self Leveling Rear Shocks

posted by  Oliver on  Tue Jul 28 06:07 CST 2009
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Replacing the struts at 145,000 miles and just found out that my 99 S70 AWD has self leveling rear shocks (part # 862027). WOW - they are not cheap ($300 each) in comparison to normal shocks. The bilstein struts only cost $119 each.

I have not had experience with these on Volvo's, so how does the self leveling system work? Not to sound dumb here, but aren't all shocks self leveling? What is the life expectancy of these over regular shocks? Has anyone got advice on a less expensive replacement?

Oliver
Over a million Volvo miles and still smiling :-) (I think)





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