Folks,

Finally got some rear shocks on the 1992 Volvo 240 GL wee green beastie.

Put Bilstein Touring struts on the front about five years ago as part a front suspension rebuild. The thing had actual real Boge Automatics on the rear, and they went click-click like the U.S.S. Enterprise Galaxy class pneumatic doors.

So, while in the Portland area I visited our dear iPd, the shrine, the home office, al centro to all things Volvo ... yet I'm thinking 1989 at times.

Got a set of the Bilstein Touring rear shocks, recalling some folks that complain about some manner of clicking. Nope. Fits like socks on a rooster on the 240.

As firm as you please like the front Bilstein Touring front strut cartridges. Perfectly balanced front to rear. (The rear shocks being three or five years newer, well, slightly more crisp.)

I did not ring things out on a drive this afternoon. yet no clicking.

And, even though I have 1991 240 wagon springs rear, a 23mm bar front, and I think 21 rear, well, these feel like the actual Boge Turbo Gas, the Made in Germany Boge, from like 1984 or so.

No clicking at all. No excessive clearance between the inside diameter of the steel shock mount anchors and the Volvo unibody hardware. A perfect fit. Socks on rooster tootsies.

These Bilstein are superior and firmer to the Boge by Sachs offerings (unless you like a Volvo 240 to have floaty-wallowy ride feel) at the same price. Not as firm or discriminating in the dampening as the Bilsetin HDs (that won't fit into later 1988+ or so 240 strut tubes, without modification, unless that's changed).

About 100$ for the pair, now.

Hope that helps you kind folks.

And now we have the real work to do to preserve this Volvo 240 forever. Even after the sun goes nova. Yet by then, we'll have a nice ride and warp drive and AC. Like modded 1976 Volvo 242 DL with M46 and micro warp drive:



I don't draw too well. Traced the 242 from a photo. Still have the color pencils. Glows under black light, too! Bought this 1976 242 DL in El Granada, CA near Monterey in 1988. Want a 242 Volvo 240 coupe again. With the SF Bay Area's Live 105.3 KITS on the radio.

Thank you.

West "Massive Inflammation MacDuff" Coast(?)
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