Folks,

The 1992 240 GL I bought in August, 2007 will finally receive a much needed suspension rebuilding. The wee green beastie, with moon roof and M47 II manual tranny, shall receive the following:

Meyle (some pronounce it like Molly) brand parts as follows:
- 2 upper strut mounts (From FCP Groton)
- 2 outer tie rods
- 2 ball joints
- 2 front (smaller control) arm bushings
- 2 rear larger control bushings - (See more about these, below)
- 2 Bilstein Touring Class strut cartridges (bought from from IPD - the beastie has Boge Automatics in the rear, and these are quite stiff making the rear of the wee green beastie feel like a heavy BMW 2002. I've read some serious disappointment in Boge Turbo Gas dampeners purchased in this country for 240 in the last five years, so I went with the Bilstein TC struts and I'm sure they'll fit the ABS strut tube housings UNLIKE Bilstein HDs.)

I also will add:
- Two (a set) of 242 GT reinforcing strut mount plates. (I have two sets and they need rust removal, and some POR-15 to finish. At 60$-120$ to sand blast four of these steel plates, I'll refinish it myself.)

More may be needed like the inner tie rods and what not as disassembly reveals. Else, I'll clean and repack the inner tie rods if they demonstrate more life remains in them.

I had some Meyle parts left over I had for years so I went to Discount Import Parts in Milwaukee, OR (I live in NE Washington State) and went Meyle all the way where normally I'd go Boge for the rubber components.

About the Two rear Meyle Control Arm Bushings ...

The funny thing, the rear control bushings look really small. I'd not replaced a set since June 2001 when I did this on the fabulous, yet awesome 1991 240 I still own.

Meyle uses two unique PNs for two unique 240 rear control arm bushings. Only Volvo factory and Boge also provide a unique left and right 240 rear control arm bushing.

FCP Groton provides one Boge/Sachs part for both left and right.

http://www.fcpgroton.com/product-exec/product_id/6845/nm/1985_1993_Volvo_240_Front_OEM_Control_Arm_Bushing_rear_position_/category_id/186

Anyhoo ....

I'll let you know how it all turns out. Hopefully the Meyle strut mounts won't fail like the APA/URO/Scantech 240 strut mounts. Remember, Volvo factory 240 strut mounts are made by Boge.

Why Meyle, You May Ask?

I'd researched the OES, OEM, and aftermarket. Boge/Sachs, owned by ZF, is factory on 240 rubber suspension bushes front an rear and a Volvo supplier. Meyle is also an OES to Mercedes, Audi/VW/Porshe, BMW, and the like. My research on ZF (Lemförder, ZF, and I forget) is incomplete even though ZF owns Boge/Sachs.

In reading the VW, BMW, and other board (like brickboard for those unforgivable non-Volvo owners), Meyle wins for advocacy and is an equal to Boge for after market.

After some URO/APA/Scantech disasters, and disappointed in aftermarket choices, I figured why not choose Melye this time.