Pastry's suspiciously cheap XC90 2.5T

pastry · 2017-03-04T23:01:58+00:00

Needs work but not a lost cause, the ideal enthusiast car! What did you end up picking it up for?

jamesinc

Yeah, and @AshDVS, if he's around (I think he's a bit preoccupied with house moving), I'm pretty sure he knows the ins and outs of getting springs made up, as DVS 240 front springs are a custom job (or at the very least a custom-modified King spring or similar)

pastry

@Ex850R did mention doing that, suppose I should! paging @AshDVS – whatcha think?

In the interim I've fired off a couple of emails with details to get the ball rolling. Usually get further faster on the phone but it's Friday and I'm meant to be building a little web app....

Philia_Bear

Should be sub $600 for a set of custom king springs

Jamest5r_

Out the bottom is easiest :)

ToomanyVolvos

That's brilliant. Can't see what's raised this chassis up?

bigal

jamesinc

ToomanyVolvos;121233 wroteThat's brilliant. Can't see what's raised this chassis up?

Fair play though, what kind of sorcery is holding it up??

Jamest5r_

Just axle stands and blocks you can see them in this picture, i agree not the safest method but it didn't move :)

pastry

Amazingly it seems like nobody has ever built a custom spring for these things, despite them being about since 2003.

I might try contacting Eibach about the spec of their discontinued springs.. my german ist nicht gut, and I'm sure they'll be all "das ist our IP, schweinhund!", but worth an Aussie crack eh?

bigal

I like the sound of the R spring option if you can find a wrecked one.

How about just stick the oem's back in and try the ipd sway bars? (I know I've mentioned it before, they have me excited) Gee the reviews are good! I recommend giving them a read..

https://www.ipdusa.com/products/4892/109280-front-rear-anti-sway-bar-kit-xc90

example:

"Absolutely amazing. Every aspect of driving the car much improved. Handling in curves of course much better. But also straightline highway driving, steering feel, windy conditions, lack of body roll, even just turning into driveways at low speed you can feel the difference. As far as I am concerned its the best mod you can make for the money."

ToomanyVolvos

They look nice but 499 USD is already quite steep IMO, bit then add $477.86!!!!!!!USD in freight.

Something has gone horribly wrong with shipping costs from the USA.

pastry

yeah, i'm not paying that Al, sorry mate!

Enquired on a few R wrecks but spring etc already gone. An R would still probably have Nivomats at the rear anyway?

I've got all the mount hardware on the way, so if I can't come up with a better option I'm going to stick my current struts and springs back in for now, and at least make sure the engine runs! :joy:

Probably sensible.

That reminds me – best chase the guy who's had my subframe for the last 2 weeks. It's 4 bushings, man!

bigal

pastry;121729 wroteAmazingly it seems like nobody has ever built a custom spring for these things, despite them being about since 2003.

I might try contacting Eibach about the spec of their discontinued springs.. my german ist nicht gut, and I'm sure they'll be all "das ist our IP, schweinhund!", but worth an Aussie crack eh?

Does this help? Some detailed info on the Eibach springs..

I took those from here:
http://www.dvsegmbh.info/PDF/einbau/42017/2299/E10-84-007-01-22.pdf

Which is found here:
http://web2.carparts-cat.com/default.aspx?230=1&1271=48&1272=3ab2eeb2-dcc5-41d6-a040-f53bc506ec11&1273=1&36=0&35=2299&32=108870&34=0,2047566&14=4&10=99E779B1B0A9409889DDD5F95195C672279001&12=130

pastry

useless mate, jeez

pastry

thanks @bigal, that's a good start I'd think!

AshDVS

Apologies for the late check-in.
I'm playing a bit of catch up (on many fronts! lol)

We can offer H&R, Eibach and some custom options for non-coilover spring solutions.

As a generalisation, Eibach are typically a linear spring and ride more firmly than the corresponding H&R option.
H&R are, typically, (depending on what model vehicle) a progressive spring and ride is a little more comfort focused.
For corresponding spring sets, Eibach will have a little less ride height too.

Of course, it's always best to think of springs as only part of the package overall and select a suitable shock.
Eibach offerings tend to be nicer with higher spec'd shocks, while it probably isnt as critical with H&R offerings.

Lets say you wanted a custom set for it -
As a minimum, we'd need a sample spring of what you have now and some data on how you'd like to change it.
In an ideal world, I'd get to have a drive of it first and then we'd pop it on a set of race scales to better understand corner weights, etc and how we might want to change it.

With a sample of the springs here, I could easily grab what is required to have a custom set made up.
One-off sets/pairs will vary in price and I could estimate that once I have a spring here, have measured it and requested a quote.

Our 240 springs as an example are a custom made spring, made to our spec from scratch for us. They're a low-volume production run, hence they're more expensive than an off the shelf King Springs pair for example.
Our current offering is our second iteration of our own spring, the first being a one-off set via the method described above.

We also have another offering in that space, with more rate and lower ride height that we can offer where coilovers might not be an option.

Drop me an email if you have any further questions, etc

Philia_Bear

@AshDVS

I'll find you some springs!

Ex850R

Philia_Bear;121811 wrote@AshDVS

I'll find you some springs!

Mike, take some back to USA! Once into that market, we get cheaper springs! Ash?

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