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740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 12:37 AM
if you have installed rear overload coils and have bilseint HDs too on a 740/940 i would like to see examples please.
mr brick driver
10-22-2010, 01:38 AM
if you have installed rear overload coils and have bilseint HDs too on a 740/940 i would like to see examples please.

I have them on my 1992 745 wagon. I can try to post a picture, but I need to deal with my camara and get the chance to go outside and take a picture. I'm happy with the ride and I think it looks how it should now. It does not look like a muscle car that is raked up, but it does not look like the rear wheels are scraping with a set of wheels and tires in the back.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 01:40 AM
what's the measured distance from the ground to the fender lip?
745 TurboGreasel
10-22-2010, 02:12 AM
what's the measured distance from the ground to the fender lip?
Irrelevant, measure hub to lip.
Tom Wiley
10-22-2010, 02:13 AM
what's the measured distance from the ground to the fender lip?

A mile.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 04:55 PM
Irrelevant, measure hub to lip.

A mile.

pictures OR measurments will do guys.
thelostartof
10-22-2010, 04:57 PM
I had Overloads and HD's on my car for years. You just wanted a measurement of height?

Depends on tire size also but I think mine was around 25-26" depending on what wheel/tire combo I ran
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 05:05 PM
factory sizes, if not ~10mm larger diameter (tire OD).
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 05:09 PM
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n. rippe
10-22-2010, 05:16 PM
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg120/nrippe2/Picture006.jpg


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg120/nrippe2/2066.jpg
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 05:18 PM
26 inches is pitifully low.

hey n. rippe, what measurment you have?
n. rippe
10-22-2010, 05:19 PM
26 inches is pitifully low.

hey n. rippe, what measurment you have?

I'll let you know when I get home.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 05:22 PM
if you could that would be great of you. thanks in any case:)
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 05:56 PM
i have measured 26.5", i want it at 28"...any definitive observations noted in height change with the overloads in conjunction with bilsetin heavy-duty absorbers?

i might be able to have ~10mm MAX. spacers fabricated to be placed under the coil...but i would like to see more feedback.
n. rippe
10-22-2010, 07:13 PM
From the middle of the wheel to the lip of the fender is 15.5 inches. From the ground to the lip of the fender is about 27. Did I measure it right?

Wheels are 15x7 with 205/60-15 tires.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 08:05 PM
intersting, thank you for the measurment.

27" is decent but i would rather have that extra inch higher. i wonder, are 740 diesel rear springs "stiffer" than rear "overload" coils?
745 TurboGreasel
10-22-2010, 08:50 PM
No.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 08:52 PM
are they the same? or are "overload" coils as stiff as Volvo ever made them?
745 TurboGreasel
10-22-2010, 08:54 PM
Diesel rears are not noticeably different that regular T springs.
Tom Wiley
10-22-2010, 11:02 PM
get some 5" circle track spring that are 14" tall.
740tankDriver
10-22-2010, 11:18 PM
thank you for the suggestion, what prompts you to suggest these particular dimensions?
norcal505
10-23-2010, 02:27 AM
they're on the 245 i drive...
740tankDriver
10-23-2010, 02:30 AM
they're on the 245 i drive...

what are you talkiing about?