Stiffening suspension

KwackerJack

My 2002 Volvo S80 is as comfy as any driver wants.

But its to soft and bouncy for our by-roads. What is the best and cheapest was to harden/Stiffen the Suspension without wrecking the car.

I only want to small bit to stop the roll on corner and that bounce every time I hot a bump.

Any ideas??

Mar4ix

sound like shock absorbers gone. did it pass nct ?
id say , get new springs and gas shock absorbers. ... or maybe need new shock absorbers.

here is video, to give you some idea

KwackerJack

Mar4ix wrote: »

sound like shock absorbers gone. did it pass nct ?
id say , get new springs and gas shock absorbers. ... or maybe need new shock absorbers.

here is video, to give you some idea

The good auld bounce test seems fine shock wise....it is a heavy car!!

Id say better shocks should do the trick....any specific ones or just standard gas??

Thanks for the vid

Mar4ix

KwackerJack wrote: »

The good auld bounce test seems fine shock wise....it is a heavy car!!

Id say better shocks should do the trick....any specific ones or just standard gas??

Thanks for the vid

welcome....

i am not familiar with particular car, maybe pop in in some volvo s80 forums, ask same question, believe such question been up. it is all depends of budget .. i believe. to change shocks and springs, would be around 500 , if you do yourself, but i dont know exact amount of money.... just rough.

p.s. that video been here in forum, cant remember why it was here, but i did remember it

Nissan doctor

KwackerJack wrote: »

My 2002 Volvo S80 is as comfy as any driver wants.

But its to soft and bouncy for our by-roads. What is the best and cheapest was to harden/Stiffen the Suspension without wrecking the car.

I only want to small bit to stop the roll on corner and that bounce every time I hot a bump.

Any ideas??

For the issues you mention, a good quality set of uprated springs and stiffer anti-roll bar bushes would be ideal IMO.

As a cheeky aside, I have a lightly used set of Eibach sportline springs sitting in the garage for an S80;)

Supergurrier

Eibach Springs....