I'm gonna copy and paste my volvoforums post to save time because I didn't get much help over there.
I have a 240 with Virgo wheels, 25 mm ipd spacers, and cut springs (2.5 coils in the front and 1.5 in the back). I love the look of this but I didn't pass inspection because my front springs were too short. my initial thought was to get ipd lowering springs even though they're expensive, however, in one of the pictures it looks like the springs are around 2 coils less than the OEM ones so I'm worried that even if I got them, I wouldn't pass inspection. another option I have at my disposal is 2 245 parts cars I can take OEM springs off of and replace the front cut springs with. this would pass inspection but not look how I want it to. I might need to get smaller shocks... I don't quite know so any suggestions?
IPD lowered springs would obviously perform better, however they are around the same height as my cut springs. I failed the inspection because my springs were too short in correlation to my struts. This meant that in the front when the car was jacked up, my springs weren't tight in the suspension as they were shorter than OEM and this made me fail. In my mind, if I got lowered springs I'd be in the same position. I also talked to someone from IPD and he said the aftermarket struts are the same length as OEM so this also wouldn't help me. To solve my problem I need shorter struts (shorter than OEM). Another idea I had was cutting the tube that holds the strut in between where the threads for the strut are and the perch where the spring sits and removing some material before welding it back to make my springs not loose when the weight isn't on it. I have no idea if that would work, I just thought of it.
I have a 240 with Virgo wheels, 25 mm ipd spacers, and cut springs (2.5 coils in the front and 1.5 in the back). I love the look of this but I didn't pass inspection because my front springs were too short. my initial thought was to get ipd lowering springs even though they're expensive, however, in one of the pictures it looks like the springs are around 2 coils less than the OEM ones so I'm worried that even if I got them, I wouldn't pass inspection. another option I have at my disposal is 2 245 parts cars I can take OEM springs off of and replace the front cut springs with. this would pass inspection but not look how I want it to. I might need to get smaller shocks... I don't quite know so any suggestions?
IPD lowered springs would obviously perform better, however they are around the same height as my cut springs. I failed the inspection because my springs were too short in correlation to my struts. This meant that in the front when the car was jacked up, my springs weren't tight in the suspension as they were shorter than OEM and this made me fail. In my mind, if I got lowered springs I'd be in the same position. I also talked to someone from IPD and he said the aftermarket struts are the same length as OEM so this also wouldn't help me. To solve my problem I need shorter struts (shorter than OEM). Another idea I had was cutting the tube that holds the strut in between where the threads for the strut are and the perch where the spring sits and removing some material before welding it back to make my springs not loose when the weight isn't on it. I have no idea if that would work, I just thought of it.
