Hello,

I have a 1995 940 LPT estate with an LPG conversion. As a result there is an
LPG tank in the spare wheel well, as well as the spare wheel in the boot.
The result of this is that the back hangs down a little.

However when I pull our sailing dinghy and load the boot with all the
paraphernalia required to go camping with a wife and two children the back
hangs down a lot. At night time oncoming traffic will often flash us as our
dipped headlights dazzle them.

What options are there to prevent the back hanging so low?

A local garage has suggested placing a set of (smaller) inner suspension
springs inside the standard ones. They showed me their 740 fitted with these
and it looks neat. However I don't know if these will make the suspension
too stiff (after all most of the time we don't tow a boat and don't have the
boot loaded with camping kit).

Any opinions?

Thanks, Matthew

"Matthew Jenkins" <noname@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a 1995 940 LPT estate with an LPG conversion. As a result there is
> an LPG tank in the spare wheel well, as well as the spare wheel in the
> boot. The result of this is that the back hangs down a little.
>
> However when I pull our sailing dinghy and load the boot with all the
> paraphernalia required to go camping with a wife and two children the back
> hangs down a lot. At night time oncoming traffic will often flash us as
> our dipped headlights dazzle them.
>
> What options are there to prevent the back hanging so low?
>
> A local garage has suggested placing a set of (smaller) inner suspension
> springs inside the standard ones. They showed me their 740 fitted with
> these and it looks neat. However I don't know if these will make the
> suspension too stiff (after all most of the time we don't tow a boat and
> don't have the boot loaded with camping kit).
>
> Any opinions?
>
> Thanks, Matthew
>
>

Volvo sold overload springs for the 200 series, I believe IPD sells them
too. They may have something for a 900 but I've never checked. The inner
springs are a good idea as well, it will make the ride a bit stiffer, but
just the right amount of spring will get you back to where you started.