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Re: No smiles here Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:05:23 In Reply to: Re: No smiles here, saabsince 93b [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:11:24 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I agree, just do the rear suspension. Should not be too costly. I like the konis, and at the time Bilsteins were about the same price (HD anyway, not sure which exact ones saabsince93b is referring to?). Bilstein made "touring" shocks which I've used on a c900 and they are fine and much more cost effective - so if they have those for 9-5 (didn't when I looked 3 years ago, but that may have changed), that would be a great value. Spacers to improve ride height, shocks, alignment, will solve >90% of your problems.
Where I disagree with saabsince's comments: your tech should shoot for a camber closer to 0 (vs the WIS spec on that). These cars come with too much negative camber from the factory. This is per my SAAB tech's advice.
You may also be getting clunks from the front end as a result of worn sway bar links - a very easy and cheap repair, but get a good brand like Moog, the oem or Febi seem to fail again in a year or 2. $50 or so in parts. No alignment required for that.
$3800 is ridiculous. You should be able to fix this (to >90%) for <$1000 using quality parts and labour. DIY you could probably fix this to >90% for about $300-400 (including a professional alignment).
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