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Old 16th September 2024, 23:30   #46
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Re: Air Suspension Explained | All you need to know

Relevant portion of the S90 Brochure mentioning Suspension and Tyre details
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Old 17th September 2024, 01:01   #47
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Re: Air Suspension Explained | All you need to know

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However, assume you add a spacer to your strut, then it may level itself and compress down.
Thank you for your response. I do not know the technicalities of suspensions but I think the size I am upgrading to is a Volvo approved wheel size
and I do not think an OEM approved wheel size would need addition of a spacer. Kindly correct me if I am wrong. Thank you.
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Re: Air Suspension Explained | All you need to know

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Never ever use spacers on air suspension as you will throw off the system completely! The system will adjust downwards automatically.

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and I do not think an OEM approved wheel size would need addition of a spacer. Kindly correct me if I am wrong. Thank you.
I'm not advocating the use of spacers here. Since the question was on GC and that the suspension was designed to maintained the GC. The GC change - due to change in tyre and due to a change in suspension geometry/BIW are both different, and the car would react differently for both. See my comment below. Which implies you are safe to change the tyre to a bigger size one.


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.. the only constant reference point for ride height would be the car itself (eg: frame). Having ground as a reference point for adjusting ride height would be highly unreliable and improbable coming from an OEM.

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