Hi, I want to lift my v70 2002 d5. I am thinking about putting front springs from xc70 or even whole strut asembly. Has anyone done that?

sorry for my bad english

 

Front: XC70 automatic front springs, 7mm spacer on strut top, and 12mm diameter lower(out of two) shock bolt instead of 14mm. Rear 6cm specer on springs and 6cmm shock absorber extension. Front lifts 5,5m, rear 6,5cm.

If i had to do it second time, i would put xc70 manual transmision front springs and 4cm spacers in the rear.

 

I have a 2002 base V70 and would like clearance and load carrying. So, the XC70 manual front springs with spacers would be the stiffest for the V70 rear? Also for the fronts?

 

No, i could`t find anything other than stock for the rear (or gave up to soon). what i did was bought tougher springs for the rear, they are thicker (i`d say i can put almost twice as much weight in the back), then i put spacer on top of them for clearance and dont forget to extend the shock absorber. As for the front, i put xc70 automatic front springs and spacers under the top bolt of shock absorber.
That`s the maximum lift for the front without changing shocks, it givs 6cm lift, xc70 manual springs shuold give about 3-3,5cm lift. Becouse rear specer weren`t a perfect fit (it was about 6,5-7cm given the situation) the rear lifted about 8cm.
I don`t remember about rear but front camber was spot on without changing any bolts like i wrote previously, i`m going to check rear again later some time.

And you can put r16 205/65 tires, but when steering wheal is turn all the way left/right the tire grinds against the frame so you`ll need to adjust the limiters, at-least with stock height, don`t know about now, yet.