What I Did To My Saab Today.

[carrera]

Sorry to hear that, hope the chat with Joe goes well

[Audax]

Has anyone got any experience, first or seondhand of this kit?  £450.    A single self levelling shock absorber is £564 

Yes, these are what are fitted to my new 9-3, not 100% sure on the dampers, I was told they were B6 but also that the kit came from PFS... The springs are certainly red. No problems to report other than when going over big "rollercoaster" bumps at speed (think 70mph) then the transition in the deflection of the car body feels a little bit "odd" and I suspect it's just due to the way the setup would have worked with nivomat.

[sgould]

Thanks for that.  I’ll discuss with SWMBO and Joe today.

[sgould]

I've spoken to Joe. He will not fit a single shock absorber, only a pair.  So that's nearly £1200 plus labour. 

I will be getting the PFS kit for £450.  With her low mileage and only occasional long journeys, so, unlikely to be a big issue..

I don't have an issue with the Bilsteins.  The 9-5 is notorious for getting through rear shock absorbers.  The Hirsch ones were from Sachs and they lasted about 50,000 miles.  I kept them on long after that, and the replacement made me realise that I should have done it a lot, lot sooner.

[Audax]

The guy who sold me mine said he had a warning on the MOT of misting oil on one shock, apparently it failed suddenly and meant he had to pay the full amount to get it replaced as he was away on holiday. Then at the next service he got told the other side was misting so he got the kit from PFS and did it proactively as it was cheaper.

[Steve McF]

Well a couple of little jobs that I've been meaning to do for a while. I finally got round to fitting the ECU heatshield kit I got from Karl at Noobtune a while ago.

And, I'd recently got some Saab logo puddle lights from RTJ on Ebay. They are the plain black and white type rather than the blue logo. Too sunny at the moment to see them, but hope to check them out when it gets dark later

[sgould]

DHL arrived this lunchtime...

[Geoff1951]

These recent posts remind me of the old saying, Will.  The cheapest car to buy is the one you already own.

[sgould]

I hope so!  Our son has just bought a Hyundai i20 to replace his old one.  There was nothing wrong with the old (11 reg) car apart from some rust on the tailgate, which had been repaired badly.  So he's now some £15k poorer and no better off, apart from a few toys, like a modern audio with bluetooth.  He doesn't need the bluetooth, the car only really does a two mile commute each day.  He said he didn't want to waste money respraying an old car.  So he's taken £5k depreciation this year instead...

[welshwizard]

A car just to do a 2 mile commute?

My OH worries about people thinking why do we have 2 cars....at least both cover a minimum of 10k miles annually.

[Audax]

A 2 mile commute calls for either a bicycle or some nice shoes, not a car!

[sgould]

Has has got a bike, but he only uses it in good weather...

I think most miles are done on the odd trip to Nottingham and Sheffield for his gaming hobbies

[sgould]

Well, there's a sort of "plus" on the underbody stuff.  I still need to replace the rear suspension, but the oil leaks are not too serious.  The rear driveshaft seal that was replaced two years ago is fine.  It's the inner drive shaft boot that has split. Hopefully Joe can find one.  I think he's done one there before about five years ago.

And the suspected front oil leak is in fact a shiny black tin box, that has not been covered in road dirt at the back  .  It looks like an oil cooler or something like that.  I'm feeling a bit more confident about the German trip now.

[sgould]

Now the winter wheels are off, they have been given a bath to see if they are leaking.  And they are.  Both front wheels are leaking around the bead...

[ScarbSaab]

The saloon has been pretending she's a BMW but I cured that with a new (to me) indicator stalk. Sure enough, the ears had snapped off. Weirdly, she would latch the indicator on if she was turning the opposite direction. Contrary little madam.

I plan to attempt a repair on her original stalk, with a fallback of another white cover (from a non-cruise stalk).