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There are more spring rate combinations for these cars than I've had hot dinners. It varies by weight of the car, engine choice, trim level, chassis choice etc. As far as brakes go, they can vary a bit as well. Rear brakes are all the same at 280mm discs but fronts range from 278mm on the smaller engined cars to 300 on mid-range engines and 320mm on T5/D5 cars. There can be slight variations. My very early S40 T5 had 300mm brakes that I upgraded to 320mm as all the later cars had them.

The DRIVe models are indeed lowered as our V50 was. I've since fitted aftermarket (Sachs) springs to return it to standard ride height as speed bumps and certain highland roads proved problematic. I went standard at the front and heavy duty at the rear.