850R Mods

Jimbo where did you get that front lip on the spoiler please, I'm thinking the black on black would look nice on my 850R

MMAZA

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/175699#Comment_175699

What wheels are they?

I really want some Ray's Te37.

They are S60R wheels, Volvo name Pegasus, with porsche 993 brakes

Try this place for 850 bulbs

Ohh, as to the 2~3000 dollars straight up , yes, EVERY old Volvo turbo needs that in parts for proper Stage 0. Unless previous owner spent 1000s each and every service but sadly all they do is get oil changes etc.

@Ex850R told me this years ago and both of the 850Rs I've owned have held true to it. The first required intake plumbing, front suspension and brakes, and the second required a PCV system, brakes, and re-rounding of all five rims!

The 850R is a really fun car to drive once you dial it in, but compared to 240s it can be a lot of work to get them there, but they are worth it IMO.

jamesinc

Ohh, as to the 2~3000 dollars straight up , yes, EVERY old Volvo turbo needs that in parts for proper Stage 0. Unless previous owner spent 1000s each and every service but sadly all they do is get oil changes etc.

@Ex850R told me this years ago and both of the 850Rs I've owned have held true to it. The first required intake plumbing, front suspension and brakes, and the second required a PCV system, brakes, and re-rounding of all five rims!

The 850R is a really fun car to drive once you dial it in, but compared to 240s it can be a lot of work to get them there, but they are worth it IMO.

Yes, James, I learned this from my addiction to buying every sexy turbo Volvo wagon I found.....

Mazza, in buying your first Ovlov,you are now committed to having several in the driveway,at least two in various stages of wrecking for parts and a project 'special' old one that makes no sense as to how much cash has disappeared into it..........

My friend, you are now a Volvo addict...

I am lucky in a way,I move homes quite a bit the last ten years and carrying all my spares and moving cars proved too much in the end and I have one modern Volvo now , ohh, the missus finally asked for one ,so , it's actually a two Volvo family.

A couple of peeps on here have bought some major parts off me so I bundled up a pile of parts to go with it to get them out of my shed,a very satisfying experience!

I was very lucky with my first Ovlov , I sought out an 855R for a long time,a car broker found one from a guy in Tasmania who had collected all his childhood dream cars and traded them all in on a Range Rover !

It was a RED 855R Manual in almost perfect condition with under 40,000K on it.

Sadly , at about 138,000K a silly young girl slammed into me,damage was repairable but I couldn't do it, the car had been special and improved and a broken version I couldn't live with.

Yep, addicted with the first one!

jamesinc

Ohh, as to the 2~3000 dollars straight up , yes, EVERY old Volvo turbo needs that in parts for proper Stage 0. Unless previous owner spent 1000s each and every service but sadly all they do is get oil changes etc.

@Ex850R told me this years ago and both of the 850Rs I've owned have held true to it. The first required intake plumbing, front suspension and brakes, and the second required a PCV system, brakes, and re-rounding of all five rims!

The 850R is a really fun car to drive once you dial it in, but compared to 240s it can be a lot of work to get them there, but they are worth it IMO.

Same here. Spent about $4k getting mine back to good working order incl OEM radiator and other biggish items. Still have a range of smaller fixes to go

dmm

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/175726#Comment_175726

Same here. Spent about $4k getting mine back to good working order incl OEM radiator and other biggish items. Still have a range of smaller fixes to go

At this age, every single rubber bush needs replaced, get parts while you can still buy them.

They did an 850R in a dark grey which is really nice, should really stick with a factory colour, other's just don't look right imo

Always keep colour original to the Vin to maintain classic car value

Front splitter group-buy discussion has been moved to its own thread: https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/12643/850r-front-splitters-group-buy

There's no website per se. These were also designed by Duncan and we had some machined in Adelaide. There is some modification to the stub knuckle with some extra parts in the pipework to make the whole setup even better.

Regards,

Michael