DVS V70T5 #2: THE SEQUEL - 1997 V70T5

TL_V70

Looking good Ash. I do like the darker colours on the V70, I have a 97 T5 in silver but black looks way nicer. I look forward to reading future updates and hopefully get some ideas and borrow some inspiration from you lol ?

Thanks man.

I'm a bit the other way around. I had a silver one last time and would have preferred a silver or white one rather than black. I just like light coloured cars with dark wheels.

This one has a sunroof too which I'd rather it didnt have but T5s are difficult to get hold of now so I'm happy with what I ended up with. I also like the history of this one and will stay in contact with the previous owners.

I remember those. I dont have one though.

I've got a Sony MZ-R55 MD walkman and a Sony MDS-JE510 which is part of a cobbled together (but really nice) 90s hi-fi setup I have.

Using native format means that, while I dont get amazing compression with minimal quality loss, all my discs can be played by all my hardware.

18x9 will be a struggle, even at ET50 on a P80 - I've got my doubts about the 18x8.5 Fifteen52 wheels I have here.

Philia_Bear

@AshDVS

You got me looking on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alpine-MDA-7755R-Mini-Disc-player-Radio-in-dash-unit-cd-changer-control-/264279441351

That might be a nice upgrade for you

Nice, but nostalgia dictates I use the one that I bought way back when! :)

Philia_Bear

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/186483#Comment_186483

All the more reason to trade me for the oz racing rims :-)

Maybe. Let me try them first though.

Hopefully I'll have them off the car in the coming week or so and I can then move the Focus on and start tinkering with the V70.

With thanks to @iceton1975 and @volstretch, I've had a pretty successful week or so of parts gathering.

@volstretch sorted me out with grey V70R seats and door trims.

@iceton1975 got my rear brakes organised as I'm going to use P2 S60R/V70R rear brakes.

On a sadder note, the more I do my maths, the more I think that the Fifteen52 tarmac wheels from the Focus are just a bit wide with too aggressive of an offset. I dont think 18x8.5 and ET40 is going to work. I want to run a 225/35/18 and I can't stand even the slightest stretching of tyres.

18x8 and ET42-48 would likely be best.

Anyhoo, the Vocus will go to a new home in a couple of weeks so I'll look at that again soon.

With the Vocus having been picked up this afternoon, I finally got around to giving the V70 a quick wash to better understand what I've got in front of me.

In short, the starting point is decent, it's essentially straight and aside from the terrible top surfaces, the rest of the paint will likely be decent once detailed (by someone other than me).

And despite being beige, the interior is in very good shape. I haven't cleaned it at all - it was well taken care of by the previous owner.

I've never seen these webbed basket storage bin thingos before but I think I'll re-use them in the grey interior swapover.

Mark from VP Tuning/Voldat sorted me out with a heap of grey/charcoal cargo area trims and plastic pieces from an 850R wagon he was parting out, so I picked those up last week as well - it was really good to see both Mark and John again too, so I'm looking forward to becoming a bit more active in the VCOV like I'd been quite a while back.

And here's the rear seats -

If anyone is looking for a complete biege V70T5 interior, please let me know. It'll be cheap.

Philia_Bear

rear seats heated?

No. Nor are the fronts. I'm actually not sure we got heated rear seats here.