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.

13 days later

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.

      Looks like it has the estate pack (load cover, load nets in the seat backs and the mess down the side)

      I wonder if it has nivomats in the back as well (with the 3rd row I think this is quite possibly).

      I had a set of the rear side load nets ages ago , think they got binned unfortunately!

      Look at the door cards!!!!! No shrinkage of the vinyl where the arm sits! Wow! ( worth taking them off and glueing them up before they rattle themselves apart , I cant count the amount of glue tubes I put on the backs of the door cards of P80s , helps with sound system too plus some Dynamite here and there.

        It did have the load cover, though this was broken when I got the car. I have pieces of it.

        No nivomats though.

        AshDVS

        https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/187291#Comment_187291

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

        i thought u installed heated rears in the last v70 you built up?

          Just fronts as the elements were already in the V70R seats.

          This one will have heated seats once I'm done though.

          Ex850R

          I had a set of the rear side load nets ages ago , think they got binned unfortunately!

          Look at the door cards!!!!! No shrinkage of the vinyl where the arm sits! Wow! ( worth taking them off and glueing them up before they rattle themselves apart , I cant count the amount of glue tubes I put on the backs of the door cards of P80s , helps with sound system too plus some Dynamite here and there.

          The interior in this car is really nice. If only I could live with the biege.

          I've got grey V70R door trims ready to go.

            @AshDVS

            Since the 850 supports a dual din setup

            you might try and find a mda 5051 that will work with your alpine MD head unit

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbfOMmfnpc

            Gives you another 3 MD in dash and a really cool display to go with it

            Spent a little bit of time on the V70 today and gave it its first engine bay wash which made a big difference.

            With that done, I got through a few minor odds and ends (mostly from my parts stash) - Fitted an MSD coil I had tucked away, replaced the oil filer cap, and fitted an ITG foam air filter (panel filter).

            Other than that, removed the rear mudflaps and fitted the 850R wheels with monster-truck-spec 215/45/17 tyres that I had in my stash of parts that I'd bought before I got the car.

            Wheels are in need of a refurb. One has a little flat spot, all have curb rash and all need paint. Tyres are too big and look a bit silly but they'll do until I work out if I'm keeping them or whether I'll go with something else.

            I had a 'Duratec ST' spark plug cover left over from the Vocus so had thought about modifying it to fit the earlier variant of the 5 cyl engine in the P80 cars but it isn't long enough.

            If anyone wants one for their amusement on their P1 C30/S40/V50, drop me a PM.

            See -

            I'll probably get started on some of the suspension and some bodywork next but I'm waiting on a few parts to turn up before I can sink my teeth in too much.

            At one time I had that size tyre and enjoyed the comfort , it didn't affect my enjoyment just changed how it spooled of course.

            They just look awkward and you can spot that they're not right from ages away.

            I think I have an alloy p80 rip intercooler floating around if you want something polished

              Philia_Bear

              I think I have an alloy p80 rip intercooler floating around if you want something polished

              I'm going to do the intercooler and radiator anyway. Shoot me a pic of what you have.

                Subscribed ........

                I don't mind the look of 215 / 45 , not too much out of place

                Hard to tell from the picture , 17 x 7.5 with 185 / 35 tires . Quite a bit of stretch on coilovers

                11 days later

                Parts keep arriving in the door but not in the order that I'd like, so it's difficult to actually tick specific items off the list. Yesterday the intercooler and pipework arrived but since I'm not really into 'bling', I'm going to send the pipes out for powdercoating before fitting.

                I can't do much with rear suspension just yet as I'm waiting for shocks to arrive (I have a pair here but currently cant source parts to rebuild them).

                Minimal bling is the best approach and when I get around to it I will modify the stock airbox to get rid of that silly blue pod filter too

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