Cam's 850 T5 Wagon - Astrid Fringle

CamZH · 2014-08-11T03:35:47+00:00

Oh , nice one! I like an 850 T5 , they seem to go harder than later v70s , if they go I guess! Maybe James's T5 motor into it if he wrecks it? What's the hg...

CamZH

egads;124620 wroteOoh, seat conversion looks grand! Heated and all adjustable still?

All adjustable, yes.
The seats themselves are heated, but not got to the bottom of the heating.
I need to work out what is required to make the heating work, I can't just feed 12V to the elements as they will burn out, and the control module (in the seat) doesnt heat them with application of 12V needs another signal to get them going, not sure if its data or something simpler...

CamZH

R !

May 2017:
New sticker + 5hp

I bought some new panels, R front bar, bonnet and front quarters.
Had to clean up the front bar

CamZH

Hit the grey top with an orbital sander, came up rather well :)

egads (she/her)

CamZH;124622 wrote
egads;124620 wroteOoh, seat conversion looks grand! Heated and all adjustable still?
All adjustable, yes.
The seats themselves are heated, but not got to the bottom of the heating.
I need to work out what is required to make the heating work, I can't just feed 12V to the elements as they will burn out, and the control module (in the seat) doesnt heat them with application of 12V needs another signal to get them going, not sure if its data or something simpler...

Awesome, there is hope in my future plan to whack some s80 seats in my 850 :-)
Do you have the seat heater switches from the s60?

CamZH

Blacked the horns, the red was just a bit too much

Bought a 19T but it got damaged in transit, the seller took it back (y)

When I got the R bumper, the guy threw in the old floor mats, they were rather dirty, but came up ok with a clean

CamZH

egads;124627 wrote
CamZH;124622 wrote
egads;124620 wroteOoh, seat conversion looks grand! Heated and all adjustable still?
All adjustable, yes.
The seats themselves are heated, but not got to the bottom of the heating.
I need to work out what is required to make the heating work, I can't just feed 12V to the elements as they will burn out, and the control module (in the seat) doesnt heat them with application of 12V needs another signal to get them going, not sure if its data or something simpler...
Awesome, there is hope in my future plan to whack some s80 seats in my 850 :-)
Do you have the seat heater switches from the s60?

The P2 seats are a lot newer, so less worn, and I'd say better than the 850 seats anyhow.
Nope !
the switches are integrated into the dash on an S60, So very different

CamZH

Got me some dye and changed the colour of the mats.
Was going for black, but didnt quiet get there, interestingly the 850 embroided logo didnt take the dye.

CamZH

Pretty happy with the results.

CamZH

Got the final coast of dip (not actual Plasti Dip) onto the front bar:

And got some blue onto the top part (real plastiDip)

So this was before:

CamZH

and after:

rado

Good thread and an interesting read , any updates this year ?

speed97

Nice mods on the wagon. The blue accent looks great on white.

CamZH

rado;c-140753 wroteGood thread and an interesting read , any updates this year ?

Yeah, there has been some things, can't recall what they are at this stage :)
I'll update this when I find some time

CamZH

wow, so long between updates...
I moved house and didnt do much in 2018...

CamZH

Back from July 2017:
Bought a big box:

CamZH

Updated the exhaust manifold and installed a 16T with angled exhaust housing while I was at it.

CamZH

nek minnit

used that fancy bleeding purple wheel cleaner (Bowdens Wheel Clean)

CamZH

had a bit of a coolant issue:

changed out the firewall connection block thing and she's good to go

CamZH

Oct 2017:
was time to do some colour matching of the bumpers/pannels
I bought a spare set of front quarter panels and finally got around to dipping and installing them:

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