Shady’s 1995 850 T-5R

shadycourgette · 2022-01-10T09:57:06+00:00

Hi Shady , car looks fantastic there , nor or sor ? Think I'm running 5mm hoses . Pcv is a pain but well worth doing . Looking forward to readin...

shadycourgette

AshDVS
The last two I had, I sold for $100-$150. $400-$600 is definitely in my view of 'silly money'. They're ok but there's certainly more effective/functional braces out there (even beyond what we offer).
@shadycourgette , you asked a question about the Ultra Racing swaybar offering earlier and I missed it and didnt provide a response.
In short, their rear bar is pretty good and would be my preference (now) over the IPD offering. Back in maybe 2014/2015, we'd been looking at reselling them. We got an eval P80 rear bar and fitted it to my 1998 V70T5. Finish was 'ok' but not brilliant and it required minor modification to fit. Unless you have a hoist and were ok with taking a grinder to a brand new bar to make it fit, you might have been unhappy.
From a reseller viewpoint, while the bar we got may have been an exception, this made me lose interest in taking them on to resell.
Fast forward some time, all of the Ultra Racing swaybars I've seen since then (with no exceptions) had nicer welding than the one we got and I havent heard of anyone who the issues we had. Maybe we got a 'friday' bar.
I may reach out to them again and buy one in to eval it again to see if the experience is better this time around, being 7-8 years later.

What strut brace would you go with, given the clearance issues of the MY94/95? Hard to know what fits and what doesn’t, is for LHD only, etc.. I have seen a lot of people recommending OMP but I’m pretty sure they’ve been discontinued as well.

that’s good to know about the Ultra Racing sway bar. I’ll probably bite the bullet on one when I get around to doing a Viva order.

AshDVS

I'd likely trawl around for a cheap genuine Volvo 'squiggly' one but I didnt realise they were that overpriced these days, I've never seen an OMP P80 one in person, so cant make comment on that really.

Otherwise, I'd just keep an eye out for anyone selling one or regularly check UK ebay or one of the UK based Volvo forums.

Ex850R

AshDVS
The last two I had, I sold for $100-$150. $400-$600 is definitely in my view of 'silly money'. They're ok but there's certainly more effective/functional braces out there (even beyond what we offer).
@shadycourgette , you asked a question about the Ultra Racing swaybar offering earlier and I missed it and didnt provide a response.
In short, their rear bar is pretty good and would be my preference (now) over the IPD offering. Back in maybe 2014/2015, we'd been looking at reselling them. We got an eval P80 rear bar and fitted it to my 1998 V70T5. Finish was 'ok' but not brilliant and it required minor modification to fit. Unless you have a hoist and were ok with taking a grinder to a brand new bar to make it fit, you might have been unhappy.
From a reseller viewpoint, while the bar we got may have been an exception, this made me lose interest in taking them on to resell.
Fast forward some time, all of the Ultra Racing swaybars I've seen since then (with no exceptions) had nicer welding than the one we got and I havent heard of anyone who the issues we had. Maybe we got a 'friday' bar.
I may reach out to them again and buy one in to eval it again to see if the experience is better this time around, being 7-8 years later.

I'll take some pix but my LCAs in nice blue from them are ok, some weld spatter which in this day and age of good machines is pretty crap esp when its production run......

TL_V70

Iam pretty sure I paid $150 for my squiggly bar and postage interstate.

Not sure if this helps but here is the part number I took a photo of it before I got the brace powder coated.

shadycourgette

AshDVS
The last two I had, I sold for $100-$150. $400-$600 is definitely in my view of 'silly money'. They're ok but there's certainly more effective/functional braces out there (even beyond what we offer).
@shadycourgette , you asked a question about the Ultra Racing swaybar offering earlier and I missed it and didnt provide a response.
In short, their rear bar is pretty good and would be my preference (now) over the IPD offering. Back in maybe 2014/2015, we'd been looking at reselling them. We got an eval P80 rear bar and fitted it to my 1998 V70T5. Finish was 'ok' but not brilliant and it required minor modification to fit. Unless you have a hoist and were ok with taking a grinder to a brand new bar to make it fit, you might have been unhappy.
From a reseller viewpoint, while the bar we got may have been an exception, this made me lose interest in taking them on to resell.
Fast forward some time, all of the Ultra Racing swaybars I've seen since then (with no exceptions) had nicer welding than the one we got and I havent heard of anyone who the issues we had. Maybe we got a 'friday' bar.
I may reach out to them again and buy one in to eval it again to see if the experience is better this time around, being 7-8 years later.

You should look into this. Ultra Racing Australia don’t list any Volvo products on their website, so I emailed them about a rear sway bar and they said they could supply me one. Not a lot of options for stuff in Australia and OS shipping is outrageous at the moment.

shadycourgette

Bit of an update - headlining is almost there, the trim around the sunroof disintegrated when removing it so had to come up with an alternative. Got some PVC pinch weld rubber and the trimmer said they can wrap it in Alcantara. Should hopefully hold up OK. The centre light surround was very brittle and broke during the painting process. Received a replacement one from @AshDVS ready to paint. The plastics came out very dark (almost black) but doesn’t look too bad I guess.

Ex850R

Very nice!

(Polestar P3s have similar)

Dash top next!?

shadycourgette

Ex850R
Very nice!
(Polestar P3s have similar)
Dash top next!?

If I can find one that isn’t warped or repair the current one, I’ll definitely get it wrapped.

I also want to get the steering wheel rewrapped like this:

rado

Royal Steering Wheels in UK. Top notch. Ash had his done there and put me onto them so I had mine redone there also . Very nice work .

shadycourgette

rado
Royal Steering Wheels in UK. Top notch. Ash had his done there and put me onto them so I had mine redone there also . Very nice work .

The trimmer that did my headlining said they could do it

AshDVS

rado
Royal Steering Wheels in UK. Top notch. Ash had his done there and put me onto them so I had mine redone there also . Very nice work .

I've had them do three of them for me now. They can do anything you like, add thumb grips or whatever.

For the most recent one, I used a 2000 V70R 'chunky' style wheel with the factory thumb grips as the starting point and they made it a bit thicker and did the whole thing in 9002 Alcantara, silver stitching with yellow leather centering strip.

Previous ones (Focus XR5 and non-2000 style V70 steering wheel) where 9002 alcantara, teal stitching and charcoal leather centering strip. They've done a great job on all of them.

shadycourgette
Noticed a bit of white smoke coming from the exhaust so decided to stop using the car and do some work on the engine, I’ve accumulated a fair amount of parts now so going to take the time and learn to do it myself.
I pulled the turbo out last weekend, turns out the exhaust housing is cracked. My plan was to rebuild it for now as an upgrade is a bit out of my budget right now. An 18t would be ideal as it doesn’t require that many supporting mods but they are impossible to find second hand. Might just shelf it for now and get stuck into replacing the hydraulic lifters and head gasket.
https://cdn.ozvolvo.org/uploads/P9DQ3UW0AH6I/4e730450-1723-4f36-b728-f8864d169aa9.jpeg
https://cdn.ozvolvo.org/uploads/LLTSBBF7RTL7/7fa28142-726a-454f-828a-f2acca46df51.jpeg

Eek. thats a decent crack. Keep an eye out, 18Ts do come up.

shadycourgette
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208046#Comment_208046
Yeah I’ll be getting a Japanifold from a mate, as well as a Snabb fresh air pipe.
The front calipers are Alfa Romeo, 336mm from Retro Turbo I believe.

Yell if you need a Snabb fresh air pipe/kit. We have them in stock (wrinkle black pipe with black silicone joiners).

rado

shadycourgette
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208018#Comment_208018
The trimmer that did my headlining said they could do it

Sounds great if someone local can trim that ?

shadycourgette

Noticed a bit of white smoke coming from the exhaust so decided to stop using the car and do some work on the engine, I’ve accumulated a fair amount of parts now so going to take the time and learn to do it myself.

I pulled the turbo out last weekend, turns out the exhaust housing is cracked. My plan was to rebuild it for now as an upgrade is a bit out of my budget right now. An 18t would be ideal as it doesn’t require that many supporting mods but they are impossible to find second hand. Might just shelf it for now and get stuck into replacing the hydraulic lifters and head gasket.

rado

Maybe worth upgrading to a Japanifold as well or later R manifold when changing the turbo .

I'm sure you have v70r front brake calipers , where did the brackets come from ??

shadycourgette

rado
Maybe worth upgrading to a Japanifold as well or later R manifold when changing the turbo .
I'm sure you have v70r front brake calipers , where did the brackets come from ??

Yeah I’ll be getting a Japanifold from a mate, as well as a Snabb fresh air pipe.

The front calipers are Alfa Romeo, 336mm from Retro Turbo I believe.

rado

shadycourgette
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208046#Comment_208046
Yeah I’ll be getting a Japanifold from a mate, as well as a Snabb fresh air pipe.
The front calipers are Alfa Romeo, 336mm from Retro Turbo I believe.

Ahhh I always thought they were v70r . Cheers for that ?

Yep Japanifold and an 18t , nice set up . That's what I'm running atm but pulling it all apart next week or so .

shadycourgette

rado
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208052#Comment_208052
Ahhh I always thought they were v70r . Cheers for that ?
Yep Japanifold and an 18t , nice set up . That's what I'm running atm but pulling it all apart next week or so .

Where’d you find the 18t? They aren’t very common. Why are you pulling it apart?

rado

shadycourgette
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208053#Comment_208053
Where’d you find the 18t? They aren’t very common. Why are you pulling it apart?

Bought it here on the forum , I had a wanted ad couple of years ago

Mine is smoking pretty badly , valve stem seals maybe but I've got head gasket and above kit . So will get everything done .

shadycourgette

rado
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208054#Comment_208054
Bought it here on the forum , I had a wanted ad couple of years ago
Mine is smoking pretty badly , valve stem seals maybe but I've got head gasket and above kit . So will get everything done .

How many k’s? And are you doing it yourself? I might do my stem seals too while I’m in doing the hydraulic lifters.

rado

shadycourgette
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208056#Comment_208056
How many k’s? And are you doing it yourself? I might do my stem seals too while I’m in doing the hydraulic lifters.

198k yes will do myself , never done this sort of thing before but as I keep on getting told it only nuts n bolts ?

shadycourgette

AshDVS
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208018#Comment_208018
I've had them do three of them for me now. They can do anything you like, add thumb grips or whatever.
For the most recent one, I used a 2000 V70R 'chunky' style wheel with the factory thumb grips as the starting point and they made it a bit thicker and did the whole thing in 9002 Alcantara, silver stitching with yellow leather centering strip.
Previous ones (Focus XR5 and non-2000 style V70 steering wheel) where 9002 alcantara, teal stitching and charcoal leather centering strip. They've done a great job on all of them.
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208034#Comment_208034
Eek. thats a decent crack. Keep an eye out, 18Ts do come up.
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/208052#Comment_208052
Yell if you need a Snabb fresh air pipe/kit. We have them in stock (wrinkle black pipe with black silicone joiners).

If you don’t mind me asking how much did the work on the V70R wheel set you back?

I saw that you carry them now, I’ll definitely be in touch to order one.

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