AshDVS
Hi there all,
UPDATED 13/2/2015
The original list, below is complete.
I'm now simply chasing the following -
* Charcoal 1997-2000 V70R centre speaker grille and speaker
(I have the dash top and I have the wiring loom that goes from the back of the stereo already)
* P1 C70/S70/V70 bonnet in silver
* 1997-2000 V70R front bumper
* 1997-2000 V70R dash cluster
* P1 C70/S70/V70 aluminium dash insert set - woodgrain makes me want to vomit
* 1997-2000 V70R front and rear seats.
* 1997-2000 S70/V70 RF guard in silver
* 1997-2000 S70/V70 RHF indicator assembly
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 mirror control knob in grey.
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 charcoal glovebox lid
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 charcoal under glovebox cubby
* 1997-2000 V70XC grille
* 1997-2000 V70 LH upper tail light
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 handbrake surround in grey.
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 steering column surround plastic pieces in grey
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 steering wheel. Colour not important. airbag module not required.
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 RH headlight (late C70 jewel headlights would be ok, but I'd need both)
* 1997-2000 S70/V70 RHR electric window switch in grey.
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 LHF electric window switch in grey
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 Drivers door electric window switch in grey
* 1997-2000 C70/S70/V70 LHF door inner handle (surround for the window switch in grey)
* 1997-2000 V70 Hayman Reese style HD towbar
Ex850R
I have an aluminium set that was polished i.e the texture of the R finish buffed out and when they did it they dinged it in a couple of places but its intact and i need to see what it owes me before i sell.
Ask John Johnson if he will sell the silver bonnet off the wagon he has.
Shift knob $30-60 eBay , last time i saw 3/4 of em.
Mark @Pom is wrecking an R. Or Berry is...May be silver too.
AshDVS
kool. work it out and let me know.
egads (she/her)
@Spac might still have a silver car hanging around like a bad smell. Maybe the bonnet and gearknob wouldn't be missed? :-P
Ex850R
AshDVS
No good. I'm after leather/suede with the crossed stitching from 1997-2000 P1 V70R
Rob
Ex850R
May be able to get beige R seats , are you after black?
AshDVS
I'm chasing black. only need the rear seat and the passenger side front.
@Rob - the centre surround would be fine but I dont think the glovebox surround will work on RHD cars. I'm chasing the shifter surround too.
Ex850R
I do have them Ash , the aluminium bits , i will have to show you as they have a couple of dings but have ben polished and must have been clearcoted as they havent tarnished.
I have the 850 strut assy out for you so we just need to meet !
Rob
idiot. i think i left my brain at home this afternoon.
Ex850R
Rob;7305 wroteidiot. i think i left my brain at home this afternoon.
Rob;7305 wroteidiot. i think i left my brain at home this afternoon.
AND , you operating heavy machinery?
Tigabu
@AshDVS and @Rob youse is both dummies, youse just mount the glove box 180° to the left, youse dimwits...
Ex850R
^ Words of wisdom , cough..
Tigabu
\:D/
AshDVS
Ex850R;7299 wroteI do have them Ash , the aluminium bits , i will have to show you as they have a couple of dings but have ben polished and must have been clearcoted as they havent tarnished.
I have the 850 strut assy out for you so we just need to meet !
Can you fire across a couple of pics of them?
I probably don't need the struts now as I have the v70 here. When the 240 shell is gone ill bring it in and pull the front end out of it.
Ex850R
Will take pics , I thought you were driving the V70?
Is it a good idea to mod the struts for coilover and go as low as possible with the perch to use a longer spring? Spose its up to what springs available too.
Has anyone modded standard dampers for external oil reservoir with pressure control like ohlins do or is that way too hard? I had the chance at ohlins struts off C70 that were factory optioned it seemed. That's where I got my strut brace from. Silly not to take em but one leg was damaged from wheel strike on curb.
AshDVS
The V70 was solely purchased as a testbed and development platform. I've had regular access to an 850R but that was becoming a little inconvenient, so having a car here will speed up some progress on a few things.
I have a DD that doesnt get touched and so does Jae. Mine is nearly due for replacement and Jae's was replaced with a brand new Nissan XTrail in July.
Coilovers for the 850 are actually quite easy, much easier than on a 240 as the strut assembly seperates from the the hub assembly. We've done some one-offs before.
You can simply make up the entire assembly, move the swaybar link pickup around a little and go with a really good insert. LOTS of Koni & Bilstein options and in one of the ones we did our customer supplied their own Sachs inserts and we built around that.
The Ohlins setup is pretty neat - there are better standard type, non remote-reservoir options available now (we've had over a decade of suspension development since they were new), but I like them solely for coolness factor.
My V70 will simply have a H&R spring set and some decent shocks in it - This type of upgrade is what we sell the most of. We can build coilovers to order and the rear arrangement can be a simple adjustable perch.
I'd like to refine an adjustable swaybar link arrangement too. More on that later.
I'll fit the first production caliper adaptors for the 320mm brake conversion and do all the photos for installation guide, website, etc.
After that, we'll get onto a rear brace too.
Ex850R
Yeeharr! Big brakes soon!!
Mmmmm, tell me more about adjusting sway bar links?
Now , rear brace. As Lookforjoe on Volvospeed and TB said. If when you jack up one side of the rear on the eagon and the tailgate opens as it would whilst on the ground , why do you need one?
I see the Asian one on eBay and laugh , charging so much for a bit of RHS with some crap endplates that bolts in the wheel well... Convince me.
AshDVS
The ultra racing ones available are horrible.
I had a good look at one of the tower to tower braces a couple of weeks ago.
While the shell is fairly rigid, observing that you can open the hatch with one side off the ground isn't a great test.
The hatch opening is a fair way back from the rear suspension pickup points in the shell.
Back in the day you could even buy a genuine volvo rear brace - I have never ever seen one in the flesh though.
All of that said, try jacking a VT-VZ commodore up by one of the jacking points on one side just in front of the rear wheel. Then, try opening the front door on the same side. It'll probably not open. If it does, it'll bind up through its range of movement.
Funny stuff.
