I turned the radio off and when I looked up to late this woman that lives right behind the end of that traffic Island stopped the turned across into her drive way I had one option hit the 2019 Cooper s that was behind her or try and hit her for being a idiot doing what she was doin so I aimed fo e the opposite side of the road and missed lol I clipped the mini and hit that yellow railing head on and as it bent over I t worked like a jump until the front right wheel folded around that pipe rail and brought everything to a sudden stop. 40klm/h yes it was a lo t harder hit than you'd expect at 40ks they had to use the jaws of life to c u t her wheel free but I was surprised no sump or gearbox damage but it ripped both drive shafts out and bet the passenger side firewall where I missed the bitch and hit the mini I feel a little fear every time see a union jack now lol Can you believe they recon that's $18000 worth of damage ha

2 years later

OK, reviving this thread and am putting out feelers for some EOIs to assess potential order volume before I start approaching some manufacturing mates, pile on into https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/16804/c30-belly-pans-alloy-seeking-eois/p1?new=1

Based in regional NSW, where the hazards are lumpy so am wanting to get ahead of the risk before it gets expensive.

I am interested for my 2005 S40

Seems to me a guard for the belt would make more sense.

Be interested to see how you go. I have 2 IPD aluminium guards fitted to P1 cars and a third one in the garage I am yet to fit to my wifes daily driver, the V50 T5. These are great quality and design, but ridiculous USA freight makes import of them no longer viable IMO. People talk of bulk buys for overseas importing, but in recent times increasing quantities rarely seems to meaningfully decrease freight cost per item.

My industrial units are next door to a metal fabricator, so I was intending to take in my unfitted unit in imminently and see what it would cost for him to make these up. I am not so sure that it will work from a business perspective, since owners of 10 year plus Volvo's want everything for less than cost price.

If anyone is missing the Genuine Volvo plastic sump guards I have several of these available cheap.

    ToomanyVolvos

    Be interested to see how you go. I have 2 IPD aluminium guards fitted to P1 cars and a third one in the garage I am yet to fit to my wifes daily driver, the V50 T5. These are great quality and design, but ridiculous USA freight makes import of them no longer viable IMO. People talk of bulk buys for overseas importing, but in recent times increasing quantities rarely seems to meaningfully decrease freight cost per item.

    My industrial units are next door to a metal fabricator, so I was intending to take in my unfitted unit in imminently and see what it would cost for him to make these up. I am not so sure that it will work from a business perspective, since owners of 10 year plus Volvo's want everything for less than cost price.

    If anyone is missing the Genuine Volvo plastic sump guards I have several of these available cheap.

    I'd be interested in an original one as I currently have nothing.

      Anyone wanting original genuine plastic splash guards just PM me. One sold, plenty more.

      24 days later

      Okay so I have managed to get a local Bathurst fabricator to make these up in aluminium for what works out almost identical to the IPDUSA price + GST.

      $385 Including GST.

      Obviously freight from USA is prohibitive these days and IPDUSA isn't viable.

      Option 1; If I can get enough people interested I may be able to get better pricing for 5-10-15...

      Option 2; I buy the one I need extra to what I have, then others can order directly from this fabricator that will have all the specs to make them on demand.

      Option 3; I request a run of 10 and take all the risk myself and perhaps still have most of them 5 years from now. I'll still consider this if it seems there's demand.

      If there's any genuine momentum behind option 1 please let me know by week's end and I'll see what the options are. Otherwise it's likely I'll go option 2.

      Thanks for looking into this. I'll take 2 via option 1

      Available Sydney ?

        nh2868

        Thanks for looking into this. I'll take 2 via option 1

        Available Sydney ?

        Yea I can transfer them to Sydney for collection from Croydon, so long as they're not sitting there too long.

        I'll chat to the fabricator about doing a run of 5 at this point.

          Thanks. I can pickup from Croydon on my way home from work, around 4:30pm most afternoons if that suits.

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