dashboard removal

[nottsgreent5]

been offered the complete dash out of an 850r is it a hard job 2 change

[Wobbly Dave]

begs the question what is wrong with the one you have?

[Alan M]

begs the question what is wrong with the one you have?

To many miles on the clock..........

















only joking.

Theres various torx screws in the upper dash under and behind vents across the entire dash. It takes around 10 minutes if that to remove the upper dash and clocks then another 20 minutes or so to remove the lower dash after the centre console has been removed.

[96T5Andy]

In the how to section of this site there is a useful guide on how to remove the upper dash

http://www.duckfieldengineering.co.uk/volvo/

credit to the person who put this together unfortunately I have forgotten who it was!

[nottsgreent5]

there is nothing wrong with my dash just fancied the dark wood as mines just glt spec and ive already got the dark R seats in and wanted the dash to finish the interior off niceley thanks for the advice guys

[nobananas]

To take out the whole dash is actually a pretty easy job on the 850's. There is a line of 10mm bolts under the wiper panel in the recess beneath, then there is a couple of screws inside the car down by the kick panels. You don't have to unplug the dash or switch gear jut locate all the coloured multi-plugs under the drivers dash area, unplug them and take the whole lot out !. You may need to take off the steering wheel and a few other odds and sods that I might have forgotten but it wasn't by ant means a hard job.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m279/nobananas000/dashboardout-1.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m279/nobananas000/dashboardonfloor-1.jpg