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Airbourne in a V70 really does feel strange though.....

Loving the extra braking capacity now....

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Well yesterday saw me finish the last paint on the brakes and fit them!

Loving the extra braking capacity now....
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Well that's the brake calipers all stripped, cleaned and painted

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/robbie1988_photos/Volvo%20V70/DSC_2136_zpsfaucejzv.jpg...

It didn't stay like this haha, got carried away when putting it on and forgot to retake the pic




It came from a crash damaged V70R in a breakers yard. Don't come up often and was the right...

Not mapped. Standard clutch still at 172k miles and is high so not risking it until I change it along with dmf

Just had another mini break in Scotland which turned into a 1000 mile 3 day blast haha.

Cooked the brakes up on the Forest roads as well, oops!
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As well as Ovlov I also have a second project which is milking me dry haha

I wanted to race so am competing in some Sprint racing in this I have been building:
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Also built up my own induction system using a BSR T5 kit as a starting point and modifying the cold air feed to suit as well as custom silicon pipework:
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And after all that it was looking sparkly again!

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/robbie1988_photos/Volvo%20V70/DSC_1878_zpsuq78caqh.jpg...

With the weather improving it was time to get sorted again, another brand new set of RE002 tyres through my sponsor. Got car up in the air and fully cleaned including underneath.

Brakes have been...

Painted the grill insert black then headed off on a 3000 mile road trip around Scotland:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/robbie1988_photos/Volvo%20V70/IMG_8465%20-%20Copy_zps3bvyawss.jpg...

Lets start off at the beginning when the car was bought......

Came from a garage in Cheshire with 154k on clock but was in excellent condition:
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Excellent that is some good news, will try and source them today.

Thanks for the help!

Hi there,

I have a phase 2 v70 d5 and fed up of the underwhelming 286mm brakes.

I know what is involved roughly to go to 305mm but need help identifying my calipers. From the research I have...