V70 rear lights

**stainesy** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:04

i want to put V70 rear lights on the rear of my car as some people have done.
is it just the top half that people change

is it just the outer coloured lens i change or do i need the bulb holder bit to?

**Niles** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:18

hi, I changed mine to v70's, just the top half, the bulb holder in my 850 were slightly different from the V70 ones, so,if you can get the upper V70 lights get the bulb holders too.
before.....

After....

**Niles** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:20

and......be careful with the nuts that hold the lights in they have a nasty habbit of running away! lol

**t5 pete** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:20

Originally Posted by Niles

hi, I changed mine to v70's, just the top half, the bulb holder in my 850 were slightly different from the V70 ones, so,if you can get the upper V70 lights get the bulb holders too.
before.....

After....

Its the same picture

**pangster** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:21

Originally Posted by Niles

hi, I changed mine to v70's, just the top half, the bulb holder in my 850 were slightly different from the V70 ones, so,if you can get the upper V70 lights get the bulb holders too.
before.....

After.....

lol!! - I was just going to say I couldn't see the difference in your first post!!

It looks much better/cleaner with the V70 lights IMO!

**t5 pete** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:21

the only problem you risk running with just buying the top sections is the difference in colour one set might be a little more faded than your bottom ones the best thing to do is buy the full set

**Niles** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:23

Originally Posted by t5 pete

Its the same picture

lol serves you right for replying before I edited it!!

**pangster** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:25

Originally Posted by niles

lol serves you right for replying before i edited it!!

lol!!...

**cameron** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:27

IIRC they are held on by 3 x 10mm nuts

They have to be long reach as well

I changed the rears on pault5estates, easy job, just be careful you dont drop the bolts.

A magnetic t bar with a socket end would be ideal

Cheers

Lee

**volvokid** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:34

I had a crack on one of mine, and have changed all 4 just incase there is a diffrence in colour

**stainesy** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:50

Originally Posted by t5 pete

the only problem you risk running with just buying the top sections is the difference in colour one set might be a little more faded than your bottom ones the best thing to do is buy the full set

well my bottom ones are fine like new but the top ones seem to have what looks like clear coat peeling off them.

**t5 pete** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:52

Originally Posted by niles

lol serves you right for replying before i edited it!!

lol

**pangster** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 21:53

Originally Posted by stainesy

well my bottom ones are fine like new but the top ones seem to have what looks like clear coat peeling off them.

someone's probably lacquered them in the past and it's now peeling.. a good tip for anyone with dull lenses is to polish them up with Autosol (metal polish) and a machine polisher/drill with buffing wheel/dremel etc.. comes up a treat..

EDIT: I found a video of someone using this method! lol!:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/151155...utosol_polish/

HTH .

**Tomcat** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:07

I wouldn't bother replacing the bottom ones unless they've gone 'Fogy', I've never seen a difference in colour on rear lights before. When I did mine I just changed the top ones.

**walter leever** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:13

Originally Posted by Tomcat

I wouldn't bother replacing the bottom ones unless they've gone 'Fogy', I've never seen a difference in colour on rear lights before. When I did mine I just changed the top ones.

same here.

**volvokid** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:13

Originally Posted by stainesy

well my bottom ones are fine like new but the top ones seem to have what looks like clear coat peeling off them.

You wouldnt notice the diffrence between your old ones untill you put a new one beside it i bet thats if you buy new ones, a bit like a car thats had a bad respray you can see the diffrence straight away when the pannels are side by side.

**t5 pete** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:21

Originally Posted by volvokid

You wouldnt notice the diffrence between your old ones untill you put a new one beside it i bet thats if you buy new ones, a bit like a car thats had a bad respray you can see the diffrence straight away when the pannels are side by side.

very true also with age meterials do get tarnished/faded/dull etc so when fitting something newer there is a chance of the apperance being different yours may not look dull but remember you see your cars lights all the time its only till you put a newer set besides it and then you can see the difference dont get me wrong yours could well be in very good condition and will match up to a newer set but imho i would rather get a full set which i did before fitting the ones i have on now

**volvokid** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:25

Originally Posted by t5 pete

very true also with age meterials do get tarnished/faded/dull etc so when fitting something newer there is a chance of the apperance being different yours may not look dull but remember you see your cars lights all the time its only till you put a newer set besides it and then you can see the difference dont get me wrong yours could well be in very good condition and will match up to a newer set but imho i would rather get a full set which i did before fitting the ones i have on now

I notice you have the exact same 6x9 in the floor of your boot as i had in my old V40 i put them in my boot almost the same as that and found they sounded horible the bass sounded messed up. i just left them there as i didnt want to replace the whole floor. how does yours sound?

**volvokid** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:26

Mine may have sounded crap due to the difrence in material were you have yours is all wood but in the v40 it wasnt.

**t5 pete** · Saturday 3rd January 2009, 22:32

Originally Posted by volvokid

I notice you have the exact same 6x9 in the floor of your boot as i had in my old V40 i put them in my boot almost the same as that and found they sounded horible the bass sounded messed up. i just left them there as i didnt want to replace the whole floor. how does yours sound?

Hello when you say 6x9 do you mean speaker all i have in my boot is a 12" pioneer sub with ported box with the 8 standard volvo speakers