Arguing is pointless....she may not be right but she's never wrong
Tell her a remap is just having your satnav updated.....
T5frankie (Friday 30th March 2012)
OK a small update on an otherwise fairly boring project!
Purchased the new clutch, believe it or not the cheapest I managed to get one was from GSF and the whole kit brand new cost £105inc vat. Just waiting on a DMF now.
As for the car well a few updates in the pipeline to name but a few below.
Firstly she was back on the ramps for a full service inc all filters, oil and aux belts. Also fitted two new Continentals on the rear (quite large 235 profile) as the §§§§kang no grips or whatever they are were truly appauling and to be honest dangerous in the wet... I honestly believe they were made from plastic!
Next a couple of cosmetics to tidy her up as when I bought her she looked like someone had taken a brillo pad to the bonet and to top it off added a 12" key scratch, in addition to this there was a dent in the rear tailgate.
The scratch:
The solution was simple and a blessing at the same time! Shem from T5D5 was braking a S60 and low and behold it was the same colour as mine... £100 later I have a new bonet and tailgate which was far cheaper than re-sraying and repair and looks spot on. As a plus the new tailgate also features a genuine Volvo Spoiler.
New Bonet fitted:
Old tail:
New Tail:
So cosmetically we now have no more scratches and dents, excellent.
Now for improvements... well the plan includes a 30-40mm drop, fit a set of refurbished 18" BBS Nebulas, windows tinting and something a little different.
A bargain opportunity arose to aquire a "facelift" so I know have this in my possention:
For those who dont know an S60R front bumper.
All in really happy with the car and its running excellent. Once the clutch has been done ill be looking into a remap... certainly pleased with the economy as you certainly wouldnt see the below on a T5! (ok this was an experiment driving at 55mph... it didnt last long!)
Arguing is pointless....she may not be right but she's never wrong
Tell her a remap is just having your satnav updated.....
I can get 950 miles to a tank......sorry make that 3 tanks.
Cars coming along well, should look good with the R front on.
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The Flying Moose (Thursday 17th May 2012)
Nice project - are you going to fit the later headlights etc? R bumper and those 18's will look excellent!
Volvo 850 T-5R manual (Olive) B5234T5 : 305 bhp & a 14.5 sec 1/4 mile @ 101 mph & 2004 Volvo S40 1.9D S Daily driver.
Ex-Volvo: B4194-T2 (S40 T4).
like that bumper/grill will make car look much better
"dare to be different"
Jeez! Good effort on the MPGs but your turning into me!!
Car looks great now, the bonnet change makes so much difference! Looking forward to seeing the wheels and bumper go on!
Emlyn......your turning into the oldest young bloke i know
T35, 556Nm/410lbft & 361BHP/317WHP
MoleT-5R (Sunday 20th May 2012),T5frankie (Sunday 20th May 2012),The Flying Moose (Sunday 20th May 2012)
good effort Emlyn.
doesn't the R bumper require different supporting framework? I'm sure it'll fit tho
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Arguing is pointless....she may not be right but she's never wrong
Tell her a remap is just having your satnav updated.....
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