V70 Graham's relentless pursuit of perfection!

[M-R-P]

Haha the more blood and bad language that goes into a car, the faster it goes!
a thoroughly productive, educational and entertaining day (Graham has the patients of a saint btw)
Spattered with a few wtf moments to make it a bit more interesting lol
I can even say, Graham's car is as clean and tidy underneath as it is on top (although it does need a clean now to get all my sticky fingerprints off it lol).

I'll post a couple of extra pics later

[V70 Graham]

Wheels and tyres

Right, just back from the tyre fitters where I had my nice shiney Comets shod in Avon ZV5 rubber, first impressions are that they are very good in the wet (been chucking it down all day) and they are much quieter than I thought they would be.
I went for the Avon's this time as buying 5 Eagle F1's together would have cost toooo much in one hit, I'll see how these last, maybe F1's next time eh lol

Oh nearly forgot, suppose you want to see some pics

Well when I woke this morning I was faced with a car that looked like this.....







Now it lookes like this.....







I am very pleased, not only with how the new wheels and tyres look but also with all the work done this weekend, car really does handle a lot better and is quieter on the road.....

Now it's over to you lot lol.....what ya think of those wheels love em or hate em ?

[BIG G]

The comets look so much better, the car stands out much more! Enjoy m8

[claymore]

Finishes the car off perfectly.

[M-R-P]

Looks absolutely stunning. could do with a little something tho...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-VOLVO-...item414f9d95f1

[V70 Graham]

Looks absolutely stunning. could do with a little something tho...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-VOLVO-...item414f9d95f1

Oi MRP.....lol told you I'm quite liking the black so far.....maybe later

[M-R-P]

[t5steve]

wheels look very nice graham............as does the rest of the work done...........well done all involved

[V70 Graham]

wheels look very nice graham............as does the rest of the work done...........well done all involved

Thanks mate, I'm still popping to the window every half hour to admire them......is that sad lol

[Harvey]

Very very nice,brake disc's & calipers the overall affect is spot on.
I think you can have this weekend off for all that effort. thats gone it to it.

[oblark]

Those are wheels look good............... looking forward to seeing the car at the next southern softies meet

[Kingsford G]

So u took my advose on the wheels mate and the callys done too.Looking great mate,massive diff.Looking forward seeing he in flesh.

[V70 Graham]

So u took my advose on the wheels mate and the callys done too.Looking great mate,massive diff.Looking forward seeing he in flesh.

Hopefully you'll get to see her on Sunday at North Weald

[t5steve]

Thanks mate, I'm still popping to the window every half hour to admire them......is that sad lol

very very sad..................but so would i..............made a nice car nicer

[merc85]

No NO NO im not AT ALL JELLOUS!!! lol much

You gonna run her at north weald??

[V70 Graham]

.....you gonna run her at north weald??

Of course.....run her right alongside t5steve's car and park up to watch you lot

[t5steve]

Of course.....run her right alongside t5steve's car and park up to watch you lot

i'm gonna bring a stove/kettle/tea/coffee/etc.............and a chair to sit on

[V70 Graham]

Headache gone !

Took a drive Monday to drop the car at a little garage in Smethwick some of you may have heard of.....GRN Motors run by Benny with a little help from a certain Chad

Why go so far from home you may ask, well as some of you know I have had a problem with a rattle in the top left hand (n/s) corner of my dash for some time now, MRP kindly 'expertly' fitted a piece of card between the dash and window which did get rid of a lot of the knocking but it was still there.....driving me mad.

Speaking with Chad a few weeks ago he said that he and Benny were familiar with the mounting tab problem of a tab breaking and would be willing to have a look to see if it could be glued back, easy enough.....noooo upon removing the old dashboard it was discovered that the tab had broken into quite a few pieces and also the dash where the tab had to be glued was cracking in quite a few places.....but then my luck changed.

They actually had a C70 that they were breaking and upon inspection the lower dash from it was in excellent condition

Fast forward to today and I have just got home from collecting the car and wow what a great job has been done, no more creaks or knocks, everything back together and working as it should.



Dashboard stripped, I am soooo glad I wasn't around to see this, looking at the picture makes my stomach turn lol





Cracked dashboard and shattered mounting tab.....held together by the felt and a lot of luck !



How she looks now, clean and tidy, just how I like her, steering wheel and heating controls straight (for you stribo)

Whilst with the guy's I had them fit one of these.....

http://www.carputer-shop.co.uk/ipod-...80919ab1ea686a

.....and I must say I am really impressed, added the bluetooth module so I can stream my Spotify collection via my iPhone, plus have handsfree calling as a bonus, again expertly fitted by Benny with no wiring on show, just how I like it.

So Graham's a very happy bunny today, thanks to Chad and Benny
These are two of the nicest guys I have met in a long while, and with a wicked sense of humour, nothing was too much trouble, thank you Gentlemen

[Chad]

Glad your happy with the service and job mate.

[volvokid]

I have a bit of a creek from my one from that point, I may have to investigate