Daza-B's Project C70

[daza-b]

Well i thought i would make a new thread for this as its going to be project number 2 as the other one is still ongoing (which i will update it one day lol)

Most of you will have seen the thread introducing the car so here it is again!!

Well bought another 70 series car, this time a C70, now i was buying to break as it has a noisy bottom end, big end shells i think, slight knock on the steering rack and a broken wing mirror.

Its a 2001 C70 2.0t, some history, champagne colour, black leather, 3CD changer, manual, but the best part.....only 97k!!! Here are some pix after me giving it a good spring clean lol:









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not planning on doin too much with it but gonna see how long the shells last on it and mabe drop a t5 lump in there, some different wheels as i dont like tritons and some tints....watch this space


Now 1st mod has been done and been playing around with some clocks, thought id get some blue dials in as i love them, so after half an hour mixing and matching clocks i have not got a set of blue clocks showing the true mileage:



gotta get some petrol in, sort a bulb out on the back and get the srs reset to get rid of the blackpool illuminations on the clock

More mods to come so stay tuned folks

[tattoo101]

nice one.. ive just picked up a saffy t5 c70. needs few bits on the cosmetic side doin but ok from that.
what wheels are you goin to put on it?

how hard was the clock swap. i have some blue clocks here but they have big milage on them. would be cool to keep the original milage on it

[daza-b]

nice one.. ive just picked up a saffy t5 c70. needs few bits on the cosmetic side doin but ok from that.
what wheels are you goin to put on it?

how hard was the clock swap. i have some blue clocks here but they have big milage on them. would be cool to keep the original milage on it

i have got the original mileage on the clocks you need to change the clocks faces like this:

1st split the clocks:



then each face plate is screwed with 2 bronze screws, unscrew them,



and then carefully prize the face plates to get them like this



then do the opposite to put them back together but with blue faceplates, the mileage will be the same, no need to code the clocks etc etc

hey presto blue clocks

[t5 pete]

Nice ive been thinking of putting some of them chrome rings round the edges of my clocks.

[daza-b]

Nice ive been thinking of putting some of them chrome rings round the edges of my clocks.

yea i been looking at them to, £30 of something?

[t5 pete]

Yeah i just carnt make my mind up with them some days i like them and others im not to sure

[daza-b]

Yeah i just carnt make my mind up with them some days i like them and others im not to sure

i think they make the blue clocks really stand out, not so sure about the grey ones tho, ill get a set and get a photo up and then u can make ur mind up lol

[Vikingxl]

Grey clocks with chrome rings

[Vikingxl]

Blue clocks with chrome rings

[Vikingxl]

And finally how volvo clocks should look hope this helps

[daza-b]

And finally how volvo clocks should look hope this helps

i like that, did u change for blue led?

[V70 Graham]

And finally how volvo clocks should look hope this helps

.....this looks niiicccceee

[Vikingxl]

I did replace all with leds theres a thread on it somewhere i did a few sets in the end

[Vikingxl]

View from the other side as well

[V70 Graham]

They do look bright, do they still dim with the rotary control ?

[daza-b]

They do look bright, do they still dim with the rotary control ?

they do look a bit bright lol id have to go around with this song on:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc[/ame]

[Vikingxl]

They are on max there and did dim with the switch

[stephenevans99]

Seriously liking the look of that C70, tbh I don't think I've seen one in that colour....those wheels look great too

[daza-b]

its like a pearesant colour lol

[stephenevans99]

I bet the slight knock on the steering rack is from one of the mounting brackets broken....a big U-clamp and it'll be fine