Let the fun (spending!) begin!!

[cherry1809]

IIRC the unit is down behind the air filter,

[t5 pete]

Bit extreme, but I may have to buy THIS!!

The manual shifter boot wont fit correctly in the auto panel it can be made to fit but imho still not as good as a manual panel

[ajc106]

Hi i have a t5 that i am breaking that has the lighter wood if your intrested will post a pic later when i get home did rufe give you a quote on the gear knob and and gear stick boot have just converted my auto 850r to manual and need these bits to finish it off thanks

[S70T5Chris]

Yeah, pics would be greatly appreciated mate, cheers.

Not heard back from Rufe yet.

[ajc106]

ok will post later

[martybelfastt5]

getting on well some nice updates id be tempted to do the steering piano black...the americans do this on the s90 wheels looks awsome

[cherry1809]

I'd give Rufe a ring, he's not on here often. I had to getting all the cambelt kit for the V70.
Did you find the solenoid? Only small and quite stealth, as it has black cable wrap on.

[S70T5Chris]

I'm still at work at the moment.

Decided on starting to hand polish the car, I'm too impatient to wait for my pal to mop it. So far so good, it's gonna look absolutely ££££ing fantastic when it's done!

Boost problem sorted.

Explain when I get home later!

Heard back from Rufe, the gear knob is £110! with a 20% discount. That's a bloody expensive knob! Can't get the suede t5r gator anymore.

[S70T5Chris]

getting on well some nice updates id be tempted to do the steering piano black...the americans do this on the s90 wheels looks awsome

Any pics?

[Jamest5r]

Still following this and it's hurts lol gonna be a special Car when finished mate and yes I'd go for the Owens

[S70T5Chris]

Ok, first off it had nothing to do with having the throttle cable replaced. It was just a coincidence. No matter how much I turned the EBC up, it would only boost to 0.8bar. So this morning on way to work, I switched the EBC off, and only got 0.3bar of boost, so 100% was looking at a boost leak somewhere, the EBC was having some effect.

The car has got an RIP kit on it, but its a proper collaboration of bits and bobs from here, there and everywhere (GWE kit on the way!)!

I had another good nose around, and spotted this. This is the section of pipe that connects to the top outlet of the intercooler to the top pipe, slightly buried under the slam panel which made the split harder to find!:





Luckily I had one of these in one of my boxes of crap:



Cut the wobbly johnson off it, and hey presto, we're back in business!

The current RIP kit won't be staying too long anyway, but I couldn't live with it the way it was. Standard boost is gutless!

[abdul]

Nice to know u got a intercooler whats next

[S70T5Chris]

The paintwork is absolutely dreadful, probably the worst I've ever seen. The plan was to machine polish it, at the bodyshop I use. But he's busy as hell, and won't be able to do it for a couple of weeks. Being an impatient sort I decided I'd have a go by hand.

The pictures are proper crap. But here is a before pics of the front wing, flat and gritty is how I'd describe it! The picture makes it look better than it really is!



Don't know whether, this would technically be the correct process, but they way I played it was, clay bar the panel, then use the Meguires 3 stage jobbys - Paint cleaner, Polish, then wax.



Hard work, I've spent over 2 hours, and managed to get the passenger front wing, and passenger side front door done! Again the picture is total ££££e, but the result is amazing. I'm so pleased with the outcome, I can't wait to get the rest of the car done, and get the bits that need painting done.

[S70T5Chris]

Nice to know u got a intercooler whats next

I'm kind of collecting bits at the moment!

The first job is to get the BC coilovers fitted, IPD rear anti roll bar, poly subframe bush inserts, new OEM wishbone bushes, and new drop links. That'll see the suspension sorted.

I'm very tempted to get a set of AP's for the front, I'm just waiting on a firm price and lead time from Don @ Kalmar. They'll fit under Volans without spacers, they're expensive, but goddamn they're sexy!

[V70 Graham]

Great work, you can certainly tell the difference in the wing/door.

[T5RatherAmusin]

Nice one Chris!. I love that wax and it smells lush too!
im gonna be doing a front mount soon too.
gonna do some iat logs before n after too

[S70T5Chris]

Great work, you can certainly tell the difference in the wing/door.

The pictures are total rubbish, and don't do it justice at all. I'll take a decent camera in tomorrow, and hopefully get some more done!

[martybelfastt5]

here you go chris pics and links........thinking of sourcing an s90 part wooden wheel similar to our t5r wheel for a piano black section



http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/topic...piano%20+black

and the s90 wheel im talking about this one is too dear tho
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wood-leather...-/330743590966

[Yosser]

I'm very tempted to get a set of AP's for the front, I'm just waiting on a firm price and lead time from Don @ Kalmar. They'll fit under Volans without spacers, they're expensive, but goddamn they're sexy!

What about the Brembo's that Shem's got? - don't know if they'll fit without spacers though...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-850-...-/251435896228

[martybelfastt5]

wont go under volans what need is the slightly smaller ones ive got/oblark runs them then volans fit with 5mm spacer if im correct