850 T5 project/tidy up

[WOODY T5]

Looks nice that mate with the oz wheels on now keep up the good work

[jdavis]

I've still got my first 850 t5 auto with a Tim Williams ecu and the acceleration is savage.....love it!

the auto box does feel really direct!

[jdavis]

right guys, roof rail/trims. how do i sort them? mine are peeling badly
thanks

[Saaamon]

right guys, roof rail/trims. how do i sort them? mine are peeling badly
thanks

I wrapped mine, was time consuming but gave a reasonable finish as far as temp measures go. Only option is to get new ones, Volvo sell them for 400£ ish I think, second hand there about 20-30£ but good luck finding decent ones, took me a while. Mite be able to use v70 ones but I haven't tried it.

[jdavis]

I wrapped mine, was time consuming but gave a reasonable finish as far as temp measures go. Only option is to get new ones, Volvo sell them for 400£ ish I think, second hand there about 20-30£ but good luck finding decent ones, took me a while. Mite be able to use v70 ones but I haven't tried it.

Thanks for that. Thought I'd heard of p1 v70 ones being used. Had thought about having them wrapped so will speak to a guy that does it local to me if its a good enough finish.

[Saaamon]

I wrapped mine the whole way round but I'm sure someone who does what there doing could just do the top, maybe Carbon look of that's your thing.

[RollingThunder]

Why not take them off, sand them down and paint or powdercoat them? They'd look like new then... but be £380 cheaper

[jdavis]

Good idea, I've got some satin black paint somewhere, will try that first, got to be worth a shot.

[jdavis]

After a bath yesterday

[Jamest5r]

Looking really good now mate just need a.spoiler to top it off don't look right without one

[jdavis]

Thanks buddy. Got one to go on from Frankie but needs painting. Hoping to get it sorted this next month.

[jdavis]

Progress is slow (got shingles) so here's a small update
Before



After




Thanks to M-R-P for the tip. Looks good but needs a couple more coats.

[jdavis]

Well, it seems that it isn't remapped after all.
After replacing some of the vacuum lines for Silicone ones it is now only boosting 1/2 way into the white band on the dash.
The hoses i took off literally fell off and i can only guess that they were acting as a form of bleed valve to the actuator.
At least i know it's not 'overboosting' in relation to fuel map any more.
Feels slower though :-(

Will be on the lookout for remap soon now

[M-R-P]

Throw some blues in there and a bleed valve dude

[jdavis]

Throw some blues in there and a bleed valve dude

Like your thinking but need to get the ECU thinking right first.

[AshDVS]

The wheels suit the car really well!
With the roof rails, mine were looking fairly ordinary too. We simply got the chunkier set from a '98-'00 V70XC (also the same as '00 V70 R and other models) and I got them painted in a matte finish which was the same colour as my wheels (though the wheels are gloss) and, while metallic, it blends in well with the normal grey.

I'm still waiting on the trim to suit the chunkier rails, but you get the idea -



The colour is Ford FPV Dark Argent

[jdavis]

Another small update, rear spoiler painted and fitted, finish isn't perfect but it does the job for now

[jdavis]

Good news. Mot passed first time, no advisories. Happy days.

[bunka T5]

I purchased a 96 Turquoise 850 T5 recently, claimed '304 BHP Rica Map'.. I'll be honest I'm not sure what 300 hp feels like as my last car was a 195 something BHP 2.5t... and it certainly feels psychotic in comparison, wheelspins far too much to be sensible for my wallet! I wish cars came with a rolling road readout by law if they got sold under claimed HP increases / maps so it can put us plebs mind at rest !

[jdavis]

Well this is what she looks like after a quick wash and wipe down with Tesco's finest (simoniz)



Progress is slow.