ok so as most know ive now owned this black t5r for two years or so and its barely moved this last year so it has 118k on the clockive been biulding up some stuff to do my overhaul/upgrades.. so thought id start a thread before i start fitting ect as im sure im going to need advice along the way lol so when i bought the car she was completly standard apart from a pipercross panel filter so i guess we start there with a picture
so all i done was drove her all be it quick in standard form i started wanting a bit more lol the brakes are terrible and she needed front arms so this was done first and helped a lot..but then i noticed she was poping out of second every now and again mostly on approach to juntions when dropping through gears which gradually became a second gear crunch so with this i parked her up and started to concentrate on what i want the car to become... so into the drive she went with the occasinal squirt round the estate ect.and the buying began well i was sidetraked when bought the s60R didnt last long tho as i preferd to fight with the 850 rather than relax in the 60 so it was sold
then i started to tinker with few bits in the drive....this is my biggest downfall as ive threatend to biuld a leantoo roof ect over my drive but never actually done it would love the car protected from the elements and would be a great space for working on it ect this list included
clear side repeaters from s70
changed all interior switches to grey from a 70 had to strip and rebiuld them all
BSR induction kit and surround
ALPINE cde-103bt head unit with ipod still need a pc9-414 cable to plug in the volvo subwoofer
850R front and rear seats
genuine volvo 850 strut brace
quick shift kit
new areial mast
sourced my missing rear yellow 850 carpet mat
and purchased some black rubber volvo trays
changed some interior bulbs to led type
also bought a 850R rear spoiler from america sourced on volvospeed forums
fitted s70 roof strips they have biut in water stops on the screen dosent come in driver window lol
s60 washer jets better spray pattern
i also masked off recoloured all my grey bumper and door strips some pictures off this procedure lol aslo changed a couple of door strips as they where slightly out of shape and always caught my eye lol
the more eagle eyed will noticed i also stared playing with the headlights and indicators blacked out some of the reflector in the headlights removed the headlight wipers as they are a pain always staining my bonnet in the sun when washing the screen with the wipers lol when this was done indicators looked to bright so started experimenting with these which resulted in a blackish outline by spray the gap round the lense i think it looks good dont know if its just because the car is black or what but the modern volvos have this now lol so isnt out of place
this is the end result also done my grill black with outer chrome lip tried all black didnt like it
heres it all black
so its last outing was some pics with my freinds s70R he is nordicR on here
so its now in the drive again and has been neglected a bit but will easy turn round agin with some love ect since then i have now sourced
an m59 and shafts
new 850R sachs clutch
05 16t with angled 3" out
me7 mani
H&R lowering springs
a v70 awd 3" angled downpipe
white injectors
brackets from dallhousie for front megane 225 fourpots and rear brackets for porschse boxster fourpot rears
got stainless braided lines and some rbf brakefluid for a flush
new gtx castrol for engine and some service bits going to full stage 0 her inc new leads
s70 handles to be coloured coded black
new avon zv5s
nice reg number for her too WIJ 188
bought some wheel nut covers in black chrome effect
and literally as soon as the weather allows im getting stuck in so still to source i need
megane 225 front callipers
boxster rear callipers
cat back system >have this priced up will be powerflow i think< outward rolled tip
some intercooler reverse piping will make it if i have too
ecu map undecided but fancy turbotuner
biggest problem i face ist that the m59 speedo runs of abs sensors on my m56 its cable driven kerryt5r has told me the boxes can be split and front casings changed so as the m59 will run a cable tho ive seen some stuff by merc and pedro on changing clocks to run sensor driven speedo???? so need some advice on this matter and any recomendations on upgrades will be great! so this is the start of my motivation the get the car sorted for summer for sure!
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