Here's an evil thoughts, but let's hope that someone near you with gray-seated 850 drives into a ditch with no injury and decides to forget it[8D]


JPN

 

LOL thanks!!

 

What about swapping all the seats front and back plus interiors from a nice set from a junkyard?

EDIT: I meant with another color.

 

I told the wife that but she loves the GREY.
I have a whole Donor car I can get everything for FREE. But she wants the Grey.

 

Or eventually I will get Pissed off and buy racing seats at $200.00 each and install them.

 

Judging from the photo, don't you also need the driver-side door moulding? They are available at a dealer, only for $90+[8D].3 months after I got it from the dealer, I found that wagon with grey seat ata junkyard, which also had that moulding.

Why does this have to be this way[8D].


JPN

 

The car already has the molding on it. (Thanks to a donor car)
More parts to come from it as well.

 

>The car already has the molding on it. (Thanks to a donor car)
I can now sleep peacefully. A Volvo with missing mouldings just breaks my heart. I wish there was a "Volvos Only" junkyard, we'll be feasting ourselves.


JPN

 

We have plenty of junk at work.
Soon before and after pics of the bumper.(this weekend)

 

Tech, I agree with your wife, I really like the light grey interior also. I did some online searching for the seats last night and found nothing. I didn't even find any charcoal ones, just tan/beige.

 

Nice buy man, looks exactly like mine, my driver seat is just as bad, but my passenger seat is fine

 

Thanks I will have some more pics up Sunday night after I do some work on it.

Jim I know the Grey is pretty Rare.

Parts going on Sunday.
Both lower conrol arms.
Fixing the Rear Seat back not moving.(fixing the cable)
Installing a freshly painted 850R bumper. (Will look like jims car minus the rims)
Installing the Boost gauge and Double gauge Pod.(Pics below)
Fixing the Vent system. (someone capped the system off)
Installing a new oil cap seal.
Cleaning the oil from under the spark plug cover.
I think thats it for now.

Hopefully next will be a trunk spoiler (When I can talk the wife into letting me put in on)
C/D changer (Waiting for the connector I ordered to connect to factory radio)

And whatever else I can find.

Will keep updating when things happen.

 

Just wondering, where do you connect the boost gauge so it can measure pressure? Would that be a physical connection to a vaccum line, or a digital connection to an electrical signal?

 

Im going to T mine in to the vaccum line under the dash feeding the factory guage in the cluster.

 

>Hopefully next will be a trunk spoiler (When I can talk the wife into letting me put in on)

Here's a suggested scenario:

Tech: "Hey wife, I will install a rear wing spoiler on your Volvo"
Wife: "What for? It won't be necessary and will make the car look ugly ([8D]), plus we need to cut back on our budget"
Tech: "I absolutely understand your point. However, I'm really concerned about your safety (this is the killer line here)"
Wife: "But why so?"
Tech: "Well, aerodynamically speaking, the rear spoiler keeps the car on the road at highway speed and windy conditions, by creating downforce, which is a lifting force aimed toward the ground. In order to achieve this effect, a car must have rear spoiler. The exact same theory works on an airplane. Next time when you fly, sit where you can see theupper surfaceof the wings and watch what the spoilersdo after touchdown. They will stand up and keep the airplane on the ground firmly. Now, this is why I'm concerned with your safety and want you to have added stability when driving"
Wife: "Oh Tech, thank youfor thinkingabout me so much. By the way, who the hxxx instilled you with that idea[>:]?"
Tech: "W...well, some nerd named JPN on the forum..."
Wife: "Give me his real name & address and I'll do him in[8D]"

Why does this have to be this way?


JPN

 

LOL so funny!!!

 

Sounds like my story to my wife when I wanted to tint the windows.
- Keeps the car cooler so the kids can sleep better in the back during long trips
- Protects the car interior from the sun.

The truth is that I like how tinted windows look, the rest is just coincidence.

 

I didn't have to work on that she had it getting tinted on Tuesday.

 

^What percentage?

 

White cars look really nice with tinted windows. I had a white Accord Coupe with very dark tint, one of the best cars I've had. The aircon would make you feel brain-freeze, like when you have too much ice cream. That was in Sao Paulo, Brasil, where the average summer temp at noon is something like 38C (100F). When I moved back to Argentina I had to sell it because I was not allows to bring it with me.