Volvo 850 Made from 1993 to 1997, this Volvo line was available in both a wagon and a sedan, both with were graced with several trim levels.
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Black Trim or Gray Trim?

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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I myself like the gray but I think the black looks better on your car.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Seeing it on the car, thanks to a very expensive program I have called paint, I like the idea a lot more.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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lol it looks good.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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very inexpensive? aka free? lol.

i think you should do a dark dark black die, you wont be happy at all with paint in Wisconsin weather........ will be pealing and or gone by next june....
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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Good point. Maybe this weekend I'll do a really dark trim dye, and see how I like it.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Black looks 110% better
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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yeah, I'll probably do a dye first. If it gets as close as 850tony's did on his wagon, then I should like it. Hopefully autozone has something like that so I don't have to order it. I still have to figure out what's making that annoying ash vibrating sound and figure out my speakers (neither of my rear driver side speakers work, so it must be the harness).
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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ya, like i said that was after one coat.is ur bumpers are more gray and *chalky* then you will have to do more coats untill it is black enough. make sure to tape off the areas, other than that a two year old finger painting could do it, its that easy.

o and dont get the **** on ur hands, haha
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Ooohhhh. So don't put it on like finger painter? I think I'm going to use my face to apply it anyways.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 850tony
o and dont get the **** on ur hands, haha
I did

It stained my hands black. After cleaning my hands with Goop, the stains came off my hands but would not come off my fingernails.

My fingernails looked perfectly painted and I looked totally goth. Had to use nail polish remover twice to get it off
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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HA.

You guys know if autozone would carry something like that?
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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never looked at autozone but I noticed wal-mart had a version for sale.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 10:25 AM
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haha. Good ol' wal-mart. Always coming through in the end.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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hate to say it because i love autozone. but if walmart has something autozone has, it is uaualy 30-50% cheeper at walmart..
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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I'll check at wally world first then.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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I voted for Black. I would also consider window tint and black hid lights. The car looks great!
 
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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Yeah, that would be my major goal. BUT, my want for an R keeps growing, and I think it's at that point that I'm not going to spend any more money this car, and instead, start saving for an R. And then once I get that, transfer everything that I've done to this, over to that.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Try Forever Black. It's a dye that works great. On any color other than black I would vote for grey, not on yours. Black looks way better.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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i like the black on my silver one, makes it look like its right off the lot.
 
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