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Italianswag Jul 24, 2010 05:22 PM

98 s70
 
I am trying to upgrade the looks of my car exterior wise.

I am looking for what bodykits i can use

Where i can get a Cheap Black or Dark dark blue paintjob

Cheap place where i can get my windos tinted but still quality

New headlights i am wanting LED SMoked headlights ( any suggestions?)

Taillights blacked out

good looking rims

Need new intenna do to the fact i have a turbo and so to say i went to fast and intenna bent and is brok had to rip it off.

Thank you, and God Bless

rspi Jul 26, 2010 06:27 PM

Man you have to just go for it...

S70driver Jul 27, 2010 06:18 AM

1. There really aren't any bodykits on the market for Volvo's. Now there are some but your going to have to import them from over seas and your going to pay a pretty penny for them not to mention the import costs.
1.
http://www.realcar.se/
The link above is one company I know that has some kits for the s70 model. IMO the kit is ugly as sin.

http://www.heicosportiv.de/mainframe.asp?lang=en
This company sold don't know if they still have them or not front spoiler extensions. I have them. I got mine through a company called IPD USA, they had a bunch of HEICO's kits and were selling them here in the U.S., no you could try and called IPD USA and see if they still have them in stock. EuroSportTuning used to sell them as well, they are based out of Canada, I don't see them on their website anymore. You could try calling them as well and see if they can get them or know where you can get them if you still indeed can get them.

Here is my car below.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...34974_5532.jpg

Or you could just do the front bumper by getting the 1998 V70R front bumper. Viva Performance sells them as does the dealership. Here is a picture of it below.

http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal...70rspoiler.jpg

2.
A cheap paint job can be had from places like MACCO.

3.
Find a place locally that can tint your windows. Make sure you check your states laws on tint first. Mine are tinted and didn't cost more then $200.

4.
LED headlights? Not going to find those for Volvo unless you custom make your own. I think you mean HID headlights. And then your only talking about an HID kit not new headlights assemblies. But you'll want to pick up your HID kit from SharpHID.com they have great deals on kits and a LIFETIME warranty and their service is wonderful! You can get a 35w and a 55w kit. I have the 35w kit no issues. You will also want to go no more then 6,000K on your bulb temperature, Why? 3000K is normal Halogen (Yellowish) producing light, 4,300K-5,000k (Brightest White) producing the most light output (Lumens) & 6,000k has a hint of blue in it.

Now if your looking for new headlight assemlbies you have a couple options... You could just upgrade your healdights lenses. FCP Groton sells and so do a bunch of other places like EuroSportTuning and Viva Performance. They are called E-codes. Meaning up to European Codes. They may look like your OEM lenses you have now but the beam pattern produced is much different. They also have turn signals to go with them that are clear and don't have the orange reflector in them.

http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images_skus/10720.jpg
**FYI E-codes total will cost around $200-$220 shipped.**

Secondly you could just upgrade to the C70 Jewel headlights and turn signals. These can be purchased from Viva Performance or the dealership.

http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal..._headlight.jpg
http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal...70_turnsig.jpg
**$111 for the turn signals and $749 for the headlight assemblies**
You will see that some places you can just buy the clear headlights lenses you see on the C70 Jewels. While you can you SHOULD NOT PUT THESE ON YOUR OEM HEADLIGHTS. You will seriously blind people and the beam pattern will not be correct. SO DO NOT DO THIS.

Your third option is the ABM Projector headlights. I have them and love them and for an HID upgrade these are the best option to go with. EBAY, EuroSportTuning, Viva Performance, IPD USA all sell these. They have Chrome and Black ones and matching turn signals.

http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images...cts/100043.jpg
http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images...cts/100045.jpg
http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images...cts/100044.jpg
https://www.eurosporttuning.ca/image...180-402-T0.jpg
https://www.eurosporttuning.ca/image...180-402-T2.jpg
http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images_skus/14019.jpg
http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images_skus/14020.jpg
**For the headlights turn signal combo your looking at around $400-$450 about.**

Smoked headlights are really really easy to do. You purchase a product called Xpel. IPD USA sells it and you can find it elsewhere online, probably for less. I believe there are other products on the market for Volvo that is the same concept as Xpel but don't know their names.

For your taillights you want to be careful. If it is too dark you could be pulled over. VHT Nightshades in a spray can will do the trick though. Read up about it online first before you do it. Personally I'd purchase a seperate set of taillight lenses to work on.

Good looking rims is up to you. I mean check out TireRack they have a bunch of good looking rims. So does Elevate (Evolve), but they are so expensive. You can also go the factory OEM route. Volvo came out with a bunch of 17" and 18" rims that are great rims.

5.
Volans 17"
http://www.originalwheels.com/volvo-...eels-70193.jpg

Pegasus 17"/18", Some companies like IPD USA, Viva Performance have replica's of these even in 19".
http://www.originalwheels.com/volvo-...eels-70192.jpg

They's 17", not for AWD models.
http://market.autopartsfair.com/imag.../aly70247u.jpg

Triton 18"
http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal...ges/triton.jpg

Comets 17"
http://www.vivaperformance.com/catalog/images/comet.jpg

Titan 17"
http://www.vivaperformance.com/catalog/images/titan.jpg

Some other great non OEM rims are BBS CK, BBS CV, BBS RE, BBS RG-R, BBS RS-GT. All of these are very expensive.

6. You were going so fast that your antenna broke? I have never heard of this happening. I have a turbo and this has never happened. In any event go to a junk yard and pull one from there or find one online.

Just an FYI nothing is cheap for Volvo so don't think your going to come out on top when your modding it. Just save up for what you want and then do it.

Elchopperfreak Aug 28, 2011 03:15 PM

Been looking for those Heico for the S70 for quite some time to no avail..
Anyone has them used?


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