I need to get a new wheel for my S80 so I call the dealer and they give me a price of $600. When I ask for the p/n, they say they are not allowed to tell me. Called another dealer, same story.
How can I find out the wheel p/n?
Thanks
J

 

1) Dirty option: pull off a wheel and see the part number stamped on the inside of the rim

2) Clean option: Use a dealer web store - my choice is tascaparts.com Enter in your model/year info and and then click on browse catalog/accessories/wheels and bada-bing, wheels with pictures and part numbers.

Now here's the thing to do - find your wheel's style name and check the size vs what's on your car, then google the part number and or style name ie "Volvo Cratus 31202587" or "Volvo Cratus" and see the hits come in. Note that there are after market options for the same wheel styling at a lower price point or you can buy at a discount from a web store.

 

and that`s why they don`t give out part number

 

Thanks!
Are the after market same style wheels of the same strength/quality? (I am guessing not but worth asking)

I need to be cost conscious because if I can believe what the dealer said, I need 4 new wheels and tires because of a whirling noise I hear in the back wheel wells. Their 'method to diagnose was to look at the tires and see that they were wearing 'funny'....When I pressed them about doing any further investigation they got rather indignant and said they would not do any further diagnosis until the vehicle got 4 new wheels and 4 new tires...It has two new Michelin tires on two relatively new wheels (in front) but the dealership said that didn't matter. What BS.
Thanks
J

 

Whirring noise can be caused by the tires "cupping" due to alignment problems. I own a VW CC and they are notorious for going out of alignment and can cup tires within 5000 miles. My winter tires are now quieter than my summers :-( As far as needing new wheels, unless you rammed a pothole, your wheels should be fine. If you are considering replacing the tires, I'd visit a tire/wheel shop and ask if they can check the rims for being in spec and whether the current wheels can get a high speed balance. The noise is likely to be due to tread wear and you can live with it or replace the tires.

If you need only one or two rims, you can also consider shopping at wheelcollision.com who sells used/restored OEM wheels.

Not sure if you live in a cold climate, but you can also consider buying a second set of rims and relegate the current rims for snows and go new rims/tires for the summer. I wound up buying after market OEM style rims for my son's S40 and kept the factory rims for the snows and its worked out great. No issues with the after market rims at all.

 

Post a pic of wheel along with year of your S80. If it is a P3, they had names. Someone will identify it. You can also search the web for the model year brochure and see the wheel options.

 

I took the wheel off and looked on the inside. Most of the 'spokes' had a number cast into it. This number (31302110) (the ppl at VolvoWholesaleParts called it an 'engineering number? and match it to a volvo p/n: 307580605. Tasca converted it to a similar but not exact number: 30758060. Between talking to VolvoWholesaleParts and CertifiedFactoryWheels, I was able to get exactly what is needed.
Also got a bit of education of what exactly goes into 'wheel refurbishing'....All refirbishers are not equal...

There is a local tire shop that will check my existing wheels for runout and I'll see if the tire that is badly cupped is on a bent wheel. Something the dealer should have done instead of the wholesale answer: replace all tires and wheels with new....idiots....
I haven't seen tires cupped this bad since my 1980 Saab 900....(hmmm is this a Swedish thing?...j/k)

Thanks for all the pointers and help. Will report back with the 'final verdict'
J

 

After removing, inspecting and checking radial and lateral runout of the two wheels in question, the verdict is in: One wheel severely bent with a crack in it - the tire on that wheel had a number of 'cups' all around the inner part of the tread. The other wheel has several small bends around inner circumference.
I got two new wheels from VolvoParts online, a volvo dealer in Texas.
Checked the runout on the two other wheels just for grins - looked OK.
Two new tires and the new wheels on the back + alignment and no more noise in the back wheel well area.
I wonder what the significant other ran over to cause this? oh well...Hopefully wont have to visit this again. I guess with 40 profile tires, not much distance from tire to wheels to absorbe any impact by the tire...probably goes directly to the wheel.
J