Glad you found the parts. In the pictures they look more gray than dk gray/black? Is that the Scottish sun making them look lighter?? The car I was hoping to scavenge some from may not be dead after all. On a second closer look it looks to be a failing water pump bearing and not a rod. I'm guessing ...

Those look beautiful. Unfortunately here it seems cost prohibitive, nearly same cost as buying new (aftermarket) wheels or like new used.

Always a joy to see pics of that 850. Nice website as well. I am perhaps most jealous that you bought a new trunk liner from the dealership. I'll have to look again and see if dealerships can get a new trunk liner (and all weather floor mats) for my 1998-2000 V70. They weren't available other times ...

Great to be able to search the history of your car. I don't have that same level of history for my 00 V70R, but do have most of the service history since around 24,000km from new and up to around 172,500 miles. I have the total history since around Nov 2012 when I purchased the car. Since then I hav...

https://charm.li/Volvo/

same as all/data.

Those look really good for 20 year old seats! Good to know now as I could do with tackling the Toyota light beige seats.

P80GLT, I also have a Snap-on flare wrench. One of the best purchases I have made tool wise!

That brake fluid needed changed but seen worse!

Neil.

P80GLT wrote: ↑07 Aug 2023, 06:15 This is what 18 year old brake fluid looks like?

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My 05 XC90 looked much the same and was likely the original fluid too. Had a motorcycle once that the fluid was even darker brown.

Very cool !
And I like the offset stripes. I didn't realize that the carpet nap was long enough to do that.

Brake feel was significantly improved on my 08 S60 with a brake fluid change (mine was unknown age too), need to do that on my C70. I used an air compressor powered brake bleeder and definitely helped speed the job. No difference in by brakes now that the fluid has been changed but it will make bra...

It is great when you find a smaller supplier that actually cares and takes pride in their work. Balance being out by that much would say either poor fitter or machine out of calibration. In North America, Volvo moved the P80's on 16" rims from 50 to 55 series sidewalls due to complaints in side...