Hi Sonic and welcome to MVS! I have recently gone through this with a young friends 96 850. I think you have mud flaps at the front of the car? We had to remove the plastic covers to have the metal welded underneath. To remove them you have to remove all the plastic rivets along the bottom edge. You...

The metal pieces that cover the plastic rocker panels are just glued on. Use a screwdriver to get them off and any kind of flexible glue to mount afterwards. You can inspect the rocker panels by removing the rubber plug behind the rear door and use a flashlight to see how they look from the inside. ...

It's hard to tell if you already have the plastic rocker covers off, but I recently found some nasty surprises behind those nice plastic covers. You can get a little bit of an idea by putting your head under the car, and looking at the back side of the pinch weld. If it looks like some brown is peek...

Gruss Gott, Sonic

MVS is amazing forum in that we do not attract the negative behavior that most other Fora seem to get. I think it has to do with the Volvo crowd being more civilized.