How to polish - Some people and product manufacturers say you can do it in the sun, I dont like to. Do it indoors. I used halogen lighing for years, that huge yellow 2 head 1000 watt halogen light you can buy at Home Depot. I just moved to handheld LED's. I do not think its possible to correct paint...

a) improve them or eliminate them, and how do I b) ensure I don't create new ones? Improving or eliminating them requires polishing. Period. I would not recommend going to hand polishing route. Very tedious and results are so-so at best. Machine polishing is safe regardless of you may read/hear. I'd...

Who said the struts needed to be from a 2008? The car is the same body run today as it was in 08. Its not like Im trying to retro-fit modern car parts on an antique car. I wrote that I'll find a T6 on their lot, not an 08 T6, not an 04 Hyundai, just a new T6...copy the digits have my mechanic order ...

Good question. The paint straight from Ferrari factory is a train wreck. Its a long standing joke. The guys I know who own them keep them in the same shape that you woud keep your station car, no love. I drive an 09 Quattroporte. In my opinion, and that of a few friends I compared this with, the pai...

Sounds like I need to a little hustling for the Volvo parts guy to cooperate...good advice.

I'll copy a VIN and code off a T6 car in their lot and tell him to order the the parts for me. I dont want the Equo parts, I need the springs and shocks off a US T6 to try.

Now you are talking my language... Thats me. Im getting the car ready for the F40 reunion next month in Monterey. Will be the worlds largest F40 reunion to date.

Does anyone know if the factory xenon lights are a direct replacement for the halogen head lamp units?

There are T6 versions of this car in the US. So the " 5 " in my post is a typo or brain fart, no difference. I'm not a parts counter guy or even into Volvos. I had never driven this car until last weekend. It's still a model that may have OEM fit parts that will provide what I'm looking fo...

JRL - Whats your suggestion to ask for a recommendation for stiffer shocks and springs?

Given the same generation of this car is avaialable in a T5 version, one would believe there are plenty of interchangable parts.
Maybe the strut/shock/springs are one of them?

volvo tint.jpg Bad shot... Nothing special here. This sits in the garage most of its life, waiting for summer and winter vacations to come. Only has 7k miles. Weather Tech mats all around Goodyear Assurance TripleTred - I think the car may be too heavy for this tire... Thule Atlantis 1200XT roof bo...