Wow, what a nice car, and you clearly took great care of it.

GLWS

so when I buy 15" wheels is that all I need to know? are they also sold by width? were there ever Volvo 15" wheels that would be a nice match for the T5 wheels? Most if not all P80 15" rims are 6.5" wide. And there are a ton of choices, maybe you can take a look here and see what you like: https://...

Your car came with 16" wheels and 205/55/16 tires from the factory. In general, if you increase the size of the side wall, you get a more comfortable ride. You can achieve this by going to 15" wheels. The tire size I would recommend for that size is 195/65/15. This change will make a significant dif...

Axles for manual P2's are very hard to find, I am going through the same process right now. Sounds like my Indie found a source and he ordered it (passenger side as well). We shall see if it fits when it gets here.
A lot of vendors have auto axles listed as manual axles, which is really bad.

abscate wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:43 am

I hate people who can put their car(s) in their garage

You should see what's in the other bay.

Hello all, I recently installed a "wing" on my 05' V70 and since I had trouble finding good instructions online I thought I take some notes and share what I learned from doing this job. There is a mounting kit available from Volvo for about $58 which includes all the hardware needed, plus the templa...

Great reference to have. Thanks Abscate and Matt for posting this.

PM sent.

Wow, I am really glad your daughter and her boyfriend came out of that unharmed.

You did some really nice work on that car, very impressive.
And I applaud you to your choice to save it.

Real bummer this happened to you. Unfortunately, you are too far away from me and I'm booked this weekend and the next.
Just out of curiosity, what's the color of the interior?

Good luck.

Dirk