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2008 Volvo XC90 V8 Black
2004 Volvo XC70 OEM-HID model Silver
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1996 Volvo 850 GLT Silver
1998 Volvo V70XC Dark Blue
1998 Volvo V70XC Dark Blue
2000 Volvo V70XC/SE Dark Blue
2004 Volvo XC90 T6 Gold
I've always thought about hooking up a wire to a fog light switch or something like that. It will blend into the dash well and you would likely be the only person to know about it.
The alarm box is behind the glove box. I pulled one out of a car and installed it in my other 850 and it worked great with the alarm remote that was at the junk yard with it. Didn't even need to reprogram it.
I have never changed the key hole at the ignition, seems hard to me so you might have to check with a pro on that one unless you can find a link and do a swap as someone else suggested.
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It's more involved that the electrical part of the switch,
but the entire ignition switch is DIY capable for most folks.
Search the site - IIRC, there's a write up here someplace.
quick update on the car. SO i put a kill switch to the fuel pump. And so far no one has tried to get in my car sense the day it got stolen. And if they do it wont start anyways. And i have ways to tell if people were in my car. So yea i have been able to rest allot easier with the kill switch now i just jump out of bed when i hear a car trying to start for to long lol.