2001 V70 Headlights swap

Cerutti · Post by **Cerutti** » 05 Jun 2014, 10:53

Hello guys!

I was thinking, is that possible to fit a 2005-2007 headlights on a 2001 V70? Mine has the wiper as well...

Post by **mikealder** » 05 Jun 2014, 10:59

Yes it is possible but the plugs don't connect so you end up splicing quite a bit of wiring to get them working correctly - Mike

Cerutti · Post by **Cerutti** » 05 Jun 2014, 15:15

Oh thanks man! Do you think its possible to do so? Or the work to get all the wires correctly is too hard?

Post by **JRL** » 05 Jun 2014, 20:45

The glass lights are better for MANY reasons
05-07 have PLASTIC lenses that go bad.....

Post by **mikealder** » 06 Jun 2014, 07:01

I swapped the later lights in to an 04 S60 which is the same as you are proposing to do, not difficult but you do need the wiring diagrams and some electrical knowledge to work out what's what, the lights simply bolt straight in it is the electrics than you have fun with - Mike

Post by **JRL** » 06 Jun 2014, 08:01

I'm telling you, don't do it!
You can't imagine the issues I've been having with these POS plastic headlights.
EVERY SINGLE 05-07 I buy the lights are clouded up, some lightly, some are awful.

Most can be refinished but this needs to be done every couple of years and the ones that are very bad never look as new after refinishing, they got so bad.

My own car has 60K, Xenons, and have some schmutz on the INSIDE of the lens, so for all intents I'm screwed!
They cannot be refinished! &*(#^&*#^$*&&#$^

Post by **marshallh** » 06 Jun 2014, 13:15

Wonder why Volvo plastic headlamps (and others *cough nissan) go to pot so quickly. I saw a 2007 the other day that had a bad case of glaucoma.
My folk's 97 Civic has plastic headlights, and they are just now, after 17 years, starting to fade a bit on the top. Other than that they look brand new

Post by **JRL** » 06 Jun 2014, 14:12

Look at earlier MBZ, you can't even see out of them

Cerutti · Post by **Cerutti** » 14 Jul 2014, 18:31

Thanks a lot for all comments guys! I think I will stick to the glass ones

benrk · Post by **benrk** » 15 Jul 2014, 13:06

Only reason I could see to change from glass to plastic is if your driving conditions cause the glass to frequently get stonechipped, though this would also cause the plastic lights to go blind quickly, they just wouldn't be physically broken all the time.
If you were to convert to plastic, you'd have to deactivate the headlight wipers or convert to high pressure washers as the wipers would scratch the plastic blind in no time.