Pimping Mom's old ride (S70 T5 Restoration)

[slupul]

I inherited mommy's sports car (haha), My '98 S70 T5 SE last October. I hadn't originally planned on owning this car, because I was so set on having a manual, but this turned out to be a much better financial decision (IE, essentially free) for me. It took me about a week of driving to fall in love and really appreciate being able to drive the car that I was basically born into and had in the family my whole life.

The best part? Being able to bring it back to it's former glory. I've done a lot of stuff so far but more is to come! I'll post what I have so far and stay tuned for more cool stuff around the corner! The original thread can be found over on SS too.

Possession Day:

She has seen better days. Paint is not worn down but could use some re-doing. Front bumper has a few dents and dings, probably from when I was learning to drive.







2 years ago the front seat started splitting and my mom never got around to fixing it. Too bad, because it's beyond repair. All's not lost, I sourced some new seat covers and will get to work making the interior looking great again!




Did some Dynamat in the front doors and the back parcel shelf. The material on the inside of the door panels didn't do anything for the sound, however, formed around the front speakers and in the parcel shelf did wonders for controlling the low-mids and bass frequencies. The stock system is these cars is aweeeesome!






added a new rear decal, inspired by some fellow Swedes, and mudflaps.




Oh, and I discovered I have a ghost for a left-hand radiator bolt:




Just got some new leather seat covers (proper SE) in the mail yesterday, and hit them with some fine sandpaper to take down the pilling. More updates to come with the seats. Next on the list is side marker lights, SAS delete (because we can do that here in Canada, and mine squeals like a pig) R bumper and beyond!

[precopster]

Great looking vehicle. Not as many S70s out there as V70s. I always thought that rear boot lip looked great in conjunction with a spoiler.

Keep up the great work. The T5s go like a stunned mullet !!

[bmdubya1198]

Nice car! I'd like to throw the side markers on my car, I just need to figure out how to wire them up.

[benpineapple]

Nice car! I'd like to throw the side markers on my car, I just need to figure out how to wire them up.

rspi shows how you can tell if your car is pre-wired or not. He's mostly talking about 850s, not 70 series. I feel like the 70 series would be even more likely to be pre-wired.

slupul, haha the re-spaced Volvo name on the back looks so fresh! I've always been jealous of the newer ones, or the super old ones that have that spacing. Did you buy all new letters, or just reuse the other ones? How hard was it to clean up the gunk that was left behind from the old letters? I might do this. Inspired.

[bmdubya1198]

Nice car! I'd like to throw the side markers on my car, I just need to figure out how to wire them up.

rspi shows how you can tell if your car is pre-wired or not. He's mostly talking about 850s, not 70 series. I feel like the 70 series would be even more likely to be pre-wired.

slupul, haha the re-spaced Volvo name on the back looks so fresh! I've always been jealous of the newer ones, or the super old ones that have that spacing. Did you buy all new letters, or just reuse the other ones? How hard was it to clean up the gunk that was left behind from the old letters? I might do this. Inspired.

Yeah, I've seen that. My car isn't pre-wires, unfortunately. I have a set of the lights sitting around, maybe I'll do that soon!