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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
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1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
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Post by manovlov »

Hy Buddies,

I need an information. My car was on the road for the first time in february 1995. She hasn't fog light. I see two shapes, round ones and rectangular ones. When did the style changed ? Which ones seems to be "the best" (of course, depend on the bulb i do imagine)...

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What does your front bumper look like? Does it have an outline for a cut-out for the fog-lights? We had a 1993 850 GLT and if you look at the picture carefully you can see the shape of the cut-out in the corner of the bumper. This looks like a kind of rectangular shape between the round hole for the tow eye and the scrap on the lower left side of the bumper as you see it.
93 850 GLT
93 850 GLT
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Then our 97 850 NA SE had the round ones. Again they had the cut outs in the bumper for them.
97 850 NA SE
97 850 NA SE
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So I would check your bumper to see if it has these cut-outs in them. If not is never was spec'd for them and may not have the wiring for them.

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Hy Neil,

My bumper looks like the red one. So i think i should find one with round fog light.

Thanks for the reply .

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Always glad to help Manov!

Neil.
2006 V70 2.5T AWD Polestar tune
2000 V70 R - still being an endless PITA
2006 XC70 - Our son now has this and still parked in our garage
2003 Toyota 4Runner V8 Limited
2015 Kia Sportage EX-L - Sold
1993 850 GLT -Sold
1998 V70 XC - Sold
1997 Volvo 850 SE NA - Went to niece in California - Sold
2000 V70 SE NA - Sold

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Post by Clemens »

94, 95 and 96 had round fog lights.
Summer: 1996 855 R
Winter: 1994 855 T5M
Donor: 1995 854 10V

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Post by Clemens »

94 95 96 all have round fog lights
Summer: 1996 855 R
Winter: 1994 855 T5M
Donor: 1995 854 10V

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