Chaosrob 1999 v70R 601 save, Going to need a lot of parts, lot of help and do a lot of reading.. Topic is solved

chaosrob · Post by **chaosrob** » 08 Aug 2025, 10:30

lol hardly a cool kid. Some of the trim on my center console has seen better days. If yours is better I would be interested in purchasing it

abscate wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:25 I think I have a set of the metal mesh from my 1999 off if one you cool sport kids would like it. Free to a good home.

Post by **abscate** » 08 Aug 2025, 10:33

chaosrob wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:30 lol hardly a cool kid. Some of the trim on my center console has seen better days. If yours is better I would be interested in purchasing it
abscate wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:25 I think I have a set of the metal mesh from my 1999 off if one you cool sport kids would like it. Free to a good home.

The only guy older than me here is Jim, and he is dead.

Its up at my Albany place so Ill try find for next trip

chaosrob · Post by **chaosrob** » 08 Aug 2025, 10:37

Appreciate it

abscate wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:33
chaosrob wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:30 lol hardly a cool kid. Some of the trim on my center console has seen better days. If yours is better I would be interested in purchasing it
abscate wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:25 I think I have a set of the metal mesh from my 1999 off if one you cool sport kids would like it. Free to a good home.

The only guy older than me here is Jim, and he is dead.

Its up at my Albany place so Ill try find for next trip

Post by **abscate** » 08 Aug 2025, 10:53

Found my thread on replacing trim without pulling dash - its a bit ugly but doable with the visuals in this thread.

viewtopic.php?p=603537#p603537

chaosrob · Post by **chaosrob** » 08 Aug 2025, 10:59

looks like a ton of fun

abscate wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 10:53 Found my thread on replacing trim without pulling dash - it's a bit ugly but doable with the visuals in this thread.

viewtopic.php?p=603537#p603537

V50M66 · Post by **V50M66** » 08 Aug 2025, 12:45

Oh yeah, I’d pull the dash to replace the center dash trim. Absolute PITA otherwise, and the dash isn’t horrible to remove. Gives you an opportunity to fiberglass the mounts with it out too, so it doesn’t rattle if they’re broken

chaosrob · Post by **chaosrob** » 08 Aug 2025, 15:34

Running the vin on the site given to me by v50m66 this info came back on the engine, is this typical for a 99? I figured they all had ear and air pumps at that time.

w/o EGR, w/o air pump, w/OBDII, w/variable valve timing, Bosch ME 7.0, w/RuLo, w/ORVR Transmission: V70 R

chaosrob · Post by **chaosrob** » 08 Aug 2025, 15:36

Running the vin on the site given to me by v50m66 this info came back on the engine, is this typical for a 99? I figured they all had egr and air pumps at that time.

w/o EGR, w/o air pump, w/OBDII, w/variable valve timing, Bosch ME 7.0, w/RuLo, w/ORVR Transmission: V70 R

melmaclifeform · Post by **melmaclifeform** » 08 Aug 2025, 16:04

V50M66 wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 08:11 Nice! Working AC is shocking given how common AC issues are on these. Of the 4 I’ve owned, not one has had working AC when I bought it.

At least one of those trans codes usually comes back immediately. Drive it for a bit and see what happens, but it’s pretty likely you’re in the clear. The 4 speed in these is super robust.

I have both sets of trim (green ‘98 has walnut in a tan interior, blue ‘98 has R metal mesh w/ the R black leather/suede), and wouldn’t change either. The metal w/ black is definitely better for a sportier feel. The wood is classier, especially w/ tan.

Gotta find a set of Karelian Birch or Black Marble if you want something super cool/rare that stands out.

The black marble is fantastic. It’s one of the reasons I’ve kept my GLT so long instead of trying to find a T5.

V50M66 · Post by **V50M66** » 08 Aug 2025, 16:35

chaosrob wrote: 08 Aug 2025, 15:34 Running the vin on the site given to me by v50m66 this info came back on the engine, is this typical for a 99? I figured they all had ear and air pumps at that time.

w/o EGR, w/o air pump, w/OBDII, w/variable valve timing, Bosch ME 7.0, w/RuLo, w/ORVR Transmission: V70 R

That’s all correct. ‘99 was first year of ME7 engine management, which got rid of secondary air in favor of VVT, replaced the mechanical throttle with an ETM, went to a returnless fuel system, added coil on plug, etc. EGR wasn’t a thing after ‘96. It’s far more modern than you’d expect for how old it is - the P2 chassis used a continuation of that same engine management system up until the P2 S60 was discontinued after the 2009 model year.