My beloved undetailed 850

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thevolvoguy

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Its my avator, its in my user name, its in my profile. Yes its everywhere. Finally you can see pics of it! (This is starting to sound like an infomercial) They are old, I dont know why I havent posted them before. Please be warned that the car was not detailed before the pics were taken. *shame *shame I know. Anyway.... enjoy:wavey



Side Pic

Since these were taken I have replaced the 16 inchers w/ new '17 rims and tires and gotten a new grille.

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I like this one... nice reflections too

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I really do love this pic... camera screwed it though (Oh well thats what you get for buying a digital camera from walgreens :D )

http://www.funtigo.com/thevolvoguy?b=1406&p=3&nav=next



Here's a little pic of the front end. I bought a new black grille from IPD. It looks a whole lot better.

http://www.funtigo.com/thevolvoguy?b=1406&p=2&nav=next
 
Intel486 said:
Looks good undetailed... Wonder what it'll look like when you finally detail it :D
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I agree!! Nice car Volvoguy!! I'd like to see some pics of the black grille to see how it looks on an 850.



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Nice looking car indeed! Your wheels look like they don't see the winters, do you take them off for the season? I wanted to add some info on the IPD grille, (perhaps you know). Their grille does not allow you to retain the stock hood release, it comes with a wire that is prone to rusting as well as the washers they provide. Someone I know replaced the washers provided with SS and heat shrunk rubber tubing over the release "wire", that seems to have worked out well for him. I looked at the IPD grille for some time and could not get beyond the hood release issue and ended up getting the stock grille powder coated, including the slash trim and emblem, that worked out well for me but maybe you will like theirs but keep the wire release issue in mind. BTW, your car looks pretty good undetailed:up
 
Thanks everyone! Hopefully I will get around to detailing it this weekend... v85097 I live in texas teehee, our winters have no snow that sticks. :wavey and also I had to modify the hood release using a method I found on Bay 13 (www.volvospeed.com) Its worked just fine for me. Thanks again everyone for your comments!
 
Bay 13 doesn't have a modification procedure for the 850 hood release. If you are refering to the pictorial on installing an IPD grille I hope you covered the wire release adequately or it will rust. Have fun.
 
I quote this off of volvospeed.com.



"If your car is an 850, then you will also need to modify your original hood latch. Using a T10 torx bit remove the torx circled below. Remove the end of the spring that is closest to the torx which was just removed. You can now remove the stock latch. Next locate the center of the mesh grille, and count 2 holes down. Thread the new latch through that hole as shown above. With the latch in place, mount the end of the latch to the original receiving hole that the stock latch came out of. I do not know why, but the new latch is only secured on one side. With everything now in place, slide the provided retaining washer onto the latch post as shown above. Now replace the torx and re-attach the end of the spring to the new latch (white arrow). IPD does not mention this, but there is a small hole in the end of the post that is on the latch. For additional security, I used a cotter pin to hold the latch in place (red arrow). Before closing the hood, make sure everything works correctly. Once that is done, check it again. If you close the hood and the latch does not work properly you do not have many options.







Shown below is the IPD latch with shrink wrap on it for oxidation protection. The latch is prone to oxidation, and for this reason I strongly recommend some additional form of protection. The washers below are not the IPD provided ones. They are stainless steel washers that were purchased at a local hardware store for under a dollar. The IPD bolts are stainless steel, but the washers are not. I strongly recommend upgrading to all stainless steel hardware. "



You were right though, it wasnt on bay 13. Just on the modifications section. Thanks!
 
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