What Did you do to your XC this week .

[Chilled Man]

[QUOTE=Chilled Man;104025]Took it apple picking :D
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Your XC looks too low to be an XC . Did you lower the car somehow ? Or is it a V70 that looks like an XC :)

http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13839

:D

And all but finished with the wifes coupe :D
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So mods done
R bumper
R Grills
New Fogs
Hids Lows and Fogs
90k 2.4 GLT motor
ABM Headlights
Volvo Jewel Turns
TME Springs
Custom Nonmoving Attenna
Tinted Tails
7" Pioneer Headunit
Alpine PDx.5 Amp
PB 12" Sub
98 C70 Seats
Red Trim Rings
Owneds Lip
LEDs in headlights and
Heico 18x8 V with Toyo Proxies
XC Grill


To come yet .

Tint , Samcos In Red and some Custom CF Wrapping in Red for the interior .

Also new wheels are at the PC Black with Red Metal Flecks

[doublecheese]

[QUOTE=doublecheese;105200]

http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13839

:D


ohh I see, thanks , but I still would not understand why you'd lower an XC since it's supposed to be that high off the road :)

your wife's lucky ,

I doN't know why but I still can not get used to those AUDI style lamps !!

[Chilled Man]

I am never a fan of how a car is supposed to be :p

[doublecheese]

I am never a fan of how a car is supposed to be :p

I can see that :) :)

In 1994 , I had an 1993 Opel Astra GSI , I guess only the Europeans on this forum would recognise this car. I don't think this car ever made it to USA ...

It was an Opel Astra GSI, 2 door Coupe, 2.0L , 150HP ,

I had modified everything on the car, I put on 17" Compomotive wheels (in 1994, 17" was quite big by then), stainless steel Magnex complete exhaust system, split fire spark plugs, K&N air filter, front & rear strut braces, 30mm lowered springs, koni adjustable suspensions, bigger disks and red brake calipers with a plasma tacho meter (glows green, see picture)

After these mods , my car was 167HP on the dyno and I could play around with BMW 320i's and my only true competitors were Ford Escort Cosworhts , Calibra Turbo's and BMW M3's by then :)

Here is a scanned picture of a scanned picture so the picture quality is not good. Those years there were no digital cams either ;)

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[RockitShip]

Let's see what did I do to MY XC this week?

I washed it. I admired the way it looks all clean and shiney.
Then I cursed at it when that Mother Effing *^!!@@ check engine light
popped up again. I also noticed I needed to put new tires on it
which I can't afford right now.

So that's what I did this week... admired & cursed at it... it's love.

[Chilled Man]

Nice :D

Heres my other wagon
98V70R-M
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/031-1.jpg

over 250whp

[Ozzie]

"And all but finished with the wifes coupe"

The headlights on the C70 are awesome. :eek:

Is that doable on an XC70 without a 2nd mortgage on the house?

oz

[googlie]

Ordered an iMIV and cables for my iPod integration plan. I am a huge fan of audio books while driving and find the iPod the source that works best for me.

Hopefully the weather cooperates and I can get it installed before winter arrives.

[SYSWPG]

Last week, new Steelies and Hakka R 215 65R 16 for winter in the 'Peg. From Kal Tire, about $1200 all in. Tomorrow's forecast: (plus) 13 and sunny! Natch.;)

[Chilled Man]

"And all but finished with the wifes coupe"

The headlights on the C70 are awesome. :eek:

Is that doable on an XC70 without a 2nd mortgage on the house?

oz

5k Gets you AWD M66 Manual with tune ... :D

Got these for the XC :D
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/photo24.jpg
Good buy ugly tan seats
Changed out the axle
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Got the new IPD hoses
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/weree.jpg

[Giles]

I gave it a wash, a wax and it's first treatment of Forever Black. What a mighty product for plastic bumpers.I will give it another coat next weekend as I ran out of time yesterday. Enjoy the pics.
Regards,

Giles

[scottxc70]

finally managed to change oil,sump nut was very tight(overtightened) and rounded,had to borrow damaged bolt remover socket and it came straight out!new bolt and washer from volvo dealer now fitted and geniune oil filter element.managed to get it done before it started to rain.
scott[thumbup]

[Ocean Racer]

I installed my HID high beams.
http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15122

As I have only had the car since Tuesday, I am still going over it for warranties.
All my engine issues were battery related. Because the car hadnt been driven in over 3 weeks, the battery was weak and almost flat. This generated a plethora of ECU spasms with over a dozen ridiculous OBD2 codes.

Highlight of the day - finding the retractable luggage netting tucked into the rear seats [thumbup]

[uscgc70]

Yesterday the Mud-Terrains came off, and studded winterforces went on. a side note: BFG Mud-Terrains in the snow/ice are almost completely useless!

[Jules]

After wasting several hours building a set of ramps (see below for details) I finally managed to do an oil & filter change, replaced 9 liters of mahogany brown transmission fluid with fresh M1-3309, cleaned the air box, and used compressed air and a shop vacuum to clean each and every pleat of the air filter (waiting for new filter and pollen filter from IPD.) The car runs great and shifts smoothly, as it should.

I built four (4) ramps, one for each wheel, thinking I could drive an AWD vehicle onto these blocks. I used clear 2X10 pine boards (broke my heart to use such nice wood, but it was available and it was free) and cut them into 16/18/20 & 22 inch lengths. I then nipped a 45 degree bevel off the leading edge of each, and screwed them together. Finally, I screwed a 2X2 block across the back edge of each ramp as a wheel stop.

I put one ramp under the front edge of each tire and tried (better to have tried and failed than not to have tried at all) to drive up on to the ramps. NOT! Frustrated but not about to give up, I remove the 'ramps' from the rear wheels and was able to easily drive the front end up the ramps to allow sufficient clearance to remove the belly pan and proceed with the fluid changes.

In hind sight, the ramps are too steep for all four wheels. I need to cut four 3-foot lengths of plank to decrease the angle & get all four wheels on blocks.
Or I could have gone to CT and purchased steels ramps. :o

Cheers
Jules

[Ozzie]

Installed window tint on the XM Commander MY display/controller to reduce glare from the display.

KO Tires installed my new WR G2 235 R60/16 XL's that I purchased from the Tire Factory. Bring on the snow! :p

Paired new Droid with XC's bluetooth.

[brownsm]

put in an IMIV Light Edition (no video or aux in jack) in my 2005 XC70 yesterday. Took only about 20 minutes to install second in chain with the sat radio. I love having the iPod connected directly (no awful FM transmitter here!) Sounds great. I might even cancel my sat subscription now that the ipod works so well.

[Chilled Man]

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[xcbody]

Replaced rear wiper motor:o
Replaced wastegate solenoid (D5) good results:)
Replaced rear brake light bulb (most difficult job of the 3!!!)[sly]

[javaxc70]

Just got done fixing a leaky power steering line and adding new power steering fluid. Old hose clamp had seen better days! Fluid looks like it hasn't been changed forever... looks like power steering flush is now on the agenda! :D

[Giles]

Sold it last week.

Regards,

Giles

[Chilled Man]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/interiorpics001.jpg
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Interior needs a detial and some changing and repainting ...

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/interior001.jpg
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[Ocean Racer]

I will take a pic of mine at night.

Justin, dont get too ricey !

[kamiar]

And it still doesn't rev past 4000 RPM :D

[Ocean Racer]

And it still doesn't rev past 4000 RPM :D

LOL! mine does. 4 wheel tyre skids FTW.

Justin, do you need a manual ECU ?

On the contrary, a manual saffron 2002 V70XC with sunroof sold over here last week. The only other manual XC I have seen in Australia. [thumbup]

[Chilled Man]

And it still doesn't rev past 4000 RPM :D

:D

yeah need the cash to buy the tune the $1500.00 for the tune is getting hard to justify on a 168,000 mile car ...

thou once I put the motor and tranny in those will but have under 90k

and so will the whole front and rear end of the car .... hmmm

[lookforjoe]

:D

yeah need the cash to buy the tune the $1500.00 for the tune is getting hard to justify on a 168,000 mile car ...

thou once I put the motor and tranny in those will but have under 90k

and so will the whole front and rear end of the car .... hmmm

Good to see you today!

You've gotta get that M66, T5 motor in & get the tune!!

Too many Troopers on the road today, didn't get to tweak my Turbo Tuner map much on the 3 hour drive home :(

[Aviator]

Pryometer

What's a "pryometer"? I've heard of a pyrometer, but never a "pryometer".

Dave.

[Chilled Man]

What's a "pryometer"? I've heard of a pyrometer, but never a "pryometer".

Dave.

EGT - Pyrometer- Exhuast Gast Temp ...

[Chilled Man]

Good to see you today!

You've gotta get that M66, T5 motor in & get the tune!!

Too many Troopers on the road today, didn't get to tweak my Turbo Tuner map much on the 3 hour drive home :(

Ahh bummer , thinking that and the trailer done before carlisle :D

[Aviator]

EGT - Pyrometer- Exhuast Gast Temp ...

I know that you doughhead :rolleyes: I was just bringing attention to the fact that the word is spelled incorrectly in his sig.

Dave.

[Chilled Man]

LOL oh LOLOLOLOL

[lookforjoe]

What's a "pryometer"? I've heard of a pyrometer, but never a "pryometer".

I know that you doughhead :rolleyes: I was just bringing attention to the fact that the word is spelled incorrectly in his sig.

Dave.

Thanks for (the douchey way of) pointing that out :D - I have that problem sometimes with transposing letters.

[Forkster]

But a good question is how much horse power is your Volvo making with all these mods? :)

[lookforjoe]

But a good question is how much horse power is your Volvo making with all these mods? :)

Well over 300WHP. I'm refining my current tune now, then I'll dyno again. AWD dyno runs aren't cheap - $200+ in my area, so it's not a frequent event :rolleyes: Last dyno with the same hardware setup, but only running 16psi boost was 282WHP (Woth tune was too lean). My current tune is set for 23psi, with AFR's in the 12's.

[Chilled Man]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/photo2-23.jpg

[n00bkiller944]

I bought wheels from Justin (Pics to come) But are you putting the boost gauge there for the red xc? Thats tight because you can still watch the engine temp from the scan gauge right?

[n00bkiller944]

17 inch flat black pegs plus a couple more goodies from chilled...


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Never a shortage of volvo's there... I think i counted 15? lol

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[brownsm]

nothing too exciting. Replaced the front brake pads with a set of Akebono Euro ceramics. Dealer wanted over $165. Pads cost me $65 and less than an hour of my time!

Rears when the weather gets warmer!

[Chilled Man]

I bought wheels from Justin (Pics to come) But are you putting the boost gauge there for the red xc? Thats tight because you can still watch the engine temp from the scan gauge right?

yep :D

acutally with that boost gauge its a dual readout so I can watch the temp and boost at the same time , along with having the one rotate or both to show

http://www.aeroforcetech.com/products_interceptor.html

[NgunnawalJack]

Installed driving lights the traditional way - created lots of error codes incl CEL and SRS. Nothing critical in the car, but can't use the lights. My Indy repairer cleared the codes and pulled out all the wiring. Seems the traditional (read simple) way doesn't work :(

[Chilled Man]

ehhh just pegs
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/d91317f8.jpg

Butttt I did get these :D
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been working on this and I have another but in blue ..
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[Ocean Racer]

Exciting times for the XC.
This morning I did a full CAN system update.
I also bought a new set of Evolve V70R sport lowering springs [thumbup]

[kamiar]

Exciting times for the XC.
This morning I did a full CAN system update.


How much did it cost you?

[Chilled Man]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/R410a/d83f0447.jpg

just cleand and changed out some interior stuff .....

bought a new clutch and slave cylinder for a M66 ......

working with Worthline for a tune ....

[Ocean Racer]

how much did it cost you?

$140 au
:(

[Ocean Racer]

Justin, where was that pic taken ?
Im assuming the snow has all melted away.

[ifnt420]

I also bought a new set of Evolve V70R sport lowering springs [thumbup]

I hope you're not gonna install that with the XC factory struts/shocks. :eek:

[XC70_D5_Sweden]

Finally got software to park assist. I installed the hardware a couple of weeks ago. Worked like a charm.
Actually two softwares was needed, one for the AEM (for integration with the cars stereo system (mute etc), and one for park assist.

Then I downloaded software to get the car to recognize my new key, a KIR. I am impressed over myself to get it to work. A used KIR from a 2007 Volvo, now is fully functional in my 2003 XC70. Nice to get rid of the old key.. [happy]

[Chilled Man]

wheelwhoringit
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