Volvo 480 Club Europe

One of my horns has rusted to death, whilst the other is sounding fairly meek. Considering my liberal use, it would be nice to have something with a little more oomph. That being said, I like the tone of the original and I've been informed that, when they are working properly, they have decent volum...

Great colour!

Steer into it, power out and enjoy!

The rear wiper arm on the Celebration was pretty much locked solid and the sweep was just as the OP describes - removed wiper arm, cleaned and oiled up, re-acquired the movement and hey presto!

I'll give this a go - thanks!

Hi all, My rear wiper only makes contact with the rear screen for about half the length of the wiper, giving me a very small gap to look out of when the weather is bad. It seems the spring, although it doesn't look it, is lacking strength. Has anyone else had this issue and if so, does anyone know t...

So are you keeping them?

On Demon Tweeks, why is it that the description of all these dampers are "Rear", or maybe I'm being dense. https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/search/shop-by/q/bilstein%20b4/vaa__vehicles_code/59171ce6af48b/ Also Jeff, could you elaborate on springs, I understand you went for Lesjofors, may I ask why? W...

Buy a pair with no cracks and get the sandpaper out!

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I'd love to have a go on some really buggered lights, to see whether they can be brought back...

Will do.

I’ve been past it three times and it moves every time so it’s definitely an everyday car for someone.

Just arrived...

[img]https://i.imgur.com/bYEEyEk.jpg[/img]

And spotted this just down the road:

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Anyone know it?

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Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:52 pm

Interestingly, the French cars don't have a high level brake light, so I took a rear hatch over for him.

There is a high level brake light?

Sounds like you have more pressing matters than a couple of lights! Good luck.

I think my process was probably an hour and a half to two hours, excluding a lot of procrastinating but taking my time. You need to make sure that you sand off all the burnt up UV coating, any scratches and nail polish and other weird stuff people seem to put onto these lights. The first session of ...

I didn't use a conventional light restoration kit, my process was as follows: > Tape around lights and cover reflector > Thoroughly dry sand vertically with 800 grit until the surface is dull and matte in appearance > Sand horizontally with 1000 grit using some water in a spray bottle to stop the pa...

Will, Katie and I spent a couple of days on the 480s last weekend, I had a go at Will's rear lights, we both did our DRL lenses and fitted an oil sender on my car. Results are as follows: Before: https://i.imgur.com/hdnqqJ4.jpg After: https://i.imgur.com/uXADPpQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U6DrwT8.jpg M...

I can’t take much of the credit for its condition, aside from keeping it clean and doing a few bits like the above I haven’t done much. I bought on condition, ‘Jaster’ found the car for me and it was in great condition then. It’s also a very photogenic colour, there is no doubt that the wheels need ...

Didn't intent to make this update three posts but I keep finding more pictures... these are just gratuitous:

In other news, I took the car down to Goodwood on a very miserable wet and early Sunday a few weeks ago with a Z3M coupe, C63 AMG and CLS63 AMG for company. Needless to say, the Volvo kept up in the awful weather along bumpy windy and wet lanes and B-roads. I even drove it up the Hill Climb which wa...

Finally, got all the bits together to restore the rear lights at the weekend. I was surprised how successful it was: Before: https://i.imgur.com/WupiNIn.jpg During 800 grit: https://i.imgur.com/AXgdZWJ.jpg During 1500 grit https://i.imgur.com/WAWPX25.jpg I then used 3000 grit followed by a cutting c...

Jeff, could you point me in their direction. I'd like a set of these.