Volvo 480 Club Europe

Looked tidy. Was it yours ? Pointless me waving as in my other car

I bought mine from this company. Was a bit dubious due to the location, but good feedback and they arrived quickly. £26.50 for Magnetti Marelli ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1986-1996-Volvo-480-E-Tailgate-Boot-Struts-Gas-Springs-Lifters-x2-PAIR-/140898777169?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&has...

Well no-one has asked God yet for permission to make replacement human parts. There was an article on the tv news the other day about a motorcyclist having new facial bits all made through 3D printing tech (or similar) and the results were good. It will be clever when they crack 3D printing with mul...

I'm one of the weird people with a 480 who thinks they do look quite good as two-tones. I'm also a great believer in keeping things authentic and doing things OEM+ So I would do the same as above - respray in black, have some 480 wheels from a GT / Celebration or another Volvo's that fit, get them r...

...I'm not surprised his competition limerick didn't win him the 480 either!

Not sure if you saw this programme all about Sweden the other day, but the presenter got a mention in for the 480ES.
Apparently he entered a competition years ago to win one, by writing a limerick (which he still remembered), which ended in 'Volvo 480ES'.

That is all...

Good idea to experiment. No way of knowing until you try, but I know that I've cracked house windows before now when (carefully) stripping paint off frames with a hot gun. Will brittle plastic be similar ? Good luck and let us all know !

volvo-tom2 wrote:Yeh, what they said! My car isn't running at all now (un-related problem) but after changing the insulation and removing the anti-static pads nothing changed at all. Everything electrical worked fine

Tom

Ok thanks - very weird that they fitted them in the first place !

That's where I was coming from Tom - do you NEED to have the anti-static things connected or not?

Rob

Did you sell these? If not I'm interested in the wheels on their own

Tom

What did you do about the anti-static (?) wires connected to the metallic pads in the original insulation?

Rob

Saw 'Mr 928' again on Dansteed Way but never when I'm in the 480. I still haven't had chance to raise and flash the lights

These ones:-
Pagid Brake DiscPart No.: 104660148List Price £41.28
Our Price £21.90

Could have sworn I'd looked properly...

Thanks

Replaced mine when it began to crumble, replaced it with some stuff off ebay, unfortunately i cant find the exact stuff i used, but its not really a foam, more of a carpet, but seems to do the job really well! (Bitch to cut tho i have to add) http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/retroteen08/201...

I've no record of these ever being replaced on my 93 2.0 litre so I think its time they were!

Does anyone know if the 228mm ones are what I need as there doesn't seem to be much choice on combined hubs+discs unless you spend a lot of money?

Thanks

Mine was falling off and crumbling so I got what seemed like decent material on-line. Unfortunately it wouldn't stick to the hard, uneven 'varnish-like' glue that was left over from removing the original stuff. Please keep posting with how you get on. Or a recommended extra strong underbonnet glue !...

Thanks - got the photos and have replied. Were your other wheels in similar condition?

Hi

Do you have any photos please, or pm me?

Thanks

Rob

Does that make it a cult car now !?

I was obviously bored with my 480 on Sorn for a few months, so bought a good driving game off the big online retailer - Race Injection. The Volvos I've found so far are:- Amazon P1800 850 T5 Estate C30 S60 240 (Turbo?) Good fun, graphics and value, even if you're not into this sort of thing! All the...