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[Slater]

I am hellbent on getting a XC70AWD or XC90 eggcrate style grille on my 850.

The -00 V70 grille looks REAL close - it looks just a hair shorter and the sides are at a "V" angle vs the almost perfectly rectangle grille of the 850.

All that should need to be done is to cut out the center eggcrate portion of the 70 grille and the 850 grilles, trim down the side of the 70 grille a little to make it more rectangle, and attach it to the 850 chrome outer section.

Has anyone tried this or can anyone with a 98-00 XC70 AWD measure the height of the eggcrate portion of the stock grille for me?

- Slater

[maiku]

850 and S70 grills are too different
850's are much larger than the S70 ones

[850Tu2bo]

hey i found one for the 850.....
click to go to the thread.....2ed page

there not out yet tho, and kinda pricy.....if u mold one urself...and if works out, tell me..ill be next to follow you!

Edited by 850Tu2bo, 28 February 2005 - 09:49 AM.

[Slater]

hey i found one for the 850.....
click to go to the thread.....2ed page

there not out yet tho, and kinda pricy.....if u mold one urself...and if works out, tell me..ill be next to follow you!

Yuk, I like the stock one with the chrome and the eggrate recessed.

I guess I'll just have to wait until I find one at a junkyard, because I'm not going to buy a new one just to hack it up and not have it work.

- Slater

[beachnut]

I agree with the "yuk" on the pic posted in that thread (the all black one), but did you see this one?

http://www.radicast.se/850grill.html

[Slater]

I agree with the "yuk" on the pic posted in that thread (the all black one), but did you see this one?

http://www.radicast.se/850grill.html

Yeah, it's a 3D picture from an modeling program like solidworks or something if you look closely. The eggcrate still looks "flat" compared to the nice deep blades of the stock eggcrate grille. Like one guy said it looks like a sewer grille made to fit an 850. Maybe with the Volvo slash on there it may not look as hokey.

Also, the color in that picture looks like silver paint, not actual chrome plating. If it was chrome plating I would consider it, but silver paint again just adds to the hokey look.

- Slater

[850Tu2bo]

can some1 fabricate the XC grill to fitthe 850?..is this possible?

[Slater]

can some1 fabricate the XC grill to fitthe 850?..is this possible?

That's exactly what I'm trying to do. I have a plastic welder so it wont be any problem to bond the plastics together from the back. The only problem will be if the XC grille is too SHORT. I know it's longer than the 850, which is fine because I can cut off the excess to fit. But if it's too short there's no way it will work.

- Slater

[maiku]

or you can get those milk boxes and spray paint it black and use that instead

[Slater]

or you can get those milk boxes and spray paint it black and use that instead

Hey, wait a MINUTE!



Nah...hahahaha

[850Tu2bo]

tell me how it works out slater...im intrested to find out.

[Deltablade]

Why don't you start with a newer eggcrate grille off of say, an XC90 or S60? That way you won't have a problem with it being too small, you could just cut it to the size of the 850 grille and make some sort of frame/border that it sits in.

[Slater]

Why don't you start with a newer eggcrate grille off of say, an XC90 or S60?  That way you won't have a problem with it being too small, you could just cut it to the size of the 850 grille and make some sort of frame/border that it sits in.

That's what I'm working on now. The only hesitation was the XC90 grille is "bubbled" out, whereas the XC70 grille is flat like the 850.

The nice thing is the XC90 grille is only $140, and that includes the emblem and everything. The XC70 grille was over $200.

I think before I bite the bullet I am gonna stop by a dealership and take some measurements and examine the grille on an XC90 before I lay down that much cash...

- Slater

[maiku]

XC90 grills cost less than an XC70?

strange

[Slater]

XC90 grills cost less than an XC70?

strange

I thought so myself!

Oh well, all the better for me!

- Slater

[dancetheman]

they're going to get real suspicious real fast at the stealership when you start measuring all their grilles haha

[850Tu2bo]

lol, wear all back with a hoddie, they wont stop u at all.....lol

if u get this to work tho, ima follow ur lead.

[Slater]

they're going to get real suspicious real fast at the stealership when you start measuring all their grilles haha

I think if I roll up in my T5R dresses nic ethey will be fine. Heck, maybe I'll even take one for a test drive and romp on it then "think about it".

Nah, all I need to do is take 2 measurements - will take about 5 seconds. I can do that when the sales guy is not looking or steps away to get the keys or "talk to his manager".

- Slater

[beachnut]

Looks like Daniel at Radicast is getting closer with his 850 egg-crate grille I've got an email into him regarding the status, but this is a mock-up for molding. It also says something about it being black and possibly having a version with a chrome-outer band.

http://www.radicast.se/850grill.html

[S70 R]

sweet