RobT5M

On 5/30/2025 at 9:34 AM, Jamesjesse said:

Nice! looks 3D printed?

I was working couple months ago on similar project. Just oldschool way - template, mold, fibreglass, sanding... then glued on some leather for final look.

Got a pic?  
I thought about doing it that was as a couple locals have as well for gauges.  
I need to revist this project and do some finishing touches still. 

12 hours ago, phunktified said:

neat, gonna do a full wire tuck?

Yeah now that im about to jump back into working on the car I mineaswell. 
Need to pop the dash cover off anyways to replace the dead cluster, so ill route some nicer cables through the dash to the back of the headunit that ill be replacing soon as well.    
Need to fish all the old dash cam wiring out as well since my blackvue finally fell apart after what feels like 5-6 years. 
(The unit pictured has a forward facing camera on it, and has a rear back up cam that doubles as a rear dash cam). 

Have a few things on the shelves to put on over the next couple of months as well.    
Was fun working on the car for the short time I did over the weekend, forgot how it felt. 

12 hours ago, phunktified said:

how's that paint job holding up?

Really well honestly, and the engine bay is so nicely done I took photos so I can redo mine haha. 

Finally somewhat finished the center dash speaker holder for a heads up display. 

Need to make some tweaks, and fish the wiring to the back of the radio for a cleaner look, but it worked out for my drive to a meet over the weekend. 

Some how this post isnt archived lol. 

Anyways, saw the old ride over the weekend. 

Since the other thread is archived. 

Touched the s70 a bit, and then installed some more lighting in the garage after doing some organizing of parts.   

Made a list of stuff to buy to do a stage 0 and replace.  

On 12/12/2024 at 6:07 AM, Emiel said:

It passed inspections two weeks ago!

Didn’t disappoint at all. Few notes from the tech. 
Still a lot to do but passing inspections is a huge relief.

A lot more pictures on my Instagram; @jodelj81

💚

Thats pretty exciting and awesome!   

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Bud its a free phone, dont fuck it to hard. 

On 12/2/2024 at 3:52 PM, wmartinlsmith said:

Hey Rob! Happy almost 2025!! Logging on to VS in Dec of 2024 to renew my love of the forum! 

 

MUCH LOVE TO ALL THE OLD VOLVOSPEED MEMBERS!!

See you next year!!!! But seriously, im planning meets, so see you next year. lol

1 hour ago, Yellow95 said:

Hello?  Is this mic on?

 

Hey stranger. 

Checking in, everyone still kicking? 

On 9/7/2024 at 5:27 PM, Zappo said:

Never mind, it lives again.  A little wiring fix at the control module and it fired right up and idled correctly.

 

Glad to hear it

Dam man thats a rough time.   

Let me know if you need any parts, I can see what the local community has and ship it your way. 

On 8/28/2024 at 1:28 PM, phunktified said:

it affects everyone differently.  Best bet is to hop in the car and give it a go ...

Yeah im on the fence, I know when I first had my injury, driving the car 30-40 minutes to work would essentially make it so I couldnt walk afterwards 😅. 
 

I'd hate to get rid of it, but im about to attempt to finish the garage out this coming weekend.  
So I will give it a tune up, new brakes, etc here in a couple of weeks as my back allows and go for a ride.   

Anyone here have like chronic sciatica or something close?  
How's driving a manual work for you? 

I'm on the fence of if I want to attempt it, or sell the s70. 

15 hours ago, ruecatinat said:

Fixed or replaced?

They fixed it.  

Repairs were roughly 7k, biggest hassle was the parts taking so long, got the car back a week ago. 

Going through the fun hassle of dealing with the extra damage done to my back now.

On 7/22/2024 at 3:55 PM, gdizzle said:

Have been missing my old Volvo and popped on to see what's going on here.  Glad to see it's still active.  Hope everyone's doing well.  RIP to Johann, miss him and will always think fondly of him and of our conversations and friendship till the end there.  Life's a bitch.  

Welcome back?  
Glad to see you still kickin around. 

Where is Kevin, I want to hear how great Kamala is now that she's Bidens Nom for Pres. 

5 years later and I never did get a response.  RIP. 

On 6/28/2024 at 11:26 PM, phunktified said:

forum link still lives on my bookmark bar - trying to make the most out of this gold membership!!! LOL  

With that sad look upon your face

On 6/26/2024 at 6:59 PM, phunktified said:

whatever corner of the internet the forum had disappeared into? 

And I find you here

Got rear ended in the cx50 today. 

In an effort to not get this thread archived. 

Turned in the CX-5, got a loaded CX-50 for a few dollars more a mo than I was paying for the 5.  
Incentives on the 50's are crazy, roughly 7500 under msrp. 

Add pics when you can, sounds like a pretty awesome spread. 

On 4/6/2024 at 9:50 AM, Zappo said:

Responding to a 6 year old post and his advice is to tell the original poster to reach out to a forums, while on a forum.

 

 

The fact there are threads like this that are still open from 2018, and others, but yet the one in OT got closed. lol