cjr1079 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Just wondering if it were possible to put a 98 v70 front end on a 95 850? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreo931 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 yes, anything is possible, this has been done before mostly in sweden or outside of the us...it will need the whole front end of an s70 though to work...hoodgrillefendersbumperradiator supportheadlightsturn signalsonce you have all of those things its simply just bolting them on from thereand then having it painted of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97Rwagon Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Whether it would look good is another thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattphi Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 its been done, and it looks damnn good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazynlazycolombian Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 .........+1 is does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Hell yeah it looks sweet! I'd suggest finding a totaled S/V 70 from the rear and rob it of its parts. Get some deals on painting and you're set. You'd have to paint all the black trim on the 850 body too but it looks awesome in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PharmD Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Hell yeah it looks sweet! I'd suggest finding a totaled S/V 70 from the rear and rob it of its parts. Get some deals on painting and you're set. You'd have to paint all the black trim on the 850 body too but it looks awesome in the long run.If you wanted just a "lookalike", I'd just pain the trim to the body color, and it'd be an awful lot easier to get that nice S/V/C70 "tailored" look Just my thoughts - personally, I like the 850 nose better.Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Talk to Rocko from Sweden. He did it with his 850 and it looks awsome! I tried to get the photos but none worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigo Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 This is goung to sound like Im contradicting myself, but:Just my thoughts - personally, I like the 850 nose better.same here...although I think the V70 nose looks good on a Cross Country, I do prefer the 850 nose to the V70. I like its boxyness much more, as well as the 850 interior (especially the door panels)Talk to Rocko from Sweden. He did it with his 850 and it looks awsome! I tried to get the photos but none worked.Rocko's car dod look quite nice, but I have not seen it in a while. I od remember really liking the loodk of it, and he did a noice job with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 can't say no to C70 jewels on an 850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigo Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 You'd have to paint all the black trim on the 850 body too but it looks awesome in the long run.dunno if the texture would match....but if he got every piece of trim smoothed and painted black, it may not look too good...too shiney. The mat finish (to me) is what makes the trim look good, but all body color would look quite clean and very very nice. my $0.25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 No no no, I think the trim has to be painted the body color, not black. When I said black, I meant black-gray-whatever. The X70R bumper doesn't have the gray strip going across so it would look weird if the side trim and rear bumper still had it. I think the whole body should be one color if doing this conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAKES855 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I think its a great idea, I'm doing it to my car as soon as I can afford it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 swedish guys do it all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattphi Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 i used to have some pics of the swap done...i believe it was a maroon or redish color.anyone have those pics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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