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Jun 6th, 2020, 10:03 | #1 | |
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Missing chrome exhaust trim?
I've got a question about the exhaust trim, or rather lack thereof, on my new to me 2005MY S60 2.5T SE.
I didn't spot it when I was viewing the car but I've since noticed that my exhaust looks... rather mundane. I had expected given the SE chrome inserts around the bodywork that the exhaust would also be trimmed in chrome - and this website (below) seems to support that: Quote:
My car: Volvo marketing car: Source: https://en.wheelsage.org/volvo/s60/pictures/170901 Mine seems to be a different shape and does not look like it's chrome plated even under the dirt. Questions then: 1. Am I correct to think mine would have been delivered with a round, chrome-plated exhaust? 2. Is my exhaust the original, just missing the chrome trim, or is it an aftermarket replacement where a previous owner opted for a generic part which couldn't accept the Volvo trim? (I wonder if that's what's happened here; rear exhaust perhaps needed replacement and they did away with the trim.) 3. Only if (1) is "yes" and (2) is "still original", where can I get the chrome trim? I'm beginning to think it's had an exhaust replacement and I'm just going to have to put up with it... maybe if/when I need to change the rear exhaust sections again, I'll go back to an OEM part and get my chrome trim back! This is all just assumption though, I don't know enough to be sure and I'm collecting references only from internet photos. Thanks ilmiont
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Jun 6th, 2020, 10:48 | #2 |
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The original came with a chrome tailpipe.
NB my 2001 V70 P2 had the chrome pipe and was a Torslanda 2.4L non-turbo. The current 2004 V70 T5 has an aftermarket Cat-Back exhaust system and has the chrome tail pipe - the supplier of that after market exhaust uses the presence of the chrome tail pipe it a criteria for the supply of the correct exhaust. I have one advertised for sale here which shows a schematic of the system with photographs https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=293346 the advert contains a link to the aftermarket supplier I bought it from - he has a model identifier catalogue.
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Jun 6th, 2020, 11:12 | #3 |
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From your photo it looks like you have the trim it just needs a very good clean.
If the trim was missing you would just see the steel pipe. Try cleaning it with T cut or something similar.
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Jun 6th, 2020, 11:43 | #4 |
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I have wondered that and I might try giving it a good clean tomorrow and see what comes off, but I also thought it looks like the wrong shape - the chrome tailpieces on the press images look perfectly round, whereas mine seems to be elongated and slightly wider than it is tall.
(And to be clear for the above - I only want to ascertain what's fitted, where it came from and whether I can put a genuine Volvo chrome tip back on if needed. No interest whatsoever in aftermarket exhaust systems, or third-party tips; car is and always will be stock and I only want the factory look.)
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NB - the tail pipe you have fitted doesn't look unlike that fitted to T & T5 C70's.
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Jun 6th, 2020, 16:49 | #6 | |
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https://car-images.bauersecure.com/u...=90&scale=down Not too sure what I'm doing to do now, probably "nothing" for the time being, this must have been replaced at some point in the past then with a previous owner being less concerned about authenticity than I am... It is what it is and I might leave it for now; at some point in the future if it needs new rear exhaust parts again I'll try and get it back to something appropriate for an S60.
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