S40 (New) General : S40 classy upgrade thread

[johnnybguud]

Originally Posted by StatusRed

It looks good! But blur your number plates!!!

I asked people if I should or not... my instinct goes towards blurring them, I'll change them now, thanks!

[johnnybguud]

Originally Posted by Petey80

Doing very well there fella. Looks great ��

That tyre though!!??? Bloody hell!!??

Thanks Petey!

I know, crazy!

[johnnybguud]

Originally Posted by dcw

Certainly sits a lot lower...

How's the ride with that set-up?

David

Surprisingly, very comfortable! I think all the rubber fittings around the suspension area help absorb all of it. - the only issues are related to the stiffer suspension, gotta take it even easier on the bumps, but that just helps me drive safer :P

[domhart10]

nice car, looks good

[johnnybguud]

Cheap upgrade, a pack of 10 LEDs for £9 and it fits both the reversing lamp and the rear fog lights, this is a straight comparison:



Here are the lights bought:

[StatusRed]

Along the line of "classy upgrades", if you prefer the look you might wanna look at spacing out the "V O L V O" lettering on the back of the car, also maybe the chrome trim for the boot?

[iainmd]

I agree with the spacing. Before and after here. Chrome ain't my bag. In fact, in the search for a "classy" upgrade I would rid any modern car of chrome.

[StatusRed]

Originally Posted by iainmd

I agree with the spacing. Before and after here. Chrome ain't my bag. In fact, in the search for a "classy" upgrade I would rid any modern car of chrome.

Nah, I love it! I guess it must have been an SE Lux thing rather than a facelift thing as I think I've seen facelift S40s and V50s without the trim, but mine has it.

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[iainmd]

Originally Posted by StatusRed

Nah, I love it! I guess it must have been an SE Lux thing rather than a facelift thing as I think I've seen facelift S40s and V50s without the trim, but mine has it.

To each, their own my friend ;-)

You're right about SE Lux. Our 2009 V50 SE has no chrome (to my delight).

[SIAMBLUE]

Originally Posted by johnnybguud

The S40 can be equipped with Canbus Xenon, so just bought the kit and installed it in December 2016.
Fun-fact: the S40 is one of the easiest, if not the easiest car to remove the headlights from; just pull up this small metal bit and then push the light, it pops right off!



The Xenon kit:




Final product:

Hi aren't you worried about drawing to much current through the halogen rated wiring ?
Also have you got a link for the xenons you bought.

Gary.