C30 Trim : - Pre facelift grill badge alternative

P1Cosmic · Mar 21st, 2020, 23:32

Greetings everyone, new member here from New Zealand, hopefully I don't make a hash of this right out of the gate!
I've been a proud C30 owner for 3 years now and I've tweaked it to the point where it's almost perfect for me... Except for the 80's looking iron mark grill badge. Now, there's a UK based guy who transplanted a facelift emblem, and kudos to him, but to me it was far too big for the grill itself, and ever since seeing that I've been on the hunt for an alternative. And I believe I've found the best replacement, only thing is, it's rather hard to get hold of. It's the 80mm badge inset into the engine cover of the 2014 onward S60 T5 2 litre direct injection turbo. The outer diameter matches the outer edge of the square original housing and if you mounted it up to a debadged grill it'd be indistinguishable from factory to anyone but another C30 owner. Finding one is the problem. It isn't available separately from the cover (p# 31368626) and the cover is prohibitively expensive. I've searched high and low for one but the few Volvo wreckers here either don't have one or won't sell it. Is anyone able to help out a brother from the colonies? Thanks, Craig.

Mar 21st, 2020, 23:32	#1
P1Cosmic New Member Last Online: Dec 30th, 2022 10:28 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Hokitika	Pre facelift grill badge alternative Greetings everyone, new member here from New Zealand, hopefully I don't make a hash of this right out of the gate! I've been a proud C30 owner for 3 years now and I've tweaked it to the point where it's almost perfect for me... Except for the 80's looking iron mark grill badge. Now, there's a UK based guy who transplanted a facelift emblem, and kudos to him, but to me it was far too big for the grill itself, and ever since seeing that I've been on the hunt for an alternative. And I believe I've found the best replacement, only thing is, it's rather hard to get hold of. It's the 80mm badge inset into the engine cover of the 2014 onward S60 T5 2 litre direct injection turbo. The outer diameter matches the outer edge of the square original housing and if you mounted it up to a debadged grill it'd be indistinguishable from factory to anyone but another C30 owner. Finding one is the problem. It isn't available separately from the cover (p# 31368626) and the cover is prohibitively expensive. I've searched high and low for one but the few Volvo wreckers here either don't have one or won't sell it. Is anyone able to help out a brother from the colonies? Thanks, Craig.

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