Thinking about a S40 T5 advice needed

[rossmc88]

post up some pictures when you get it!

[scoobysn7x]

I wonder if the strut brace on the girlfriends C30 would fit and if she would notice it missing ;-) ... not sure what size wheels the S40's got, wonder if the girlfriend would notice her 17's had gone lol.....

Do evo strut braces fit? I know they do on the T4's, also what improvements does the torque mount give?

[scoobysn7x]

Monkey just noyiced on your showroom thread that you have an after market grill, how easy was it to fit??

[t5_monkey]

Originally Posted by scoobysn7x

Monkey just noyiced on your showroom thread that you have an after market grill, how easy was it to fit??

Piece of cake...

Evo strut won't fit - I've got the EST one.

http://www.eurosporttuning.ca/mm5/me...=VL-S40-V50-su

and their camber kit:

http://www.eurosporttuning.ca/mm5/me...=VL-S40-V50-su

[T4FLY]

The SE Sport models come with a strut as standard do they not? Not sure how much from Volvo though.

[t5_monkey]

Originally Posted by T4FLY

The SE Sport models come with a strut as standard do they not? Not sure how much from Volvo though.

Mine didn't... and it was a 2004 SE sport lux

[scoobysn7x]

Forgot to check i ll have a look tomorrow, got the car really happy just a rattle from glove box area to sort, and there's a vibration through the car between 65-75 that i think is the tracking or wheel problem, as it happens when coasting at the mentioned speed so will be calling garage on monday, i did notice the mot in dec an advisories for a slightly damaged front wheel, but this may be corrison as one of the wheels has started to corrode

[scoobysn7x]

Originally Posted by T4FLY

The SE Sport models come with a strut as standard do they not? Not sure how much from Volvo though.

I think mine is a t5 se not a t5 sport se i think the t5 sports can out later and were 226bhp not 220

[t5_monkey]

Originally Posted by scoobysn7x

I think mine is a t5 se not a t5 sport se i think the t5 sports can out later and were 226bhp not 220

The much later models are 230bhp... but just a bump in boost pressure apparently.

Standard strut brace is a bit weak looking from what I've seen.

Got any plans to mod it when you get it ?

I know a good place to get your wheels refurbed if you have some damage/corrosion issues - di a great job on mine for £60 a corner.

Do you have the bodykit on yours ?

[scoobysn7x]

Picked the car up today, so going to see if we can sort vibration issue out next week with the garage then i ll make some plans, i had a look at the wheel wheni was out with the dog and can only see a little kurbing nothing to bad, i'm going to be a little bit skint as insurance due next month then tax due march, but after that i`m going to do :-

Performance air filter
Change wheels (not keen on standard ones)
Strut brace

That's prob it don`t want to go too mad, its hard to tell re body kit as its a black car, there's a rear spoiler not as big as yours i ll put pics up tomorrow