My Volvo 850 T-5R project

[Spoof]

Lovely car.

RT the famous Volvo, BMW and Mini specialists?

Good luck with that.

[kerryt5r]

Spoof said:

Lovely car.

RT the famous Volvo, BMW and Mini specialists?

Good luck with that.

Many thanks - glad you like it. Yes RT Mechanics are Volvo, BMW and Mini specialists. I have been taking my car there for the last couple of years aswell as doing as many jobs as I can do myself on the drive way and the car has never been in better shape.

[kerryt5r]

ManOpener said:

I do love home-grown fast saloons.

Many thanks, hopefully be a bit faster when I pick it up on Saturday!

[M5 Russ]

What a great thread as I love fast saloons. There is a T5R near me that never seems to move - this has got me thinking that maybe I should knock on the door

[kerryt5r]

M5 Russ said:

What a great thread as I love fast saloons. There is a T5R near me that never seems to move - this has got me thinking that maybe I should knock on the door

Many thanks for the kind words, I would

[nismo48]

How much money have you spent on your volvo project..
It must be in the thousands..
Nice car though..Had a drive of the T5 Estate back in 1997 and it was a blast..!!

[Stedman]

Spoof said:

Lovely car.

RT the famous Volvo, BMW and Mini specialists?

Good luck with that.

[kerryt5r]

nismo48 said:

How much money have you spent on your volvo project..
It must be in the thousands..
Nice car though..Had a drive of the T5 Estate back in 1997 and it was a blast..!!

Many thanks, I have spent quite a bit over the 3 years but still less than buying a new car! I do enjoy driving and modifying it and I cant easily think of a car I would like to replace it with so at the moment its money well spent!

[Old Gregg]

Really enjoyed this thread, i do like reading about people doing proper maintenance jobs on their cars.

Great stuff.

[kerryt5r]

Old Gregg said:

Really enjoyed this thread, i do like reading about people doing proper maintenance jobs on their cars.

Great stuff.

Many thanks, would like to home build a forged engine one day for it but I wont be touching it on my own!

[Connor_scotland]

Awesome thread mate.

[kerryt5r]

Connor_scotland said:

Awesome thread mate.

Thanks for reading

[kerryt5r]

Picked up my car on 27/12/2010 from RT's with the JT exhaust fitted - it is absolutely awesome and makes the car feel much more torquey, also cant get enough of that sound with the 3" DP. My old exhaust used to pop and bank quietly, but this does a few nice pops and bangs when you lift off the loud pedal . Couldn't be more pleased, will certainly do me until I decide to go for more power....

Few pics :

On the car :





And a couple from a few locations in York, where I spent new years with my girlfriend and a few friends :





Cheers to www.rtmechanics.co.uk for the exhaust, heat wrapping / fitting & to Scott, Andy & James for helping me make my mind up for which exhaust to go for!!

Kerry

[kerryt5r]

Decided to fit these new style centre caps :



Photo before :



Photo after :



Need to get some metal polish on those rusty wheel bolts as the look nasty!

Couple more pics of my new exhaust :





And a couple more pics of the car after cleaning it up :







Kerry

[Stedman]

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

[Spoof]

Stedman said:

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

Just read your profile mate.

[Stedman]

Spoof said:

Stedman said:

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

Just read your profile mate.

Mates huh? Still, it's bloody funny

[kerryt5r]

Stedman said:

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

Good mod - as you said amazing difference for such small things..

[kerryt5r]

Stedman said:

Spoof said:

Stedman said:

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

Just read your profile mate.

Mates huh? Still, it's bloody funny

lol at your profile

[Spoof]

Stedman said:

Spoof said:

Stedman said:

I got the caps a while ago, it's amazing how much better they make the car look!

Just read your profile mate.

Mates huh? Still, it's bloody funny