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Some questions for the board

posted by  someone claiming to be Gary on  Sun Dec 1 13:16 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Forget the 5 speed trans as it's not an option for your car. Sure, I'm sure that if truely motivated and momey was no object that someone, somewhere could do it but realistically, money will be an object. I highly doubt that anyone's tryed it so it'd be trial and error. Besides just the trans itself, there'd be a few electrical issues to resolve as well.
As for the gold R, Volvo doesn't make any Gold emblems, they're all chrome (looking) so those that are gold are done by a chemical process by aftermarket companies that go from dealer to dealer chemically changing them to a gold color. The problem is that when gold, the gold doesn't last long.
Changing the emblem is easy, use a hairdryer to heat the old emblems and they then peel off. Don't use any scraping type tools to remove the adhesive or you'll scratch the paint, use adhesive remover.
As for IPDs chip/exhaust combo, you'll definately notice an improvement. The strut braces help cornering but the effect is slight, not highly noticeable for most people but I have them on my cars.






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