I recently bought a new car and my sister has gotten a little jealous to say the least. Since i basically chose all my options and stuff and my parents brought home this car for her she doesn't feel it was customized to what she wanted. It's a 1996 Volvo 960. I looked on ebay to see what all was out there, but there isn't a whole lot to customize a volvo compared to my car (97 accord coupe). I've suggested putting a spoiler on it, getting a sound system, finding some cool wheels maybe, but i think that is all she can do to it. She wants to paint it, RED. I told her it would just attract more cops, and the way she drives that's the last thing she needs. So what else can she do to customize it so she feels that it is more like what she wanted in a car?

You can get a rear trunk spoiler, real wood dash board overlays, tinted glass but that's about it cosmetically.

DEWFPO
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1998 S90 068,300 and 1995 964 152,300

Your sister is one lucky girl to have the 960. You should be the jealous one.
The 960 is a Volvo that came with just about every improvement Volvo has had to offer for that year. There's a lot of mod's available for other models, but most try to achieve the quality and improvements Volvo gave the'96 960.
The suspension is a rare breed, having some nice attributes like carbon fiber rear leaf spring and IRS, super smooth gas/hydraulic shocks, ball joint sway bar links, and a lot more. The car came equiped standard with a premimum stereo, so I can't see why your sis would want anything more, I thought it was a killer sound system.
This car was made to compete with BMW 740i and MB 500sel's on the Autobahn, so tell your sis to lay off the pedal, cause it's easy to let the car get away from you.
I just traded in a '96 960 and loved the car, some regrets, but still like my new V70 2.5T.
The rear spoiler is available pre-painted for ~350 from Volvo or Swedishengineering.com
I looked into the European suspension upgrade package that was only offered in Europe, and it includes front springs and shocks and rear spring and shock and rear sway bar upgrade. The spring and shock are sold together and will lower the car 20mm. I never did the upgrade since the cost was $1700 for the parts which FCPGroton.com was willing to import. I would reccomend that if the car is over 80k miles, just replace the shocks and struts with Volvo ones, NOT aftermarket ones even if they say OEM, they are not the same. She will be very pleasently surprised at how the car handles and rides with new shocks.
You can add a K&N air filter for a improved breathing, too

Frankly my thoughts are 'Don't mess with a good thing!'
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'89 245 Sportwagon, '04 V70 2.5T Sportwagon

I know, i drive her car all the time and she gets mad at me. but i like my accord, it's nice. hers' has a little cosmetic problems here and there. i'm trying to convince her to pick up some leather conditioner so her seats don't go bad. i'll show her these posts and let her decide. i do agree though, it's a very nice car.