New R Owner

iwant one · May 30, 2011

maxenar said:
Glad you made the jump from Subaru lol... Just two weeks ago I had the Evo - STI - R - S dilemma, but yeah, that 13 speaker system was the one that sold me!

Coming from two 12 inch JL Audio W3v2s (amazing subs), I can honestly say that I dont miss it for a minute. The overall sound quality of the HU-850 is incredible, the highs, mids, and lows are out of this world... Must come with an oem subwoofer? 8 inch or 10?

Mr. Unassailable · May 30, 2011

Hello and welcome. I am also new here. I love the silver, my first R was an 05 silver 6 speed.

XcalibR · May 30, 2011

Nice R Mag!
I respect your not wanting to mod ur car......bwaaaaaaa ha hah ahaaa haaah a...
Good luck with that Sir!
Oh yeah, Idaho is some beautiful space.......nice pix!

Magnetrax · May 30, 2011

well, keep it pretty stock, I am looking into a tune and center res delete but besides that, I'd just like to fix up the little blems and run it

XcalibR said:
Nice R Mag!
I respect your not wanting to mod ur car......bwaaaaaaa ha hah ahaaa haaah a...
Good luck with that Sir!
Oh yeah, Idaho is some beautiful space.......nice pix!

v0lv0steve · May 30, 2011

welcome! aside from whats been mentioned.... iPd poly mount bushings are the way to go when your car starts to feel loose.. any kind of knocking in the driveline from stop to go is usually attributed to this, at least as a first place to look. i wouldnt be suprised if you already needed the top engine mount but is probly still okay, volvo oem bushings sadly arent great at all. I have put all new poly bushings on my last three volvos and they were well worth the $, cheapest/ easiest upgrade you can feel. Good luck!

SleepR60 · May 30, 2011

Congrats on getting the R, I myself came from a Subaru WRX...Couldnt be happier, just getting into the car every morning and realizing how much better quality all around the volvo is and the interior quality ++++ is just a great thing.

maxenar · May 30, 2011

Magnetrax said:
DAMN! there are 13 speakers in there? sweet.

Yeah the S60s that come equipped with the Premium Package option should have the HU850 with 13-speaker system...

maxenar · May 30, 2011

iwant one said:
Coming from two 12 inch JL Audio W3v2s (amazing subs), I can honestly say that I dont miss it for a minute. The overall sound quality of the HU-850 is incredible, the highs, mids, and lows are out of this world... Must come with an oem subwoofer? 8 inch or 10?

I don't think the whole system comes with a subwoofer lol... Unless you count the large center speaker (or the two speakers mounted behind the rear seats) as a subwoofer...

MountainR · May 30, 2011

v0lv0steve said:
welcome! aside from whats been mentioned.... iPd poly mount bushings are the way to go when your car starts to feel loose.. any kind of knocking in the driveline from stop to go is usually attributed to this, at least as a first place to look. i wouldnt be suprised if you already needed the top engine mount but is probly still okay, volvo oem bushings sadly arent great at all. I have put all new poly bushings on my last three volvos and they were well worth the $, cheapest/ easiest upgrade you can feel. Good luck!

+1 On this. These were my first mods and well worth the $$$. Simple. Easy to install and immediate results. My OEM bushings at the upper engine mount and transmission mount had already failed at 52k on an 06 MT. Up next for me is the XC90 Axle Bolts to fix my axle ping.

Magnetrax · Jun 1, 2011

Step 1. Done.

DJT S60 R · Jun 1, 2011

Took me two years to do this....nice job.

MountainR · Jun 1, 2011

Magnetrax said:
Step 1. Done.

Doooode... Look at all those scratches and dings! Glad to see you got rid of those b!tches. Any marks on your prop shaft from the resonator?

iLLEST-R · Jun 1, 2011

^^^ Image makes me cringe and gives me goosebumps... Eeeeeks!

Magnetrax · Jun 1, 2011

didn't check the propshaft but I'm so happy to have it out of there. sounds a little better too. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks Everyone for the heads up on that thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

atacamaR · Jun 2, 2011

congrats on the the new ride.

wish all those brackets were tossed when service was done at volvo. seems only some mechanics get rid of them. sucks, when you hear of someone having to spend a ton of money on something that shouldn't be there in the first place.

Magnetrax · Jun 2, 2011

The best $45 mod ever. Just got a cel this morning tho. Hope it is just the car tripping out about the flow of the exhaust. I'll get the reader tonight and figure it out

Magnetrax · Jun 3, 2011

cel was cleared. just a random misfire.

atacamaR · Jun 3, 2011

Magnetrax said:
cel was cleared. just a random misfire.

time to change plugs if you are unsure of the mileage on them. hopefully it isn't more serious if misfiring continues.

Magnetrax · Jun 3, 2011

atacamaR said:
time to change plugs if you are unsure of the mileage on them. hopefully it isn't more serious if misfiring continues.

got another cel this morning. probably 37k on the plugs

atacamaR · Jun 3, 2011

Magnetrax said:
got another cel this morning. probably 37k on the plugs

does the code tell you what cyl?

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