[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

Wanna sell that IPD Skid plate?

Already sold it, sorry.

 

[Swagger XC]

TheBelgian stopped by last night to swap my brake lights over.

On a stock car, the lower "arches" were the taillights and the ugly rectangles on the upper portion were the brake lights. As seen on the Blue C30 here:

Now, the lower arches function as both the taillight and the brake lights. I know the upper brake lights provided a more noticeable location and it was a throwback to the old Volvo wagons. But now there is significantly more brake light illumination and it looks a lot more modern.

Taillights:

Brake lights:

How did you do that? Can you just move the socket down to the arch without any drilling or wiring?

 

[DevolvR]

Nicely done Michael! It's those subtle mods that all add up. Love the rear taillight mod, great choice. Interested in how you managed that, that gave me some ideas.

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

How did you do that? Can you just move the socket down to the arch without any drilling or wiring?

It's a little more involved than that, but not very.

We disconnected the wire from the upper brake lights, split that wire off in 3 branches, and then connected that to the lower lights. Because there was only one brake light on each side before, it had to be split for the three lights below. So there was a minor bit of soldering involve (just wire to bulb base).

We then routed the wire for the rear fog light (which was originally going to the left lower light) up to where the brake lights used to be. We also split it, so both upper lights come on with the fog lights. I know it's not the "fog light safety" illumination pattern, but we don't get much fog in my area. I'll also be adding a lower 3rd fog light in the near future.

Nicely done Michael! It's those subtle mods that all add up. Love the rear taillight mod, great choice. Interested in how you managed that, that gave me some ideas.

Thanks Alfred! I generally avoid messing with taillights and brake lights, but my friend has had this setup for 2 years with no problems. I have to give him all credit, it was his idea and he did most of the work. Since he has proven it's a safe and reliable setup, I followed.

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

Some new accessories:

Just over 5oz, it's lighter than stock, but I like the looks.

Stole Bailey's blue nail polish to color in the numbers.

I'll be putting it in the car as soon as I get it back...

Abusing my loaner for the time being.

 

[Fitzy]

I like the reverse smiley face brake lights.

 

[airjordan117]

Abusing my loaner for the time being.

Too bad it's not an s60 r design

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

A fun little party piece to my car.

 

[brycejleung8221]

damn

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

Just to keep things current, new slave cylinder, new master cylinder, and DRLs have been disabled.

Now we come up to a 4 day weekend when I can hopefully finish off my to do list...

 

[xykdonx]

Just to keep things current, new slave cylinder, new master cylinder, and DRLs have been disabled.

Now we come up to a 4 day weekend when I can hopefully finish off my to do list...

Dealer disabled DRL?

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

Dealer disabled DRL?

Yeah, just give them SW# 30679690. Generally $25 for the software + labor (that's where they'll get you).

Got my new plate on:

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

Took the factory shift knob off and cut the pin, I couldn't press it out for the life of me...

Vacuum cap to hold the threaded shift knob in place:

Found a washer that fit on the top portion of the stick:

Threaded the boot tip through the washer to hold it in place:

The finished result:

 

[MyNameIdeasWereTaken]

It's a busy Thanksgiving modifications day!

Rear reflectors put on

Copied my S40 and did the stealth headlights with the blue "halos"

 

[bjornvik]

nice!
a question to you. the center console... when I was looking at C30 R designs online for sale, a lot of them had the same thing as what I see in your pictures, seems like sort of tiny dents. every single one. weird reflections? does the material dent easily? what the heck is it?

because I've never been in an R Design in actual life. just photos.

 

[airjordan117]

Looks fantastic how did you black out the turn signal reflector?

I'm going to be opening my headlights to build an Audi s8 style switch back drl,
So I might as well black out the Orange side marker, turn signal reflector, and the other bits

 

[mr-fix.pl]

seems like sort of tiny dents. every single one. weird reflections? does the material dent easily? what the heck is it?

I had dents in mine. So I switched to plastic elements and vinyl wrapped them.

 

[rentalcar]

Yeah every damn s40/v50/c30 suffers from this. The only thing to do is to buy brand new pieces (expensive as a mf) and be careful.

 

[onezero]

Or to fill the holes with some filler and paint them

 

[bjornvik]

just gotta be careful. i guess it's like the belt, can't just undo it and let it go and then complain of scratches on the pillar