On older Volvos, people have either painted or applied black tape to correct this issue.

Have you given any thought to painting this strip another color? Body color?

On our '95 855 I painted all the black trim on our green wagon with beige rustoleum. I called it our Eddie Bauer model. Even the dealer's people liked the result.

I could then wax the trim without making a mess.

The paint held up very well, the only blemish the car got was a small scrape from a parking lot tap on the corner of the front bumper..

I used to be able to dierect you to a picture, but Brick Pics no longer sorts by model.