I just won a '95 850 GLT Wagon on ebay. Pretty clean with 150K. Not many records though... Timing Belt done at 70k.. One body flaw is the window moulding; it looks like it starts at the windshield and goes all the way to the back of the car and the paint or what ever the moulding is wraped in is all chiping away. Does anyone have a suggestion to repair or replace?

Rgrd,

Kevin

'94 945 225k sold

'02 XC70 90k Mrs.

'94 940 145k DOA Daughter Totaled (t-boned)

People do not "win" things at an auction, they buy them.

Please check the timing belt and S belt for wear. They are supposed to be changed at 140K along with the tensioner. Look for a cabin filter and add it if the car doesn't have one. Check the color of the tranny fluid and flush it if it isn't nice and red.

Klaus
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1975 164 w/174,800mi (Sold) 1995 850T w/91,000mi, 1998 V70R w/129,000mi

Had this problem on my wagon, used a razor blade and fine sand paper to remove the vinyl coating (don't remove the rubber seal on the one side though)Then I painted it with pimer and a flexible matt black trim paint. Within a month of winter driving white spots from the aluminum corroding showed through the paint, it ended up looking really bad. To get me through this winter I quickly resanded the corroded areas and repainted the strips with a paint I got at Home depot called Liquid Plastic by Verathane. I used the entire can on the two strips, laying down multiple thin coats. They came out looking fantastic and have lasted all winter without so much as a blemish. Incidentally the strips come off really easily, carefully pop the plastic caps off at the rear of the car and work the strips up out of their spring clips (just make sure you dont bend the strips)Then just pop them back into their groove once the paint is fully dry. Good Luck!!

We obtained a 94 855 which had the same problem. Took all the paint off and used some 3M Scotchbrite to polish the aluminum. Some folks have repainted too, but I am too lazy and sloppy.

dick

Dick,

Did as you suggested (scotchbrited), looks sweet...

Thanks

You can always buy yourself some Euro rails off of Ebay. I believe they end up costing the same as the trim if you buy it from Volvo and now you get the utility of doing whatever you want with the rails.

My wagon has the rails on it. The passenger side right next to the windshield has begun to peel and the rubber piece that (I guess) stops water from going in the channel between the a-pillar and the windshield likes to vibrate above 70 mph.

That's very frustrating. To the junk yard I go to get more moulding.

-Hector
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-Hector