After months of searching for a cherry '93 240, I changed courses and am now the proud new owner of a 1997 850 base model in navy blue with tan seats! 122K and bought it from the original owner. No leaks, great brakes, frosty A/C and really nice shifting auto tranny. Exterior is an 7-8 and interior - well, does anyone have any spare tan seat bottoms?

Two questions - did Volvo offer fog/driving lights as an option on this model? If so, were they the small round ones? There is an lower grill opening that looks like it was made for a rectangular light with one rounded side, and it seems like I have seen them somewhere. If one installs the round lights (which I have seen on ebay and other places), is there a special grill/surround insert for them?

Secondly, since the seat bottoms are shot, I would like to install seat heaters before I recover them. IPD has the replacement heaters, but where would one find the wiring harness and other assembly? Has anyone ever attempted this?

Thanks in advance for your replies. Nice to finally be a Volvo owner again after nine years (we sold my '88 240 in '00 and my wife's '91 740 in '02 - big mistakes!)