Thank you very much for the reply, John !

John wrote:

> The part number for the 1998-2000 V70' is very different than the 01'

> V70. Your local Volvo dealer should give you the part number if you

> call their parts department or visit them personally. They will have

> the correct number. This information is not 'classified' in any way.

Finally I've got a part number for it. It was _fourth_ dealer I called

or walked in to who decided to give up the secret ;-) Previous three

were pretty uniform using the same phrase: "Sorry, we're not giving

up part numbers". Funny, huh ? ;-) I'm in South Florida.

> The headlights for these cars can be pretty expensive because they

> are very complex in design, so a quote of $410 isn't very

> un-reasonable.

I can admit it. And even afford it... sometimes ;-)

Out of five dealers I have following quotes : $292,320,340,380 and 410.

Funny enough, the amount of _labor_ is inverse propotion to the

part price varying within 1.0-2.4 hours inevitably bringing total

to $470-$500 in each location. And my deductible is... right, $500 ;-))

> This shouldn't be very difficult to replace, if there

> was no internal damage to the light housing in the engine bay area.

It definitely was not damaged. I guess if the guys from volvoparts.com or some other place will be able to make it cheaper - I'll install it myself.

Yours,

Andrey M.