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noobody:
This seems to be a new trend

A guy on Facebook just had his 2015 avalon exact part stolen in PH,he is currently searching frantically for the replacement,not available in the whole of PH,he also doesn't like his vehicles missing parts.

Una Lexus/Toyota/Honda people dey try oo


Funny story,

I parked my Volvo last month in an open space in lagos,a xc 90 parked 2 Corollas away from me,after the function we all got to our cars,only the Volvos were able to start,apparently thieves have done there thing on both corollas,brain box stolen,the volvos were ignored
I think you also once mentioned similar experience while your Corolla was broken into,

Those things are so easy to penetrate no pun intended



Also one sweet feature
Maybe because I don't have full tints on my vehicles
Police rarely stop me at check points,they just ignore the Volvo meanwhile you see varieties of Lexus,benz and Toyotas been disturbed,not until recently I swapped my s80 front lights to led which is on DRL,then start to dey reason my matter once in a while.

Bingo!! Police also doesn't stop me while in the volvo, though they rarely do even with the lexus. When I installed car tracker for my volvo, even the installer himself was telling me that I am wasting my money But I did that out of shock of what happened to my corolla. Volvo comes with tight security from factory, and being a rare vehicle, it is not a thief magnet. Where will the thief sell the parts? Who will buy? Come to think of it, any thieve that collects this my volvo will be tracked down easily cause in the whole Abuja, I think I am the only one that has white 2015 s60 t6 R-design, I stand to be corrected though.

noobody:
Yeah P3 Volvo S80 3.2

Volvo xc90 2.5T

But I tend to always stick with the s80,as you previously said,it's a low vehicle but that is to its advantage when speeding

As regards night driving

The led upgrades aren't even for that at all but mostly for sweet aesthetics

Sometimes at night,before approaching my vehicle,I just use fob to switch puddle lights some distance away,it usually always stands out

This should work for your s80, up to 2010 model https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010457481640.html?channel=twinner
what year is your s80?

Can't wait to feel the outcome

Port443:
Bingo!! Police also doesn't stop me while in the volvo, though they rarely do even with the lexus. When I installed car tracker for my volvo, even the installer himself was telling me that I am wasting my money But I did that out of shock of what happened to my corolla. Volvo comes with tight security from factory, and being a rare vehicle, it is not a thief magnet. Where will the thief sell the parts? Who will buy? Come to think of it, any thieve that collects this my volvo will be tracked down easily cause in the whole Abuja, I think I am the only one that has white 2015 s60 t6 R-design, I stand to be corrected though.

The issue of tracker

You are so right

Loool

They have all told me I should not waste my money

In Lagos,they have one major market

And if you go there for fixes,they know your Volvo already

So any thief wey try am must go and sell outside Nigeria sha

Port443:
This should work for your s80, up to 2010 model https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010457481640.html?channel=twinner
what year is your s80?

2009 model

Would look into this,

The issue is my mirror shell is the USA variant,

Doesn't use the same part number as other models.

noobody:
2009 model

Would look into this,

The issue is my mirror shell is the USA variant,

Doesn't use the same part number as other models.

This is quite strange. Can you share pics?

Port443:
This is quite strange. Can you share pics?

Yeah it was until after the second purchase I noticed the part number was wrong,
The ones I keep getting seems to be too big for my mirror shell.
They mostly sell part number 39850533 which has a shorter side marker compared to mine which is longer.
My own part number is 39853091 which mostly usually comes in silver color only from factory.


Reminds me,have you also tried the smoked side markers mod?

Second pictures is where the little issue is.

noobody:
Yeah it was until after the second purchase I noticed the part number was wrong,
The ones I keep getting seems to be too big for my mirror shell.
They mostly sell part number 39850533 which has a shorter side marker compared to mine which is longer.
My own part number is 39853091 which mostly usually comes in silver color only from factory.


Reminds me,have you also tried the smoked side markers mod?

Second pictures is where the little issue is.

I really want to keep my car as simple as possible, I like mods that is in the direction of OEM.
I'm having a feeling that your mirror was changed.

I'm always scared of transmission jobs, I wish I can escape it

Port443:
I really want to keep my car as simple as possible, I like mods that is in the direction of OEM.
I'm having a feeling that your mirror was changed.

..

Yeah that might be that case also too

But it carries the later part number pasted on it.

My big baby serviced!!!
Let's work on the body

Phase 1 down

Phase 2 done

Port443:
Phase 2 done

All done, everything back to normal. I did a complete drain and refill of the tranny.

The cooler was connected in series with the OEM transmission cooler

Nicely done
Take it for a spin and tell us the difference

Don't tempt me oo

noobody:
Nicely done
Take it for a spin and tell us the difference

Don't tempt me oo

I have actually and there wasn't any difference in performance (not a performance boost anyway). But I feel the shifting is a lot smoother now(maybe it's in my head).

I've gotten a transmission overheating warning one time I drove it too hard for too long, I hope to drive it in a similar fashion someday and see if that message comes up again. But yeah, heat is the #1 enemy of automatic transmission

Port443:
The lexus obviously need a paint job, I'll give it what it needs shortly

Let's clean this baby up, shall we

Money miss road
On top old outdated car
Not a classic car
Or a sports car

valarinz:

Very funny sir. The volvo is trying to derail my thread

The volvo won again

Port443:
The volvo won again

Bruh

I hope it's OEM quality/standard.
Really don't trust Chinese after market steels oo

noobody:
Bruh

I hope it's OEM quality/standard.
Really don't trust Chinese after market steels oo

Well, most of these items were made in China anyway. I've done partial installation already but the caliper didn't fit. Currently rocking xc90 336mm caliper. I'll just keep a close watch on it

Yesterday was a partial sad day for me. The hose that ran from the aftermarket transmission cooler to the transmission pulled in high speed, didn't realize it until I got to church and it was too late, I lost all the fluid.

I really underestimated the fluid pressure and paid dearly for it

Money miss road

Port443:
Yesterday was a partial sad day for me. The hose that ran from the aftermarket transmission cooler to the transmission pulled in high speed, didn't realize it until I got to church and it was too late, I lost all the fluid.

I really underestimated the fluid pressure and paid dearly for it

Sorry

RealityKings1:
Sorry

Thanks boss

My baby is back and better

Port443:
Yesterday was a partial sad day for me. The hose that ran from the aftermarket transmission cooler to the transmission pulled in high speed, didn't realize it until I got to church and it was too late, I lost all the fluid.

I really underestimated the fluid pressure and paid dearly for it

How many quarts did you lose? I will advice you change the hose if it's easy to pull out without clip on it. Also, get a traditional hose clamp next time. That idemitsu is costly to loss a quart

Dwarfgod:
How many quarts did you lose? I will advice you change the hose if it's easy to pull out without clip on it. Also, get a traditional hose clamp next time. That idemitsu is costly to loss a quart

I lost over 5 quartz
My only happiness is that my tranny is cleaner, more like an unplanned oil change. I have added two clips at the end now, I will watch it closely for the next few days.

Port443:
My big baby serviced!!!
Let's work on the body

Where can I get this oil?