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[stephenkirsh]

Sweet Volvo! Pics?

[BMWCurves]

Sweet Volvo! Pics?

Here she is in all her glory (Volvo S40 T5 AWD 6MT) and studded winter tires. It has its own problems (small trunk, poor halogen headlights), but it handles most tasks admirably and I can't argue with its decent power (~225 hp and torque). It's a shame Volvo doesn't make a small sedan or wagon anymore. I wish my mother had jumped for the V50 because it's the same car with more utility, but she couldn't get past the looks. Oh well. It's a capable snow car that has never left us stranded on our numerous trips in the snow, and I've definitely had my fair share of making snownuts in it. It's AWD system is not quite as good as our old Audi C5 S4's 4WD system, but I digress.

[az3579]

It has its own problems (small trunk, poor halogen headlights),

The headlights problem is very easily solved. It has projectors already; just throw an HID kit in that sucker and call it a day!


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[BMWCurves]

The headlights problem is very easily solved. It has projectors already; just throw an HID kit in that sucker and call it a day!


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My family's looking into it. The headlights are absolutely atrocious.

[slater]

My family's looking into it. The headlights are absolutely atrocious.

What is the low beam bulb type?


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[BMWCurves]

H11 I believe. There's basically two options for improving headlights in the P1 platform:

a) Swap to an H9 bulb with greater light output
b) Switch to an HID kit which also requires this HKBOWE unit to prevent instrument cluster and other issues.

[az3579]

H11 I believe. There's basically two options for improving headlights in the P1 platform:

a) Swap to an H9 bulb with greater light output
b) Switch to an HID kit which also requires this HKBOWE unit to prevent instrument cluster and other issues.

IMO Option (A) isn't really an option at all. Halogen blows no matter how you slice it.

Is "HKBOWE" just some kind of error eliminator? Is it any different than the harnesses they sell with some HID kits for error cancellation?

[BMWCurves]

Sort of. It’s similar. I’ve read a handful of threads. A brief overview here:

http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthr...-kit-read-this


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[az3579]

Sort of. It’s similar. I’ve read a handful of threads. A brief overview here:

http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthr...-kit-read-this


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Wow. Lame. As. Hell.
Thankfully it seems that there is a plug and play solution. Hopefully it's easily available; it did say it's a limited run.

[BMWCurves]

Wow. Lame. As. Hell.
Thankfully it seems that there is a plug and play solution. Hopefully it's easily available; it did say it's a limited run.

Yeah, it’s not ideal. But I think we’re going to go that route. Hopefully some units are left.


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