As of right now no. Struts are new up front, rear has the nivomat. Steering seems tight. Brakes are new. I need to get the car up on jack stands and clean the underside better. There is a really thick layer of dried mud under the car that I started to clean up. I'll make the final decision when it is done.

I borrowed a commercial steam cleaner from a co-worker for the weekend. I'm going to pick up some cleaning solution and distilled water today. I'm excited about getting this car clean and I like the idea of the steam disinfecting the interior too. I don't know what bacteria this car is growing.

I worked on cleaning the interior of the car. I was able to borrow a steam cleaner from a coworker. The steam cleaner saved me many hours of work. I had to spend a couple of hour experimenting to find the best way to get the car cleaned. I also watched a bunch of youtube videos on steam cleaning a car interior.

Headliner was vacuumed then steam cleaned with the brush attach covered in a microfiber cloth. A couple of big tips that I leaned watching videos are make sure the headliner is in good shape and not loose before you think about using steam, second move the steamer around a lot so you don't build too much heat and water. I still need to go back and vacuum one more time.

The dash and floor pan were cleaned with the steamer's nozzle and wiped off with a microfiber cloth. This method worked really well getting in tight places as well as cleaning the dash switches.

The seats were the hardest to get clean. I ended up spraying the seats down with diluted Simple Green then using a house hair brush to lather it up and finally wiping it off with a microfiber cloth. After that I used the steam cleaner with the small scrub brush attachment and finally wiped it down with a microfiber cloth.

The door panels required a combination of the seat method and the nozzle.

I still need to shampoo the rear wagon area carpet.

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Before (after to come later):

Friday's agenda will be to finish cleaning everything I am keeping. I plan to shampoo the rear wagon area, vacuum the headliner, and do a final wipe down with Clorox wipes.

I picked up a bunch of parts at the pull and pay. I still need to get a carpet.

Used Parts I Need (revised)
o Light in drivers door (purchased)
o cup holder (purchased)
o windshield washer Sprayer 99 or newer
o headlight wiper arms (purchased)
o taillights
o plastic under tray
o alarm horn (purchased)
o electric fan (purchased)
o grill (purchased)
o drivers doors Seal (purchased)
o roof trim
o front ash tray (purchased)
o carpet
o insulation under rear seat
o hood insulation (purchased)
o heater control knob
o shift knob
o owners manual (purchased)

Used upgrade parts
o '98 16T turbo (purchased)
o '98 T5 Auto ECU (purchased)
o fog lights (have everything but the lights themselves)
o Dash top with center channel speaker (purchased)
o 901 radio, amp, Dolby processor, wiring

I went to the junk yard on Friday and pulled some parts out of two clean V70 XC's.
What I picked up:
o windshield washer Sprayer 99 or newer
o taillights
o plastic under tray
o roof trim with rails
o carpet
o insulation under rear seat
o heater control knob
o 99-00 passenger side map pocket
o driver's side front fender
o painted trim for rear windows (mine had no clear coat)
o latch phase 1 anchors (Top Tether Straps)

The one thing I hadn't planned on getting was a full set of seats. After I pilled the carpet out of a really clean car, I took a second look at the seats and realized they looked a ton better than what I had. The seats are a little dry but they are hole and crack free. I've already cleaned and conditioned the seats. I also now have a power passenger seat.


The drivers seat looks better in person than it looks on in the picture. All the other seats look even better than this.

I also took a picture of the rear carpet area after cleaning:


The cleaned headliner:

I cleaned the new (to me) carpets as well as the rear seat backs and the liftgate. I started the carpet and seat install. The rear seat backs are installed, they really didn't make that easy to do. I also installed the front carpets. I would have had it all back together but I ran out of time.

I install all the relays, etc associated with the fog lights. The passenger side under dash map pocket is also installed. I probably have about 2-3 hours left to complete the interior. Once I'm done with the interior, I'm going to work my way through the used parts I acquired including the roof rails, front fender, headlights, taillights and grille. Pics to come.

On my list to install this weekend is get the carpet and seat install completed. I would also like to get the tail lights installed. If I have the time, I'll work on the front fender, headlights, and grille. Most of my weekend will be used to work on the house, I need to clear out a bunch in the utility room.

Replacement carpet installed.

Seats installed.

I need to finish up a installing the plastic covers for the front seat bolts and the dead pedal. I would have had it all done if it wasn't for us all getting the flu.

I'm considering trying to vinyl wrap the dash trim. I figure if I really don't like the look, I could always pick up a set of wood dash trim. All the wood trim in the junk yard has been trashed and I'm not really sure that I'm ambitious enough to pull the entire dash in the junk yard either.

The two vinyls that I'm considering are either 3M Di-NOC Carbon Fiber or Ebony.
http://www.topvinylfilms.com/wood-grain ... rap-vinyl/
http://www.topvinylfilms.com/carbon-fib ... rap-vinyl/

The more and more I think about it, I really think the Ebony would look good.

Here are examples:

that ebony paneling is gorgeous! Is it custom?

Dwduc wrote:that ebony paneling is gorgeous! Is it custom?

It is just 3M vinyl.

Wow...that's looking great. Excellent job getting that cleaned up!