valdemaras volvo 360

[valdemaras]

hello everybody,
I want to present may VOLVO 360, it`s '86 GLT, 2.0l. It done only 151k Km and i bought it for very reasanoble price.
The body and interior is in very good condition. Engine is in a good nick too.
Due to not very good financials till spring i won`t do anythin, no modifications
I very like my volvo, but the ara two issiues i wuold like to change, so would it be dificult to put a power steering in it,
and how hard it is to find an electric windows?
And hera are some pics:

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[volvosneverdie]

Lovely car dude!
Paint looks amazing and the interior is very clean indeed.

Fitting powersteering is totally possible, theres a thread somewhere which lists all the parts you need. I'll see if I can dig it up for you.

[volvosneverdie]

From another thread.

AUTOMAN wrote:
Do people convert their cars to pas or don't they seem to bother? Would it be a hard job to do?

I have also noticed that the window on the tailgate reaches right to the edge except for a trim strip on my car, but on the 360 I remember from years ago and also with regard to the disscussions that I have had regarding the louvre style stipes on the glt's and getting them made, that the earlier cars had a smaller rear screen.

What are the subtle and major styling differences regarding the 360?

Ian.
The conversion has been done, I was thinking of it at one point, but then ended up buying a PAS car instead You get used to the heavy steering on non-PAS 360s, tyre choice (and pressure) makes a difference too.

Another major "styling difference" between Mk2 and Mk3 cars is the rear screen, Mk2s (and Mk1s) had a smaller screen with rounded edges. On Mk3 GLTs the "louvre strips" were dropped.

SteveP wrote:
not too difficult an upgrade - you just need the pump, rack and associated pipework but I gather new parts for PAS equipped cars are scarcer.
... and lower part of the steering column, and on RHD cars a different exhaust downpipe ...
Check this post for more details:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4530&p=58874

Inner track rods are extremely hard to find for PAS cars. Outer track rod ends (ball joints?) are the same as for non-PAS models.

Cheers

Tom

[trabitom99]

Welcome, valdemaras! That's a nice car you have there! Interesting choice of radio

The biggest problem with converting to PAS is finding LHD parts. Power steering was standard on many models in RHD UK, but not over here, so that explains the limited supply of parts. I gave up in the end, and just bought a car which had PAS already fitted

Here are some pics of the parts you might need:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=5&t=4530

and the problems I had in finding replacement parts when the car I bought failed it's MOT due to play in the PAS
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=5&t=6720

That reminds, me - I need to update that last thread, since the cars' passed now ...

Cheers

Tom

[volvosneverdie]

Bah, forgot about LHD differences.

Fail.

[trabitom99]

Fail.

Not at all A RHD rack helped me out a lot in my "tie rod" predicament ...

[SteveP]

Very nice car!

[valdemaras]

Interesting choice of radio

Tom

the radio came with the car from last owner, bet because of the bad economical situation, the thief are very active, they have already stolen the stereo from my previous car and my brothers car, so i decided to leave that radio, just in case

[trabitom99]

the radio came with the car from last owner, bet because of the bad economical situation, the thief are very active, they have already stolen the stereo from my previous car and my brothers car, so i decided to leave that radio, just in case

What the thieves don't know, is that it's quite a sought-after classic radio which was fitted to late '70s / early '80s 300s and 200s. I would guess it's worth around 40 - 80 Euros on German Ebay ...

Cheers

Tom

[valdemaras]

my new merchandise for summer season

and here a quick look on the car if everything suits well

[SteveP]

I'm surprised how good them ATS alloys look, I never thought they'd suit a 300 but they definitely suit yours!

[valdemaras]

I almost for mouth had looked adverstisments but nothing came up and sudenly my friend spotted theese also they were kind of cheap

[SteveP]

Have you got any pics of the whole car with them on? Be interested to see the overall effect.

[valdemaras]

Have you got any pics of the whole car with them on? Be interested to see the overall effect.

sorry no photos of whole car, i took only this one with selfphone, more photos will have to wait until 1stof april, couse only then i can put summer tyres on cars

[volvodspec]

here you go:

i do think they suit a 300 really well:)