Doors for a 340

Post by **petavius** » 03 Aug 2004 11:34 pm

I am looking for driver and passenger doors for my 340GL 3 door, silver car, any ideas?

Post by **5lab** » 03 Aug 2004 11:35 pm

your local scrapyard. whats wrong with the current doors? changing the locks will be tricky

Post by **Duvel78** » 03 Aug 2004 11:40 pm

I bet rust problems...

Post by **5lab** » 03 Aug 2004 11:41 pm

3 doors arent so bad for rust as 5doors are

Post by **petavius** » 03 Aug 2004 11:43 pm

Scrappies close to here are not good, driver door has severe rust issues and a bucked bit, the electric windows dont work anymore in either door and the passenger side has a bit of wood in the door to hold the glass up!

Post by **Uba** » 12 Sep 2004 11:04 pm

Just a quick one,

Volvo have seriously dropped the prices of 300 parts as the majority are at the 20 year mark.

My front valance replacement was reduced from £265 to £50, maybe you should give em a call. Genuine part too (5yr guarantee)

Post by **Duvel78** » 05 Oct 2004 10:35 pm

Uba wrote:
Volvo have seriously dropped the prices of 300 parts as the majority are at the 20 year mark.

Not here...

I was talking with the big responsable for the parts in a very big Volvo garage in Belgium and the answer about the prices was clear: impossible to negociate lower prices, even for old parts. That's a shame cause I've seen the place where all the parts are stored (private visit during one hour cause the guy was happy to hear my story about the building of the Volvo 300 mania community). It's unbelievable all the boxes with Volvo parts for the 300 series, new of course... (& a lot of accessories!!)

The ONLY thing he could do for me was a discount if I bought many parts for the V3M community...

Post by **2.3litre 343** » 24 Oct 2004 08:15 pm

A small scrappy that I use now has a pair of 340 doors for a 3 door car, but they are dark grey and have manual lifters. They are however in very good condition.
Also for you 5 door owners, they have a set of these too, in silver.

Post by **foggyjames** » 27 Oct 2004 04:45 pm

What sort of condition are the silver ones in?

cheers

James

Post by **SteveP** » 27 Oct 2004 07:36 pm

I might be going to a scrapyard before the meet to look at a 360, which is also in silver.. I'll have a look if the doors are any good.. although I definitely remember the hatch was red!

Steve

Post by **foggyjames** » 28 Oct 2004 12:52 am

They have to be absolutely perfect before I'll even remotely be interested I'm afraid. Mine are ok (good enough to save)....but occasionally you find perfect ones.

cheers

James

Post by **2.3litre 343** » 10 Nov 2004 12:45 am

Those doors can be found at Simmo's yard, Clifton Avanue, Long Eaton. When I last saw them, they were in very good condition and not the usual rusty crap. John doesn't charge the earth if you're right with him.

I'm due a visit down there very soon so I'll have a look and let you know what state they're in now(you watch, someone will have caved them in!)

Post by **5lab** » 16 Nov 2004 11:59 am

i've got 4 doors in perfect unrusty (cept the drivers on which has light surface rust) on dougle - they're in brighton, let me know if you want them

Post by **foggyjames** » 16 Nov 2004 01:59 pm

Are the rear doors absolutely perfect? You're kinda tempting me...

cheers

James