Some help to find 850R rims

[vyndicator]

Hello good people of ZTH,

I would very much appreciate any help you can offer to help me find the 850R rims.
I tried looking high and low for it but still nothing found as of yet.

Appreciate all the help you can give.

Cheers!

 

[Casanova]

850R?? what brand? HRE?

 

[vyndicator]

To clarify

Sorry for not being too clear, what I am looking for are Volvo 850 R original rims.

Can anyone give some pointers?

Most appreciated.

Regards to all.

 

[vyndicator]

A picture of what I am looking for

Good people of ZTH, this is a picture of the rims I am looking for, would really appreciate your help in letting me know where I can get this lovely rims. Please click on the link.Thanks and regards.

http://www.t5r.org/pages/page.htm?pic2_500

 

[gtmaniac]

i'm not mistaken, those Volvo 850R OE rims was manufactured by speedline..

Real hard to come by here..

 

[vyndicator]

i'm not mistaken, those Volvo 850R OE rims was manufactured by speedline..

Real hard to come by here..

Any chance I can find it then? Have you seen them being sold anywhere?

Thanks

 

[volvo740modified]

vyndicator, hi I hv been with Volvo for a while , the rim you looking for is call "Titan" is for 850 T5 and also 850 R. It is very difficult to find the original one but Taiwanese do made them. They even had the letter "R" on it, brand new cost about Rm1000 ++ if my memory correct. I will check my contact if there is one. What Volvo you driving now ??

 

[vyndicator]

vyndicator, hi I hv been with Volvo for a while , the rim you looking for is call "Titan" is for 850 T5 and also 850 R. It is very difficult to find the original one but Taiwanese do made them. They even had the letter "R" on it, brand new cost about Rm1000 ++ if my memory correct. I will check my contact if there is one. What Volvo you driving now ??

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply, was tied down with work. That cost, brand new for the Taiwan versions and not the Titan ones right?
But do the Taiwan replicas look bad? Or identical to the Titan? Is there any place which I can go to view/purchase them?

Thanks for your help!

 

[volvo740modified]

Almost , not so original. If you ask a hardcore Volvo fan to look, they will know to differentiate it. But than is a cheaper alternative for a Titan. I ma not sure the shop in Klang still has it but I can take a few photo for you when I visit the shop to get myself new set of tyre for my mini.

T5 is one held of a car....errrr..no is actually a wagon, super speed wagon. If I can effort it, I would go for a T5 but I would maintain the std 16" rim of T5. Let see one fortunate day I hit the jackpot !!! hehehehehe

 

[vyndicator]

Thanks a bunch for your help!

Will look forward to your reply on those lovely rims.Hopefully they are still available, will look forward to the pictures as well.

Yeah, the T5, very sweet indeed :)

 

[gtmaniac]

Almost , not so original. If you ask a hardcore Volvo fan to look, they will know to differentiate it. But than is a cheaper alternative for a Titan. I ma not sure the shop in Klang still has it but I can take a few photo for you when I visit the shop to get myself new set of tyre for my mini.

T5 is one held of a car....errrr..no is actually a wagon, super speed wagon. If I can effort it, I would go for a T5 but I would maintain the std 16" rim of T5. Let see one fortunate day I hit the jackpot !!! hehehehehe

Well.. T5 actually available in sedan too. T5 stands for the engine (5-cyl, turbo), not the bodystyle....

 

[tombstone]

but the revolution started with the 850 T5....so i guess usually the pioneering batch gets the recognition...

so thats what he probably meant...but its good to get the facts correct...

yes, the 850 T5 was a helluva car....but then again, so was the maintenance... my dad used to own one when it first came out... parts were expensive and difficult to come by...Even Volvo Malaysia - Federal Auto then did not stock much of this car's parts... so it had to be flown in from ...guess where?? SWEDEN ....damn...high costs made this beaut high maintenance. so altho its cheap to buy them now as they have depreciated in ten-folds, it is still costly to maintain them...especially the rear portion (where potong kereta pplz hardly bring in the back parts)

but thumbs up to this luvly piece of machinery..we used to eat up vtecs and all those who thought they stood a chance with this monster at traffic light launches...

btw...if i m not mistaken and my memory never failed me, the 850 T5 rims were 17"stock standard"...


vyndicator : hope u find those rims mate...its gorgeous..free bump

 

[vyndicator]

Thank you for the well wishes tombstone, I really do wish to get them ASAP.

Oh, original stock 850 T5 rims/wheels are actually 205/50/16.

17" should apply to the Titan rims I am looking for :cry_smile:

 

[tombstone]

i could have sworn mine were 17....

but nvm...too far back to remember...

 

[volvo740modified]

Hi tombstone, nice to hear your passion for T5. Yes I laso admit the parts are a little higher but I it don't seem to be difficult to find nowadays, I mean new parts. Used parts U still can get it sometime from halfcut shop, even a T5 engine. One day I may go into T5......one day....

vyndicator, good luck on your rim hunt.

 

[tombstone]

yeap...if u want t5 engine, i might be able to help u get it..dunno whether my halfcut friend sold it already...

sorry la bro..i m talking in the times of 96/97 that era...about a decade back...

prices were different ma...some more economic crisis...haiya...

:)

but i have lost touch wif the newer batches...in a way given up of owning a new volvo..cant stand the problems and malaysian service centres.... nowadays no more passion for the new volvos but will always remember the good old BTCC 850T5R which tahpaoed all the other supercars :D

 

[mojam]

Hi, I can't help much... but try to ask the members of the Malaysian Volvo Owner's club.. I bet they have a coupla sets to spare... www.volvoclub.com.my

Regards,
Mojam V760R

 

[volvo740modified]

mojam, didn't you also here, is me lar..michael (SA6) using nick "volvo740modified", that's my baby lar.....I was at ZTH for a few months already trying to get infor for my MorrisMini project that I am working on it now (that's why I senyap kat VOCM...diam diam jer nanti kena tembak committee...)

 

[mojam]

haha.. no wonder la.... "monster mini" project on the way.. i tabik you.. that's gonna be an awesome car....

 

[volvo740modified]

mojam, you join the Down South organise by VOCM ?? too bad I was not ready for any trip so I did not join.

Monster Mini project !! no lar jsut stock mini but is good condition....almost done...