Sveriges Volvoforum

Först ska jag börja med att säga att min svenska är lite rostig. Det var ett tag sedan jag studerade där, så förhoppningsvis är det inte så dåligt.

Hur som helst, kör jag en 1992 240 sedan och jag vill ändra strålkastarna från USA stil europeisk stil. Det är väldigt svårt att få dem här i USA, och om du kan hitta dem de är oftast inte original och mycket dyrt - kanske 3200 kronar. Jag hoppades att någon här på forumet skulle kunna ge råd om var jag kunde hitta några som används strålkastare med alla trim och sidoljus. Några idéer?

På chans att en medlem av detta forum skulle vilja handeln USA stil ljus för europeisk stil strålkastarna jag nöjd med det också. Tack för all hjälp! Du kan svara på svenska eller engelska förresten!

Finding a pair of headlights here is no problem at all: http://www.bildelsbasen.se/?link=list&g ... =111100105 But i don't know about the shipping costs, or if a junkyard will send stuff outside sweden. Try to e-mail any of the companies in the list and see what they say...

There is some differences in the wiring too, the diagrams for US and EU versions are on separate pages. If I can get them scanned I'll post them here.

Cant get that url to work, go from here, choose 240, and then "strålkastare" in the next window
http://www.bildelsbasen.se/?link=search ... &vcx2=2978

We have the opposite situation in Sweden, here are Amerika headlights like gold while european parts are for free :mrgreen: If you can get a resonable price for shipping you just have to find someone to change parts with if you want ;)

@Sparkz--Thanks so much for the quick reply. I didn't realize that the lights had different wiring schematics. If you get a chance I'd love to take a look at the EU diagrams. And I'll try emailing some of the parts yards on Monday.

@Bensinskalle--It's the same here! I was at the junkyard today and they're everywhere, and cheap! I'd gladly trade you or anyone else for some EU style lights. I just got a pair of nice taillights this morning for $60, so I would guess headlights wouldn't be much worse. Just let me know the year you want and I'll go on a hunt for them! Tack så mycket!

I don't know which other parts that are different between USA and EU on the front, I thought that there were something more than just the headlights but I can be very wrong :mrgreen:

The wiring should not be a problem. EU lamps just have half and full light and a ground cable attached, so i'm sure you just have to find these two cables for each task in the present wiring and connect to them, while isolating the rest of the cables. Just install a new ground cable if the present is hard to find.

I'm not sure about the indicator, don't think you have to replace them?

hello and welcome im not sure but i guess that you must have american turning lights im not sure but in in sweden they flash yellow but in all american movies i see they flash red hope it will help you and by the way i have a volvo 245 1986 and i really wont to have amercan lights i think they are really nice but here its the same problem its impossible to get them with out to roubh a bank ps. good luck!

Oftast gamla jänkare som har har blinkers i bakljusen därmed blinkar dom rött men tror inte att en split ny v70 i usa blinkar rött :S ?

Jag vet inte faktist. Jag är obekant med den nya S70. Det finns inte så många Volvobilar i min lilla by, och de få som finns är gamla som min :)

men kolla med amerikanska motsvarigheten till vägverket vilka regler som gäller för dig så du slipper lägga ut pengar på fel saker i onödan

I got you. I know at the time my car was made the lighting codes were different and the european headlights were not legal. However since then the US has expanded their light codes to include these style of lights. They're definitely legal now, and quite a few people use them because they are brighter with no trouble from the police or the department of motor vehicles.