240 lenses

Someone posted a link a while back that had nice aftermarket taillight
lenses for 240s, I can't find it now, anyone know it offhand?

 

Ebay

 

Good news. That was me, and here it is:<http://www.lampsandlenses.com/
Best, Carter

 

I bought a set and was not thrilled. Although they came with new bulbs,
sockets and circuit board, the brake light sockets did not make good contact
with the circuit board and the contact area burned up due to arcing. I tried
soldering some wires to the socket but the contact material on the socket
would not take the solder. I finally got some Volvo lamp sockets and wired
them in. You get what you pay for. Next time it will be:
http://www.fcpgroton.com/volvo240lamps.htm I am not sure if their
aftermarket lenses come from the same place.

 

How's the quality of the plastic lenses themselves? I don't care about the
circuit boards, I have those in good shape and can transfer them over from
the originals, but the lenses are looking like crap. I had some aftermarket
turn signal lenses on my 242 and they were definitely not anywhere near OEM
quality, got milky and yellow after just a couple years, junk.

 

They look ok, but definitely not like Volvo ones. it was certainly an
improvement and the price was right. The car is beater so I was after
function not form.



Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

void _-void-_ in the obvious place

 

I replaced all lights all around. Car looks like a million bucks,
everything works great, the plastic is amazingly clear. The old ones
were yellow and cracked, brittle. I even recommended the site to my
Volvo mechanic who was impressed. C

 

I've had trouble with the contacts on the sockets not making good
contact with the circuit boards on both new replacements from Volvo,
as well as the originals on the car before replacement. No substitute
for taking an old "ink eraser" and giving the contact areas a good
scrubbing to get rid of the oxidation.

 

The set that I got look just like the original 240 lights on the car.
I don't know about circuit boards, but this set is a match of volvo's,
just doesn't say "volvo" on the plastic. Carter

 

If the problem is that the reverse lens fell off, note that OEM reverse
lenses are available from places like fcpgroton.com . These can be
silicone glued in to the cluster that is missing the lens.

 

That was the straw that broke the camel's back, but the lenses were all old
and getting crackly looking, they made the car look like crap. Much improved
now with the new ones from FCP, they're not quite OEM quality, but they look
a WHOLE lot better than the old ones.

 

Be careful when buying replacement lenses, especially the Eastern
European ones sold on eBay. I bought an inexpensive rear assembly for
a 240. It was described as meeting DOT standards. When approaching
the car from the rear one evening, I discovered the reflectors in the
assembly didn't reflect. But it looked a lot better than the one with
a couple of missing lenses!

 

http://vlvworld.com/



Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

void _-void-_ in the obvious place