Something Swedish that isn't a Volvo

[DawsonLiri]

Great ride, love the SW!

[JRodigan]

The white one died two weeks ago... :cries: Really bad rod knock out of nowhere.

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It took three hours to get it on a tow truck... #StanceLife lol

But don't worry. I'm swapping a 2.3 into it and building it to take a big turbo down the road. Onto bigger and better things with this car!

[JRodigan]

I have two of them now.

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Runs and drives amazing, just needs cosmetic work and power boost. It came with 2002+ Aero seats, Aero side skirts, a TD04 Turbo, a spare throttle body, and a few other little odds and ends. It already has the following parts installed:
-Extremely rare NOS Black pearl grille
-OEM European driving light kit with 6" Hellas
-Rear hatch spoiler (needs to painted)
-Silver Aero dash
-Aero steering wheel
-5% tint all around
-GS open intake
-Forge 007 BPV (it sounds sooooo awesome.)
-18" Volvo C30 R Design wheels

It should be a fun car. There were only 173 manual black wagons made in 2000.

[reiernumans]

This looks great man! Love the aero conversion! I'd go with a different wheel, but that's all very personal haha. Always good to see a Saab lower than the regular eibach/h&r spring low!

[JRodigan]

Alignment was completed this past weekend. Went out Sunday and took photos.

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[JRodigan]

I'm new to this whole coilover thing... Probably should have tightened those. Explains my alignment though. hahaha

[JRodigan]

Couple quick snaps I got today.

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[JRodigan]

Aero transformation is complete. The valance was too hard to take off without breaking it. So tape and newspaper it was!

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I have an appointment to get my alignment done on Friday. Once that's done I can drive it without destroying my tires (front toe is way out) I'll go take some real photos of it!

[19birel]

Loving your project man, very OEM+!

[JRodigan]

Previous photos have been misleading. Sits a lot nicer when it is on flat, even ground.

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Also hit a huge dip in the highway and totally ruined the alignment. lol Hopefully getting that sorted tomorrow.

[JRodigan]

i don't know why but i find it hard to like modern saabs
there's something about the overall styling that keeps throwing me off,

with that in mind i've got to say that yours seems way better then most., although it could use a 2"drop.
might be the wheels and the aero kit, but i'm really liking it.

keep it up

Thanks! I'm glad that this car can maybe change some minds about Saabs.

[DutchieSaxo]

i don't know why but i find it hard to like modern saabs
there's something about the overall styling that keeps throwing me off,

with that in mind i've got to say that yours seems way better then most., although it could use a 2"drop.
might be the wheels and the aero kit, but i'm really liking it.

keep it up

[JRodigan]

I love this color so much. My dad used to have a Polar White 08 wagon.

A Polar White 2006+ 9-5 Wagon will be my next 9-5.

[reiernumans]

I love this color so much. My dad used to have a Polar White 08 wagon.

[JRodigan]

Better picture of the lip in the day time.
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(Yest I need to polish the lights)

Pulled off the stock side skirts and went on to put on the Aero ones. The difference in profile is pretty noticeable when you put them side by side.

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Once I pulled off the drivers side, I found the beginnings of the dreaded Saab 9-5 "Dog leg rust."
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Ground it back to bare metal:
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and painted it:
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Then the Aero Skirts went on.
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Still need to paint the rear valance to complete the Aero transformation.
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The car is really coming along nicely now! I'm really excited to debut it at Water by the Bridge in a couple weeks!