Online Communities

OzVolvo
An online community dedicate to the Australian Volvo scene with a broad range of interests from new car stories to cars and parts for sale and also tech help. THIs is the primary source of Volvo chatter for Australian Volvo’s.

TurboBricks
Popular online community with a passion for standard and modified Volvo’s across the world. Primary focus on RWD and earlier models. To join in on the Australian discussion, create an account and visit the “Bruce” thread in the “Off Topic” forum.

SweedSpeed
Online community with a forum, project cars and more. Has a focus on FWD and modern volvos.

Matthews Volvo Site
A great DIY forum where everyone’s helping people fix their Volvo’s. Lots of useful information and genuinely helpful people.

VolvoSpeed
Online community with a focus on FWD and modern Volvo’s, similar to SweedSpeed but worth a look.

VolvoXC Forums
A forum dedicated to Volvo XC models.

BrickBoard
General information forum.

Volvo Performance Club UK
Online UK forum with lots of information.

General Interest

Anthony Hyde’s Turbo World
A great resource of performance information for 240/740 Volvos with some other models included. Anthony is a leader in modifying Australian 240’s and has useful information on his site.

Dave Barton
Lots of interesting articles and small kick-nacks along with a range of wiring harnesses, hard to find wiring connectors and hard-to-get parts.

Companies

DVS Performance Parts
DVS is Victorian but they sell their popular performance suspension, bracing and brake solutions internationally. A great source for great advice and quality handling solutions.

VolvParts
With over 2000 Volvos dismantled, and our large range of parts available, VolvParts is Australia’s No.1 Volvo recycled and spare parts specialist. All parts come with warranty. We operate between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

IPD
IPD are a company well known for their wide range of parts and their famous sway bars and camshafts. They have a huge range that’ll cater for almost every Volvo model on the road.

SKANIDIX
SKANDIX are a German company that ship to Australia and carry an extensive range of Volvo parts. They are well worth a look for the next refresh project, their shipping method is great for bulk purchases (x Euro for the first 30kg!), they are not so good for only a couple of parts. They carry an amazing array of genuine parts that appear only available in Europe.

R-Sport International (RSI)
Dedicated Volvo shop with aftermarket performance parts such as heads, blocks, pistons and lots of advice.

Snabb Performance Parts
Dedicated Volvo performace supplier with a range of intake, shifter, silicone and other parts for sale.

Viva Performance
Viva have collected a huge range of Volvo parts and performance parts including a lot of the companies listed here. A good resource.

ARD Tuning
“Lucky” was one of the main tuners on the IPD tuning chips and has his own range of chips. Well worth discussing your requirements with him or buy off the shelf.

Yoshifab
A huge range of quality performance parts from engine parts to conversion kits. There’s a huge range of parts available and worth a look if you’re serious about modifying your Volvo.

Kaplhenke Racing
Ben Kaplan is a mechanical engineer who loves his Volvos and autocross. His range of useful suspension and steering parts make this site a great source for hard to source parts.

FCP Groton
A huge range of parts available online at very good prices. They often have specials which makes group buys a steal for all those parts you need.

TME
Modern Volvo exhaust and suspension parts and tuning straight from Sweden.

MTE
Not a typo, this Swedish company also does performance tuning and parts for FWD and modern Volvo’s.

BSR Tuning
BSR have a range of tuning chips and supporting mods for modern volvos starting from around the 850 models. Very experienced.

EuroSport Tuning (EST)
Wide range of performance and styling products for primarily FWD and modern Volvos.

Heico
A performance and styling company that races their cars. Parts for the modern Volvo.

Polestar
Now Volvo’s performance partner, Polestar have engine and styling modifications for modern Volvos.

KG Trimming
Tuning and spare parts specialist. Famous for their camshafts and other goodies.

Stern Parner Motor
Swedish performance house. Usually hard for shipping and correspondence but worth the persistence.

Motorparks
British dealer network with a wide range of reviews, videos, specifications and technical info on most Volvo models.