3 years in 25 minutes - upgrading my SAAB 9-5 │Tobe Tinkering

Refurbish and face lift of my SAAB 9-5 Aero -01. Bushings, brakes, dampers, springs, crank chaft bearings, vacuum hoses, cooler hoses, turbo hoses, timing chains, clutch and slave cylinder, sub frame, oil pump, 2,5" exhaust with 3" down pipe, gearbox oil

[@themancuniancandidate2744]

Good work fella. I have a 2002 9-5 Aero sedan, was pretty tired when I got it 6 weeks ago but already I've done; Replaced wipers Replaced sun damaged sharkfin Replaced sun damaged bonnet & boot badges Repainted sun damaged wiper arms Repainted sun damaged B pillars Repainted sun damaged scuttle panel Repainted sun damaged plastic trims to body panels Repainted bumper/bonnet/roof Repainted mirror caps Repaired & painted accident damage to passenger door bottom Replaced missing trim retainer clips to boot and bumper Replaced 4 x tyres with new Continentals Restored & fitted 4 x ALU52 Aero alloys Replaced brake discs, replace pads with ceramic Replaced sway bar links & bushes Replaced missing owners manual & wallet Oil & filter changed Replaced damaged offside driveshaft boot Replaced faulty auto transmission control module Replaced crank position sensor Replaced faulty SID It's a different car now, just needed a bit of love

[@ChamaeleonMustermann]

Really nice. Ive got a 2003 Aero in the same color. Its in good shape but needed to be mechanical refurbished too. Your Video helps me a lot. Thank you.

[@ManoMama515]

oh damn, you restored it well

[@MrPheelingphine]

Nice job, and with Tycho as well, sweet. Giving me a lot of Ideas for my 05' 9-5 Aero Wgn. Thanks

[@sebischmitz777]

Man that's a nice job! Looking to buy a 9-5 aswell, your work was quite the inspiration :)

[@tobetinkering]

Sebastian Schmitz Ha Ha - be careful, you'll be dragged into "the dark side" 😉 Good luck whatever you decide to do 😊

[@sebischmitz777]

I know, once I start there's no turning back :D Also btw. saw your gift to Dyana, love the magnetic oil plugs. If I'm getting the 9-5 I'll get one immediately ;)

[@yoniajavon4923]

That's awesome man love it, currently rebuilding my B235R also ;)

[@howdy6964]

Another Saabster (saab+master) :) Good job

[@194312]

What a fantastic job! Great vid

[@sebastianseb1233]

amazing job

[@gouryellaTENSHI]

Perfect job!

[@GeorgeStar]

Nice job.

[@malibumotions]

very impressive! love SAABs

[@alberto-1999]

Nice video.

[@lucybarney1]

Wow you must be so proud after all that work she is beautiful

[@killerwar1]

Nice work

[@S.stuenzi]

Geil gemacht

[@bisharu]

19:34: "After several burglaries, no items are stored in the car"

[@Pixelology]

Can you walk us through your process for addressing the rust? I'd like to take this kind of preventative maintenance on some of the underbody/wheel-wells/rocker panels.

[@tobetinkering]

talk to your local paintshop and they can show you the real 2-component products you need to do it properly.

[@XCC1110]

Amazing job! I have a 2002 9-5 Aero Estate aswell. Really inspiring seeing the work you did to yours, I really hope I would be able to do the same thing to mine one day. Can I ask you what you did to all of the body panels on the inside? Like, what was that shiny stuff that you put on the inside of the doors, the trunk, etc.? Is it some kind of insulation?

[@tobetinkering]

Sound dedining

[@XCC1110]

Oooohh that's nice. Does it really make a difference? The stock car is pretty quiet already.

[@scraimandsaid3589]

Its so very nice and good job i want ask you how you change color on SID ? thx for answer

[@tobetinkering]

just replace the light diods

[@MechRider89]

Great job. I just don't like the sub frames being orange..... look far better stock semi gloss black IMO

[@tobetinkering]

Thanks, everybody have their right to their own taste.

[@katugali]

What parts did you need for the facelift in the back? Bumper, lamps, nuberplate frame and thats it? I can see you modified the SPA connector, but what about lamp connectors?

[@tobetinkering]

katugali different lamp connectors but just cut the old and solder in the new ones. Just make sure they come with the new lights

[@TheCZabel]

Thanks for sharing! Was the engine a donor, or did you just drop everything and have it out of the car for a while? How long did the engine rebuild take, roughly?

[@tobetinkering]

i dropped the engine and had a replacement car for a while. Dont remeber how many days it took

[@roberthart9886]

Wow. What year? She was very needy. I have an 04 9-5 Linear estate that I bought 12 years with 83K. I am under 164K now. She's my 5th Saab, I upgraded the front torsion bar to an Aero and tried the poly-bushings, but they made the ride too harsh and they didn't last

[@bengtlundgren1810]

it's such a shame, saab rust so much,bad rust protect fro new!Same my 9-5 in sweden..

[@AndreiDragos]

hello. nice job! a have a 2001 saab 9-5. i can change just the front bumper(without front lamps) with one from a 2003 facelift 9-5?

[@tobetinkering]

Nop, you need the front lights also to make it look right. It might be physically possible to change just the bumper but it will not look correct even if its probably close. (Didnt check when I did it)

[@wudecki]

My, oh my! What Line of work lets to have the means and time to do a job like this? Good work mate!

[@tobetinkering]

I have a normal 9-5 job but did this work over several weeks of weekends

[@wudecki]

@@tobetinkering 9-5 job and a 9-5 aero. Congrats!

[@victordeville6973]

Superläckert Torbjörn! Vad är siffrorna i dagsläget? Hk/Nm etc? Vad skulle du begära för den här kärran om du skulle sälja den? Har själv lagt ner en del pengar på en liknande men inte lika grundligt, härligt att se ett gediget bygge/renovering :) Hatten av för dig!

[@tobetinkering]

Victor DeVille tack för kommentaren. Motorn är original utöver downpipe, avgas och steg 1 så jag räknar med 10-20 extra häst. Har inga planer på att sälja då jag vet vilket skick den är i och jag tror inte jag får i närheten av vad jag vill ha men med rätt bud så vet man aldrig 😊

[@victordeville6973]

Fullt förståeligt, man får aldrig igen tid och pengar men på något sätt så känns det värt det enkom pga kärleken till bilar... Vårda henne väl nu och kör försiktigt ;)

[@NusultanTuljakbaj]

Hej Tobbe. Fantastiskt arbete måste jag säga. Jag tänkte själv på att byta front på min m00 till m02 front och strålkastare etc. Hur pass "bolt on " är den nya fronten på den gamla ?

[@tobetinkering]

Tack :-) Om du kollar mina andra videos så har jag någon som visar hur jag hänger på den nya fronten. Allt är ju relativt, jag tyckte det var enkelt men inte säkert du tycker det. Lite trickigt att få lamporna att peka rätt men Bilprovningen har godkänt så då är allt ok

[@NusultanTuljakbaj]

tack så mycket för svar . syftet med faceliften för min del är just strålkastarna . jag skulle vilja ha klarglas med projektorer för halogen. Kanske bättre att hoppa över det om besiktningen bråkar om sånt. Jag har projektorer med xenon i min saab nu fast med vanliga glas och det ger en dålig och svag ljusbild så frågan är om det är bättre att låta dem vara och köra med ett vanligt xenon kit bara.

[@tobetinkering]

Nu kommer jag inte ihåg exakt vad som är vad men jag valde att gå med vanliga (Halogen) lampor för om jag installerat det där andra som är OEM från SAAB hade jag varit tvungen att installera strålkastarspolare och "allt går" men där drog jag gränsen

[@NusultanTuljakbaj]

ok , då kanske det är bättre att låta bli hahahah . Helt omöjligt att modda om till klarglas. Undrar om man inte ska kontakta någon glasmästare eller gjuta egna glas i plast på något sätt?

[@haggiz85]

läckert!

[@EliotQuebec]

Great job for a an amazing car

[@7400Denmark]

Well Torbjörn - the video is somehow a little borring - to much time - but you got a fine job for sure. I have a SAAB 9.5 2,3 Aero 2008 my self - my 4'th SAAB.

[@Sandman.68.]

Oh man , i`m at the start of that :)

[@Charlie-be6fx]

As am I! What you done so far?!

[@Sandman.68.]

@@Charlie-be6fx I've got the wagon mate, it's sound though it needs' the works' really. It's standard throughout, experiencing the usual saab problems. So it's gona be new/replacement engine, big turbo, big exhaust and brakes first 👍

[@Charlie-be6fx]

Hope it goes well mate. Getting stuck into mine and loving it!

[@Antoni13061953]

SAAB come back!

[@JoseTorres-oj3bq]

Who did all that work??

[@tobetinkering]

I did, who else... As the title says, it was done over a long period of time

[@derrijl]

Very very nice work... I begun with mine right know... Hope we can mail.

[@tobetinkering]

Hi, this work was done years ago so I don't remember all the details of what I did but much is documented online and there are forums available you can turn to for support. Good luck with your project

[@k_s.m]

restoration price 3x higher than the car value even after :)

[@MrPheelingphine]

Well, I'm glad there are people keeping SAAB alive. Could be more valuable in future. When you love something, time and money don't really matter as much.

[@toatski]

Good job glad I have mute for the music tho-