valdemaras volvo 360

[valdemaras]

well, it's long time since i wrote here something, but really nothing special was done to my volvo
very reliable car, I'm very happy with it.
So recently i only get rid of that "sport" type air filter and put back the original filter box and new filter, which appears is not so easy to find in my country where the most popular car, for reasons that are not understandable for me, is VW golf, passat and Audi
And also just found out that if put and LED into clock, it begins to glow not green, but some blue nice color which is very atractive to me

so i also put LED`s to my lighter and blower regulator

And also now thinking of putting LEDs to speedometer, hope it would be the same effect as in clock, lighter....
If everything OK i hope next week you could see the results

[valdemaras]

A little accident in terrible cold weather

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
I here the weather is pretty bad were you are.
Cheers Mark.

[valdemaras]

the weather isn't so bad, no big wind or lot of snow, but it is terrible cold. In some places even -30C.
It was -25C in the morning when i drove, even colder i think during the night and tires where like made from plastic and i was driving up on the bridge and on corner my back run away, the car spin and i hit a barrier fence.
I think if not such cold weather the bumper would only have some scratches instead of cracking

[valdemaras]

well as there were a discount in shop for oil, and time to change it is almost here, so I bought these:

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[valdemaras]

well, after winter season rust appear in some places

so i began to fight with them, and yes i know: pics or it didn't happen, just that i forgot to take some pictures of progress i made, next time i will take some pictures

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
The rust could be a lot worse. Hope the weather is a lot better.
Cheers Mark.

[Nimminz]

Don't think i've seen this car, looks nice!! I have the same wheels on 195/50 tyres, they scrub the rear arches but mines got 1" lowering blocks and -40mm Springs

Did you see any extra fuel consumption after fitting the cone filter?
The rust should be relatively simple to fix, no cutting and welding. Did you manage to get it repaired after the accident?

Nice car mate, makes me wish mine was silver

[valdemaras]

Did you see any extra fuel consumption after fitting the cone filter?
The rust should be relatively simple to fix, no cutting and welding. Did you manage to get it repaired after the accident?

Nice car mate, makes me wish mine was silver

I haven't really measured the fuel consumption exactly, so can't tell if there was any difference but there were no drastically changes. But now i'm back to original filter
And yes the rust is kind of easy to fix, in some places even no bondo was needed
And i didn't finish yet fixing the bumper after the accident:

[valdemaras]

And here some progress at fight with rust:

and here was some nasty rust, had to cut a piece out

[valdemaras]

So more progress:

fixes that awful rust, don't mind it looks terrible as i'm going to hide it under the sideskirts

also sprayed the sides and back with some kind of stone protect resin

[Speedy88]

Good job! Must be a rare car over there

[valdemaras]

It's kind of rare, as i have it almost three years, only seen like 10 other 340/360...

[valdemaras]

refreshing front lip

the doors are done, but the passenger side didn't gone very well so have to respray that

and there were a big hole under the lip

and the bumper is a few evenings of work away from finish, so only thing would be left is to prepare it for paint

[valdemaras]

So the fight with rust is over

and the bumper is almost ready for paint

and it is on car again, but the paint will have to wait until the temperature rises bit higher in garage