1.7 340 GL - lowered

[valman]

thanks for all the comments guys! i gave her a clean yesterday and got some new wheels for the back very cheap so will have to live with having 15s on the back - cant wait to get more for the front too, i think they look ace.

URL sticker, thanks to VND

beaded seat covers are back out for the summer - bonus points if any anoraks recognize the smelly hanging from the mirror

put in 8" pioneer coaxials into the parcel shelf (dont worry, i used the parcel shelf from the first volvo modified to fit these instead of 6x9s) so the original parcel shelf, is still original!

amazing how much difference a good few hours of cleaning makes

more doors, more whores



hope you like, lowering will commence once im back at college as im going to just swap the struts and blocks + landy shocks out from the 1.4 i have at college

[theo2468]

an original feu orange, well in.
where did you find it?

[Chris_C]

an original feu orange, well in.
where did you find it?

Really? I found three of these things in boxes of 300 parts the other day, they havn't become scene too have they

[valman]

an original feu orange, well in.
where did you find it?

came with the car dude, remember seeing a thread on RR about them being near enough extinct now. it doesnt smell, but im keeping it there anyway as it gives it a bit of character
saw a sealed one sell on ebay for 17 quid the other day

[volvosneverdie]

Not "origonal" but still available:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FEU-ORANGE-ORIGIN ... 25627dddfa

[theo2468]

an original feu orange, well in.
where did you find it?

Really? I found three of these things in boxes of 300 parts the other day, they havn't become scene too have they

yeah, the original ones with the gold chain are more scene than lowered dubs

[Chris_C]

I shall see what mine are, then offer them to the first person with a 300 LSD for swapsies or something

[volvosneverdie]

That's come up really well I recon (couldn't see pics earlier)
They mini 15s on tha back man?

[valman]

That's come up really well I recon (couldn't see pics earlier)
They mini 15s on tha back man?

cheers man, yeah they are - good spot!
amazing what autoglym car shampoo and a bit of mr sheen does

just dont put mr sheen over previous attempts at polishing with dirty cloths - some bits look wank (bonnet for example)

[valman]

national trust got one back on me last night - tried to cheat their alligator teeth but put one wheel off the speedbump by accident and managed to go straight into one which bent the beam/crossmember that holds the front of the engine up. car was making a horrible rattling noise afterwards so i jacked her up and loosened the prop and the whole thing moved about an inch back, which temporarily solved the issue, untill today where i drove to the petrol station and the vibrations returned. guess ill be needing a new one - any idea where i can get one guys? or if i can fit one from a 1.4 on?
cheers

[valman]

update time, nothing major, just landy dampers and messing around!

these are the dampers i got from my first volvo, the tramp bar has done some epic damage to one of them as can be seen, im surprised it didnt pierce it to be honest,
this is what they replaced- pretty shagged

once i started taking them off, there was no going back as this happened on both of them:


then had some fun with spray mount, unfortunately its fallen off after a rainy weekend

thats all folks...
tempted to put the steelies onto it from the other volvo i've got so it doesnt have tractor stance but im not keen on running 155s on the back and 175s on the front, great for driftuu, probably not so much for general use. oh and i fixed the bent beam - replaced it with the one from a 1.4. all fits, just doesnt have the extra bracing, but im sure itll do just fine without that anyway. hope you like

[Evoman]

I think matching wheels would be win!

[valman]

I think matching wheels would be win!

yeah hopefully get a 2inch band thrown on them too in the summer, then wrap them in some parada spec 2s, provided i get summer work sorted out, fingers crossed!

[Evoman]

sick! when do you move to wales?

[jon-ovlov]

Nice. Liking the tractor look My old shocks did exactly that. Had to hack saw them off in the end! With the bands, the wheels would be awesome.