i'm a lucky bastard indeed

@ SteveP it's 218.5 Arctic Blue Metallic. i still don't know wether i like it or not. a few weeks ago it was in the rain, then it did look cool.

tonight i've cleaned the stock wishbone of it's bushes and painted the front suspension. only got a pic of the subframe though..


i probably won't have any more time this week for the car. v3c event coming up this weekend aswell

volvodspec wrote:@ SteveP it's 218.5 Arctic Blue Metallic. i still don't know wether i like it or not. a few weeks ago it was in the rain, then it did look cool.

Actually we may have had that colour but just in Mk2's, certainly never seen a Mk3 in it - I think it's a great colour

been busy with front suspension:

SteveP wrote:

volvodspec wrote:@ SteveP it's 218.5 Arctic Blue Metallic. i still don't know wether i like it or not. a few weeks ago it was in the rain, then it did look cool.

Actually we may have had that colour but just in Mk2's, certainly never seen a Mk3 in it - I think it's a great colour

you've seen it in my thread on a MK3 360GLE, it's the same color

Anjo, keep up the good work!

^^^ what he said dude.
good work!

keep the updates coming.

Nice. I wish I had could do a project like this.

Where did you get your KONI inserts? How much were they?

Woah, you've been busy recently:D

mrsoundcraft wrote:Nice. I wish I had could do a project like this.

Where did you get your KONI inserts? How much were they?

You can only find them if your very lucky...They dont make them anymore...

and if you find them, they tend to get very expensive got these from a mate with a little discount, but they still cost me 100 euros for new old stock dampers.

the yellow ones on the rear were 125 euro's a piece.

but hey, in a project like this it doesn't matter what costs you make, as long as the result will be a badass car

volvosneverdie wrote:keep the updates coming.

Sir Yes Sir!

polybushed front end:


raising kit:


just kidding, removed rear axle and gearbox:


old gearbox on left, brandnew NOS M47R with welded diff on the right. offcourse, with powdercoated brackets


those wheels suit the car well i think


and what have we here:


yes, it's underneath the car allready!



tomorrow the start of a v3c weekend, back to the car on monday evening

Are you kidding? A brand new gearbox?! Amazing. Your attention to detail is great, I basically had mine to bits to about the same level, but didn't bother painting anything, and I really wish I had because it all looks a bit tatty, not showing the work that's gone into it.
Anyway, you won't have that problem!

no not kidding it's probably the last nos one too.. tried it allready and it shifts like a maniac

haven't painted/powdercoated everything jet, considering the future plans.

got to the car monday and tuesday, but were inn too late to update both v3m and v3c topic, v3c topic has the update, will post that this afternoon.

update, goodies!:


sparco suede steering wheel + window streamer. in a few months they will be joined by sparco seats aswell.

yellow koni modification:


on the car:


dual leafspring, + 6cm lowering blocks.


driveshafts equipped with spring washers on each side.


planning on finishing brake system tonight, fabricating brackets tomorrow evening and probably/hopefully dropping the engine in this weekend.

Drool! How much work was there in swapping over the gearbox? What's the new one from?

Nice sandwich proping up the back axle. Bread must be stale over there