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[aprophet13]

damn man, looks good! welcome

Thanks! Slowly but surely its coming along..

[scweet14]

damn man, looks good! welcome

[aprophet13]

What a difference those round headlights make, cleans up the front end of the car a lot. This is one cool project. Keep up the great work. Those ccw's should look pretty bad ass.
What's done to the engine, other than 3" exhaust?

Thanks man, I thought the exact same thing. As of now its a stock, tired, B21FT. Only mod is a manual boost controller (set to about 10 psi) which gives adequate power for the kind of parking lot drifting my friends and I do.

[SLAMMED_C]

What a difference those round headlights make, cleans up the front end of the car a lot. This is one cool project. Keep up the great work. Those ccw's should look pretty bad ass.
What's done to the engine, other than 3" exhaust?

[aprophet13]

Nice Volvo dude, can't wait to see the CCWs mounted up.

My Equips in my sig were re-drilled with inserts. Went from 5X114 to 5X120. Also enlarged the hub bore, so they bolt straight up.

Welcome to StanceWorks.

Thanks! Those equips look so nice.. actually your entire car is sick haha ya I wanna get the wheels on the car asap.

Definitely subbed. I wanna see how this turns out!

This looks awesome so far, seems like more of a build thread than an intro thread though, maybe have it moved? Looking forward to progress though. I've heard of some guys doing hub swaps from other cars on Volvo's so the bolt pattern is something less stupid.

I've always wanted a white brick, (wagon though) and have always had thoughts about powder coating the 3-piece rims a matte black w/ white bolts... I think it would look perfect on Olga! But to each his own. Love the Volvo and keep up the great progress. welcome to s|w

Thanks for all the positive comments guys, glad to know the bricks can get some love too!

[Kinghorn]

I've always wanted a white brick, (wagon though) and have always had thoughts about powder coating the 3-piece rims a matte black w/ white bolts... I think it would look perfect on Olga! But to each his own. Love the Volvo and keep up the great progress. welcome to s|w

[VanDamage]

This looks awesome so far, seems like more of a build thread than an intro thread though, maybe have it moved? Looking forward to progress though. I've heard of some guys doing hub swaps from other cars on Volvo's so the bolt pattern is something less stupid.

[theseeker411]

Nice Volvo dude, can't wait to see the CCWs mounted up.

My Equips in my sig were re-drilled with inserts. Went from 5X114 to 5X120. Also enlarged the hub bore, so they bolt straight up.

Welcome to StanceWorks.

[jdirty]

Thanks! Yeah I don't know why, but the round headlights on older boxy cars just looks so good for some reason. E30 was on my list of cars but my dad thought it was "Too old"... ended up getting an '82 lol

Maybe it's the contrast.. When you think about it VWs did it too.
Designers were on to something. "Too old"?! Lol the irony.
Definitely subbed. I wanna see how this turns out!

[aprophet13]

I would try to see if you could run adapters instead of a redrill. Never been a fan of dual bolt pattern wheels, and if they drill where the existing holes are I don't think they will fill the old holes to match up
With the face of the wheel, they will just fill in the physical bolt hole. Cool project tho!

I agree, that's why I am trying to have inserts. Most people say they're doable if you're making a slight change, like 5x120->5x114.3 or 5x114.3->5x108, not like 5x100 to 5x130. The inserts aren't really that noticeable and having wheels in my bolt pattern is much less of a hassle than adapters.

this is a wheel with inserts that went from 5x120->5x114.3:

[Randomofodication]

I would try to see if you could run adapters instead of a redrill. Never been a fan of dual bolt pattern wheels, and if they drill where the existing holes are I don't think they will fill the old holes to match up
With the face of the wheel, they will just fill in the physical bolt hole. Cool project tho!

[aprophet13]

I love your use of personification. I'm probably biased with the new headlight set up because i own an E30. Always had a spot for Bricks too. Lookin good!

Thanks! Yeah I don't know why, but the round headlights on older boxy cars just looks so good for some reason. E30 was on my list of cars but my dad thought it was "Too old"... ended up getting an '82 lol

[jdirty]

She was different, quirky, but kinda cool. Volvos remind of a cute, "nerdy" girl in your class. Sure, she's kinda weird, maybe a little rough around the edges, and definitely isn't the first to come to mind when you think of looks, but the fact that people overlook
her is sort of what makes her cool. And when she tries to look good those same people who overlooked her think wow she's hot! I decided to go for it.

I love your use of personification. I'm probably biased with the new headlight set up because i own an E30. Always had a spot for Bricks too. Lookin good!

[jasonklee]

Another Bay Area member? Awesome.

Welcome to StanceWorks

[cereal black]

Really neat project. I like it.