The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[C-Hutch]

Went to WalMart today and saw this little guy parked in the corner. I geeked. I was like, this kid is on s/w and I've commented on his thread. Turns out I was off just slightly, but still. Snapped a pic anyways.

yay for steez jockers!

[DC95]

I think that's a volvo 850 , so a different car!
Looks nice and low though

[Invincible]

They are sooo different How could you even compare them

But your volvo looks nice, needs more low though

[C-Hutch]

from across a huge ass parking lot it was a red volvo with white wheels. THAT'S HOW I COMPARE THEM. CAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME DAMN THINGS. BAM.

[JVC]

from across a huge ass parking lot it was a red volvo with white wheels. THAT'S HOW I COMPARE THEM. CAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME DAMN THINGS. BAM.

They're the same platform. 850 was 93-97 and the S70 was 98-2000.

That car looks sorta familiar from VolvoSpeed... Not totally sure though.

Hopefully gonna spend my day off torrid cleaning the car and waxing the wheels and maybe getting the coilovers off as loosened up if a friend of mine can stop by and help.

Nothing new with the car unfortunately, picking up new bumpers in a week and a half, then the front end wont be the worst part of the car!

[JVC]

Couple new pics from today.

Decided to take the day off to clean my wheels... one at a time... off of the car...



Such a PITA... waxed them so it should be easier to clean in the future... washed the barrels, then faces, scrubbed out all crevices... took me multiple hours to do all 4...

Then I took a picture of it.


Clean White Wheels by JVC8790, on Flickr

also snapped a few of a friends car he was detailing while I washed my wheels so here's one!


Brad's E46 by JVC8790, on Flickr

[Tedd81]

Oh it looks so good! White on red is....

You should try to hang your exhaust tip a little higher though, if it's possible. It took some work on mine, but it looks so much better!

[JVC]

Oh it looks so good! White on red is....

You should try to hang your exhaust tip a little higher though, if it's possible. It took some work on mine, but it looks so much better!

The rear bracket rusted out so I replaced it with a cheap autozone fix which is why it hangs like shit, should be getting y exhaust done in a month or so so it will be better then!

[JVC]

Got my new bumper on, still needs to be adjusted since I can tell something is tweaked on the passenger side probably from hitting that tree... Haha

Waiting on HID's and bulb holders then I will install the foglights that came with it too.













Also on the lookout for some 17x8 wheels in either 5x108 or 5x110 since these ones are bent in a non-repairable way that wobbles on the highway but balances out on a machine.

Thanks for looking!
-John

[JVC]

Got a few small updates, traded an old paintball gun for a harborfreight welder and fixed my exhaust





Then I threw in some 4500k 35w HIDs, just waiting for some new foglights brackets so I can install my new fogs.



And two random pictures, one instagram one with a DSLR

[JVC]

Another small update, nothing super new and just some crummy iPhone pictures for now.

Did some work to my car today after meeting up with Tommy last night to pickup some parts he got from Tom.







Had to cut one of the foglights brackets because it was catching on part of the bumper mounting.



You can see the difference here



And the money shots

[JVC]

Found a pic from a local gathering the other night. Makes the wheels look not dirty!



Also poking up new wheels tomorrow to replace the bent white ones. So keep your eyes peeled for that!

[JVC]

As previously mentioned, even though I'm not sure anyone even saw it, picked up some new wheels today in Madison, WI.

17x8 ET20 square. 215/45 something michelins...





Cleaned them up real quick!





Front still jacked up with 15mm spacers effective offset of 5



Took the spacers off



And the rears without the 20mm spacers, might put the 15mm from the front on the back.



And a few full car shots







Thanks for looking! Gonna swap over the smaller tires on Thursday maybe and then try out the 15mm in back and possibly lower the front more if I have the time.

-John

[NeedingAnAudi]

This is why you were bugging me to come over.......

[JVC]

This is why you were bugging me to come over.......

Duhhhhh! I was in the middle of doing this when you left work.