The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[JVC]

zipties are your friend

I had one on each end by the wheel well... one side broke, otherwise it was just one way clip/clamp things in the middle.

[Patryk]

Well if the clips are fine then it's all good

[Cookiemunster]

Nice and clean volvo, i like D

[ollycarbs]

You're very welcome! I know some of the Volvo guys don't like to talk about their secrets on width/tire etc because they don't want people directly copying them and taking their hard earned information, the way I see it is if I give someone the knowledge (of course not ALL of it) they can take that knowledge and build another "stanced" volvo which only makes people realize these cars more and yadda yadda (thats the marketing student in me talking, no publicity is bad publicity)

But yeah, if you have any questions feel free to PM me whenever whatever (except nudes, no dude nudes at least)

17x8 is a good easy size to get on the car with a bit of stretch and get semi flush, but I wish I could find some decent 17x8.5 or even 18x8.5 wheels to work with. The hardest part is finding something that looks good and of course will fit. Theres tons of wheels off of other manufacturers that with adapters could look good, but many of them the offsets just wont work out (mainly BMW wheels). I used to have 205/40 on the front on my old wheels, there just wasn't quite enough cushion for me and I ***** hitting any crack in the road and the load rating wasn't much more than the weight of my car so I quickly bubbled a sidewall hitting some potholes and cracks and shit.

thanks for these new infos!
i will consider 205/45, i mainly wanted 205/40 because one of my friends has some and would like to sell them to me pretty cheap.
But as my V70 is my daily ride and i live in mountains where roads are really fucked, i don't want to bend a wheel every day!
i just have an email back about TSW Hockenheim, 17x8 BMW fitment but with 40 offset, i think i'll go this way.
as you said, offset, mainly BMW low offset, is hard for the Volvo, mainly in front, too bad because they have some really nice design.

About sharing, i totally agree, i really love to share my knowledge when i have some even if, of course, i keep some secrets!

anyway thanks for the help, if i need something i'll shoot you a PM.
I hope to have the car set by next spring.

i'll keep an eye on your build thread for sure! i absolutely love S70!

[JVC]

zipties are your friend

Yes they are, going to do an oil change shortly and fix my lip before the weekly Tuesday night meet. Gotta get this bitch back to lookin' fine.

[martin81]

nice this gonna be.

[JVC]

nice this gonna be.

Thanks?

[JVC]

Fall is here... got the car washed even though it was only 50 degrees here. Then of course, took it out for some pictures.


S70 by JVC8790, on Flickr


S70 by JVC8790, on Flickr


S70 by JVC8790, on Flickr

[willis]

Such a clean volv, I'd love to drive it!

[JVC]

Such a clean volv, I'd love to drive it!

Come to Chicago and you can take a spin in it... Haha

[JVC]

Picked up some new wheels the other day. Still undecided if I'm going to run them or just clean them up and find something else. Here's a little teaser until I get one cleaned up.

[Patryk]

8.5....18's..OZ...this could be good.

[SuperSport]

Ride looks sick! Wide wheels are always a good thing IMO

[NeedingAnAudi]

I'll give you 150 for them.

[JVC]

I'll give you 150 for them.

Nahhh... But really... That a serious offer?