The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[kbuss]

Lets get together and do a shoot tomorrow or Sunday.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Omg. We need to get you on this level. idc if you cut the car up as f*ck, it's happening.

[JVC]

That's a real nice car you got there! It being a T5 is the icing on the cake! I'm heading away to Australia for a year, IF I come back I fancy a T5 Volvo, but I'm hoping to stay out there. Ireland is pretty crap to be honest. I always wanted an 850, either red, black, charcoal, or that nice burnt orange colour. Have you trial fitted the wheels? I'm assuming you already rolled your arches/fenders?

Fenders have been rolled, and fender liners were removed as well. I haven't truly test fit the wheels since I cant bolt them on without adapters, I held them up but that barely counts.

Google the Volvo 850 BTCC cars (British Touring Car Championship). The Volvo 850 BTCC cars were pretty damn low and ran 18 or 19" wheels sitting right up inside the rear fenders!!

Yeah, those things sat nasty... but of course that was pretty much a one off tube frame.

and here's on REAL picture I took earlier today after waking up to MORE snow.


Winter Mode S70 by JVC8790, on Flickr

[Chris_McCartney]

Google the Volvo 850 BTCC cars (British Touring Car Championship). The Volvo 850 BTCC cars were pretty damn low and ran 18 or 19" wheels sitting right up inside the rear fenders!!

[Chris_McCartney]

That's a real nice car you got there! It being a T5 is the icing on the cake! I'm heading away to Australia for a year, IF I come back I fancy a T5 Volvo, but I'm hoping to stay out there. Ireland is pretty crap to be honest. I always wanted an 850, either red, black, charcoal, or that nice burnt orange colour. Have you trial fitted the wheels? I'm assuming you already rolled your arches/fenders?

[JVC]

That's a nice shot.

Are you keeping the rake?
Looks good!

It's not as raked as it looks, it's more so because the rear bumper is much shorter (vertical height) than the front with the lip, and the fender arches are at different heights, it's pretty close to even, maybe a tiny bit of rake though.

[OrangeBlue]

That's a nice shot.

Are you keeping the rake?
Looks good!

[244Brick]

haha Low life:Winter effect

[JVC]

I am so excited for yo to finish those monos. We should meet up in the spring and do a photoshoot. I'll see if Art will want to tag along as well.

For sure, once spring hits the Monos will go on and then stuff will get a BIT more serious... I'm having fun plowing the streets in the area right now!

Thats crazy you guys have snow, it has only froze like twice here this winter.... our mildest winter in Northern Ireland in 100 years!

Back on subject, a late Merry Christmas and love your Volvo! My dad owned an S60 and it was by far the best car he ever had...built solid, no rattles or squeaks, full leather, surround sound, galvanised body, and a T5 engine, what else could you want?! haha.

What engine is your Volvo? Had a look through your pics, the Swedish make a great car!! For the price of a used BMW or Mercedes you will always get a much higher spec used Volvo! Whats next for the Volvo, when will you have the new wheels on?

Yeah, we're getting a bit of snow, its just been lake effect so only small portions of Chicago, IL are getting snow, really just the north suburbs, pretty cool actually. I have the T5 (2.3 Turbo) not a whole lot else I could want! there's something special about the sound of a turbo 5 cylinder. I'm shooting for End of March/April to have the wheels on, work has been slow, spending money to do maintenance stuff (wheel bearings, shocks, some other stuff) so I really haven't touched them, I'll probably get some more done when I get a heated garage to work in while my friend swaps the motor in his BMW.

looks good man!

Thanks man!

Just a few more pics of the weather today...

Went to work, parked inside and got snowed on...



Left work, went home



then left to get McDonalds with NeedingAnAudi





This new lip is like an inch off the ground so It's been known to do this... keeping it sloppy!

[sendokgarpu]

looks good man!

[Chris_McCartney]

Thats crazy you guys have snow, it has only froze like twice here this winter.... our mildest winter in Northern Ireland in 100 years!

Back on subject, a late Merry Christmas and love your Volvo! My dad owned an S60 and it was by far the best car he ever had...built solid, no rattles or squeaks, full leather, surround sound, galvanised body, and a T5 engine, what else could you want?! haha.

What engine is your Volvo? Had a look through your pics, the Swedish make a great car!! For the price of a used BMW or Mercedes you will always get a much higher spec used Volvo! Whats next for the Volvo, when will you have the new wheels on?

[4g63lover]

I am so excited for yo to finish those monos. We should meet up in the spring and do a photoshoot. I'll see if Art will want to tag along as well.

[NeedingAnAudi]

<3

[JVC]

Got some snow today! I got what I wanted for Christmas! Went out with the snow plow and cleaned some streets!

[dood]

i love the lip idea bro