Earlier this spring, we bought a house, so I cleaned out my tiny little leaking dirty garage at our apartment and got the hell into the new garage.


Had to protect the floor somehow, so I went with some Exelia Tile from Garage Flooring LLC which I am really happy with. Took only about an hour and a half to put it all down.

then I started moving stuff in...

Boom, right at home!

It seemed like I was going to have tons of room in this garage to work. At least it seemed that way until I realized how many wheels and parts I had been hoarding over the years without knowing it.

Then I made an adult decision, I realized that the only reason I didn't drive the Volvo in the summer was because it hadn't had AC since shortly after I bought it. So I called up a friend who parts out these cars on the reg, and he threw me a price I couldn't beat on a full AC setup from a parts car of his with working AC, even drove it up from Lexington and helped install. (also featured in the background, part of a black interior which is in the works)

Condenser, lines, orings, compressor later and add a little refrigerant (and dye of course) and VOILA! Ice cold AC, colder than my daily driver Accord.

Also, somewhere around that time I had a 3" downpipe, Japanifold (upgraded exhaust manifold from another Volvo) and a Blow off valve/blocking plate installed for full ricer status. Here's a little video.

After all of that was done, I planned to take the Volvo to EuEx in Savannah, but ultimately a long drive alone (not cruising with friends) and I decided to take ol reliable. Left early in the morning with the Volvo still in the garage...

Made it to Helen and met up with friends for a 2 day pit stop on our way to Savannah.

ate some of these

did some of this

took a picture like this, then left

and Made it to EuEx.

Like any car show, hanging out with friends is important and around that time I got to talking with a few buddies and realized it was time to come up with something different for the Volvo and I started looking at cars and trying to figure out what the next mod would be. Endless talks with many stupid ideas, some good ideas that I certainly don't have the budget for (or shall I say, that aren't worth spending on a car like this) and I had settled on my next plan. Air Suspension.
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