The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[JVC]

Well... 2017 went by quickly, had 2 other sets of wheels which I'll share a few pics of. Will probably refinish the Kinesis in the first set of pictures, the 19's are for sale, simply too big for this chassis.

Untitled by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Untitled by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Untitled by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Untitled by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Just in time to put it back in the garage for the next round of updates, hoping to spend more time driving it this upcoming year once I truly finish up the air ride and trunk layout and am able to log some miles and build back a bit more confidence in it.

[JVC]

Took some more pics a few weeks ago, haven't really driven it much since.

Volvo Underglow by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Stantz by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Bruh by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Fitments by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Glow by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

[JVC]

Thanks guys! I may fiddle around with these center caps and order new ones since these are yellowing pretty bad... snagged some "new" trunk carpet from the junkyard so hopefully I can get around to cleaning up the trunk and making it a trunk again. Then on to the black interior swap with some aftermarket seats from another car which I will be swapping over, should be pretty neat when all completed!

[CDeez5]

^^^^^^^^ Why doesnt he just grab some steelies, widen them, and put the merc hubcaps on them lol

[Matt]

I WAS JUST THINKING.

You should pop those benzo centercaps off and color match the insides of the stars on them.

Kinda like this but on a much smaller scale.

[KFC ONE]

Well damn.

Doesn't get much better than that.

[EuroJDM]

Magic !

[fackinsteve]

This is so cool

[JVC]

I've done some casual driving around the area and its definitely improved over the coilovers. Still gotta get the front swaybar brackets welded and reinstalled before twisties but its been fun to air out everywhere and watch people get mind fucked.



Took some more pictures too!

Sunset Lifestyle by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Dat Booty by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Volvo Sunset by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

[Matt]

pimp boizzzz


take it out tonight and do some with the red lightssssss

[JVC]

Got everything put back together, did a quick oil change since my last one was 2,500 miles ago back in January of 2015, then took it out for some proper pics.

Aired Out AF by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Dat Ass by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Tucking 18's by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Wheel Tuck by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

[JVC]

Still one of the best Volvos out there!

Thanks man! Glad to hear people like it as much as I do!

Turned on the glows and stunted in the driveway. Damn straight. I'da done the same thing!

Looks fantastic!

It was pretty fun, no lie. I just cant wait to do the same but out in public somewhere!

Little Update!

Took the front struts back off yesterday and dropped them off at my fabricator buddy to get finished up. Hoping to have the car out later on this week once I get the struts back. I will still need to make a stop at his place to have him weld the endlink tabs with the car loaded down to get the right height but that is later on.

Jacked it up and took the Dubs off, in preparation to put the Carlssons back on once the struts are done.

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Also tok the Labor Day weekend to buy a much needed tool box and organize the garage. First pic is right after I moved stuff out of the way to put the box where I wanted it, and second picture is all moved in and organized. Still some stuff I need to move to our shed, but that will come next.

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Untitled by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

Also, since the garage is connected the the basement I can "air condition" it and makes it MUCH nicer to work in!

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[lamsv]

Turned on the glows and stunted in the driveway. Damn straight. I'da done the same thing!

Looks fantastic!

[OrangeBlue]

Still one of the best Volvos out there!

[JVC]

So I took some measurements, did some research and landed on Airlift Fabricator front struts, 3P management, and bought some rear bags from a guy who was parting out his 850 Wagon.

Unboxing!



I started to run some wiring


Cut a piece of MDF for some things to sit on (will be redone and cleaned up in the future)



Kept myself cool (sucked all the cold air from the basement into the garage, air conditoned garage!



And about that time, i ran into my first snag. I wanted to use my camber plates from my coilovers, but clearly that wasn't going to work...





There simply isn't enough threads to mount the camber plates with these bags...



So I spent the next month or so trying to figure out what to do and at the same time starting to think I had just waisted a bunch of money on some struts I might not be able to use as I had hoped. At one point I was just going to install it all as Airlift wanted me to with a big plate that you cut up and press studs into and use some plastic bushings as a bearing. Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled about having NO camber adjustment up top.

a bunch of research later led me to these...



Airlift Bag 58480 designed for use with a camber plate.



Bada-bing-bada-boom! But I still had to get those two spacers machined out since the Airlift strut shaft bigger than the shaft from the D2 coilovers the camber plates came from.



found a machine shop to put them on a lathe and turn them down and voila! success!



One mostly completed strut (still needs finish welding once I determine the ride height to be correct)



5 years through Chicago and Ohio winters but these seized bad boys have treated me well.



and Victory! They fit!



Tested it out by jacking up the wheel while the car is in the air, disregard the haggard fender, I have a replacement but waiting to totally finish this one off before I swap it.






then slipped the rear bags in (had to remove an exhaust clamp that was a bit too close for comfort.



ran some lines



THEN AIRED THE FUCK OUT (video below)

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Even did a wheelie in my driveway!



Turned my underglow on and Stunted in my driveway for about half an hour watching it go up and down.





VIDEO BELOW

Bagging the Volvo by John Van Cleave, on Flickr

If you don't follow me on IG it's @JVC8790, slid into my DM's with any questions if you're looking to work on a Volvo. 10/10 would bag again.