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Hey guys... my names matt... and im from london, england.... ive been lurking on here for a while.. just reading, researching, and perving over some of the beautiful cars... thought it would be time to show you my project......
i'll copy and paste straight from another uk forum...
let me know what you think........
So........
you guys may remember me from THIS THREAD of my old clio......
which then led on to..... THIS THREAD about the new owner....
basically.... long story short, me and Ant, had a little deal up... so i now own a volvo :afro:
its my very first volvo, so this should be good, but also a learning curve....
this is the ant's thread -------> CLICKY CLICKY
which now leaves me here to carry on.....
little background about me... my names Matt, obviously lol... and i hardly post
ops: im very much into researching and looking for other ideas... but i barely comment on peoples threads.... so you wont see me pop up much...
however, im gonna try to keep on top of this as much as i physically can....
SO.... Down to the nitty gritty......
These are pictures from ants old thread.....
which he also had these 8)
which are 35mm and 45mm custom spacers.....
SOOOOO.... on to me... after a long drive back from wolverhampton.... (to kent, for people that care lol)
i had a nice rest and set about working on the car the next day....
so i got my shit out....
to show the width :shock:
ant also included in the sale a set of -40mm springs...
so here it is on my driveway.... standard ride height....
what a fucking joke :shock:
i couldnt be arsed taking pics of me doing the suspension... because.. A: i didnt wanna get my camera dirty.... and B: i cant say i was in the best of moods after cutting all my hands and struggling to undo the poxy fucking droplink bars they have....
so after a couple of cheeky phonecalls and favours called upon, to borrow electric rattle guns and spring compressors...
here we have one "lowered" <---- not really as much as i hoped :| and spaced out OVLOV!
so... thats 35mm at the front... and 45mm at the back... and tbh, i think it looks SHIT!
and as you can imagine... it rubs like fuck... so i'll soon be losing the front spacers all together... and put the 35mm on the back....
anyways....
some other shots of the inside...
ant kindly wrapped the dash in carbon before he let it go to me so i didnt have to put up with that poxy wood effect....
dove grey leather seats
FIRST MAJOR MOD
£12 later... and i can fuck these rusty badboys off for good 8)
with excellent fixing/mounting brackets :roll:
therefore, going from this......
TO THIS...
coilovers are on the cards at some point i think... cheapest ive found so far is £540 tho
maybe next month lol.
and im not sure about the wheels yet... i have had the passing thought of getting them resprayed... and then i thought about moving on entriely and getting something completely different.
all in good time 8)
yeah, they lowering springs looked shit unfortunately... they have settled a little bit since... but not too much.... and i've changed the spacers over... so ive binned the 45mm's for now... and the 35mm's are on the back...
i'll soon be getting 205/40's for the back to match the front because the rears are currently 225/45's...
so anyways.... on with what ive been up to 8)
so it was time to put my personalised plate on.....
i thought i'd go a bit different and i had an odd bit of sunstrip material lying about... and i wanted to break the red up a bit.... so i started with this......
roughly.....?
so i'm left with this....
shot of the rear........ BEFORE......
shot of the rear.... AFTER.......
This is how it sits without the spacers at the front.... TUCK!
and the rest of the car....
note the cheap ebay grill to get rid of the shoddy volvo one 8)
fitted my hids.... dipped beam... and high beam (but no pics)
engine shots.... i've put the standard box back on... drilled it and panel filter....
you can just about see the drill holes on the box in this photo... before the slates begin... it sounds awesome!! really hear the turbo spooling!
and for the keen eyed bunch amoungst you... you will have spotted the 4gauge wiring kit....
you guessed it.... AUDIO!
ive fucked the original volvo headunit off in space of a double din kenwood unit.... (cant remember the model number atm) with full ipod control with the adapter in the arm rest...
my "Massive Audio" 4 equalizer... which i used to have smoothed in the dash of my corsa... i butchered it up and chucked it in the glove box for now.....
the speakers use the original dolby amp with speakers...
and ive added a vibe monoblock 2800watt..... with a 15" orion sub.... because im an absolute bass-oholic!!!!
pics to follow...
p.s. ignore the rest of the mess in the boot.... im work in the motor trade, well paint spraying... and had to do a demo at a customers on friday afternoon using my own car.... hence the spray gun, mask and overalls etc..
they are not usually in there 8)
just a cheeky shot of the leather
and a finished article for the day after a clean, a hoover and a scrub 8)
i'll copy and paste straight from another uk forum...
let me know what you think........
So........
you guys may remember me from THIS THREAD of my old clio......
which then led on to..... THIS THREAD about the new owner....
basically.... long story short, me and Ant, had a little deal up... so i now own a volvo :afro:
its my very first volvo, so this should be good, but also a learning curve....
this is the ant's thread -------> CLICKY CLICKY
which now leaves me here to carry on.....
little background about me... my names Matt, obviously lol... and i hardly post
ops: im very much into researching and looking for other ideas... but i barely comment on peoples threads.... so you wont see me pop up much... however, im gonna try to keep on top of this as much as i physically can....
SO.... Down to the nitty gritty......
These are pictures from ants old thread.....
which he also had these 8)
which are 35mm and 45mm custom spacers.....
SOOOOO.... on to me... after a long drive back from wolverhampton.... (to kent, for people that care lol)
i had a nice rest and set about working on the car the next day....
so i got my shit out....
to show the width :shock:
ant also included in the sale a set of -40mm springs...
so here it is on my driveway.... standard ride height....
what a fucking joke :shock:
i couldnt be arsed taking pics of me doing the suspension... because.. A: i didnt wanna get my camera dirty.... and B: i cant say i was in the best of moods after cutting all my hands and struggling to undo the poxy fucking droplink bars they have....
so after a couple of cheeky phonecalls and favours called upon, to borrow electric rattle guns and spring compressors...
here we have one "lowered" <---- not really as much as i hoped :| and spaced out OVLOV!
so... thats 35mm at the front... and 45mm at the back... and tbh, i think it looks SHIT!
and as you can imagine... it rubs like fuck... so i'll soon be losing the front spacers all together... and put the 35mm on the back....
anyways....
some other shots of the inside...
ant kindly wrapped the dash in carbon before he let it go to me so i didnt have to put up with that poxy wood effect....
dove grey leather seats
FIRST MAJOR MOD
£12 later... and i can fuck these rusty badboys off for good 8)
with excellent fixing/mounting brackets :roll:
therefore, going from this......
TO THIS...
coilovers are on the cards at some point i think... cheapest ive found so far is £540 tho
maybe next month lol.and im not sure about the wheels yet... i have had the passing thought of getting them resprayed... and then i thought about moving on entriely and getting something completely different.
all in good time 8)
yeah, they lowering springs looked shit unfortunately... they have settled a little bit since... but not too much.... and i've changed the spacers over... so ive binned the 45mm's for now... and the 35mm's are on the back...
i'll soon be getting 205/40's for the back to match the front because the rears are currently 225/45's...
so anyways.... on with what ive been up to 8)
so it was time to put my personalised plate on.....
i thought i'd go a bit different and i had an odd bit of sunstrip material lying about... and i wanted to break the red up a bit.... so i started with this......
roughly.....?
so i'm left with this....
shot of the rear........ BEFORE......
shot of the rear.... AFTER.......
This is how it sits without the spacers at the front.... TUCK!
and the rest of the car....
note the cheap ebay grill to get rid of the shoddy volvo one 8)
fitted my hids.... dipped beam... and high beam (but no pics)
engine shots.... i've put the standard box back on... drilled it and panel filter....
you can just about see the drill holes on the box in this photo... before the slates begin... it sounds awesome!! really hear the turbo spooling!
and for the keen eyed bunch amoungst you... you will have spotted the 4gauge wiring kit....
you guessed it.... AUDIO!
ive fucked the original volvo headunit off in space of a double din kenwood unit.... (cant remember the model number atm) with full ipod control with the adapter in the arm rest...
my "Massive Audio" 4 equalizer... which i used to have smoothed in the dash of my corsa... i butchered it up and chucked it in the glove box for now.....
the speakers use the original dolby amp with speakers...
and ive added a vibe monoblock 2800watt..... with a 15" orion sub.... because im an absolute bass-oholic!!!!
pics to follow...
p.s. ignore the rest of the mess in the boot.... im work in the motor trade, well paint spraying... and had to do a demo at a customers on friday afternoon using my own car.... hence the spray gun, mask and overalls etc..
they are not usually in there 8)
just a cheeky shot of the leather
and a finished article for the day after a clean, a hoover and a scrub 8)
i have had that same thought since the day i picked it up.... all my mates were like... "A VOLVO?!?!" and i had to convince them it was about being different.... in my area, people would rather spend money putting a spoiler on there vauxhall corsa's and citreo saxo's... or spending £300 a month over 5 years on a finace deal on a ford fiesta....
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