Introducing: The Least Stanced Car on Stanceworks!

[Z33_Taxi]

Gotcha, yea I don't have the tools either but like they always say, it's not what ya know, it's who ya know. There seems to be a ton of Volvo guys in the Portland area so I created a little network for myself

I have no such luck here in NY. Junkyards have no 240s in them. I'm the only one rolling around...So I feel obligated to do everything right. With great wagons come great responsibility

[GroceryGetter67]

Well I got a little done on the strut tubes, now I just need to get the struts!





and my buddy got the torque rods, panhard bar, and swaybar all sandblasted for me. Now off to another friend to have them made adjustable, then off to the powdercoater!

[GroceryGetter67]

This is looking good! Cheers

Thanks!

Here's a photo of a friend of mine's for some inspiration!

Yes! I LOVE this one!

[SliPsY]

This is looking good! Cheers

[Jordan.]

Here's a photo of a friend of mine's for some inspiration!

[GroceryGetter67]

ah ok I got confused because of the previous poster. Im going with the RSi because I dont have access to the tool to do it myself. 4" lower in the front is plenty for my needs

Gotcha, yea I don't have the tools either but like they always say, it's not what ya know, it's who ya know. There seems to be a ton of Volvo guys in the Portland area so I created a little network for myself and found a guy that shortened the strut tubes for me, hooked me up with a spare set of torque rods, a panhard bar, a rear turbo swaybar, AND sandblasted them all for me, got another guy who got me the rear S10 shocks, and got in touch with another guy who can make the spare set of torque rods and panhard bar adjustable for me for $40. When it's all said and done it won't be cheap, but it will be a hell of a lot cheaper than getting everything at retail prices. The RSI struts are actually the most expensive single cost part of the whole build.

[Z33_Taxi]

ah ok I got confused because of the previous poster. Im going with the RSi because I dont have access to the tool to do it myself. 4" lower in the front is plenty for my needs

[GroceryGetter67]

you dont have to cut the strut tubes for the RSi coilovers I thought?

To get really low you need to go with shorter struts, which requires cutting the strut tubes. RSI uses short Billy HD struts for their coilover kits which I believe were originally for a Saab. They also cut their strut tubes 2" to make the short Billys work.

I'm not going with their coilover kit though, I'm piecing mine together, but I've had lots of talks with them about their kit and I'm going to be getting the short Billy HD struts from them because they include the modified gland nut that works perfectly with the volvo strut tubes.

Kaplhenke also shortens the strut tubes with their coilover kits if you want to get really low, but the struts they use with the shortened housings are Koni Race struts which are $80 more than the Billys and are a bit overkill for my needs.

[Z33_Taxi]

you dont have to cut the strut tubes for the RSi coilovers I thought?

[GroceryGetter67]

great start, I'm actually in the process of refinishing some CCWs for my 242. I did pretty much the same process you did and someone said I should go even higher like 3-4000 grit.

Also just finished installing coils from RSI, looking forward to how this turns out!

yea I think it would be good to use the jewelers polish kit if I were to do it again. The DIY threads suggest up to 2000 grit, then the polishing rouges with the brown and white bars, and THEN the metal polish. but I just went to the metal polish right after the sandpaper, and honestly you can still see the sanding marks if you look really closely. I might redo it later but for right now I just want to get the damn things done haha

[aprophet13]

great start, I'm actually in the process of refinishing some CCWs for my 242. I did pretty much the same process you did and someone said I should go even higher like 3-4000 grit.

Also just finished installing coils from RSI, looking forward to how this turns out!

[GroceryGetter67]

Small update, mostly acquiring more stuff, no assembly progress yet.

My buddy put in some bad ass work on the strut tubes for me, took a 2" section out of them.





and I got the Chevy S10 shocks for the rear all cleaned up


and got another wheel polished, these things take FOREVER


and everything I've got so far

[GroceryGetter67]

well after talking with my buddy we figured out that I was just being a little too vigorous with the PowerCone, so I re polished them by hand with much less pressure and well here's a little wheel porn for you

[GroceryGetter67]

Loving this.

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Thanks!

Oooo another 200 wagon. Almost twins

Super Jelly off the the blood red interior.

So did you just cut Kaphlenke normal struts into short struts?

Sub'd

A buddy of mine got some strut tubes for me from an 83 turbo wagon parts car and he's going to cut them down 2" for me

What sand papers did you use and how fine a polish did you use mang? Generally a microfiber pad will work well with that tho.

I used your typical dry/wet sand papers 320, 600, 1000, 1500, and 2000 and my buddy recommended the blue Heavy Metal Polish, I feel like using the powercone made the swirls

I love bricks. Keep going man!

Thanks!

Those swirls are from sanding, you probably have to go back to the 600 and sand them out. If you have polishing rouge you can use that after the 600 grit....

I feel like the swirls are from after the sanding. I made sure to sand in one direction the whole time and nothing before the polish was done with a swirl pattern.

Nice work on the wheels.

Thanks! it's a pain in the ass, but well worth it

[Amgcdi]

Nice work on the wheels.