1966 Volvo 122

[Keith602]

Hey,

Can I just say what a build! I can find inspiration for my own 122 (1969) in every picture!
I have a question about your wheels the 17'' steel. I want to put 17'' Dodge Caliber wheels on my car. The wheels are 6,5J and have ET of 39.

My thought is to move the centre to an ET of about 25 and put maybe 195 tyres on them. But I can't find anyone who has experience with this in The Netherlands, so that's why I wanted to ask here!

Hope you can help!

KR,

Thomas

Thanks! I think 1amtheonlyrealone responded to that same question in his thread and its exactly what I would recommend. Easiest and most cost effective way to go.

[Keith602]

beautiful car, absolutely stunning

Thank you! Your s40 is looking great!

[Sjefke]

Thanks for the response. What are the figures for your steel rims?

[Keith602]

Thanks for the response. What are the figures for your steel rims?

No prob! They are 17x7 22et running 25mm spacers 205/45/17

[Keith602]

That is absolutely stunning, but I wonder if you have tried one thing that annoyed me during my build.. Your all black car with all the trim work looks awesome, and I know this is a oem design feature of the car, but the trim work around the quarter glasses really never made any sense on these cars and interrupts the image flow.. The door frame has no trim work at all, and with the stainless drip rail, it really makes the quarter glass trim conflict with the door frame section. Have you considered blacking it out? You could tape it of temporarily with some black electrical tape, and then stand off in the distance to view and take pics, just to see if it looks better overall?

Not trying to knock anything at all, because your car is a fine example of an Amazon, but that makes it stick out even more.. LOL

Im going to try that actually! Ive always thought the same thing.

[puzzlemaster94]

I love this little thing. Definitely worth the read. Great job

[Sjefke]

No prob! They are 17x7 22et running 25mm spacers 205/45/17

So your effective ET (incl spacers) is -3, right?

[Keith602]

So your effective ET (incl spacers) is -3, right?

Yes, but I am going with a 32mm spacer in the front soon. Needing to roll the fenders first.

[Keith602]

I love this little thing. Definitely worth the read. Great job

Thanks man!

[Keith602]

Okay so question time...

Im looking to roll these beastly, old Volvo fenders. I have no idea why they are so overbuilt. So im not sure what methods will work. Wonder if anyone has used the Eastwood tool on anything this thick before. Could maybe cut sections and roll them in little bits at a time. I do have a heat gun. Want to try to do this myself if possible.


Also, Is there any way to add a couple of degrees of camber to a solid rear axle (without using the torch method)? Shims, washers?

Thanks in advance

[Rob&co]

such a fan of this thing!

[Sjefke]

In the Netherlands on the forum I saw a guy widening his fenders. I have the pictures for you.

[Keith602]

such a fan of this thing!

Thank you sir, as am I of the e30

[Keith602]

In the Netherlands on the forum I saw a guy widening his fenders. I have the pictures for you.

Ok so that guy definitely used the eastwood or similar fender roller. Any better pictures of the results or mention how difficult it was? Ive asked around a little and most people say it wouldnt work on these.



Also, does anyone have any info on adding a couple degrees of camber to a solid rear axle setup?

[Sjefke]

Ok so that guy definitely used the eastwood or similar fender roller. Any better pictures of the results or mention how difficult it was? Ive asked around a little and most people say it wouldnt work on these.

http://volvokv.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=20655&sid=00c1040416e9dfcd9bceff0ca0b418f9&start=330

This is the site, on the bottom of page 34 there are better pictures than i could upload here via my phone. He mentioned that it (I don't think you speak Dutch!?!?) was pretty easy. It took a minute to get the hang of. In the front he really widened the fender. In the rear he just rolled the edge in.

Someone warned that if you have repaired/welded on fenders you run the risk of it cracking...
No more result pics... That I can find.

Hope this helps

PS. Don't know anything about the camber...