'82 Volvo: An Exercise in Stance

[StanceDatSucka]

damn those lips will look so good when you're done sanding & polishing, if you would have shown me the second to last picture first and told me that the last picture is how they started out i wouldn't have believed you.

[aprophet13]

Mas sanding

More sanding, you guys know the drill

Started off with 1000 grit wet sand which had me worried because it still left visible scratches


Began coming out nicely though


second round of 1000


couple rounds of 1500


Aaaaand a few rounds of 2000; they're starting to look pretty good actually


There are still scratches left from the 2000 so will these come out if I use an aluminum polish? I've never refinished wheels either so I'm pretty happy they look like that coming from this:


any advice on getting a mirror finish on the lips is much appreciated, thanks

[aprophet13]

waaaaaaaaaay too much fiber glass to hold that together btw... and you should have left a small gap in between what you wanted to hold together so the epoxy would get in there and really solidify it

thanks for the tip, literally never used fiber glass before so I'm learning as I go. I'll definitely try that for the other side though.

[corolllin]

waaaaaaaaaay too much fiber glass to hold that together btw... and you should have left a small gap in between what you wanted to hold together so the epoxy would get in there and really solidify it

[corolllin]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooofffffffuck yea man

[aprophet13]

Sanding, sanding, sanding..

I spent today sanding the wheels. The welding from getting them redrilled left little deposits on the lip.



I knocked those out with 80 grit, then went on to 120


then 220


then 330


then 400



first round of 600 wet sand



second round of 600 wet sand


small update, just thought I'd share. That will probably be the last one for a few months unless I get around to radiusing the fenders tomorrow. I leave for college sunday morning.

[stancefag]

I'm watching this build since the very beginning, your car is awesome! GL with the wheels, I'd really love to see them fitted!

[DinanDave]

Stretched tires are only usually unsafe when low on air pressure... Oh wait thats all types of tires...

[244Brick]

I guarantee my dad will say the exact same thing to me when I go to order tires soon..... I probably won't listen though. I would second what 244brick said and maybe try bondo, it sticks like hell to just about anything, then sands pretty easy. You are definitely forging your own path with this car man, those wheels redefine the word aggressive, especially when applied to volvos....
As expensive as they are, would a kaplhenke rear trailing arm/ coilover conversion give you a little more camber to work with?

What volvo you have? I've never seen a 240 have anything but live rear axles a/k/a solid axle. So, no rear camber!?

[Williammk1]

[corey]

Nice man! You've got your work cut out for you but its going to be so worth it

[Jlyons617]

I surely hope you flare to fit the wheels and don;t wind up giving up and running insane camber.

He'll have to make it work. 240's are straight axle in the rear.

[kittenpuncher]

keep it going wanna see them fit

[SheaMoose]

You've got a lot of metal working in your future.

[244Brick]

Use bondo to even it!

Tell your dad to suck it, because you are getting smaller tires!