'82 Volvo: An Exercise in Stance

[Dano]

Looks good.. I like that you got some side skirts on this 242dl. I wouldn't mind getting some for my 242dl project I'm working on right now.

[190Evan]

Sucks about the seats and harnesses! At least your car still looks super rad. Any new son what happened to those CCW's or did I miss a post?

[mrtbl]

more?

[fpsthomas]

sweeet ride bro

[cult45]

Pure badass

[Loaf31]

yooooo this thing is crazy awesome. What about the CCW's?

[storey618]

dope!

[aprophet13]

Got some 225/50r16 tires. Trying to upsize overall diameter. The new tires are 2" inches bigger OD which means 1" higher ride height (trying to raise it a bit for commute) and 1" less fender clearance.





The fronts should be much easier to fit, and I have threaded spring perches so I can raise it up a bit to help clear.

next on the list is ZG flares or something similar

[Yezzz]

Long story short, if your car is pre-1986 everything will interchange: signals, headlight buckets, grills, hoods, etc. If your car is post-1986 only the TV screen style headlights/signals/hoods work aka it involves cutting/welding if you want to swap to the earlier style.

Thanks for your asnwer! Luckly mine is from 81, so I will hunt for a 1st gen grill and lights now
Your car is looking brutal btw. Love the wing

[aprophet13]

I would cry if someone stole stuff like that..
When you did that headlight swap to the first type. Did it fit with the fenders/indicators?
I always thought that those blinkers were different and it wouldnt fit

Long story short, if your car is pre-1986 everything will interchange: signals, headlight buckets, grills, hoods, etc. If your car is post-1986 only the TV screen style headlights/signals/hoods work aka it involves cutting/welding if you want to swap to the earlier style.

Anywho, here are some pictures we took of Olga recently since the skirts and spoiler are now on:

[Yezzz]

I would cry if someone stole stuff like that..
When you did that headlight swap to the first type. Did it fit with the fenders/indicators?
I always thought that those blinkers were different and it wouldnt fit

[jalenda9]

Fvck thieves man! I love your volvo!

[storey618]

do you know where the brackets are from? ive been tossing the idea of this style wing around

[aprophet13]

Hey guys, I'm baaaack!

Have been at school and haven't even touched the car since last summer.



The recaros, grip royal wheel, and 4 pt harnesses all got STOLEN out of Olga while I was away..

Had a spare recaro and some purple harnesses, so I have 1 seat/harness-
LOL i have a 1 seater car now.

Got it "smogged" so now I have stickers and she's good to go!!

I've been working on a new front air dam, but no post worthy progress has been made.

Also got a new spoiler!

Bolted on the brackets



The blades were lexan, but I didn't like them clear- gave em a little plasti-diparoo



I painted the rear facing surface of the wing so the back looks almost crinkle coat



And the front has a nice mirror finish



Got it bolted on



And here's how she looks!



Its aggressive- really, aggressive. But maybe once I get flares and other ish it won't stand out as much.

That's all for now, but be ready for some beetchin updates

[GroceryGetter67]

ok seriously is your crossmember just sitting on the ground?! You're insanely low! Bravo for rocking that, my crossmember is a little over an inch and a half off the ground and it causes me SO much stress haha