first car, volvo 240 wagon

[teejsauce]

sup, im tj, ive been on the site for a while and i started doing some work to my car so i thought id show you guys

i got my 90 240DL 5speed wagon just over a year ago like this...

not lookin so good...

i drove it as is for the winter then in the spring started making it look better. i bought some volvo draco rims and did some work for my autotech teacher in exchange for parts off a donated burgundy 240 sedan, got the fenders, bumpers most missing trim and some random extras.


and tinted stuff and plasti dipped most the crome.

stayed like that over the summer while i saved up for new struts/shocks and ipd lowering springs...
the strut gland nut was so stuck we had to weld bars to the nut and housing to loosen them


but eventually got them in


also found center caps for the rims, but definately not low enough... wish i saved up and got coilovers but i didnt think id want it that low...(??wut??)
gonna chop some coils off after i fix my broken trailing arm,
got patch panels for the quarter panels, once i get my welder ill fixemup, but thats pretty much it for now

[Switch3d']

Welcome to the volvo life. Filled with ugly cars and rust. Go to turbobricks if you want some help but dont be a human cause they will **** you.

[teejsauce]

immediate update: i completely forgot about the stuff i did today haha

not much but i hid my amp (used to be on side of box)

and covered my subs box in flannel

and a preview of the winter wheels

got new tails last week and tinted the yellows red

[teejsauce]

Welcome to the volvo life. Filled with ugly cars and rust. Go to turbobricks if you want some help but dont be a human cause they will **** you.

thanks, im on there but not much since i havnt done much performance stuff yet, but i do have a 95 b230ft in the garage...

[TheTynosaur]

I'm pretty fond of the steelies with caps. I'm curious to see how they look on the car

[philohlean]

I have a 240 5spd sedan. Also my first car. I have a build thread on here somewhere for it.... Sub'd and looking forward to seeing the progress!

[philohlean]

Actually I got my car almost exactly when you did. A year ago next month.

[philohlean]

Welcome to the volvo life. Filled with ugly cars and rust. Go to turbobricks if you want some help but dont be a human cause they will **** you.

hahaha this is scary true

[montgomery]

looked good until you smoked the corners.

[willis]

Looked good until everything started happening.

[corey]

cut the springs

[teejsauce]

cut the springs

im going to, gotta fix a trailing arm first, the spring perch is rusted out.

[teejsauce]

so my trailing arm was rusted out where the spring sat...

forgot to take a picture but i just got it cut out and a piece of steel welded in its place and istalled the new springs/shocks

this is how the front sat after getting all the rear stuff in...

...so i cut like 1.5 coils off..

better






..just got these center caps a week ago and 2 already fell off.....

[teejsauce]

got a set of mint 16" style 5's today for next summer...will have much smaller tires.. probably 205/40 or 195/40

[teejsauce]

winter wheels on


the back is going to come down more but first I need to make my panhard bar adjustable..
maybe over the winter ill save up for some coilovers as if i was one of them real boys