Volvo 240 (Get stanced)

[Ethor]

If your first though when seeing this thread is "Dang, Volvos are getting popular", just bear in mind that I was handed down my first 240 when I turned 16 from my older siblings. I loved it but since it was technically my parents car, I couldn't do anything with it. I bought my own 240 sept of 2012, not long before my 18th birthday. Right when I got I already had big plans for it but circumstances forced me to sell her. So finally now I'm back in one (wish I never left it) and hopefully you'll dig it. It's an 86 244DL. super nice paint for its age. when I got it there was tons of junk caked all over, probably didn't get a real wash for a couple owners. my first wash with it took about two hours! I'm planning on taking this car up to the mountain for snowboarding and such. And once the spring comes around, I'm hoping to get some nice wheels and real coilovers and eventually putting in a nice sound system! I hope you enjoy, and stay tuned!


Here is my most recent pic, just picked up the whole roof rack set up for only $100! I was so stoked when I found it!

[Ethor]

Gotten a bunch of stuff done in the last few weeks!
took the badge off the grille and plasti-dipped the whole thing black. My Bro-in-law gave me a set of KC lights that I threw on the front. I haven't wired them in yet, but I think they look pretty sweet. I got new tires to carry me until I can afford some wheels. Hacked the exhaust off and put a Glasspack on there, sounds pretty good to me. And I cut the springs a bit to get an idea of the height I want to go down to. tomorrow night I'll chopping a little bit more off...

[ktfright]

trying to get the whole image thing figured out....

Upload to an image site like flickr or dropbox, and Insert the image link. Its better than attaching to the post.

[dirtmcgirt]

damn that looks crispy as fuck dude

[Ethor]

I also picked up some turbo gauges that I'm sure I'll be able to out to use in the future...
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[aprophet13]

Looks great! Always nice to see another 240 on here

[Ethor]

I took off another coil on the front and a half on the back. Super bouncy now haha. I can't wait till I can afford some better suspension. Took the snowboard mounts off, the East coast is stealing all the snow this year it seems. [IMG][/IMG]
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Some bigger wheels and better tires will help the look by a lot too

[R2dmax]

I like where this is going. I had a 240GL Wagon, Should've kept it

[Ethor]

I like where this is going. I had a 240GL Wagon, Should've kept it

Thanks! I regretted getting rid of my last 240, but excited for where this one is going!

[Switch3d']

Check out turbobricks.com for info on the car. There is lots and lots of info there and its almost all 240 stuff.

[MGW]

At first I thought you said you plastidipped the entire car black...

[Minicharger]

Just love these Volvo's. Here in Denmark, there are many of these 240's, but since the price of gasoline, and our gouverment's view, of young people driving a fast car (........ Wtf......) with rwd, is insurance very expansive. A shame, because these Volvo's are great fun,
Especially in a bit of snow. I'm In for this build!

[Ethor]

At first I thought you said you plastidipped the entire car black...

no haha, Just the grille... I think this week I'm going to dip most of the rest of the chrome black though.

Just love these Volvo's. Here in Denmark, there are many of these 240's, but since the price of gasoline, and our gouverment's view, of young people driving a fast car (........ Wtf......) with rwd, is insurance very expansive. A shame, because these Volvo's are great fun,
Especially in a bit of snow. I'm In for this build!

I loved driving it when we had snow, and thanks!

[Ethor]

It's not much of an update, Haven't done a whole lot for a while because of school, what's new? I plasti-dipped most of the rest of the chrome black and I like the look of it a lot more. I took it to its first real meet and got a lot of good ideas. right now I'm looking at a 242 to use as maybe a donor car or something, I haven't made a decision yet. [IMG][/IMG]
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[Ethor]

Relatively small update. I wired in the KC that I put on the front, They're not working yet so I'm assuming there's some faulty ground somewhere, I haven't had the time to check it out yet. I got a new gear for my odometer because it was broken. My speedo currently doesn't work, so I odometer is still useless.

In other news, I've started collecting the parts I need to build my coilovers! As of now I have the adjustable sleeves and the upper ring mounts. I got them from Kaplhenke racing.



Also, in the first week after I got the car, the blower motor for the heater went out. So I finally got replacing that this week. Volvo's biggest flaw is that when they built the 240, they put the heater core and the blower motor deep in the heart of the center console/dashboard area. I Needless to say, I had to pull a ton of stuff out.
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that's the old motor...

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And that's the new odo gear.