Volvo 240 (Get stanced)

[GroceryGetter67]

Nice lookin brick man! I just ordered the Kaplhenke sleeves and low pro spring seats for my wagon too, good to see another 240 opting for coilovers!

[lublub]

simple yet effective.

couldn't have said it better myself.

[Daviticus]

Loving the progress, it's simple yet effective.

[dirtmcgirt]

very nice work man looking good

[Ethor]

I got the yellow faces in the gauges, and a couple must-have prancing moose stickers. I got a bit of money for my birthday so I'lll probably get the strut inserts I'm going with for my coilovers pretty soon...

Here's some pictures...
I had to grind off the lenses of the smaller ones to get to them. It was a pretty easy process though...

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[Ethor]

looks pretty clean man. that blower motor replacement is obnoxious. my 240 wagon had a loud flapping noise coming from it, the sound would be there for a week and then vanish for a week. haha i never got a chance to get into it, among the many things that needed fixed or replaced on that wagon.

when I was searching for wheels on a budget I determined there were only two good options widened/custom steel wheels or buying adapters, the adapters route leaves you with more room to be different, but you sacrifice some offset.

Thanks dude! I love your wagon by the way. yeah that motor was buried so deep inside there! I wouldn't mind doing widened steelies but it seems like a lot of people are doing that with their Volvos. It definitely woks, but I'd like to go with something more unique if you know what I'm saying...

[Awful Hero]

looks pretty clean man. that blower motor replacement is obnoxious. my 240 wagon had a loud flapping noise coming from it, the sound would be there for a week and then vanish for a week. haha i never got a chance to get into it, among the many things that needed fixed or replaced on that wagon.

when I was searching for wheels on a budget I determined there were only two good options widened/custom steel wheels or buying adapters, the adapters route leaves you with more room to be different, but you sacrifice some offset.

[Ethor]

Looks good so far. Turbo it to make use of those turbo gauges

Thanks! and Dude, you don't even know how bad I want to be faster, I have plans involving a turbo and maybe 6 cylinders too. But right now I'm ballin' on a budget so it'll be a while before that can happen. I need to finish my suspension and get some wheels before speed...

[rice4life]

Looks good so far. Turbo it to make use of those turbo gauges

[Ethor]

I got some yellow stickers for my gauges because they're neat. [IMG][IMG]
I've got most of my junk that I need for my sound system too: subs, speakers, and amps. [IMG][IMG]
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And today I even changed the fuel filter.
And here's some nice pics my buddy Noah snatched yesterday.
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[Ethor]

Also, I went and saw the new LEGO movie and got inspired. So I built a stanced brick! (No pun intended)

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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.

[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]

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!

[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!