That stanced Volvo! -The budget stance build-

[Stanced_Volvo]

Hey Guys!
Fresh from Australia and ready to mix things right up, some will love, a lot will ****, in the end, why create something you don't like?!?

Some background info! I own a 96 Volvo 850, it's auto...non turbo and front wheel drive! I picked this up a few months ago after needing a car from a lovely old couple that owned it since new, I left it stock and drove it for a long while (probably a month if I'm honest)
So far here's what I've done (don't have photos of these things as they're not too important...)

- Rear muffler delete (5 pots sound amazing!)
- Rear springs chopped (3 coils just tucks 205/60r15s)
- a mate painted my wheels smurf blue...because why not?
- Upgraded injectors
- Upgraded fuel rail

Now! Here is where we are up to!
I purchased a set of genuine work rezax 3 piece wheels! The specs are;
18x8.5 +45
18x9.5 +45

There's another 3k or so too be spent getting the wheels too proper spec

These are in pretty good nick!

I'm waiting on a shop to let me know if they can re drill my hubs too 5x114.3 for ease of wheels...
Unfortunately not much else has happened and I'm waiting on cash to order barrels and lips for the wheels! However, I'm looking into finding coilovers here in Aus which is proving difficult!

Here's a photo dump! I'll let pictures speak for themselves!













Let the cleaning process begin...





The real excitement!

[veedubbin]

Cut more coils!!

[Beware]

Surely BC do some coilovers to suit one of these? They do them to suit almost everything else.

It's got potential....I always loved(and still do) 850R wagons, and you're right the 5cyl sounds awesome....it's the main reason I bought an XR5 turbo.

I think your estimate of needing to spend $3k on those wheels is way off. Even with 4 new lips and 4 new barrels you should be able to do it for less.

[Stanced_Volvo]

Cut more coils!!

Haha, maybe soon! Actually probably tomorrow


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[Stanced_Volvo]

Surely BC do some coilovers to suit one of these? They do them to suit almost everything else.

It's got potential....I always loved(and still do) 850R wagons, and you're right the 5cyl sounds awesome....it's the main reason I bought an XR5 turbo.

I think your estimate of needing to spend $3k on those wheels is way off. Even with 4 new lips and 4 new barrels you should be able to do it for less.

There is coilovers I can purchase, however I'm still working which I want to run, and because I **** waiting on deliveries trying to find the closest set, at the moment the main priority is these wheels

No I haven't done the new stud pattern just bolted on with one (not sitting on the ground)
As you can see just by how it looks there, I need atleast these specs
18x11 +18
18x10 +12 (fronts)

I made the budget 3k too allow for any screw ups, as I'm going through the whole process myself (not including powder coating)




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[Stanced_Volvo]

Today was a good day! As the summer heat is coming we finally had a cloudy day that I could work in, so bolted a stud up on these wheels!

Doh! The back of the wheel hits the wall of the well...without measuring yet I've come up with new specs too start building them too (will obviously get measurements and get everything worked out exactly to what I need) but for the moment here's what I've worked out
Fronts
Currently: 18x8.5 +45
New: 18x10 +12

Rear
Currently: 18x9.5 +45
New: 18x11 +18

Still on the hunt for coilovers! Will get these springs chopped tomorrow...









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[luculentfrag]

it's the main reason I bought an XR5 turbo.

[Stanced_Volvo]

it's the main reason I bought an XR5 turbo.

Can't beat the sound of an NA 5 pot


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[dharker]

Welcome! Its good to see some more p80s on here. Mine is also na and auto lol. As far as coilovers ta technix are the cheapest and can get you low from what ive heard but they dont ride to good. After that theres d2 and cx racing. Im sure you can go custom with bc but it wont be cheap. Other than that you can build your own coilovers using koni sport struts.
As for your wheel measurements if you plan on going low your going to need alot of fender work and tire stretch if you want to pull it off. If your good at fabricating parts you shoukd be able to work something out camber wise. Best of luck.

[Beware]

Your wheel measurements don't really add up. Taking some off the barrel and adding to the lip doesn't equate to the offsets you've come up with in those widths(even with a few different combos). How much are you planning to take off the barrel and add to the lip to achieve your desired widths? 10's and 11's will take some work, but anything is doable, as said above....fender work, stretch and camber will help, but make sure you work it all out prior to, otherwise you will blow out that $3k easily if you need to redo the wheels.

As for BC's, don't they do them off the shelf? If so, JustJap will have them to your door in less than a week, even if they've got to come from O/S. Mine for my E24 arrived in 4 days from wherever they're made(Taiwan I think).

[Stanced_Volvo]

Your wheel measurements don't really add up. Taking some off the barrel and adding to the lip doesn't equate to the offsets you've come up with in those widths(even with a few different combos). How much are you planning to take off the barrel and add to the lip to achieve your desired widths? 10's and 11's will take some work, but anything is doable, as said above....fender work, stretch and camber will help, but make sure you work it all out prior to, otherwise you will blow out that $3k easily if you need to redo the wheels.

As for BC's, don't they do them off the shelf? If so, JustJap will have them to your door in less than a week, even if they've got to come from O/S. Mine for my E24 arrived in 4 days from wherever they're made(Taiwan I think).

I understand what you mean with the wheels, basically a mate of mine seems to be this miracle wheel guy, he knows his shit, anyways that's what he said I can achieve and run, the measurements were just a guesstimate until I get the hubs re drilled
The offset will most likely be achieved with spacers if possible, however I'll leave that figuring out too my mate haha!

Yeah everything will be measured a hundred times as soon as I can bolt them on for exactly what I need!

As for coilovers I didn't think BC made them for it! But I'll give justjap a ring! If not I'm trying to find an Aussie supplier for koni struts and will diy coilovers


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[Stanced_Volvo]

Welcome! Its good to see some more p80s on here. Mine is also na and auto lol. As far as coilovers ta technix are the cheapest and can get you low from what ive heard but they dont ride to good. After that theres d2 and cx racing. Im sure you can go custom with bc but it wont be cheap. Other than that you can build your own coilovers using koni sport struts.

As for your wheel measurements if you plan on going low your going to need alot of fender work and tire stretch if you want to pull it off. If your good at fabricating parts you shoukd be able to work something out camber wise. Best of luck.

Cheers mate!
Basically once the wheels are fitted and we have our measurements I'll start ordering the goods, the plan is too use expanding foam to mock everything up and then for the first time in my life use fibreglass :')

These cars people don't look twice at, I'm in love with it as a daily, it'll hopefully shock the Aus car scene when it's finished and at its first meet!


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[Stanced_Volvo]

Update: sort of:
Bought a camera and getting used to using it so you guys can enjoy the full experience of quality pictures!
Currently I'm chasing the coilovers, I'll have pics of the wheels split that I've done in the next couple of days, but mostly need a tonne of low
Considering chopping springs as I don't go crazy as much as I used too


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[Stanced_Volvo]

So we sacked the rear end, the fronts are yet too come, we now have to modify the wells so we've cut the rear wheel wells out and will pretty much make air bags a massive possibility!

The world of fuel tank scrappage is real!
More to come!


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[thebornotaku]

Update: sort of:
Bought a camera and getting used to using it so you guys can enjoy the full experience of quality pictures!

big recommendations here man:

1. learn how to use your camera. Learn what the different modes do and how they effect the final outcome.

2. learn composition. all the megapixels in the world can't make a good image if you don't line it up and frame it well in the first place

3. a lot of what you're gonna shoot is gonna look like shit, this is totally normal as you're learning and don't get discouraged

4. shoot in RAW format, it gives you much more options for editing versus shooting straight to JPEG. 100% guarantee you every single picture you see that looks "professional" or really good is edited, even if you can't tell. subtlety in editing is hugely important.

5. Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop come together in a $10/mo subscription and are literally invaluable. Both are ridiculously powerful tools.