volvo s70

[evertoconquer]

Wait, so you used the yellow metalcast paint on your projectors?

[dharker]

Wait, so you used the yellow metalcast paint on your projectors?

Nope i used the metalcast on my taillights. Its transparent, but if you keep adding coats itll tint the tailight darker red.

For the projectors and highbeams i used Krylon Stained Glass paint.

[evertoconquer]

Got it, been wanting to do this to my lights but didn't know what to use.

[dharker]

Got it, been wanting to do this to my lights but didn't know what to use.

No problem bro!

[dharker]

Getting closer to import alliance i decided to remove the yellow from my high beams, and paint the corner lights amber. I also picked up a rotary buffer to try my hand at paint correction.





For the corners i painted about 7 coats with tamiya transparent orange found in hobby shops, than cleared with krylon. Than it was wet sanded with 1000,1500,2000,and 2500 grit to remove the orange peel. Than buffed with ultimate compound, and polishing compound. I didnt take a pic when i finished though.

[Thate34Guy]

Hey what happened to the volvo, lets see some progress!

[Darkyoshi154]

Love the look! And what part of Georgia are you from?

[VanDamage]

I used to have an silver S70, it's cool to see someone doing one up. I loved those big exhaust tips on it! So out of character for a Volvo!

[dharker]

Love the look! And what part of Georgia are you from?

columbus,ga

[dharker]

Damn i suck at updating lol. sooo heres some pics from ia 2014. it was pretty epic, found some nice places to take pics on the way back.








on the way home from work one day i managed to hit a box on the highway and ripped my lip off. along with part of my bumper


after that i got tired of my flowmaster rattling and decided to chop it off and finally get some twin tips.




Decided it was time to change up the wheel color again. thought brown would look good so i rocked that for a bit.





Found more woodgrain at the junkyard, so finish up my interior.




along with more random broken or missing pieces that fell off my car.



got my thermometer to work again!
Not sure why i thought i was a good idea but i drove offroad a bit to take sum pics. managed to rip off my fuel line. patched it up for a bit until i got a replacement.


Both my upper strut mounts called it quits. so in came replacements.


got tired of looking at my dirty trunk floor. picked up some cheap wood flooring for a new trunk.

[dharker]

The brown was refreshing but it made me realize how much i missed the full polish.




After that i bought some style 5s off my brother. love the way they look. however i decided the style 5/rs has been done to many times on s70 so i traded them for a full set of style 19s( i already have a pair of 17x9 style 19s)





My car had other plans however. cause soon after that my master cylinder sprung a leak, my paint started falling off, my thermostat gave up, power steering pump stopped working, and my radiator started leaking. On top of that i managed to shatter both my cv axles within the same week. so i decided it was best to sell the wheels and focus on getting the car running good again.



Got both of the axles replaced. shitty autozone axles but they got a lifetime warrenty so im not complaining. ordered most of my parts. the master cylinder and radiator should be here this week.
also started doing some body work to prepare for paint.
also picked up some jewel headlights from the junkyard. ive been searching for these lights for about 2 years now.






Whichs brings us to present day.


Well now my plans for import alliance and sowo hopefully i finish in time lol
charcoal suede headliner and pillars
rear seat delete
partial repaint (same color)
aerocatch hood fasteners (some chick backed into my car so the hood doesnt close completely)
bumper quick release
side skirts
rear diffuser
new taillights (mine are cracked)
repolish wheels
wideband afr gauge
obx header
lower front
lower rear
front spacers
delete some stuff under the hood.
delete antenna
tsx-r projector lenses
We shall see how it turns out.

[dharker]

Got the master cylinder, repainted it black.

[dharker]

Ordered new shrouds for my projectors, 55 watt hids, and a strut bar. also got around to putting in my upper motor mount.

[dharker]

finished up the headlight overhaul.

installed the side splitters and pulled off the hood and bumpers for repaint

[SHOoff11]

I'm really enjoying this build, especially the wood grain touches.