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D3LaHk
03-23-2009, 10:36 AM
Has anyone done it? it looks be be pritty cool and not to hard to do.

any pics would be nice

thanks
WeezilUSA
03-23-2009, 12:17 PM
Does not look very cool; cause there is a hole where the bumper used to be... Older cars worked better with bumper deletes, cause the bumper wasn't integrated into the body as much; I.e. 122, 140 etc
chirish1234
03-23-2009, 12:21 PM
maybe if you welded a piece of metal over where the bumper used to be? I dont really think it would look good though?
240T man
03-23-2009, 12:48 PM
Don't, it'll look like ****.
shellshock
03-23-2009, 01:24 PM
Don't, it'll look like ****.


+1, and be dangerous. Get a ole' Chevy and do it if you want a bumperless ride. http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/style_emoticons/default/a-farmboy.gif


Yo yo:

http://image.truckinweb.com/f/features/8107754+pinline_medium/0501_03z+1999_chevrolet_silverado+rear_bumper_view .jpg
Crazychopstick
03-23-2009, 01:33 PM
Rollpans are tiiiight.

Just not on the 240. there's a pic floating around of something similar to this.
golgothan
03-23-2009, 01:56 PM
Do it, it will be different.
JohnMc
03-23-2009, 02:13 PM
Fire up PS, see what it looks like.
grim reaper
03-23-2009, 02:59 PM
just look at suterman's 245...in his thread ive seen him without a rear bumper........will give you an idea without photo-pap
Mueller
03-23-2009, 03:01 PM
Has anyone done it? it looks be be pritty cool and not to hard to do.

any pics would be nice

thanks

Since you've done it per your post above, lets see pics !!!

I'm betting it'll be fugly, I know the front bumper delete is on a 240 !!!
D3LaHk
03-23-2009, 04:38 PM
from what it looks like once the rear is removed, it wouldnt look to bad, no pics, and i no it will need sheet metal to cover up the hole. Looks real nice on mk1/mk2 scirroccos VW... similiar body style...
Poik
03-23-2009, 04:54 PM
I remember a picture of a dark green 240, I think a 245 with this done and I thought it looked really good.
Forg
03-23-2009, 05:05 PM
Here's a progress-pic from when BRC was being painted the first time ... it's obviously not an end-product, but I'm having problems envisaging it working without a lot of panel-work.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k124/originalForg/VolvBackWithDoors.jpg
grim reaper
03-23-2009, 05:17 PM
i think the early pre 86 24x's will be able to pull it off ONLY if they are slammed to the ground :cool:

but if you delete the front bumper, then you loose that lip type look, like your holding your bottom lip out....hard to explain...
grim reaper
03-23-2009, 05:17 PM
god damned double post...
tjanson
03-23-2009, 11:21 PM
Some pic without a bumper, try to imagine no bumper shocks :).
http://www.rpi.edu/~jansot/nobumper1.jpg
http://www.rpi.edu/~jansot/no bumper.jpg
http://www.rpi.edu/~jansot/no bumper (2).jpg
http://www.rpi.edu/~jansot/no bumper (3).jpg

I think if there was any car it would look good on, it would be a pre '79. But even so it would be a stretch... I've thought about trying to put 140 bumpers on my '78... but it's a 240 gosh darnit.
It could look good maaybe on a newer wagon. They have that narrowing like the VW Rabbits that makes no bumper look good.
Edit: mmm Wabbit
http://www.reid.org/~dreid/Swallowtail/Gallery/rusty_rear_red.jpg
fige
03-23-2009, 11:32 PM
the black 245 with the front bumper delete/body kit and rear bumper delete.

Someone gotta have a pic
manbeard
03-23-2009, 11:46 PM
whats his name in the UK (i am having a HUGE brain fart) had pics of his 245 without the bumper. i think it would look like complete crap without it.
Poik
03-24-2009, 12:01 AM
Anybody have a rear shot of this car?

http://www.eric-o.com/images/other/widebody242.jpg
Vol242vo
03-24-2009, 12:25 AM
PS I did for Suterman:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/DSC04461.jpg
manbeard
03-24-2009, 12:48 AM
THATS who i was thinking of.

i think it would look good, but only if you shaved the front bumper too. the boxy-ness of the front of the car, though, prevents any good images of the aformentioned idea in my head.
McLovin
03-24-2009, 01:15 AM
A rolled bumper looks good on the back of a 245.
240T man
03-24-2009, 01:17 AM
Do it, it will be different.

And ugly, without thousands of dollars of fiberglass/body work. And dangerous, bumpers are required for a reason. 'Specially rear ones. You've got the gas tank back there.

Looks ain't worth dying in a fireball for, folks.
Tom760T
03-24-2009, 02:27 AM
142s
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb49/tom760t/DSCF0290.jpg
NotSoFresh
03-24-2009, 02:30 AM
yeah, thats it......:nod: