Custom Volvo 240s?

[Kugglers]

I have a 1986 Volvo 240 Sedan. I want to make it custom. Who here knows where I can get a body kit, crazy paint job or something cool that could make my volvo look lower and faster?
Im all for the looks right now. No time or money for engine upgrades.

Let me know. Thanks.

[quinn_volvo]

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[9ine]

Um, if you have time and money for paint and body kits, you have time and money for engine work. Plus, its pretty hard to make a volvo look fast, cause most of the fast ones dont even look fast. As for making it look lower, maybe lower it?

[BLOWN240]

DO you want it to look Honda Civic fast, or like Musclecar fast?

that makes a BIG difference on where to get parts.

[shaved240]

Whats the point of making a 240 look fast when it isn't? Firstly I would say get some suspension parts first, then engine but last thing you should do is major cosmetic.

[SwedishBrick242...]

DO you want it to look Honda Civic fast, or like Musclecar fast?

Honda Civic and fast in the same sentence!?!? wtf? :???: Seriously though, those things aren't fast at all. I have yet to see a fast (street legal) Civic. My stock 242 DL with the dreaded M cam is faster.

I will now echo the same thing that others have said. If you can afford to make it "look" fast you can afford to actually make it fast. Its not that hard. Do your mods for you. Not for the benifit of others. You aren't going to get chicks with a car. (Not the kind that are worth it that is)

[Three Fat Tigers]

Just do a search and put in user name CoconutColin, he is the king of custom/body kit/crazy paint/cool/lower/faster http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Arthur]

Honda Civic and fast in the same sentence!?!? wtf? :???: Seriously though, those things aren't fast at all. I have yet to see a fast (street legal) Civic. My stock 242 DL with the dreaded M cam is faster.

I will now echo the same thing that others have said. If you can afford to make it "look" fast you can afford to actually make it fast. Its not that hard. Do your mods for you. Not for the benifit of others. You aren't going to get chicks with a car. (Not the kind that are worth it that is)
why do people always poop on hondas? i belive there are two sub 12 second street legal hondas in eugene.

[EvanSargent]

ditto, when I lived in Vancouver most of the time, I had a few friends with civics runing in the 13's and we are talking cars they picked up and fixed up for under $1500

[Vovo poser]

people poop on honda's because there is an abundant amount of rice on the streets these days. but yes i have seen several 10, 11, 12 second civics on oregon, and yes they have the slips to prove it.

[Hank Scorpio]

DO you want it to look Honda Civic fast, or like Musclecar fast?

that makes a BIG difference on where to get parts.


pretty much exactly.

Theres alot of things you can do... not much in the way of body kits, but you can:

cut the springs
get a trans am spoiler (or any variety of spoliers from numerous junkyard cars)
tint
paint is custom regardless find a good body shop
have the bumpers painted same color as the car
atleast 17" wheels, get adapters 25mm thick 5X108 to something like 5X114.3 if you can't find a FWD volvo wheel you like. 5X114.3 is a pretty common bolt pattern (for nissan and suby iirc) or 5X100 for VW. This will open almost limitless wheel options for you.
paint your calipers
Xdrilled discs
race seats (up to you what you want)
either clear turn signals or all red'ed out tails


what else? lol

[dabears]

pretty much exactly.

Theres alot of things you can do... not much in the way of body kits, but you can:

cut the springs
get a trans am spoiler (or any variety of spoliers from numerous junkyard cars)
tint
paint is custom regardless find a good body shop
have the bumpers painted same color as the car
atleast 17" wheels, get adapters 25mm thick 5X108 to something like 5X114.3 if you can't find a FWD volvo wheel you like. 5X114.3 is a pretty common bolt pattern (for nissan and suby iirc) or 5X100 for VW. This will open almost limitless wheel options for you.
paint your calipers
Xdrilled discs
race seats (up to you what you want)
either clear turn signals or all red'ed out tails


what else? lol


well doug! i think my saturday afteroon spray bomb will prove flawlessss :P

[SwedishBrick242...]

why do people always poop on hondas? i belive there are two sub 12 second street legal hondas in eugene.

Cuz the vast majority of them just end up going to ricers that put looks above all else. And they still look like crap. The fact is, Civics are cheap, reliable, economy cars that are not built to go fast.

btw, just how much money and "NAWS!!" did they put in those hondas to make them go that fast?

[Hank Scorpio]

Cuz the vast majority of them just end up going to ricers that put looks above all else. And they still look like crap. The fact is, Civics are cheap, reliable, economy cars that are not built to go fast.

btw, just how much money and "NAWS!!" did they put in those hondas to make them go that fast?

Thats funny cause volvos are:

Mildly expensive
mass produced
economy car
not made to go fast



hahaha go figure.

[SwedishBrick242...]

Thats funny cause volvos are:

Mildly expensive
mass produced
economy car
not made to go fast



hahaha go figure.


I know. Im a hypocrite and proud of it. I have no respect for ricers. I intend on making my car haul ass and look stock. Not look ass and haul stock.

[dabears]

Thats funny cause volvos are:

Mildly expensive
mass produced
economy car
not made to go fast



hahaha go figure.
that may be true. but they were thinking of us when they made em rwd :D

[240T man]

economy car

uhm...maybe by ****ed up california wealthy budget standards...


...but a car that sold new for 1989$28,000 is not an economy car...actually, adjusted for inflation, it's about the same as the new ones are priced...

[pcskater247]

what do u all laugh about hondas so much! :pow: i remember a few weeks ago in the races, i saw a 2000 accord' that race a porsche 911 turbo n tide! it was crazy the accord had turbo and intercooler it sounded crazy too!! so we should respect some of them

[adrianpike]

Holy thread ressurrection, Batman!

[the poi]

and all in the name of honda! :)

[nohbudi]

a porsche was racing a honda in a tide?...... whats wrong with a dragstrip? i figure the asphalt probably gives you better traction than wet sand...

[Hank Scorpio]

a porsche was racing a honda in a tide?...... whats wrong with a dragstrip? i figure the asphalt probably gives you better traction than wet sand...


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: no silly they were at the landuramat


obviously someone had a shirt with a 911 on it another with a honda... they put their quaters in at the same time and the honda won because he used Tide ;)

[spongemonster]

When you really think of it honda tuners aren't that much different than us. The main difference I see is the performance and style parts for their cars are readily available whereas ours are not. Think about it, if you are a punk kid wanting to do a car you're gonna go with what is easy right? The Hondas are easy that way cause most everything's been done so it's easy to foloow those footsteps. With our Volvos we are breaking new ground and trying crazy new ideas. We have the fabricate a lot of things so our cars aren't as popular and each is very different from the next. Hmm but yeah I prefer the rear wheel drive big comfy fast volvos myself.

Oh yeah and front wheel drive sucks (in my opinion :P)

James (ooo Volvo *drools*)

[kenneth rigney]

honda tuners aren't that much different than us. The main difference I see is the performance and style parts for their cars are readily available whereas ours are not. With our Volvos we are breaking new ground and trying crazy new ideas. We have the fabricate a lot of things so our cars aren't as popular and each is very different from the next. Hmm but yeah I prefer the rear wheel drive big comfy fast volvos myself.

(ooo Volvo *drools*)

c'mon guys those poor Honda boys probably never had the opportunity to own a Volvo, we can't rag on them if that's all they know :) besides I'd rather drive a Civic over a Ford Probe, hahaha.

I think the 1979 242DL with the single round headlights, flathood, commando bumpers, and 5 panel lights are one of the best looking cars around, or maybe a 1971 164. If you want it to look fast don't put a kit on it, most of what's out there is tacky looking. Start of with some rims, go to Americas tire factory and when they are done laughing at you spend a $#!+ load on 850 rims and wheel spacers so you can roll threw their lot and give them the finger, real slow like a good Volvo.

[Body Massage]

There is a big difference between Honda tuners and Volvo tuners.........weight


Most of us here are working on the older RWD Volvos of the 200 and 700 series correct?

heavy duty steel frame, cast iron engine.... Volvos tend to weigh quite a bit

Whereas Hondas happen to be made out of Aluminum and Tupperware :-P . That's right, you could build a honda with simple household materials, strip the alum. siding, take your mothers/wifes/roommates plasticware and whammo! a Car!

I was so pissed one day. I was driving my dad's 850-R to work one day, and a newer Honda Accord came up alongside me on the highway. He sat on my side for a while, so naturally when there's someone pissing me off on the highway I just increase speed. So the Accord does the same thing. Needless to say it ended up with me flooring it(kinda scary in an R) And I was barely pulling away from the guy. And all the Accord has is a 16 Valve Four-banger. I had a whole cylinder and a turbo on the guy. All I can imagine is weight. Now that is a significant advantage over us.


Now the town I live in Ricers don't tend to be too too abundant. It's the idiots with crappy Monte Carlos, even crappier Mustangs, and yet crappier still Iroq Z-28s. Cars that barely squeek by inspection kids buy for 2-5 grand and don't even have enough money to fix the brakes.

[SwedishBrick242...]

I live in a city that is full of rice and general crap. They all make the same farting noise and all of them have no power to back up their 'modz'. I don't know where you guys are seeing these 10-12 second Hondas (NSXs dont count. Thats an exotic) But I dont know of any Civic that can do a 12 that is still street legal.

Have any of you that are talking them up actually driven one? They are painfully slow, and if you throw them into a corner, they understeer like a mother****er. I can't stand FWD. I really cant. And every time I see a Civic with a wing, body kit, 19" rims, excessive amounts of stickers, 4" or greater exhaust tip, dual exhaust tips, and/or ugly ass interior mods, I want to kill someone.

And I really take offense to those who compare me to those scum. I am nothing like them. I do my modifications for me. I dont give a **** what anybody else thinks. Ricers' primary goal is to make their car "look fast". I want my car to actually be fast so I enjoy it. If I wanted to "get chicks" (a common, and the dumbest, argument used by ricers) I would not make my car look "unique" by doing that crap. (Its not unique if everyone does the same damn thing) :rant:

[Vovo poser]

there is a difference between a japanese import car enthuthiasts and RICERS. but too bad only 5% or less of the "modified" hondas ect are that, the rest are Riced out so bad it makes me sick.

[SwedishBrick242...]

there is a difference between a japanese import car enthuthiasts and RICERS.

This is true, and I recognize that. The thing I mostly have a beef with is those who primarily go for looks over performance. These same people then claim that their car is the greatest thing ever and that your car is slow and "low tech" (whatever the **** that means). I am all about doing things for myself. **** everyone else.

You can see more of my arguments and viewpoints on this in my cardomain guest book. I haven't updated that site in so long though. I got sick of argueing with the incompitant ricers. I feel kinda bad not responding to the other posts though.

[Unregistered]

I like the heavy Volvos, t-bone a civic in one, and your drive the Volvo home and wash ricer off the grill!

[Vovo poser]

every time i smoke some poser ricer, they get the weirdest look on their face, like they think they shoulda won, AHAHAHAHAHA volvo's rule! I like how even if your volvo looks Modified, others still think its a another soccer mom car, thats the best part!

[BLOWN240]

I like how even if your volvo looks Modified, others still think its a another soccer mom car
Thats funny... for some reason I never get that with my car?:???:

[Addicted242Boost]

Thats funny... for some reason I never get that with my car?:???:

unless your the soccer mom from hell..

Eventually people will think something is up with your Volvo and will not race you. Guy in town here (9ine) couldn't get any races in becuase people knew about the "baby blue volvo" and fear it. Then when you pop your hood and show them whats inside and tell them all you have is a 10$ boost controller made from home depot, running 14+ lbs of boost, they are like wtf? Majority of the hondas are rice, select few (ones that look stock) are the fast ones. These guys are cool because they are again like us, out to kill visual modders. So the next time you think rice, think again. There are mustangs, neons, hondas, and many other cars that are not necessarily Japanese but are visually modified that lack any kind of performance upgrades.

[Vovo poser]

when i told a group of ricers i was running 15 pounds, they were like WTF?!?!?! 15 pounds?!?!Volvo?!?! TURBO???? One day people will fear me! lol i hope. haha such a sleeper, for the moment at least.

[Addicted242Boost]

when i told a group of ricers i was running 15 pounds, they were like WTF?!?!?! 15 pounds?!?!Volvo?!?! TURBO???? One day people will fear me! lol i hope. haha such a sleeper, for the moment at least.

Honda guys are use to running high compression. If they know their stuff and you tell them 7.X:1, they will understand.

[Chigga 744SE]

I live in a city that is full of rice and general crap. They all make the same farting noise and all of them have no power to back up their 'modz'. I don't know where you guys are seeing these 10-12 second Hondas (NSXs dont count. Thats an exotic) But I dont know of any Civic that can do a 12 that is still street legal.

Have any of you that are talking them up actually driven one? They are painfully slow, and if you throw them into a corner, they understeer like a mother****er. I can't stand FWD. I really cant. And every time I see a Civic with a wing, body kit, 19" rims, excessive amounts of stickers, 4" or greater exhaust tip, dual exhaust tips, and/or ugly ass interior mods, I want to kill someone.

And I really take offense to those who compare me to those scum. I am nothing like them. I do my modifications for me. I dont give a **** what anybody else thinks. Ricers' primary goal is to make their car "look fast". I want my car to actually be fast so I enjoy it. If I wanted to "get chicks" (a common, and the dumbest, argument used by ricers) I would not make my car look "unique" by doing that crap. (Its not unique if everyone does the same damn thing) :rant:

I know plenty that runs in the 11s.

I actually sometime just want a car that looks good, even if its slow as ****, thats fine with me, just a car to drive around and knowing its slow so it won't get you into trouble.

[Vovo poser]

Honda guys are use to running high compression. If they know their stuff and you tell them 7.X:1, they will understand.

True, but they were Suprised that i even came out in my VOLVO, they looked at it like a POS.

As for my import taste's i like the exterior styling clean and mild, nothing to extreme looking. Id like to do the same aproach with my car. With the limited options, for exterior styling on volvo's it leaves alot of options to get real creative.

[Mblesso]

As far as Neons go, I hate them on basic grounds, but when this retard with spiked hair with blonde tips with upside-down-sideways-yellow visor pulls up next to me in this "pimped out" neon aka ugly body kit and exhaust tip on ugly a$$ pos car, I always laugh at them and say "its okay matt, you are not the only one who laughs, they all laugh at him, EVERYONE!!!!!" and then I laugh really loud and am happy with myself.
:rofl: :rofl:

[hockey930]

If you can buy an exact fit cold air intake from wal mart for your car then it probably sucks. civic.......
Eamonn

[SwedishBrick242...]

If you can buy an exact fit cold air intake from wal mart for your car then it probably sucks. civic.......
Eamonn


Good rule of thumb there

[spongemonster]

I will admit I dislike a lot of "ricer" cars that are tacky. I do like the look of a car that has a nice balanced heavily modified look. I don't prefer stock bodies and stock bumpers with factory rims. That said it's my opinion and they are entitled to theirs. There is a neon in town I really dislike cause it has a huge wing and crappy decals (really bad ones) from canadian tire and everything else except the altezza tail lights is stock. I think it's awesome that the car's owner was balsy enough to make a car I consider grotesque. I hate the drivers who are all full of themselves not the cars they drive. Get that part straight cause all I hear from you guys is blah drivers blah drivers not blah car was crap the guyt driving it was cool or whatever. Respect a person's own preferences. Just cause you don't like it doesn't mean that someone else doesn't and your opinion isn't so damn important anyhow.
James (hmm fuming anyone?)

[Slobodan]

and a newer Honda Accord came up alongside me on the highway. He sat on my side for a while, so naturally when there's someone pissing me off on the highway I just increase speed. So the Accord does the same thing. Needless to say it ended up with me flooring it(kinda scary in an R) And I was barely pulling away from the guy. And all the Accord has is a 16 Valve Four-banger. .

wait I thought newer accords had V6's in them. yeah civics are light crap. I went to a weigh station, weighed my GT It turned out a 3200 with me in the car. and all my tools and all my stereo system without all that crap my car would probably weigh around 2800 or 2900.
But as I was leaving, a Honda Civic pulled in, and it weighed in at a whooping 1600 I couldn't believe how light that crap is. So I got to wondering, Hmmm a stock B21F should make that Civic haul way more ass than any honda motor could. But the second you flip your car off the road from excessive speed you'd die.

[Body Massage]

wait I thought newer accords had V6's in them. yeah civics are light crap. I went to a weigh station, weighed my GT It turned out a 3200 with me in the car. and all my tools and all my stereo system without all that crap my car would probably weigh around 2800 or 2900.
But as I was leaving, a Honda Civic pulled in, and it weighed in at a whooping 1600 I couldn't believe how light that crap is. So I got to wondering, Hmmm a stock B21F should make that Civic haul way more ass than any honda motor could. But the second you flip your car off the road from excessive speed you'd die.

It actually could have been a V6, which would have made more sense. And the poor 850R hadn't had it's yearly tune-up yet. But still, the car that I've blown so many ricers and modern 'muscle'-cars away with should have done better.

[kenneth rigney]

I can't take it anymore, I admit it I have a cone filter intake and steel braided hoses on my 740 Turbo! And I drive the speed limit. :( I need help, all I ever wanted was a cool Volvo, LOL.
My wife has a purple Dodge Neon DOHC, It is a peice of crap, I'll trade it for a 940, anyone?

[mAydAy]

Try it with my 850R, he wouldn't have stood a chance (20psi is SCARY FAST.)
There are some fast Civics and Neons (Even some stock neons - cough srt-4 cough). But I also know some of the Civic guys, even with fast ones, are still somewhat ricer-esque. I think of one guy I know, surfer boy try to be real cool sorta guy, the highlighted blonde hair, tries to be all tough and cool and all that. But the fact is: His car is fast, whether hes a little bastard or not. He ran 13's.....then turboed it. He's in 12's street trim, low 11's high 10's for track now. However much I dislike that stuff, I have to admit, thats FAST.
-Andy