Go read your newspaper somewhere else!

[Vol242vo]

Cause my park benches are gone!

Before:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/B4Bumpers.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/100_3084.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/After.jpg
After:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/After2.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/After3.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/After4.jpg

Still need to clean them up a bit, and put on the airdam but a hell of a lot better than the commandos!

[Mblesso]

looking good!
now turbo time!

[242Bleek]

OH snap!!!!

[oldschoolvolvo]

very nice...thats on my to-do list as well (who knows when it will happen...ha) are you going trim-less?

[Dug strickler]

Whoa... Sweet!

[240Psycho]

you inspire us all!

A+ work

[Vol242vo]

looking good!
now turbo time!

I'm actually thinking about it... ;-)


very nice...thats on my to-do list as well (who knows when it will happen...ha) are you going trim-less?
For now yeah, I have the trim if I decided I want to use it. It's been on my to do list too I just had to wait for a nice set to arrive at my local JY. Let me tell my 242 just lost about 50 lbs!


Whoa... Sweet!
Thanks Buddy! I saw your 245 with the Pegs on all 4...looks damn SWEET!


you inspire us all!

A+ work
Why thank you SIR!

[ZyreX]

Looking good, but do I spot a small "glitch" on the back bumper against the fender? in the corner..

Anyways, looks great! We need more pics ;)

[manbeard]

Looking good, but do I spot a small "glitch" on the back bumper against the fender? in the corner..

Anyways, looks great! We need more pics ;)

the sentra?

[romantt8]

Wow, that made a hell of a difference. That looks amazing.

[945ti]

The "forever black" stuff IPD (and probably someone else) sells is fantastic for making the skinny bumper covers look really good and dark like your car.
Be warned, I HATE commandos, but the one thing they did get right was the trim. Skinny trim is a huge PITA. I think it is possible to make the commando trim work on the front. Haven't looked at the rear of a 78- 242/244.
Looks soo much better though.

[Vol242vo]

Looking good, but do I spot a small "glitch" on the back bumper against the fender? in the corner..

Anyways, looks great! We need more pics ;)
I haven't put trim on the back yet...other than that not that I'm aware of? More pics to come after I clean them up a bit.:-D


the sentra?
HA ha! Yeah it's a boring car but great MPG and runs PERFECT! Good winter car.


Wow, that made a hell of a difference. That looks amazing.
Thanks, I was surprised at the final outcome.


I think it is possible to make the commando trim work on the front. Haven't looked at the rear of a 78- 242/244.
Looks soo much better though.

That's exactly what I have done to the car, the front has the existing trim, and the back will be done this weekend.

[1stRaven]

wow, lovely car. nice work.

[suterman]

Looks very nice. I've always wondered what a 240 would look like if it had no bumpers at all, just smooth panels.

[GTJordan]

I always thought your car looked awsome, but somthing was wrong with it..... All of a sudden you've fixed it and it is a really really nice car. Its amazing what the bumpers have done to it!!

I've got some of those Voxx's on the way to my soon to be here 242Ti..... I hope they look as good on mine as they do on yours

Jordan

[blkaplan]

didn't you say you were gonna get rid of those ugly Voxx wheels?

[fivealive]

more pics! :-D

[Mesoam]

car looks good! but you really need to stop stealing signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vol242vo]

wow, lovely car. nice work.
Thank you!

Looks very nice. I've always wondered what a 240 would look like if it had no bumpers at all, just smooth panels.
I hope I completed one of your many wonders of life!:-P


I always thought your car looked awesome, but something was wrong with it..... All of a sudden you've fixed it and it is a really really nice car. Its amazing what the bumpers have done to it!!

I've got some of those Voxx's on the way to my soon to be here 242Ti..... I hope they look as good on mine as they do on yours

Jordan
Thanks for the compliment! Oh, I'm sure the wheel will look fine to you...but then you'll grow to hate them...sure there strong but the ugliness still prevails! :twisted:


didn't you say you were gonna get rid of those ugly Voxx wheels?
Yeah, I'm just not 100% sure on what wheels are going to replace them.

more pics! :-D
I will update this weekend after a good wash and touch up to the new hotness.

car looks good! but you really need to stop stealing signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, it's an addiction ever since I found my last name on a Street sign and took it. And my last name is Horton...

[Mr. Porter]

nice pics man, beautiful car. i got a sentra too

[Vol242vo]

More Pics...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/100_3096.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/100_3097.jpg

[DurableSwedish]

that looks loads better! you should put bumper paint/restorer on those things and get the R/W tail lights. that would be excellent!

[Vol242vo]

that looks loads better! you should put bumper paint/restorer on those things and get the R/W tail lights. that would be excellent!

Yeah I'll touch them up this weekend, if I can find red/white tails I'll snatch them up real quick! Wheres the pics of the 245 yo?:-P

[DurableSwedish]

dirty and stock :-p i've got a reserve weekend this weekend, so i don't get to play with the new car at all...:-(

[ferret]

Looks great.. maybe get those Voxx's powdercoated a dark gunmetal or black, if you can't find a replacement you like?

[kyle242gt]

Looks good. One of the many things I didn't get around to on my GT. :(

Is that freshy fresh paint on the window surrounds? Because I think it might look better blacked out now...

Makes me miss my GT

[945ti]

Is that freshy fresh paint on the window surrounds? Because I think it might look better blacked out now...

Makes me miss my GT

You mean the chromie trim on the windows? That is just that...chromie trim. I love the chrome trim on 70s 240s, especially black ones.
Then again, my taste in 242 colors is retardedly simple:
Black/chromie trim
(fresh)Silver/black trim
A volvo 240 is such a plain box that I really like how the beltline and window trim breaks it up. Otherwise I think it looks like an IROC with a black front end and such.

[Vol242vo]

Looks great.. maybe get those Voxx's powdercoated a dark gunmetal or black, if you can't find a replacement you like?

No, I'm looking at some BBS's, good thought though...


Is that freshy fresh paint on the window surrounds? Because I think it might look better blacked out now...
No the chrome trim is one of the best attributes about this car....it stays.


Thanks for all the compliments!

[Vol242vo]

So I had the day off today and got around to cleaning up the bumpers a little, still need to get some Back to Black. I also cut a half a coil out of my iPd springs in the front, I'll end up taking another half out this weekend. Enjoy!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/frontside.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/backside.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/back.jpg

...and a random interior shot...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Vol240vo/interior.jpg

[blkaplan]

Yeah, I'm just not 100% sure on what wheels are going to replace them.


http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=95343 :-P

[Jordan]

if that paint isnt too old, and if you would be willing to, i'd bondo in all the seams where the bumper meets the body, so its a nice smooth transition. then get them sprayed your body color. that'd be niiiice.

[DurableSwedish]

ah, you suck. I'm going to cut a coil off the front of my wagon this weekend too...pictures will be up soon ;-)

[Vol242vo]

ah, you suck. I'm going to cut a coil off the front of my wagon this weekend too...pictures will be up soon ;-)

LOL! I've heard that before, I'll be waiting for your thread this weekend...:-D