Official Nor-Cal's 90 745ti Thread UPDATED 1/2/04

[norcal dual745ti]

UPDATED:
Got the ipd springs in and my other goodies:
http://www.pbase.com/image/24749071.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/24749074.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/24749084.jpg

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Did the wheels and bumpers (black for now) today...

http://www.pbase.com/image/24369659.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/24369657.jpg

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This is the engine color im planing on going with... what do you all think? Im trying to go for the blue on the S60R's (IC pipes will be the blue color aswell):
http://www.pbase.com/image/24206799.jpg

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Finally picked up a 90 745ti that i've been looking for. Lets just say, I hellllllllla forgot how soft and squishy the stock suspension is!!!

144k miles... paint has some oxidation, bumper is very faded w/ some cracks... but runs awesome... may have a seal leak in the turbo (sometimes see a slight haze on accel, but not regularly)... but I got a deal on it, so all good by me!

Pics...

http://www.pbase.com/image/24178908.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/23964347.jpg

I will be going for a red/black look, black wheels, dark tint, black bumpers... etc...

Sparco Seats w/ 4pt harness:

http://www.pbase.com/image/23858573.jpg

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[noah244ti]

Wooo Wooooo!!!
Looks nice man :wink:
Now get to swapping suspension! :rant:

[Magnum TE]

yea thats another sexy volvo bro.

Drive it in good health.

[DoubleV]

Thats awesome!!! Great find Justin, I can't wait to see it arround town.

nice! I've been eyeing wagons of that vintage for my daily driver.

How much was the deal?

[norcal dual745ti]

nice! I've been eyeing wagons of that vintage for my daily driver.

How much was the deal?

asked for 3400... got it down to 2800. Basically I paid 300 for it... 2500 was from my insurance for the green one.

[Brickster151]

Looks nice bud- whats gonna happen to the 89' though :-(

Oh well, the future looks bright!

[Captain Bondo]

Looks great, doesn't seem that oxidized either- I'd probably hit it with a cleaner wax product or at most a glaze and call it good!

[norcal dual745ti]

Looks great, doesn't seem that oxidized either- I'd probably hit it with a cleaner wax product or at most a glaze and call it good!

Already hit it w/ some polish... cleaned most of it up... still a bit there. Once more should do the trick!

[mikep]

Wagons are soooo....wagon-y!

Rock on!

[yorkbrick]

Justin, nice brick I've got the same car. But, the dealer I bought mine from the tech stole the Hydra's. :-(
Suggestion, paint the bumpers and mirrors red.
Here's pic of mine. Payed $3g's for mine with 138k.
http://a5.cpimg.com/image/95/A1/25852565-3b04-02000180-.jpg

[norcal dual745ti]

Justin, nice brick I've got the same car. But, the dealer I bought mine from the tech stole the Hydra's. :-(
Suggestion, paint the bumpers and mirrors red.
Here's pic of mine. Payed $3g's for mine with 138k.
http://a5.cpimg.com/image/95/A1/25852565-3b04-02000180-.jpg

yeah, I was definatly tossing around the painted bumpers... for now I'll just spray em black w/ bumper paint for the time being since that faded bumper is so damn ugly!

[stylngle2003]

thats pretty pimp, justin...
ive always loved the 90+ 740s

now you just have to swap everything that is salvageable from the green one, and youll be set!


Billy

[240Psycho]

woah wait i know your old one went through a fence but why was it totaled or sold?

[norcal dual745ti]

woah wait i know your old one went through a fence but why was it totaled or sold?

Its parked next to the new one

[TRBO242]

Yeah player. sweet.

****... this one already looks better than your old one :wink: . Get some coilovers, and phat rims... swap all the ****e for the old one... and you're golden.

Maybe I should smash my **** through a fence :-D .

good job, look forward to seeing your progress. Now document the hell out of it like I know you will.

nick

[norcal dual745ti]

Yeah player. sweet.

****... this one already looks better than your old one :wink: . Get some coilovers, and phat rims... swap all the ****e for the old one... and you're golden.

Maybe I should smash my **** through a fence :-D .

good job, look forward to seeing your progress. Now document the hell out of it like I know you will.

nick

ofcourse I will be...

but no more fences for me... probably gonna get some hella 100w aux driving lights to make sure that doesnt happen again!

[240Psycho]

can those see through hills! lol
naw just kidding

i hope this car will turn out to kick ass, i like your old one a lot though


on a side note i am extremely happy i found another 242. a 78 i hope it in good shape then i can make a thread like this.

[TRBO242]

What??? those seats are DOPE!

who? what? where? how? why?... well I guess I know why :-D .

Those are what I call na-na na-nah!

nick

[norcal dual745ti]

What??? those seats are DOPE!

who? what? where? how? why?... well I guess I know why :-D .

Those are what I call na-na na-nah!

nick

Who? Me!
What? Sparco Sprint and 4 pt harness
Where? Still at Alan's [mynessa]
How? Personal Check
Why? Cause they're sweet and Volvo seats suck!!!

[stylngle2003]

frickin badass, justin!
those seats look like theyll hold you in well, might make entry and exit a bitch tho.


Billy

[Slonik]

Man, that is hawt. Looks beautiful.

What are you going to do with the old one?

[TRBO242]

thanks! how much did they cost you? I'm selling my corbeaus to my little brother. He's gonna put them in his mk2-16vGTI. I'm also getting sparcos.

nick

[norcal dual745ti]

thanks! how much did they cost you? I'm selling my corbeaus to my little brother. He's gonna put them in his mk2-16vGTI. I'm also getting sparcos.

nick

$350

hmmmm... I'd say, in about a month, the red one will be lookin pretty gnarly!!!

[norcal dual745ti]

BUmp, updated...

[TaTer ToT]

Cough cough coilovers! and which one are u taking to the show?

Jusitn,

[coldfusion21]

i want to know where you got those sexy volvo seatbelt pads. and how much if you dont mind :-D

[norcal dual745ti]

Cough cough coilovers! and which one are u taking to the show?

Jusitn,

*cough*I wish*cough* Maybe I could get some money from the insurance people saying I have a expensive radio... "my Rolex radio got stolen outta my car"... if they dont believe that... I'll say its a Clock radio!!!

... and its going to be the red one... lots of work... exactly a month away!

and those pads were on ebay a while back I think... those arnt mine tho, just borrowed them from a buddy to see how they'd look

[MikeHardy]

the seats are dope but blue in large ammounts does not go with red.

there;s a blue civic coupe at work with red recaro's, and it looks like a joke cause they just don't blend together well. if he's were say blue with red trim they'd be sweet,

just like your's would look good in red with blue details.

but yeah i've never seen a good looking 745 like that over here.

[norcal dual745ti]

the seats are dope but blue in large ammounts does not go with red.

there;s a blue civic coupe at work with red recaro's, and it looks like a joke cause they just don't blend together well. if he's were say blue with red trim they'd be sweet,

just like your's would look good in red with blue details.

but yeah i've never seen a good looking 745 like that over here.

Im just worried about too much red... dont want it to be overkill...

[norcal dual745ti]

[updated]

[Chigga 744SE]

Cough cough coilovers! and which one are u taking to the show?

Jusitn,

Cough cough, u must know where a set is available!!! plz hook me up!

[norcal dual745ti]

Bump

new pics back at the beginning

[TRBO242]

how you liken' those seats mang?

nick

[WeezilUSA]

Sick! I love it! Good work... I think you should paint that grill w/ the same stuff that you did the bumper.

[DoubleV]

Thats looking sweet! I can't wait to see it in person. All you need now is to get a really dark tint on those back windows.

[Hank Scorpio]

Hey, how about a THANK YOU for all the damn slaving away we did on that POS green one of yours.
thank you very much

hope you rot in hell






















































HAHAHAH just kidding bud, looks good!

[norcal dual745ti]

THANK YOU!!!!

and you'll still be recieving your second payment soon, in the form of FOOD!