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240 air dam

Super1800GTR

Super1800GTR

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Took this off the front of a 1981 245. I've never seen this style on a 240 before. Almost looks like a rear valance. It's about 2.5" shorter than a regular air dam.

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That is very interesting. If nothing else it provides a great base to start building your own valence :)
 
Thats definately a front spoiler/valence.
I've seen a few of them before, though we didnt get them in our market.

Always on lower spec cars, so I guess its the front spoiler you have when you dont really have a front spoiler. :-P
 
ashvolvo said:
Thats definately a front spoiler/valence.
I've seen a few of them before, though we didnt get them in our market.

Always on lower spec cars, so I guess its the front spoiler you have when you dont really have a front spoiler. :-P
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yeah exactly, really barebones dl's got them sometimes. I've seen a few around.
 
Yeah, here in the states, it's an '83 DL only thing. In Europe and other non-North American areas, it was probably 1981-83. Think the main reason was because 1983 240DL's had non-vented front rotors with their steelies. Volvo doesn't recommend running a front spoiler on cars so equipped. Surprisingly, I've seen a couple '86 245's that came with steelies and had non-vented rotors.

-J
 
550 said:
That is very interesting. If nothing else it provides a great base to start building your own valence :)
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That's the plan..

245GT-Turbo said:
Yeah, here in the states, it's an '83 DL only thing. In Europe and other non-North American areas, it was probably 1981-83. Think the main reason was because 1983 240DL's had non-vented front rotors with their steelies. Volvo doesn't recommend running a front spoiler on cars so equipped. Surprisingly, I've seen a couple '86 245's that came with steelies and had non-vented rotors.

-J
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Interesting. It may indeed be a '83. Cars are always miss marked at the JY.
 
Yeah, my '83 DL originally had that air 'skirt', as I called it. I swapped for a proper air dam as soon as one became available and never looked back.
 
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