Well, since I've had this thing for a while, maybe I should start a thread.
I sold my P2 XC70 to a good friend down in California that needed a new daily.
Around the same time, another friend decided to buy a Tesla and was going to sell his 2000 V70R. Average miles, but well taken care of and had the transmission replaced with a NOS unit not that long ago. Perfect starting point. The very first thing I did was put some VSTs on it and lowered it a hair.
I was dailying it and really enjoying it for about a month.....
Guy was haulin in his bro-Tacoma and literally swiped the bumper straight off the car. Honestly it was pretty surgical. Somehow he clipped the bumper, but didn't touch the fender, hood, headlight or anything else. The downside is that cause it hit the backbar too, it tweaked both frame horns.
Grey works well in the PNW, it matches the weather most of the time. That wrap looks great and the lime green is a really nice change of pace from the usual caliper paint colors.
I just don't get the black wheel trend. Black for contrast against polished or machined features, sure. Maybe even black steelies with trim rings or some pinstripes to set it off. Dark grey is fine. But murdered out alloy wheels just don't do anything for me. If as-cast Torq Thrusts and Dow-7 coated Halibrands were good enough for grandpa, they should be good enough for us, by golly!
I was going to glue it on and then mold it in, but it was recommended that maybe I make a mold of the extension piece first so someone could just glue that part on?
Im sure you dont need any more ideas for things to build but once upon a time volvo offered extra pieces for the front air dam and bumper on 00 R's that go in the corners of the bumper and had naca ducts to supply air to the brakes......I would be ecstatic to see something along those lines fabbed up
A) I don't like the tips. They don't really "fit" the car. Also, they need to be adjustable (driver's one is crooked despite my beautiful fixturing). B) sound clip will come later. Maybe later today.
As is, it wouldn't be cheap. I used nice brushed U-bends and I probably paid more for the valve than I needed. Once I get a minute, I'm gonna start researching more cost effective pieces.
This ^^^^. The factory tip just looks like it was washed in hot water. I might need to just make something myself, but it probably needs to be ellipsoid. The pill shape doesn't work for me.
I think I might've left this off the list, but years ago I developed a special way to tint tail lights. Anything from super light (usually called and Atom special) to dark. I typically tint mine super light. It just takes a hair of the harshness out of bright red tail lights.
I did my personal set really light. It mostly just makes them look fresh and new. I did a junk set darker to use as displays.
You can kinda see in this photo that they look a bit darker indoors (have yet to wrap the bumper).
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