hey guys im new to volvos ive always liked them but never thought i would actually buy one .
went to a mates place the other week and theres a mint 1990 240 in the driveway, he bought it off another mate for $100 who bought it of the elderly original owner with one week rego for $300 ,,,, his mate thrashed it for a week then sold it to him who was going to put a pos commonwhore motor in it and turn it into a burnout car .... so i slapped him ,gave him $50 and took it away before it got destroyed ....
so now i own a volvo .
the car has 320xxxks but doesnt miss a beat, it is honestly the cleanest engine bay ive seen in years , every bit of rubber looks new,not a drop of oil ,dirt or anything else , it has all new leads,distributor cap,oil filter,air filter and the overflow bottle even looks brand new lol
i have noticed there is a nasty oil pan leak so i will need to do that and ill put in some new engine mounts and do a full service while i have the motor out
the paint is mint all round with only a couple small scratches that will buff out and a couple small dints , there is one spot of bad rust on the front drivers fender behind the bar but thats it .
interior is mint as well except for 1 tiny wear spot on the drivers seat
needless to say im stoked
i was abit of a wanker years ago and got done dui and speeding so lost my license for 5 years , its been long but i get it back next October so i have a year to have this car how i want it and ready for rego, im not going overboard atm just doing what needs to be done and a couple other things ..
im getting ready to replace all shocks and springs going with the lowered king springs in the rear and the dvs special springs in the front and replacing all bushes with the super pro poly bushes
unfortunately its auto so that has to change i was going to jump the gun and race out and get everything but after sitting down thinking about the long term goal i decided the auto can stay for now it runs well and has no noises changes good etc
i would like to go +T and t5 box in the future so theres no point doing the gearbox swap twice
for now ill freshen her up and keep it pretty stock other then the lowered springs .
now there is one thing i must change and need to pick your brains about ....
ok so after many hours staring at the volvo i have decided i absolutely hate the huge rectangle headlights and need to convert it to round ones ... ive researched heaps and have come up with i need to swap over everything and then ill end up with a gap where the bonnet meets the cowl ..this is not an option , my panels and paint are mint and im way to ocd to have a gap and way under qualified to fix that , so i found a thread on stanceworks about the Awful wagon (
http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51776 )
where he used the datsun 280zx projector headlights in a blacked out reflector ..so this is the way i would like to go, its cheap and nasty just how i like it .. my question is my reflectors are different to his , they are alot smaller with a huge plastic surround , what model did they come on and would i have any issues fitting them considering they are both the huge rectangle kind i figured they would just bolt in ... mine is the 1990 240gl and his was the 1990 245dl wagon ..
sorry for the novel i cant seem to keep things short lol
anyway names dave im down in wollongong on the south coast always up for a chat or a beer if you're down this way,
im pretty good at navigating forums so you wont hear from me much only if i get really stuck
heres a couple pics i took on the day ill take some more this week when i pull it out of the shed
cheers guys
