He's only gone and bought it !!

[Nick]

Bring on more photoshops, i want to see whats possible with a car like that ;D

[BenzBoy]

I reckon T5 alloys are nice, but not on an old car. I haven't seen many new wheels that look good on a retro. Ya need something with a bit of dishing going on! ;D

[Ken]

Those are 850R wheels rather than 850T5's

[KpMrJ]

Cheers for the comments and shopped pics, great insperation as always here.

Think I'm going the wide steelies/trim rings/whitewalls route. With a large whack from the lowering stick naturally ;D
Just gotta sort the wheels now and make a start on finding some springs, perhaps even some spacers as the offset is -20 and at 5x108 the patterns not that common !.

Now off to price those clear front light units.....................


J

[tonycocacola]

if you cant find any suitable springs try giving these fellas a bell-coil springs [phone].
theyve just sorted me out with a pair of 3 inch lowereds for the front of my benz.cost £110 all in and provided a fast,efficient and courteous service.which is rare these days. ;D

[Revolution 9]

Good buy!

Go on, turbocharge it! you know you want to! And put 16" T5 wheels on, we have a 940 2.3 with them and they're great!

[wagoneer]

I've just asked on www.volvoclub.co.uk and got a reply that suggests the T6 engine is a better bet. having said that, tuning what's already there is not that difficult either. A new cam is first on the list.



That's what I've done to my steels with 105/60/14s (thanks Rmad) and once lowered should look lovely.

[KpMrJ]

I'm liking the steelies /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

105/60/14 tyres is that meant to be 205/60/14 ?

J

[Peaches]

They look lush!!!!

Good call on the steelies, and pmsl @ the lowering stick comment!!!

[wagoneer]

KpMrJ said:

I'm liking the steelies /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

105/60/14 tyres is that meant to be 205/60/14 ?

J

Oh yes! 205's. Mind you, 105's might help in the wheel spin efforts....

I had some top roundabout fun 2 weeks ago though, in the wet. I'll bet the other drivers (safe distances) never thought they'd see a sideways 240 wagon!

[tonycocacola]

wagoneer said:

I had some top roundabout fun 2 weeks ago though, in the wet. I'll bet the other drivers (safe distances) never thought they'd see a sideways 240 wagon!

cool.
ive done this in a hearse ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Paul H]

Reminds me of a friend of the family used to have a 7 / 960 estate which he would drive at impressively high speeds along twisty country lanes - when I asked if he's ever had it sideways, he just looked at me and commented that the car weighed nearly 2 tons!!

I don't get the Amazon sideways that often, but it's so easy to do when pulling out of T junctions, especially in the wet. However, I have had it fishtailing on a twisty country road before (my first time driving it in the wet), which was rather worrying as the road was very narrow, with deep ditches on either side! My brother's computer was also rattling around in the boot....

A mate at Cov Uni had £300 worth of 760 saloon, and once he'd got used to it (his first rwd and also auto), he was throwing it sideways on just about every roundabout - the body roll and tyre squeal was hilarious, from full lock to full opposite lock as it went from understeer into oversteer ;D ;D

[GJM]

My dads got a Volvo S70 2.5 Turbo ;D ;D ;D goes like absolute and utter stink!

Also incredibly safe, their last S70 practicaly saved their lives when a Lambo Merchialago (however you spell it) and some modified Pug decided to play drag racing around a bling corner (safe to say there was nothing left of the Lambo larger than a wheel nut) another time a guy in a fiesta went into the front of the S70, his little fezzer was written on, Volvo just had a couple of scratches on the front bumper ;D

Stick a dock-off turbo in the thing, slam it to the ground and see how many subs you can fit in that mamoth of a boot!

[wagoneer]

tonycocacola said:

cool.
ive done this in a hearse ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

That's DEAD cool ;D