Volvo 850 lowered.

Can't remember if I posted this one here, speaking of Volvo's. I kit bashed the Tamiya street version wagon with the racing sedan to make a street sedan. I had to cut the front end of both models just below the grill in order to put the stock one on the sedan. I used the sedan's chassis with the lowered suspension and put S2000 wheels on it. I modified the stock interior from the wagon to fit the sedan. The green paint is custom mixed from Testors Boyd's paints and top coated with Gunze B501 clear. The interior is dark gray with cream carpet.
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nice volvo, mabe add a wing, (i dunno im new) lol

Very nice as always. I love that color :eek:

Now that's a Volvo I'd drive!!:cool: :cool:

You chose nice color. 'cause I think there are few cars which fit for green color.
and S2000 rims also suit to the car.
great job! :)

Now that looks sweet! I love the color on that Volvo and you sure don't see these everywhere! great job.

Looks really good but u should take the honda logo off the wheels (i think i see one on there)

Great job. Nice and clean....I really dig the green color.

nice volvo!!

which company makes that model?!

Originally posted by Veyron
I kit bashed the Tamiya street version wagon with the racing sedan to make a street sedan.

I love Volvo.:cool:

Nice work. Nice colour and shine.

WoW looks very good indeed. I think if you add some Decals its going to look like one of those dtm volvo's :)

whoa.. for a few secs, i thought it was real, even after seeing eveyones things on AF for a while now. Superior Shine!

Nice looking job.
Only thing i'd like to see would be some black around the windows.

:) Now thats a cool Volvo!!!

Nice!

Very nice job Brian!

Great job on the Volvo Brian, excellent work at blending the 2 kits into one, nice color too :cool:

Originally posted by primera man

Only thing i'd like to see would be some black around the windows.

But what if the window rubber on the 850 isn't really that visible?

Originally posted by chaos
:) Now thats a cool Volvo!!!

WORD!!!

:D :D :D

Originally posted by primera man
Nice looking job.
Only thing i'd like to see would be some black around the windows.

Thanks all! The 850 doesn't have much, hardly any on the sides except for weather strips.

Nicely done

Ohh man, I can't believe I missed this thread :eek: That Volvo looks SOO nice! :eek: Very good work, very good style, I relly like it! :)

i want to do the same thing you did, but withought the drop, and using the stock 850 turbo colomba rims. can you give more details about how you modified the two kits?

thanks

Originally posted by 850turbo
i want to do the same thing you did, but withought the drop, and using the stock 850 turbo colomba rims. can you give more details about how you modified the two kits?

thanks why didnt u just PM him instead of bringing up a 3 month old thread :confused:


Josh

WOW! Cool job.

Am I correct in assuming that you grafted on the rear section from the Tamiya BTCC Volvo saloon onto the road going Estate version?? Or is that a complete kit made by somebosy I'm unaware of?

Originally posted by tonioseven
Now that's a Volvo I'd drive!!:cool: :cool:


:eek7: Ok, I have to admit it is a pretty awsome MODEL, but I'd never drive it.....:D

why wouldnt you drive it? its got 222 hp stock, and will smoke a Z3, 330i, 530, any accord or civic, and even a 300zx twin turbo (dont ask me how i pulled that off, its a miracle)

um, sorry, i never thought to pm you. i should have though

Don't worry about PMing, I never saw this car, and now I have. You did good in my book!

Great car. Love the conversion, flawless, no sign of the work at all. The color and rims look outstanding, though I'd've never guessed it if you showed the the bottle and told me your plans with the S2k rims.

Wow, this is an awsome Volvo! We have plenty of tuned Volvos here in Sweden and these are good for references. Now, are you going to build an T5 R of the excisting parts? They sure look nice in yellow as a model.

Wow, this is an awsome Volvo! We have plenty of tuned Volvos here in Sweden and these are good for references. Now, are you going to build an T5 R of the excisting parts? They sure look nice in yellow as a model.


mmmmmm, T5 R. what a beautiful car, not to mention an awsome performer. i really wish i had one of those, but my car is still plenty fast :smile:

...even a 300zx twin turbo (dont ask me how i pulled that off, its a miracle)...

Because he wasn't racing you. :wink:

Because he wasn't racing you. :wink:


ok i take back that it was a twin turbo, i dont know that for sure. I do know for a fact that if was turbo however it may have been a single smaller after market turbo.

and he most definitely was racing me, he reved his engine at the red light, and looked over at me to challenge.

and once it turned green, we literally stayed right next to eachother untill about 90 mph and at that point i slowly started pulling ahead, at about 110 i had a car length on him. at this point he bugged out, and started slowing down.

if he wasnt racing me he wouldnt have been going 100+ in a 35 zone right by my side. he also probably wouldnt have red lined it through every gear or reved his engine at the red light...

Usually Volvos are boring and ugly (real ones), but your is very cool. brave colour to chose, but it works well :thumbsup:

aha~You make me interested in this car! :biggrin:

That looks awesome! I like the idea of turning it into a street sedan, Tamiya should of made a street version of the sedan anyway. I think you should ditch the wheels for something else though, some 850R type wheels would look awesome!

The color is very different. Nice job.

Very nice job...
Its good to see something different (car and colour) on the forum..
I like the grey trim on the bumpers, really brings out the colour.
Good work.