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10-19-2010 #1
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Got Volvo?
I ran into one of these a year or two ago and have been intrigued ever since. I have a low KM toyota/lexus 1uzfe aluminum V8, and I've been looking for something to put it in for a couple years. So finally I thought....how about one of those volvos. Looked on craigslist and there was one for sale for $1000 2 minutes from my house. I went to check it out, and he said he would take $500...done.
Now I have an old car, with old suspension and not much for aftermarket support other than brakes and sway bars. So it had to go, not to mention i needed a few things to make my motor run. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to get a complete lexus, and stick it under the volvo body.
well here goes....
I found a complete running lexus that needed a VI for $900 ....
I want something light, fast, handles good, super reliable, and weird.
I think I got it all:
Sick smoke show:
turned that into this in a couple days:
cut out the whole rear drive train and floor pan:
Built a little subframe to match the width of the inside of the volvo rockers and to keep everything together.
Had to shorten the lexus 3" to get the wheelbase perfect:
More trimming and now they are one!
I am going to get the body dropped even more and build some fender flares sort of like this guy:
Mini update, had a few hours on it.... managed to get it about 2.5" lower with dropping the body more. Next up is levelling, squaring, and basically making sure the body is back where it belongs.
I had some help :
After a couple week delay I got to here:
I have been really debating what to do for flares etc, and i hate the super high positive offset wheels on there.
These are some wheels I bought years ago that are doing nothing....
18x9.5 and 18x8.5 both +35 offset....If I have to get flares....I might as well get flares and build this thing to fit some tires. rears are 265 vs the stock lexus 205 or 225 whatever they were. Plus if I go this wide there is still room on the inside of the wheel to go in so I could in the future get some 11" wide wheels and some really fat tires if required as well as letting me fit almost any wheel style, the previous method only allowed me tuner type wheels.
Keep in mind this car is still jacked up like a 4x4 and it will be coming down 2" lower with coilovers and the flares will tuck the wheels nicely. So in total I have to cut 4" of the fender out to allow for 2" uptravel at its destined ride height.
Onto the fenders, I went with pulled fenders, i just tacked the factory arch on to see what it would look like. I will find an arch off of some car at an auto wrecker that is about 2" wide and a bit bigger diameter.
I am going to alter both the curve of the pulled fender and the remaining curve on the body to make one gentle curve and blend it right in.
Im pretty excited about how its going to look.
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10-19-2010 #2
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And last night I started glueing it back together:
I ended up shaping a piece of plywood to make a mold to hold the sheet metal where i wanted it and forced it into position with various lengths of 2x4's on the back side. It worked really well.
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That is so cool!!!!!!!
Wow. That fender flare looks great, Wanna do that to the rear of my falcon?My build thread: https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...ing&highlight=
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LOL sure if i can stay at your house all winter.
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haha, I bet its cold in canada, but we had rain last night in san diego! brrrrrr. come on down, my garage is pretty warm I even have a TV.
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super cool. love the flares. awesome to see something wayyyyy different
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Cool project! Keep tossing out pictures!
Robert
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10-19-2010 #8
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Great idea. I knew those Lexus' had a use. The door hinges on the Lexus are a piece of art. Check them out.
Great job...
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Yeah, right on! That's what I love to see!
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10-19-2010 #10
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Too cool!
How did you determine the dimension between your vertical slices?
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WHAT?!?!!?
this is....AMAZING!!
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This project is a monster! I can't wait to see more, I love it.
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Signed on. Looking forward to lots of pics on this build!
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Well its a complex algorithm of simply winging it. :P
Originally Posted by COPO-RAT
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Originally Posted by formula
Ya I hear that a lot....lol
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Yes yes yes!
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I want to see this thing.. :D
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COOL Project!!
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niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Sick build. Keep it up.
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