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[shaun850]

Hey people.

I posted a few pic's of my car before with the black volan's and had said that I thought the car was toooo black.
The wheel's were desperate for a refurb and now they are done I thought I would post a few pic's and add a bit more about my pride and joy


The day I bought her and it was 100% stock:



Then after a while I got hold of some volan's which had bubbling paint so painted them black :



Before the V70 parts and lick of paint




I then got hold of a genuine R bumper.
Then I went abit V70 mad lol
I added:
rear bumper ( load's nicer )
door handles
rear light's
door rubbing strip's

Other little mod's body wise include binning the rear wiper & headlamp washers for that cleaner look, colour coding the trim above the number plate and throwing on some american spec indicator's & HID's.

I then had the front end and side's blown over and everything colour coded in the proces.

I had a custom exhaust made from DP ( 2-3/4inch which sound's lurvely
Currently being stopped by EBC disk's and ds2500's but the disc's are noisey and pant's.

I do have in the pipeline ( all fingers and toes crossed ) a monster tarox setup.

I have done the usuall poly bushe's top and bottom and by this time next week ( I hope ) she will sitting on nice fresh coilovers as the R suspension on there feel's a little tired.

Engine wise there is enough for 13.9 @103 up the quater in road going state ie no stripping out seat's as some do lol so she has the go.;)

Im sure there is more and I will update this thread as I go but I cant see me ever selling her.. the year I have had it has flown by ( with no issue's which is nice)




Here are some pic's with the newly furbed wheels..











Thing's to do :

Aquire the new brake's and suspension ( finger's and toes still crossed lol )
Get the grill to the bodyshop to be done the same as the wheels
Get the front trim filled where the front wiper's used to live

Might actually be happy then and start saving some ££ lol

thank's for looking

shaun

Edited by shaun850, 13 September 2008 - 20:35 .

[kez]

thats a nice one isn"t it ?

smashing stuff.

if it wasen"t for the sticker in the side window it would have been even faster  


kez

[y2blade]

very tastefull  

how straight forward is the rearlight swap?

Edited by y2blade, 13 September 2008 - 21:02 .

[shaun850]

y2blade, on Sep 13 2008, 09:00 PM, said:

very tastefull

how straight forward is the rearlight swap?

Couldnt be easier mate  2x 8mm nut's iirc but make sure you get the bulb holder's with your new light's

cheers

[y2blade]

shaun850, on Sep 13 2008, 10:03 PM, said:

Couldnt be easier mate 2x 8mm nut's iirc but make sure you get the bulb holder's with your new light's

cheers

thankyou...that's good to know

[walter leever]

nice car...dude

ilike it

walter

[irf]

really nice car

apart from the DP what else has been done to the engine?

that quarter mile time is very quick considering your terminal speed!

[d8nno]

really nice car looks wkd  

[bonelorry]

looks very smart mate, it looks totally different from the original for sale pic and for the better.

some nice touches go along way  

well done

Edited by bonelorry, 16 September 2008 - 17:02 .

[PEAKUNDER]

Great looking car....but where's the T5D5 sticker      ?

Jeff

[Robbijay]

shaun850, on Sep 13 2008, 09:33 PM, said:

Hey people.

I posted a few pic's of my car before with the black volan's and had said that I thought the car was toooo black.
The wheel's were desperate for a refurb and now they are done I thought I would post a few pic's and add a bit more about my pride and joy



thank's for looking

shaun

Hey, do you work for RISE? I went on a helicopter trip with them on Saturday (13th Sept), saw an aston in the car park but not your 850!

Edited by Robbijay, 17 September 2008 - 11:55 .

[T5RSteve]

That's looking great, I'm also happy to hear the rear light conversion is that easy as mine are faded!

I find the black ones look even meaner/better with the back windows tinted, hides what's in the back too!