I was thinking more grabbing a drink and talking shop, but if one so desires eating crappy food while watching dudes in speedos jump into water, then yes we got that covered too.Cass Bonita?
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I was thinking more grabbing a drink and talking shop, but if one so desires eating crappy food while watching dudes in speedos jump into water, then yes we got that covered too.Cass Bonita?
If you get time on your way home, I'd love to check out your work. And give you a proper Denver welcome.
Looks really good! I always wondered though, are you eventually planning to paint the rest of the car to match the engine bay or did you just decide to do it different for differents sake?
I am very jealous of you guys being able to make it to Ipd. When I get back to the states I will absolutely have to make it a priority for me. I don't have anything special but it would be really nice to be around some like minded Volvo nutbags. Car looks great btw!
I wanted a little bit of contrast between the engine bay and the rest of the body (especially knowing that it was going to be different paint regardless), but didn't want it to look all stance-fanboy-drunkwithaspraycan.
I was going for a darker grey and it ended up that the paint I chose had more green/brown to it than I had thought when I chose it. I probably wouldn't have gone with it if I knew that beforehand, but now that it's there I think it looks pretty good.
At any rate, if I get this car painted in the future (which is somewhat likely, but still pretty far in the future at this point) the bay will be painted at the same time. There is some bodywork needed in the rear, but for now I'm just going to focus on refining the overall setup to make it function the way i want as a driver's car.
This trip has given me some clarity for some next steps with tweaking the setup, but also has made me really grow to love this car. Driving through the Columbia River Gorge I had just a massive grin on my face as everything came together and was perfect--the car, the road, the scenery, and approaching the trip destination.
Do it! I highly recommend it... but maybe fly.
I'd be more than happy to show it to you, but we are planning on taking I-90 all the way back to Wisconsin, so we won't be passing through Denver this time.
I really need to get some skinny bumper trim.
Tucking the bumper is another option.
If you slot the holes on the bumper shock flanges, you can raise it up. And then to move it in just compress the bumper shock 1 to 1.5 inches using a press, then do a few tack welds just strong enough to hold it in place but weak enough to break in the event of an impact. This way you retain some of the impact absorption.