my first car* 1.4 1990 340 Carburettor Help Please!

[Speedy88]

Funky, I actually quite like it Adds a little character to the thing

[CBA]

there's not much that car cant do!
Tidy work... need people like that to run the country and things.

[valman]

heres a few ore random photos. (still no pics of how the amp is mounted though )
decided to play with the grill one day after giving her a good clean.
this was debadged any suggestions what should go here in the middle? i want to put a prancing moose sticker there of the shield type but there arent any 75mm ones on ebay at the moment :

then grille removed. didnt really like this, felt like there was too much space between where the grill was and the rad. check out that rot in the valance

now a few pics of the audio stage of it again. those red wires are called "industrial cable" i used these temporarily to hear what my 6x9s were like all wired in

they were then replaced with 1.5mm cable that came with my amp wiring kit!

and for the headunit: sony xplod something or rather, with ipod dock which is handy as my (cheap £10 cheap 160gig) ipod's headphone jack was stuffed so no good for AUX

i also fitted some decent phillips all weather bulbs that give off a yellow light

next jobs include:
painting the gray bits on the headlights black to get a better colour match to the grille. always wanted to do this but only recently got the paint to do it,
make a cradle for the ipod to sit on the blank plate next to the ash tray rather than just laying around next to the gearshift
and to get the auto glym polishing kit for free courtesy of my friend and really bring out whats left of the paint. starting to fade aroung the seals and edges now
and hopefully, if i pass my test on the 25th of june a mack with the lowering stick (finally)
thanks all!

[valman]

oh and white the grille was off, a sheet of mesh was laying around and some duct tape. so my friend thought it would be funny to give it the "drift look" while i werent looking

check out the sump guard

[volvosneverdie]

I am in favour of all of this, bar listening to Little Wayne.

[L14MNP]

I am in FULL agreement with Ben! Car's coming on a treat, but Lil Wayne FFS?! Autotune FTL. That brother gives hip hop a bad name!

[volvosneverdie]

I am in FULL agreement with Ben! Car's coming on a treat, but Lil Wayne FFS?! Autotune FTL. That brother gives hip hop a bad name!

Yeah. He gives hippy hoppers a bad name. Hes whack.
Bring back EPMD, BDP and other people whos letters dont make a name.

[L14MNP]

The ODB is down with OPP aint that right DOC from the LBC?

BTW Valman, don't diss the no-grille gang [members: 001 I do believe]! The deep aspect of it is what I like lol.

[volvosneverdie]

The ODB is down with OPP aint that right DOC from the LBC?

BTW Valman, don't diss the no-grille gang [members: 001 I do believe]! The deep aspect of it is what I like lol.

Yous wont be laughing if you hit a pheasant at 70.
Through the rad like butter.

[L14MNP]

lol. I will soon have an oil cooler and Kenlowe for it to smash. Bring it on!

/Hijack.

[Chris_C]

and for the headunit: sony xplod something or rather, with ipod dock which is handy as my (cheap £10 cheap 160gig) ipod's headphone jack was stuffed so no good for AUX

Better for SQ too, there's a hell of an impedance mismatch going from headphone out to line in. I do it in my other car, but it is much better using the dedicated lineout on the dock connector.

[magnumpi]

Super work there, i had the same colour carpet in my Beetle, so good choice


I've got some JBL's to go in my front door cards, they are also a bit orange, but found the door check strap was hitting the magnets when the door was closed, how deep were the back of your speakers?

Keep up the good work, oh the wheels look good in black, just don't be tempted to go near the bonnet with it

[Chris_C]

You need some genuine +10BKV point Volvo accessory speaker fitting brackets

Otherwise known as a bit of 18mm ply and an evenings mucking about

[valman]

haha thanks for the replies, as far a listening to lil wayne is concerned, it was on shuffle alright and it was the dubstep remix of a milli , i was testing the sub woofer .
the problem of suicidal pidgeons/pheasants put me off the no grill idea but it did look good with just the chrome trim i must admit.
the mounting depth of those speakers is 54mm it says, i had no problem fitting them there was another inch or 2 behind the magnet i think

and magnum, the bonnet is too good to matt black, WAY too good haha unless the car was pink and couldnt be buffed up i would go down the "satin" route

[Chris_C]

there was another inch or 2 behind the magnet i think

Did you try winding the window down though