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  • Ride Name 1991 Volvo 200-Series
  • Make Volvo
  • Model 200-Series
  • Year 1991
  • Published 1/10/2009 1:56:00 AM
  • Horsepower -1
  • 0-60 Time N/A
  • Weight -1
  • 1/4m sec N/A
  • Torque -1
  • Top speed -1 mph
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cbevis’s 1991 Volvo 200-Series

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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    240 owners...remember the first time you opened the door to your car and had it rebound into your leg....crushing the door pockets with the cup holders in them?  That was a sad day wasn't it? Both my door pockets are gone...and I'm keeping it that way.  But more importantly, my e-brake cover is gone too.  I wasn't so upset that the e-brake cover was gone so much as the cup holders though.  Now Volvo....again, in their infinit wisdom....decided to release an armrest cup holder in Europe but neglected to do so in the States.  Granted, finding one on e-bay isn't hard but you're still going to pay $160 for it and it'll probably be broken.  So, I made my own
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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    In the first page you can see how haggard the tail lights were.  The soldering to the PC board was a good bandaid but something had to be done a little more permanently. I pulled the wiring harness out of another sedan for the color coded wire and proceded to wire each individual bulb socket.  Nothing all that picture worthy...but while I was at it I decided to make ALL of the bulb sockets do something instead of the standar American verssion wireing.
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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    IPD sway bars on both the front and back!.......and the realization that I'll be needing a new exhaust well before the V8 converssion....lol. It's a '91....so there are/were a few things wrong with it.  To start with, I had to repack both front hubs, rehang the exhaust, tear out that anoying heat shield that rattles on every single 240 in existance, COMPLETE brake job...they were so bad it was almost criminal. and fix the tail lights.  Some previous owner genious decided that instead of fixing the bulb sockets he/she was going to re-wire them.
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    I went with the Infinity Kappa 42.9i 4" speakers on the front channel.  I used to have them on the rear channel as well because that's the "Recomended" size.  But they don't make a good mid range speaker so i replaced them with the Infinity Reference 5022i 5.25" speaker.  I'd like to have gone bigger but they simply wouldn't have fit right.  As it is, they sound great!  However, I need to get them on an amp.  In order to use both of these speakers I had to make a 1/2" spacer ring out of MDF.  Not all that technical....but kind of stupid of Volvo to have required such a tiny speaker to begin with.
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    no color coordination, crappy aftermarket bulb sockets and way to many grounding wires.  Funny story, I got pulled over at 2 in the morning after a rough night of partying because of a "flickering tail light."  luckily, i'd stopped "partying" hours before so I was let off with a warning.....BUT, a little pee in my pants was none the less involved after the incident and it prompted me to buy new tails.
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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    240 owners are familiar with the "Mystery Switch" right above head light dial on the dash.  If you're lucky, it actually still works and turns one of the left tail lights on for better rear end viewing.  Well, that's just silly...we all have the same tail light configuration...why not make the oposite lens light up as well?
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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    Plywood looks like crap so i fiberglassed it and painted it.  I went out to the auto parts store and bought that weird Crinkle Paint stuff.  It's supposed to make it look like dash board material.  It's alright.  It's kind of a strange paint to apply to a surface though.  You need to apply it really thick ever 5 minutes.  What the instructions don't tell you though is to only apply it to ONE surface at a time.  It runs just as much as any other paint.
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    cbevis Nov 14, 2013
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    This took some doing....These are the subs that were in the Cavalier.  They're older than dirt and only sound good anymore if weather permits.  But, they still do their job well enough.  Anyhoo, that space theyre sitting in is 3/8" shorter than the box was so I had to cut the box down.  I wasn't too concerned how it would affect the sound of the subs because I only ripped 72 cu inches off....that's not even enough volumn to tune a box 1 hzt.
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    Now, I searched and searched but could NOT locate the connector for this wire harness....so I did a little creative soldering and now I shant be pulled over again.Couple other particulars before I send you on to the next page.  I hate Volvo wheel covers.  They're the most unimaginative pieces of aesthetic crap ever. so I repainted the steelies black and put my old chrome rings on.
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