Welcome to my page! This is Oskar the Volvo. I purchased him in June of 2000 in California and have since moved to Boston for graduate school. Most of the major upgrades will have to wait until the student loans are paid off and I move out of the driving Hell that is Boston. Crappy roads and worse weather kill suspension upgrades and wheels.
SportWagons are great sleeper cars, and modded Vs have been known to eat other more "fashionable" cars for breakfast. My goals with this Volvo were to make a great driving car with a sporty spirit, but avoid the stapled-on upgrade kit crap. Maintaining the inherent Volvoness is also a must! TurboBricks rock!!!
Upgrades so far:
Pioneer FH-P5000MP double-din CD/MP3/cassette head unit
Infinity Reference series 2ways
4" in the dash
5 1/4" in the doors (with Dynomat Extreme)
3.5" in the rear pillars
Infinity Kappa 80.1W 8" sub (a rare find these days) in a custom built box in the rear.
US Acoustics 2050 160watt bridged amp
Pioneer 6 Disc changer in the spare wheel well
IPD rear antisway bar (with factory recall replacement stanchions)
Color-matched lower trim
Black painted custom grill
IPD rear wing
Eaglite Xenon headlight bulbs
R emblem adds 30hp
Future Upgrades:
UPsolute ECU upgrade
IPD exhaust
Front strut tower brace
window tint
Konig Tantrum style 17"ers and new rubber
Koni shocks and IPD sport springs
CDT or Elemental Designs set of compenent speakers for the front
Elemental Designs 8" 9Kv.2 subwoofer
The black grill looks much better than the stock fake chrome look, IMHO.
The color matched lower trim gives it the dropped look, at least until I can get sport springs.
The IPD wing lifts the look of the ass.
GO SLO CYCLING!!! Dots RULE!
Page 1: Exterior shots
Page 2: Upgrades and Sound System install
