Euro-ish Look?

dubstep · Post by **dubstep** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:32 am

personally I'd rather that power be available at 2000-5000rpm rather than 7500rpm onwards.

A fair point but the thing with the vtec is the car will use next to no fuel if driven sensibly. However, if you redline each gear you stay in vtec so the fact that it is late in the rev range makes no difference. Once you are throuigh 1st gear you are away and looking at allot of other cars in your rear view

On a slightly different note, i just served a customer and they owed me Ã‚Â£4.80

dubstep · Post by **dubstep** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:36 am

Gave mine a "Dutch" USA-spec look:

Little USA-spec plate, orange DRL lights, orange lights and a kmh/mph speedo plate.

Its all about the orange lighting! JDM look

or possibly the french look with some yellow lights?!

chriskay · Post by **chriskay** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:31 pm

For anyone interested in a bit of bling, have a look here.
http://911sport.co.uk/showroom.php?pid=215

There's a rather nice car under there; I drove one a few months ago.
Now, anyone for a chrome wrapped 480?

Auk · Post by **Auk** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:01 pm

dubstep wrote:
Gave mine a "Dutch" USA-spec look:

Little USA-spec plate, orange DRL lights, orange lights and a kmh/mph speedo plate.
Its all about the orange lighting! JDM look

or possibly the french look with some yellow lights?!

Yeah, and I forgot the red sidemarkers. I did some photoshop but the yellow french look isn't nice on Vase Green, beside that it's very hard to get a pair of yellow lights!

ted clutch · Post by **ted clutch** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:06 pm

the saab wheels wont fit guys.sorry wrong pcd.theyre 108. the best way to use em is get a gorgeous 900 turbo. i agree with excess reving.its the best way to kill an engine early. 480 will do 37-40 mpg general running about if your sensible.for peoples spectulating about wheel fittings look here
http://www.carlsalter.com/old_wheel_fitments.html
its also important to get the offset in range as well. a lot of people arent interested in this and although theyl fit it will screw up your handling and steering feel.also just spacing them for the wide look can wreck the feel.spacers are ment to bring wheels with less offset back into the original range.i drove a car years ago my mate had put spacers on and the steering was terrible, on some roads with lorry grooves or humped middle it tried to pull the steering wheel out of my hands.

blackbelt1990 · Post by **blackbelt1990** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:33 pm

Auk wrote:
Yeah, and I forgot the red sidemarkers. I did some photoshop but the yellow french look isn't nice on Vase Green, beside that it's very hard to get a pair of yellow lights!

I've got some Glass Bulb Covers, they look immense!

blackbelt1990 · Post by **blackbelt1990** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:37 pm

chriskay wrote:For anyone interested in a bit of bling, have a look here.
http://911sport.co.uk/showroom.php?pid=215

There's a rather nice car under there; I drove one a few months ago.
Now, anyone for a chrome wrapped 480?

On a similar note, this was at the International Mini Meeting this year

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:51 pm

Euro look=shite!
Lowered slightly with nice wheels and no other mods looks perfect in my eyes. Styling is such that it doenst really need any changes to stand out and sticking things on it looks tacky!
All my personal opinion!

Heres my attempt:

Raffadakis · Post by **Raffadakis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:59 pm

Totally agree with murf, car looks nice as it was built. Really like the look of your car murf!

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:15 pm

Murfs' car looks clean but the wheels aren't for me.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:39 pm

I think murf's car is spot on. I'd choose white five spokes (Comp Mos) or something but I like them too. Colour is ace too.

David · Post by **David** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:02 am

Nice....what wheels are those??

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:06 am

OZ superleggeras?

dubstep · Post by **dubstep** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:57 am

Murfs car is a nice clean example but i prefer flatter old skool wheels. I would also like mine to sit a bit lower.

What i intend to do is really nothing more than lowering and painting my wheels!

The way ive been rinsed by the majority of the purists you would think i intended to get some lexus lights and crome 20"s!

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:23 am

DeLorean wrote:Hey Chris,

I think he is referring to the SIR spec Civics, and of course the VTIs. Both of which have the almighty 1.6 engine which develops a staggering 170 horsepower as standard.

Hate the styling? Thats by the by, you simply can't argue with those figures. Not to mention the handling and build quality. That said, I do enjoy 480 ownership which is why I have had 3 of them.

Well I must say this, who cares how much hp it makes. let it be 170hp, but look @ the torque number. The magic number that gives you acceleration and drivability. You are not running your car @ max speed all day long that you need hp.

dubstep · Post by **dubstep** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:16 am

Well I must say this, who cares how much hp it makes. let it be 170hp, but look @ the torque number. The magic number that gives you acceleration and drivability.

i cant be arsed to reiterate myself!

dubstep · Post by **dubstep** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:27 am

I think murf's car is spot on. I'd choose white five spokes (Comp Mos) or something but I like them too. Colour is ace too.

ye it is cool, would look sick with a set of flat black wheels though i think... something porsche esque would suit the early 90s styling. Agree on the colour, due to the styling and age of the 480 i think colours like the dark and light green look good

DeLorean · Post by **DeLorean** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:45 pm

Ye! Needs some flat dishes I reckon.

At the end of the day, and lets not beat around the bush now -

Volvo 480s look like spaceships.

Why don't you all just embrace it?

I mean, I bought one cos it was a cheap shitter. I knew from the offset that it was lacking the build quality I am used to, having owned various Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes etc. I knew it would break down, lack performance, leak, have loads of electrical problems and probably cause me grief. But it had a turbo. And an Info Centre. And pop up headlights. And a glass hatch. But the main reason was because it looked like a spaceship. And I fully intend to make it look even more like a spaceship than it currently does.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:22 pm

They are indeed superleggera's.
Be carefull what wheels you choose, my car was running 205/45-16's and it was lowered 30mm and the wheels rubbed on the rear arches if you put someone in the back or something moderately heavy in the boot.
Sadly and stupidly i'm no longer the owner of that particular car, foolish me for selling it

They are my favourite wheels incidentally and the pcd/offset was perfect to fit my MR2 so they live on.....

glasgowjim · Post by **glasgowjim** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:29 pm

your car your style do what you pleases you just dont paint the the fecker PINK!

Passed what should have been a nice BMW but someone presumably the woman driving had had it painted a pucey purply PINK. totally vomit inducing

What do you call guys who drive pink cars in glasgow ?

rare

I rest my case ... only click on link if you have a strong stomach
http://www.beseenonabike.com/bsoab/imag ... bike_s.jpg

Delorean does that mean you will have an inflatable green alien sitting in the back seat?