Restoration of an 480ES 1987

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:52 pm

Thanks

They will be painted white, and the black sidestripes will found their way on to the bumpers and skirts as they were ment to originally. And that sill plate with Volvo logo will be black as well as those dots - that seem to be braille (is that the correct word?)

I think Qwert looked them up and they spell "Volvo" also?

pol · Post by **pol** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:10 am

Wow, so that's what was missing. It's going to look awesome. Fantastic project.

pol

jimmi_swe · Post by **jimmi_swe** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:33 am

Thats right , itÃ‚Â´s braille .
check here http://www.garaget.org/?car=110132

Must say i think itÃ‚Â´s amazing cool, must have been a laught for the design team when doing it and nobody understands it. secret message..
And if you can read it i hope you donÃ‚Â´t drive the car...

hehe crasy!!

esta · Post by **esta** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:29 pm

WOW! So funny an idea! Also, still very jealous!

bigdickbuster · Post by **bigdickbuster** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:27 pm

Amazing car

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:42 pm

DaKyy wrote:

More pics in few weeks... Something is still missing from the exterior...

Can you guess what it is missing?

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:53 pm

The rust ?

Mudflaps ?

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:34 pm

gltease wrote:The rust ? Mudflaps ?

Wouldn't be adding rust there... Though it seems popular in rat looker cars

And the mudflaps are gone forever I'm afraid, the original ones don't fit the new skirts.

However the thing missing is black. :]

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:35 pm

Well there is normally a black stripe on the exterior door trim ?

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:46 pm

Gah. too easy it seems

Yes it is the black stripe. However it not just the door trim, it is also the bumpers and the sideskirts that have the stripe.

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:47 pm

Yep, but i kinda like the all white trim

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:50 pm

Yep, I'll see what it looks like. It is vinyl tape so I can take it off if it looks daft.

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:51 am

Looks so much better with the side skirts.

Auk · Post by **Auk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:09 am

Nice!

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:57 am

Thanks guys

I thought I'd ask your opinion with the stripe matter. Before I go over the top with it...

I have few options here - I can go all original with a single stripe where it should be;

#1

As you can see on the pic above there are couple more places to add stripes;

#2

OR

#3

I could ditch out the original place completely and leave it white;

#4

Or the threestripe, which I think is a tad ott;

#5

What do you guys think?

bigdickbuster · Post by **bigdickbuster** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:25 am

In my opinion the favorite is on the first photo. Eventually on third...

The rest looks poor and crappy

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:36 am

Nice to see the sideskirts are on Dakyy, looking great

Definately #1
That or none in my opinion

Auk · Post by **Auk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:52 am

Mine too, pica #1 is the best!

Looks damn fine!

Captain Crunch · Post by **Captain Crunch** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:16 am

My favourites are #1 and #3, in that order.
Very nice!

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:19 am

Number 1 would be my choice