Bakke - Redcap project

The Volvo 480 looks good as is, but if you have the desire to give it a more personal look you can find out what others did to their 480 and be inspired.

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Post by Bakke » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:20 pm

I've sprayed goldlocks myself and we're doing it again this time ...

Another one under the phrase : " I fucking did it myself " :hopping:
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Post by Bakke » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:35 pm

To continue the story :

The paint has arrived

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And the moulding of the kit has begun

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Post by robin_xr4i » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:42 pm

robkendall wrote: oh...and kinda OT but not.....dragging back up the debate of viper stripes.....
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i like it

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: Horrid, it's a 480, not some manky fast and furious vauxhall corsa wannabe! Sorry mate.

........and bakke the project looking good!
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Post by Bakke » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:22 pm

Today we finished the rear and sideskirts ...
Thuesday I'm going to take of the positives from the original kit and then we'll see where they still need some tweaking ... photo update soon ...
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Post by AMDforce » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:14 am

:hopping: yes and then the front ....lets kick ass :lol:
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Post by Bakke » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:02 pm

just a small update : I don't like the original 480 steering wheel, so I got me a recenter model. looks 1000 times better I think ...

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More pictures to come this weekend :)
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Post by catgroom » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:44 pm

@Bakke

Ahh mate our tastes I think are extremely similar.The steering wheel I like too,and recently thought this is a big improvement on the standard 480 issue!

Its a 440 one yeah??Is this the same diameter as the 480 one from the first cars (2 spoke)???

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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:13 pm

That looks like a wheel from a 700 or older 900 series...positive it's not a 400 series jobbie!
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Post by Bakke » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:56 am

It's a 440 steering wheel, and it's a straigt swap with the original 2 spoke 480 wheel. Got it for 10€ so I'm not complaining and it was far worth the price....

In meantime I've took of the front wings of my donor car to put them on the ES because those of the ES are in to bad shape.

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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:19 pm

Which sort of 440 did that come from then? Never seen that one before-looks like the one that used to be in an old J plate 960 up the road from me :?
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Post by Bakke » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:30 pm

Dan the 480 Man wrote:Which sort of 440 did that come from then? Never seen that one before-looks like the one that used to be in an old J plate 960 up the road from me :?
Sorry Dan, but that I can't tell. I got it from ebay and it was labeled 440 steering wheel, so I bought it since most of the 4XX parts are interchangeble I knew it would fit ...
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Post by catgroom » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:34 pm

Dan!
The ones I thought Id saw them in were the older J plated 440.We'd get em cheap as chips at our scrappies.Hainford Hall would probably come up trumps here!

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Post by Bakke » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:11 pm

And this evening I continued the front wings. Try to find the missing parts between the two pictures :hopping:

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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:30 pm

Steve-o!

You mean this wheel?? This and the airbag wheel (apart from the Momo etc) i'm sure were the only ones for the 440... Mmmm,lovely interior. Both look very similar...perhaps a limited edition wheel?? Deffo looks the same shape though...

@ Bakke...no blinkers or door strips. Looks interesting...any chance of seeing the rest of the car ;)

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Post by catgroom » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:34 pm

Danium!

Theres errors on that picture t(S)hat my pc picked up on,bugger!
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Post by Big Brother » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:36 pm

The pic isn't working for me either
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Post by chris1roll » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:48 pm

Or meeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:06 pm

Thas weird.

It won't show on my PC either, but it will on my Mac... :? Weird! Don't know any other way to get it online..
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Post by Bakke » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:13 pm

Seems like they are offline on photobucket. They surelly will have been cached in the Mac's memory, thats why you can see them on the Mac and not on the PC ;) ...
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Post by snailslime » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:09 pm

catgroom wrote:Hainford Hall would probably come up trumps here!

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Every time i went down there they didn't even have a single volvo anywhere :cry:
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