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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 eEm » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:48 am

Any thoughts? I think it looks quite smart. Hopefully going to get a red prancing moose emblem to replace the badge as I split the old one when I was sanding the back off it!

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But then I got carried away-

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Luckily I ran out of mesh before things went MaxPower!! :rofl:
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Post by martinholmesuk » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:43 pm

I had the grill like that also. Looks cool not keen on the bonnet grill as I doubt you can see it much.
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Post by eEm » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:01 pm

Good thing I ran out of mesh then!

I was thinking about doing the vents in the undertray too.
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Post by martinholmesuk » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:56 pm

lol you nutter ;)
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Post by SMOOTH 480 » Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:56 pm

thats pretty smart there ! i was thinking of summat similar but cutting the inners out and black meshing the whole grill ... still not got round to it yet though --- so many other things grab my attention :D
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Post by aibast » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:17 am

this is what mesh looks like on these cars. + added a lip. Made the front from the stock plastic + added some myself.
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but you get the idea.
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Post by piper1st » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:26 pm

I like it ... but i think it might look better with black mesh? Can you put up another pic of the front of the car from further away to get the feel of it?
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Post by eEm » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:37 pm

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