Volvo has always been active in the "racing" industry and has its name for producing really fast cars and not just safe. Most might think volvo are just cars for the old folks or a typical soccer mom, but only few knew the true potential of Volvo!
Volvo has been participating the British Touring Car Championship since ever since 1998. They started their flagship by using the 850r Estate. Imagine that, a typical wagon car that is tearing up the tarmac on the track. As they evolved, there was a point where they were using the S40 and wining the BTCC. Of course those S40 are T4 and mine is only a T3 but its the same base only different CC, Cylinders, and most importantly the T4 uses High Pressure Turbos and mine is just a low pressure turbo..well not for long at least.
Also not to mentioned they have dressed up the S40 stunningly sexy!!
Inspired by the decals on this BTCC model, i went ahead and ordered the 'S40' & 'Volvo' decal for myself. Tried my very best to interpret the size and font from this picture as closely as i could.
Now this is more of a trial actually to see the end results, so the quality on this decal are not he best but meant for some outdoor climate beating.
Now what i should have done is gone to get a professional to get this on the car but i love DIY and this is just simple right..well not really. Ensuring that you follow the lines of the body is not easy heck its was hard!
But after about a few hours, above is the end results...not too bad i would say. Does give 'i am not an uncle driving volvo' look to it.
Now if only the rims were bigger and the car was about an inch or so lower...then it would look and perform better at the curvy roads.
Volvo has been participating the British Touring Car Championship since ever since 1998. They started their flagship by using the 850r Estate. Imagine that, a typical wagon car that is tearing up the tarmac on the track. As they evolved, there was a point where they were using the S40 and wining the BTCC. Of course those S40 are T4 and mine is only a T3 but its the same base only different CC, Cylinders, and most importantly the T4 uses High Pressure Turbos and mine is just a low pressure turbo..well not for long at least.
Also not to mentioned they have dressed up the S40 stunningly sexy!!
Inspired by the decals on this BTCC model, i went ahead and ordered the 'S40' & 'Volvo' decal for myself. Tried my very best to interpret the size and font from this picture as closely as i could.
Now this is more of a trial actually to see the end results, so the quality on this decal are not he best but meant for some outdoor climate beating.
Now what i should have done is gone to get a professional to get this on the car but i love DIY and this is just simple right..well not really. Ensuring that you follow the lines of the body is not easy heck its was hard!
But after about a few hours, above is the end results...not too bad i would say. Does give 'i am not an uncle driving volvo' look to it.
Now if only the rims were bigger and the car was about an inch or so lower...then it would look and perform better at the curvy roads.
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