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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robkendall
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by robkendall » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:37 am
so simple, hardly noticeable, but does make a difference....
for those who like to keep everything looking colour coded
(thanks to piper1st for pic....*cough* knicked your sig!)
basically......remove the volvo badge from the grill under the bumper as above........sand the back of it off until all black paint has been removed....then spray it the colour of your choice.....glue back into place and voila! colour coded volvo badge......always looks better if coded to car (you lucky black owners
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by 480_rocket » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:01 am
I've got the newer style badge on mine, bit they changed the shape over so slighty so it needs a bit of filing to fit.
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by robkendall » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:25 am
but youre badge comes out yeah?
i didnt mean replace with an older style badge or anything....if you take the badge out, it should go back in the place it came from ????
i may be missing something? are the newer style badges not like the one in the pic?
the first one i did was a 92 paris blue one....that had a badge that came out and could be sanded off etc....didnt need to file anything down to make it fit?
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by 480_rocket » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:18 pm
Ah, I think I see what you mean. Mine was cracked and looking pretty messy, so I got one of the newer style logos, that are blue in colour. I think its around 2003-2004 or something onwards.
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by kev » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:20 am
What a great idea ! Simlpe & best of all cheap.
As soon as I read this I couldn`t resist so....
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by robkendall » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:51 pm
nice one kev.......its surprising how much it stands out once done isnt it.....silly little thing, but effective!
forgot to mention coding the black stripes too
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DaKyy
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by DaKyy » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:15 pm
How did you get to the center part?
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by kev » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:13 am
DaKyy wrote:How did you get to the center part?
Very carefully ease it apart with a knife ,then sand the black paint off.
Take your time though as it felt as if it would break at any time.
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by DaKyy » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:21 pm
kev wrote:DaKyy wrote:How did you get to the center part?
Very carefully ease it apart with a knife ,then sand the black paint off.
Take your time though as it felt as if it would break at any time.
Yeah, I already chipped small area off the glass part. I think I'll just polish the glass and paint the black stripes to white
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by chris1roll » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:06 pm
hmm, something else to add to my to do list - replace the chrome bits.. I'm not a great fan of chrome per se, but seeing yours all nice and shiny reminds me how mine being all tarnished it makes the car look scruffier than it really is..
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by Rachel » Sat May 02, 2009 5:40 pm
Here's mine I did earlier after being inspired by this thread....
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by esta » Sat May 02, 2009 6:20 pm
Good job rachel!
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by Rachel » Sun May 03, 2009 7:28 pm
esta wrote:Good job rachel!
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by ted clutch » Thu May 07, 2009 8:57 pm
a better way to get middle out without breaking things . drill small hole in the back of the case and push badge out with screwdriver.
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by ted clutch » Fri May 08, 2009 1:37 am
ted clutch wrote:a better way to get middle out without breaking things . drill small hole in the back of the case and push badge out with screwdriver.
just done this.be carefull not to drill too far.the black backing sticker is quite thick maybee 3mm . stop when you see black at the bottom of the hloe.going to paint mine blue to match volvo company sign.
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by dragon » Fri May 08, 2009 8:48 am
kev wrote:What a great idea ! Simlpe & best of all cheap.
As soon as I read this I couldn`t resist so....
![Image](http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n282/aelhead/P1000404.jpg)
thumbs up from me - thats a neat little trick and as you say does look nice.
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by VolvoMafia » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:04 am
nice modification!
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by frow » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:34 pm
ooh nice, would definitely consider doing this if I had another color than white. thanks for sharing
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by ted clutch » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:40 am
do it volvo blue.thatl suit it.
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by mo69 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:33 pm
Nice job, will be looking into that!!
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