2008 Volvo C30
The Story
In 2018, I purchased the car with 63k miles from a Volvo dealership for much less than these cars are going for today. The car started bone stock for about a year and a half ( I pledged to keep this car stock)
But the first modifications I started were Elevate Lowering Springs and an Elevate Cat back.
The car felt great! The exhaust wasn't loud, but enough to hear the car inside the cabin. Then I threw on some fake te37s which looked fine, but I ended up switching them up. The car sat like that for a year or so. Then started experimenting with modifying the car engine wise. First thing was the DO88 intercooler, with the piping. As well with a injen intake.
The car was setup really well, but I didn’t like the ride height at the time, so I threw one some raceland coilovers, which made the car look amazing. But made the car ride horrible.
Then after that I had purchased the Hilton stage 2 tune after I threw on a catless 3 inch downpipe. The cars power level was great! A whole different car. The tourqe through the gears and the power was just there. It was amazing
Shortly though, about 6 months later, I had installed a iwg75 wastagate, in order to install the Hilton stage 2+ tune onto the car.
I got one pull right after the install and wow. Just wow . The car was fast. So I had to feel it again and it pulled so hard that the factory clutch was slipping really really bad.
After that , I had a sachs 4 fuck racing. Kind installed, strictly dud to the aggressive spirited driving that I would be doing so I thought this would do the trick to hold the power.
At this point I sold the teehee 37s and got some OEM Volvo Midas wheels with 20mm spacers in the front and 15 in the fronts
The car was setup great but suspension could use some work
So I picked up a set of ksport coil overs swell as a elevate sway bar
And man this car was a go kart it handed great.
The car was like that for a minute until I picked up some Kansei tandems for the car and it changed the look of car forever. These wheels fit the car so great and I couldn’t be happier with the fitment.
This car isn’t picture perfect still with its flaws but man it’s never leaving my garage, this is one of those “forever cars”
Simply this car was coming together though , adding a few things here and there changed the car immensely, if you guys have any questions about anything on the car, feel free to dm me on instagram!
Vehicle Info
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Engine
2.5 Litre Turbocharged 5 Cylinder
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Color
Cosmic White / Java
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Location
St. Louis, MO
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Transmission
Manual
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Drivetrain
FWD
Performance Modifications
- Hilton Stage 2+ tune
- Elevate inlet manifold
- Do88 intercooler with 2.5 inch piping
- IWG 75 Turbosmart
- Custom Polestar Intake
- Uprated CBV
- Ksport coilovers
- Massive Speed Front End Links
- Poly Front control arms
- Focus RS 350 mm front Brembos
- JBR Rear Camber Arms
- Elevate rear anti-sway bar
- Elevate rear chassis strut bar
- SPR Front Strut Bar
- 3 inch Catless Downpipe
- Full custom 3 inch single exit cat back w/resonator
- Armstong Blu Trac Tires 255/35/18
- Kansei Tandems 18x8.5 +35
- ZeroPointOne MK2 RS Short shifter
- Corbeau fx1 driver seat
- Planted racing seat brackets
- Devil Development 550 Ft/lbs Clutch kit for mk2 rs
Cosmetic Modifications
- Kaero Front spliter and Side skirts
- Blacked out head light housings
- Aux beam lowbeams
- ALG Halos
- Led Taillight bulbs
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