• Road tax here in Holland is quite high. I pay €56 (61 usd) per month only in taxes for this petrol car. Fuel is around €1.75 per liter (€6.62 or 7.32 usd per gallon). . Max speed on highways is being lowere from 130 to 100 kph (62 mph) from march 2020 on. . Diesel cars are even more expensive. The same 240 would be €112 per month. Next month an extra raise of 19% will be added to that. Extra polution tax. . How expensive is driving a brick like this in your country or state? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #taxes #roadtax #volvo #volvo240xc #volvo240 #volvo245 #swedishmetal #longeoofsociety #liftedvolvo #lifted #mudding #fakeoffroader
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    Road tax here in Holland is quite high. I pay €56 (61 usd) per month only in taxes for this petrol car. Fuel is around €1.75 per liter (€6.62 or 7.32 usd per gallon). . Max speed on highways is being lowere from 130 to 100 kph (62 mph) from march 2020 on. . Diesel cars are even more expensive. The same 240 would be €112 per month. Next month an extra raise of 19% will be added to that. Extra polution tax. . How expensive is driving a brick like this in your country or state? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #taxes #roadtax #volvo #volvo240xc #volvo240 #volvo245 #swedishmetal #longeoofsociety #liftedvolvo #lifted #mudding #fakeoffroader
  • Little over two months work: - welded new plate in over 12 rust holes - new windscreen - replaced heater fan - fabricated a 3” lift kit - refurbed the Virgo wheels - yokohama 235/75 R15 tires - replaced all engine and gearbox rubbers - cut the body and welded for big wheels - painted in raptorliner - fixed windshield wipers - repaired the whole exhaust - replaced doors - fabricated a roofrack (not in photo) - and lots of small fixes and mods . #baddecisionworks #bdw #twomonths #workhardplayhard #liftedvolvo #lifted #volvo #volvo240 #volvo245 #volvo240xc #crosscountry #overland #offroad #mudding
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    Little over two months work: - welded new plate in over 12 rust holes - new windscreen - replaced heater fan - fabricated a 3” lift kit - refurbed the Virgo wheels - yokohama 235/75 R15 tires - replaced all engine and gearbox rubbers - cut the body and welded for big wheels - painted in raptorliner - fixed windshield wipers - repaired the whole exhaust - replaced doors - fabricated a roofrack (not in photo) - and lots of small fixes and mods . #baddecisionworks #bdw #twomonths #workhardplayhard #liftedvolvo #lifted #volvo #volvo240 #volvo245 #volvo240xc #crosscountry #overland #offroad #mudding
  • I ordered 4 more small LED bars to finish of the roof rack. Combined with 4 large LED bars I can probably make my own sunset. Untill then I have to do with what nature gives me. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #sunset #sky #volvo #liftedvolvo #volvo240 #volvo245 #volvo240xc #crosscountry #longroofsociety #swedishmetal #fakeoffroader
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    I ordered 4 more small LED bars to finish of the roof rack. Combined with 4 large LED bars I can probably make my own sunset. Untill then I have to do with what nature gives me. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #sunset #sky #volvo #liftedvolvo #volvo240 #volvo245 #volvo240xc #crosscountry #longroofsociety #swedishmetal #fakeoffroader
  • I need some big mudflaps on the front axle to prevent the sides from getting so dirty. My pants keep getting mud on them. I want to fabricate the mudflaps myself from some sheet material. What kind of material should I use? Plain rubber? Or PU? Or another type of plastic or rubber? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #mudding #mudflaps #volvo #volvo245 #volvo240 #liftedvolvo #ral1002 #yokohama #geolandaratg015 #volvo240xc #longroofsociety #swedishmetal
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    I need some big mudflaps on the front axle to prevent the sides from getting so dirty. My pants keep getting mud on them. I want to fabricate the mudflaps myself from some sheet material. What kind of material should I use? Plain rubber? Or PU? Or another type of plastic or rubber? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #mudding #mudflaps #volvo #volvo245 #volvo240 #liftedvolvo #ral1002 #yokohama #geolandaratg015 #volvo240xc #longroofsociety #swedishmetal
  • My exhaust kept falling of its hanger in the back. Which is annoying when everything is covered in mud. So i hacked off the oem pen, machined a new one with a M3 thread and fixed everything in place with locktite. I’ll eat my shoe if this ever fails again. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #locktite #exhaust #exhausthanger #hanger #rubber #machining #lathe #harrisonM250 #harrisonlathes
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    My exhaust kept falling of its hanger in the back. Which is annoying when everything is covered in mud. So i hacked off the oem pen, machined a new one with a M3 thread and fixed everything in place with locktite. I’ll eat my shoe if this ever fails again. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #locktite #exhaust #exhausthanger #hanger #rubber #machining #lathe #harrisonM250 #harrisonlathes
  • Finally the custom made 240XC badge is on the trunklid of the lifted Volvo. Designed by me in Fusion 360, printed by @lucacarmods. Then painted and grey film applied. Mounted with 3M vhb doublesided tape. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #240xc #liftedvolvo #lifted #fusion360 #3dprinted #3mtape #3mvhb #vhbtape #longroofsociety #swedishmetal #fakeoffroader
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    Finally the custom made 240XC badge is on the trunklid of the lifted Volvo. Designed by me in Fusion 360, printed by @lucacarmods. Then painted and grey film applied. Mounted with 3M vhb doublesided tape. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #240xc #liftedvolvo #lifted #fusion360 #3dprinted #3mtape #3mvhb #vhbtape #longroofsociety #swedishmetal #fakeoffroader
  • In Holland the color of a vehicle is registered and needs to be administered when you change it. Luckily this is just a matter of submitting a form online with two pictures of the car that show the color and license plate well. And it’s free of charge. . Is this also mandatory in your country? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #volvo #volvo240 #lawabidingcitizen #colorchange #swedishmetal #geel #yellow #longroofsociety
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    In Holland the color of a vehicle is registered and needs to be administered when you change it. Luckily this is just a matter of submitting a form online with two pictures of the car that show the color and license plate well. And it’s free of charge. . Is this also mandatory in your country? . #baddecisionworks #bdw #volvo #volvo240 #lawabidingcitizen #colorchange #swedishmetal #geel #yellow #longroofsociety
  • I finished the restauration of this vise for my friend @stijn2891. I have no idea which brand it is, but as of now it rocks a BDW logo. Have you got old tools that are in need of a rebuild? Send me a message! 🥦 . #baddecisionworks #bdw #vise #restauration #heuer #hammerite #toolrescue
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    I finished the restauration of this vise for my friend @stijn2891. I have no idea which brand it is, but as of now it rocks a BDW logo. Have you got old tools that are in need of a rebuild? Send me a message! 🥦 . #baddecisionworks #bdw #vise #restauration #heuer #hammerite #toolrescue
  • Before putting back the replaced blower motor I wanted to check the wiper mechanism. Since that’s easily accessible with the dash completely in pieces for the blower replacement. . And then: rust. A lot of rust. So I rolled out the welder, copied the mounting holes on a piece of zincor, welded that in and patched the rest of the holes. Then zincspray coated and Dinitrol rust protection on the inside. . Put everything back together and the wipers run smooth again. They were jerky and made a lot of noise. This was due to the mounting of the wipermotor flexing so much with half of the surrounds gone. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #wipermotor #rustrepair #wipers #raptorliner #ral1002 #liftedvolvo #volvo240 #rustbucket #almostallrustfixednow #longroofsociety
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    Before putting back the replaced blower motor I wanted to check the wiper mechanism. Since that’s easily accessible with the dash completely in pieces for the blower replacement. . And then: rust. A lot of rust. So I rolled out the welder, copied the mounting holes on a piece of zincor, welded that in and patched the rest of the holes. Then zincspray coated and Dinitrol rust protection on the inside. . Put everything back together and the wipers run smooth again. They were jerky and made a lot of noise. This was due to the mounting of the wipermotor flexing so much with half of the surrounds gone. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #wipermotor #rustrepair #wipers #raptorliner #ral1002 #liftedvolvo #volvo240 #rustbucket #almostallrustfixednow #longroofsociety
  • Decided to paint the sills black. The #raptorliner didn’t cover the quick-n-dirty patches I welded in. Black makes them a lot less visible and als makes the car appear a little higher. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #volvo #liftedvolvo #volvo245 #volvo240 #volvolife #swedishmetal #longroofsociety #fakeoffroader #sandyellow #bedliner
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    Decided to paint the sills black. The #raptorliner didn’t cover the quick-n-dirty patches I welded in. Black makes them a lot less visible and als makes the car appear a little higher. . #baddecisionworks #bdw #volvo #liftedvolvo #volvo245 #volvo240 #volvolife #swedishmetal #longroofsociety #fakeoffroader #sandyellow #bedliner