66 Volvo P1800 Custom Build ( Pro-Touring Ls1 V8, Body Mods, and Flush Mount Glass) by Iamtheonlyreal1

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I am trying to figure out what to do with the exhaust, while I wait for some other parts to get here. I am running into a bit of a snag, with them, because the rear of the car in the rendition is not accurate to the actual car.. They made the rear panel taller and a bit wider than factory, and that is how they fit everything on the rear.. I dont think I am going to mess with the difuser at this point, because of the surface area I have to work with..

Now, I do like the exhaust ports on the rendition in black.. I was considering a center exhaust, but seems that more and more people are doing that. I want to work on a variation of the dual exhaust pictured in the rendition. So, I am going to have a Exhaust tip and Bezel CNC'd out of aluminum. By doing this , I hope not to look like I just have a different shaped tip coming from a cut out. Pictured below is an idea I am working with.. The outer ring is representing the bezel that will have a finishing lip on it, to cover the cut body.. The Center represents the actual tip, that will also have a lip on the outside to make it look a bit cleaner that just a cut edge.. The tip and Bezel will be about 4 inches deep, and the tip will be centered in the bezel, then welded at the back to a plate that will make it a complet unit.

Again, the is something that was roughly made, so I can get the actual body contour for the CNC shop to work with.. I cut this all out with an angle grinder, so some of it may not be exact... Also, the bumpers are not fixed and centered yet, so there is a bit of tweeking there...

Not a bad idea at all... I will surely try that, and post some pictures... I knew some insight would come from somewhere...LOL

Here are the pictures.. I dont have them completely hammered out to fit the body right, and need a bit of tweeking, but you may be on to something.. There would also be a different perspective once the car is on the ground.. I have found that have to look at some of these things on a step latter to try to gain a bit of that perspective..