Twenty

Hello GTO.

Almost. Just an ultra-wide, 7-14mm. It's fuuuuuuuun.

One more for you: having the Tbird out is too much fun. New lens = more pictures Yeah, I've been taking lots lately. With a new lens added to my kit today I took some more to try it out. Of course the Focus was the subject, what else would be? [hihi] I'll throw in one "update" though, I picked up my new plate frame this week to match the one on my Grand Prix. Carbon fiber with a teal decal (the GP has white).

Meanwhile having Volvo wheels on a Focus still surprises people. I saw more today taking note of that. Since it's Wednesday, tonight was the weekly meet at a local mall. Tiggy (the Focus) went as usual, but not alone. My parents brought along my mother's Thunderbird.

I got to clean this yesterday:

Small parts: When I came home this evening I found a small parcel waiting for me; my new hubcentric rings. With the wheels needing to come off for these, I was able to wrap the remaining three center caps at the same time. Now they all match. Yes, they still say Volvo.

Pictures: This weekend I gave the Focus a mini exterior detail, including a fresh coat of wax. Following a small car club meet today, I took advantage of the nice weather to just drive for the sake of driving, and headed out into the back roads not far from my house. I kept an eye out for a potential spot for pictures and came across an empty lot which did the trick. As always, photos are unedited straight from my camera (code for they're not 100%)

There's a few of those in my city, I just saw one today in fact. Crazy cars.

I like stance. But that's cray.

Not too shabby for a picture from my phone.

Needs to be Dakar.

This is fitting.

It sparkles!

Want.

My Focus is only a 2.0, but makes the GP seem really slow.

Me likey very much.

But the wheels are. They're easily recognizable as Ovlov wheels, and as is often seen on VWs and Audis, I don't mind mixing of the badges like this. Plus it's fun(ny) to see the reactions from people when they notice that Volvo wheels fit.

Figured I'd raise a few eyebrows with that. I wanted to keep the Volvo design, but tweaked the colour scheme to match.

Center caps: I spent a while figuring out what I wanted to do for my center caps. They were a little scratched up, so at the very least would have needed to be polished or clear coated. I decided to use it as a chance to change them up a little bit. I wanted something subtle; just like with the wheels, I wanted something that could be mistaken for OEM at first but upon closer inspection would be noticed as different. Tuesday evening I headed over to a friend's house to design and cut out some vinyl overlays. With a lug nut in hand, we found a metallic blue in his stash that was a good match and cut the designs from that. In case you didn't notice in the first picture, the new overlays look like this: Yes, I'm keeping the Volvo design. I started with the one cap I had removed to use as a template; it was wrapped in silver vinyl and then the new blue Volvo decal was placed on top. With that done, now the other three have to be done to match. Those will wait until I get a chance to remove the other wheels. Off topic, just a couple of pictures from last night, during and after a local weekly meet.

That be broken.

Quickly changing the subject, my mother and I stopped for a snack and came back to Tiggy to find this: What are the odds?

I'm more concerned with visibility INTO the car rather than out. And here, you can and will get pulled over just for tint.