update.. picking up my 5 speed donor VL tomorrow, engine only has 122,000km so thats going in too! then after my old running gear goes into that, will be selling it and buying turbo conversion bits with the money. also have ordered venetians, LSD, new locks and an alarm.

theres nufin like a 5spd in a VL especially in the wet

I'm a bit like everyone else, not a fan of green VL's but this looks tidy. 4BNSLY, couldn't agree more.

I like this, good colour, pulled it of very cleanly. Good stuff on keeping the front end like that, not like every man and his calias. keep us posted

Gret looking car, I think the wheels look good, got the same my self. Keep the auto and get it kitted, I've got the 5spd MX7 Man running it with a twin plate clutch. Not good for an everyday driver that's for sure! I'm looking to change to an auto. If you want to run any decent times an auto is advisable. Good job!

cheers for the comments everyone, weiksy i was thinking about kitting the auto at one stage, but i prefer driving manuals. car now has an exhaust tip, and the venetians arrived this morning so theyre in! motor and 5 speed are pretty much ready to be ripped out of the donor car now, just need to snag my brothers engine crane! the new locks arrived yesterday, but they sent me ford ones instead!! so waiting for the VL ones to be sent. car alarm and LSD should arrive soon. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

car is a officially 5 speed with a low km motor so much better to drive! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Nice car man, what did it get defected for?

they gave me a full pit inspection for being 20mm too low. so ill have to put stock springs, cat converter, steering wheel and a few other bits in.

defect is gone ordering personalized plates sooon. and get my P's on the 27th! just gotta get around to putting the LSD center in. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

U got a defect on ur L's thats sick hahaha, good luck with turbo setup on ur P's.

well got good news and bad news. good news is the car now has a calais grill, earthquake tnt 2000watt amp AND i got my P's! bad news, got defected the night i got my P's once again. they got me for too low again, and the steering wheel (its ADR approved, even says on the back of it, i told the cop about it but he didnt give a ****!) so once again its gotta go over the pits, few other things i gotta get fixed like speedo, reverse lights, wiper squirter motor n some little things. they judge the ride height by eyebrow height (distance from the centre of the wheel to the guard) i got done for the front being 320mm (must be atleast 345) and rear being 275mm (must be 295) so if i was to get kings lows for it, would that be 345/295mm or higher? would really appreciate it if somebody could measure for me.. cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Hey mate 295 in rear is for turbos only n/a are 305 by memory carefull if u get brian to clear it he been picky as atm

if the wheel your getting defected for is in your first post, its not ADR complient for a VL. the VL needs to have a padded center

looks like the VLs gonna be under the carport for a while. im getting a VS wagon or a stato soon, so then i can do a fair bit of the work to the VL and get it off defect, i need to replace the diff as whenever i go over 50ish km/h it starts clunking and making the car shake. and another problem is sometimes it just completely cuts out, when that happens it usually takes 5-30 seconds for it to fire up again. gotta replace the clutch and do some things to it so it will pass the pits (fix speedo, wire up reverse lights, replace front seats)

lol @ the vn in the backround imo, full green would look nice, instead of over silver

loss of licence for 6 months woo. i hate cops. this is gonna be up for sale soon.

sold to my mate, without calais interior or any running gear. selling my interior and keeping the motor+5 speed conversion for my next VL

wow, lol as soon as you lost your licence bang goone, ha what you loose it for?