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My white calais turbo project

Started by {PIGYB8} vbmenu_register("postmenu_1859796", true); · 13 June 2008 · 301 replies

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well started fitting the GK Tech cooler kit yesterday arvo. Going to finish it off 2day. So I took a few pics. also going to try and re-align the calais front a bit whilst its out. I hate Melbourne weather! it sucks wen u got no garage Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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far out that looks like a mess (all pulled apart) the interior looks awesome, though i'd lose the steering wheel the only aftermarket wheels i like are the era momo hdt hsv style ones. just my opinion though. so the coolers all bolted up and ready to go?
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yer mate finished it off tonight, wat a bitch! man these GKtech kits are a tight squeez! Looks good sort of on an angle but u cant even tell cos its hidden up ehind the front bar. Ye i agree with u on the steering wheel situation, that will come i like those momo hdt ect style ones aswell. will post new pics up soon of the kit installed. Nxt up is to turn that boost up a bit and get my self a hektik dose pipe.
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nice one man, really coming up. love the white two tone. should be a nice streeter when finished.
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cheers mate now back to rolling on 19's. Dose pipe and boost controller comming this week!
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bloody oath! Jay change the car thing in your profile <----------- It's a white / silver VLCT now Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Everything looks great man, just the steering wheel and the rear bar kind of kills it (for me anyway).
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yer i wanna take the rear bar extention off but im woried that wen i remove it the bumper that was underneath it is gona be all ****ed and ill have to respray it or something. suppose ill find out when i do it. and illbe chasing a steering wheel soon, more than likely a momo one, but will see. it'l be going in for all the little dints and paint chips to be fixed up very soon. i suppose if the rear bar is an issue ill fix it at the same time. then its off to an auto shop for a strengthen up of the auto.
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Maybe try sell the rear bar complete and buy a standard VL one.
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Yes i know this car guys. it was on ebay, the guy sold it for $5000 i know cos i was gonna buy it from him but after seeing it then it needed too much work so i told him he can keep it, yes the car was from geelong and they are 18" monaro cv8 copies, not 19". Needs quite a bit of work and not treated good at all. hope you fix it up mate cos its a long project to get it mint.
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Quote: Originally Posted by vl_man Yes i know this car guys. it was on ebay, the guy sold it for $5000 i know cos i was gonna buy it from him but after seeing it then it needed too much work so i told him he can keep it, yes the car was from geelong and they are 18" monaro cv8 copies, not 19". Needs quite a bit of work and not treated good at all. hope you fix it up mate cos its a long project to get it mint. Ok mate get off the cones!! What im going to do here ladys and gents is take some photos over the weekend of my tyres and show u all that it states R19 on it!, which last time I checked, ment it was a 19" rim. 2nd i mite even take a video of it and show u how it runs, it needs nothing much to fix as i said it was missing the left hand eyelid when i brought it, but that took me around 43minutes to fix, now ill spend under $400 on body repairs, and take more pics after that, and see what u recon. and I didnt buy it for $5000, so you f u k d up there mate! and the guy that I brought it off said the 2 other guys that looked at it were timewasting idiots! mate if you dont have nothing nice to say and you wanna bag it out, go fist yourself and F u ck off out of my thread!! piss off you F U C K I N G peasant!!!
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Quote: Originally Posted by vl_man Yes i know this car guys. it was on ebay, the guy sold it for $5000 i know cos i was gonna buy it from him but after seeing it then it needed too much work so i told him he can keep it, yes the car was from geelong and they are 18" monaro cv8 copies, not 19". Needs quite a bit of work and not treated good at all. hope you fix it up mate cos its a long project to get it mint. mate get of the smack. you tool, there 19'ss how bout we take a pic and you can see the tyre profile . there car for what it is and what jay paid for it, is quite a good buy. no holes all thru the engine bay for cooler kits, intrerior is in very good nick. the motor is very sound and neva miss's a beat and it drives very nice and sticks well to the ground. yer it might scrub on the guards a bit in the back. but thats what you get with 19's , oh wait but you say there 18's,jay has done well with the jay and dosnt need tossers like you talking crap. i bet your some little 16yr old muztek, that belts him self to tricky tricky every night my two cents good luck with the car jay Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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...not treated well at all? The thing wasn't even boosted for christ sake. only thing you got right about the car is it's from geelong you twat.
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Whoah, wtf is going on here? ok, made up my mind: vl_man, f*ck off. Great buy Jay. They're 19" wheels, but they're not SS wheels. They are Monaro wheels, copy or not. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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oh sorry dude i didnt mean ss wheels i meant 19'ss as it size lol ill remember not to put two ss' in lol
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When you do the rear bar, make sure you paint the sill moulds satin black and don't forget the black line on the front and rear bars. Should look mickey mouse with the wheels.
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Quote: Originally Posted by vl_man Yes i know this car guys. it was on ebay, the guy sold it for $5000 i know cos i was gonna buy it from him but after seeing it then it needed too much work so i told him he can keep it, yes the car was from geelong and they are 18" monaro cv8 copies, not 19". Needs quite a bit of work and not treated good at all. hope you fix it up mate cos its a long project to get it mint. You complete f.u.k.stick. Go lick a donkeys arse.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JET-5LT When you do the rear bar, make sure you paint the sill moulds satin black and don't forget the black line on the front and rear bars. Should look mickey mouse with the wheels. yer im pritty convinced on doing that, looks sick got bored so took some pics As you can see, yes it does need little touch ups here and there, but nothing major at all. THIS ONE IS FOR VL MAN, JUST INCASE HE DIDNT GET THE POINT THAT THEY'RE 19's: And the new toy that arrived in the mail yesterday well all I got to say to VL MAN is maybe you should look more into a car wen buying one, instead of being a timewasting **** SuCker!!, who thinks his a top notch mechanic cos his read all the technicial articles on C.T! if you want ill come with you next time you look at a car just so you you dont miss out on a bargain, and maybe need a hand identifing the size of the rims. hahahahahahaaa!!! you f u k n wanker! enjoy the pics guys Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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nice car man i was followin your gold project but i can see this is the way to go =) i was thinking about turboing my NA but after working it out its probly gunna cost more (so when im off Ps or close to it ill probly sell mine also and trying get 1 already done =) nice buy mate
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yer that seemed like the rite idea 4 me I mean unless its not ur daily or u have a bak up car to drive to work, this is the way to go. conversions= head*** lol
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