Quote: Originally Posted by calais3L Calais are Very Rare in NZ, as they were the only VL commodore that was Fully Imported, and thus hideously expensive, Look after your calais man, they are a dying breed over here, only 250 or so were imported, and i know of 3 that have bitten the dust in the last 6 months, there are a few simple tricks you can do the make them a bit speedier, advancing the timing and adjusting the kickdown switch are easy ways to make them faster. SII was the most common ones over here, i have only seen one S1...mine! i know, i've been in the market for the last 2.5 years and have only seen about 10 Calais for sale in that time [all grossly overpriced at that]. believe me i intend on looking after it, i spent afew hours last night just cleaning the inside of the bootlid and giving the car a wipe down using a cloth and cold water, nothing else...the surface rust and crap rubbed off easy. today i brought alot of paint care products...I will be cleaning, waxing and polishing the car all day on friday, hopefully they will work, cuz the car looks like it hasnt been cleaned in the last 5 years and the paint is dull and faded. heres 2 before/after shots i took of the bootlid area: - Every part of my car will be cleaned and re-cleaned over and over again until it looks like this example: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by vlt-dreamer Its vinyl mate, not leather. Decent price but needs work and a tidy up. i know its got its problems...but for $2,700 it was an honest buy and im working on cleaning it up. vinyl?!? is it? i was always under the belief that this interior was genuine leather? that what its reported as on this site [readers rides]. then again i have always wondered why Holden "leather" always looked so fake? still leather or not, im still going to tell people its leather lol. "the inside is nice but that white paint is crap" was one comment.

Mate cleaning will only get you so far, to look like tha above pic your looking at 6-7k plus by the time you paint and buy the wheels at 3500.

can i see a pic of the car please?

Quote: Originally Posted by vlt-dreamer Mate cleaning will only get you so far, to look like tha above pic your looking at 6-7k plus by the time you paint and buy the wheels at 3500. your right, what i do will never be as good as a respray but i honestly believe i can get this thing looking better than new...i mean why not? im willing to put the time and effort into it. im gonna get everything i can out of this paint job...i'l spend 10 hours on each panel if thats what it takes to get them to shine. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

it is leather, no Calais had Vynil.

just respray it in a nice white. dont bother polishing etc even if you get it abit shiny it wont last long anyway and the stone chips wont go away wether you spend 10 minutes or 10 hrs on each panel.

^very true but im still gonna do my best with it. maybe after i get the stereo i'l consider a respray if the price is right. calais3L...i figured as much. thanks for the input guys, cheers.

pics?

Quote: Originally Posted by SYKO3L pics? i got some on my fone. i'l put them up tonight.....its nothing special...just your run of the mill white over silver Calais.