Looking good! I grew up in Karratha, left 5 years ago. Use to drive a maroon turbo VL wagon.

Quote: Originally Posted by Some Bored Dude [View Post] Looking good! I grew up in Karratha, left 5 years ago. Use to drive a maroon turbo VL wagon. Let me guess you moved to Greenland for a cool change? It's still a beautiful place and.. It rained the other day! I know shocking! And what's more it really didn't agree with the fresh paint on my outside uncovered undercover pride n joy... So I will try to rub it back n try again. Both guards were in the back yard hanging on chairs, and suffered very little in comparison, all that sun did them good. On a dry note I'm picking up a nice set of VE pentagons with good tyres (one new) on Thursday for a grand! (Guys said he'd buy some new ones (4,000) if I bought his old ones, after he just payed 14,000 to have it resprayed factory green Ss ute) Can't go wrong! Sold the VE HSV's for $600 n made $100 lol it's the little wins. Pics up soon. ---------- Post added 23-06-14 at 23:39 ---------- Hey man did you take the wagz with you?

K so paint calmed Dow a bit and is looking ten times better. Bought these of a good bloke up here for a 1,000, after posting an add on buy-sell-swap for VE Ssv mags, I think there pentagons, any way my favourite wheels with the added bonus of having 2 new tyres on the front @ $350 each and the rears sitting nicely on 70%. Will get then bored out and whack them on within the month. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Got these subs for $100 ( 350 rms each ) So.. ---------- Post added 28-06-14 at 21:00 ---------- Quick pick up for $20 off a block on Facebook buy swap sell (BSS). Suits VE commodore 3" So it's a perfect replacement for the cannon that's currently on the VL. . ---------- Post added 29-06-14 at 18:27 ---------- AMP Wouldn't fit... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Long time between updates. New clutch is it at the cost of 1000 bucks in labour was out and in a few time but the bloke didn't charged me for it. Custom master and new slave installed. Then new slave blew am fixing the issue atm. Rb25 alternator fitted. Fmic kit I picked up for $250 to be fitted - once I get the 3 inch dump sorted n it's been on the road for a week or two, I'll install it n get a tune. Catch can installed Gave it a service with Penrite HpR-15, happy to see the old oil come out nice and clean. Paint work looks beautiful in the sun, so G/D bright. Do Not Hit REPLY on the string of pics - It will cause the internet to brake!!! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Roles guards and painted all calipers today.

More pics!!!!!!!!!

After removing the rear bar LE lip there was a fat black line...gave it a few coats ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 16:05 ---------- New steering wheel and alarm fitted with push button start, Didn't like having only one remote and the wiring was crap! all black wire but it was spliced into coloured lol, It was good fun wacked a little 6 blade fuse holder in there to. So... turn the key - flip the ignition - and push the start button "Basically" ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 16:55 ---------- Fuse box moved to glove box, first attempt at doing something like this and it went well, few thing I would do differently looking back. My plan was to hang it nice and neat but due to the installation of the new rail and subsequent wiring - that all went out the window. Retained all the factory a/c gear and, gauges fitted running temp is 78-83 on 40 degree days. ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 17:29 ---------- Swapped the pentagons for these mint SSV's less than 10kms on the front 2 and rears are at 90% unfortunately the rears are 245/40s. and fitted some new upper control arms fitted ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 17:31 ---------- Painted the straps. ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 17:36 ---------- New carpet cut and fitted to boot along with sound system, head unit and amp gain control. removed all the tow pack assembly, trailer wiring and fixed rust. I had to cut a 6cm square piece out of the rear end to get the tongue bracket out. ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 17:41 ---------- Random engine bay shots. Yes it has an SL grill but I can afford to wait for cheap good condition Calais one to come along. cant wait to take it out some nice locations for a proper shoot.\ $1000 camera so taking pics with my phone makes me sad. see how these dodgy panoramic's came out lol ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 17:48 ---------- Window surrounds painted black ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 18:02 ---------- Paint work. needs a light sand to feather the edges. colour match is excellent. will fix up the hole down the track. Quick pic before I painted and cleaned up the under sides ---------- Post added 12-11-14 at 18:03 ---------- Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Wow!!!! This has come up a treat! I used to have a alpine white Berlina with vtss wheels! So big soft spot for white!, R u going a calais or hdt grill?

This is sick! Painted with cans and looks a treat done properly! And imo the SL grille actually suits with the all white calais front end

Thanks guys yeah came up well with the cans solid alpine whit code: 1J052 only draw back is it has no hardiner in it so it takes months to set up here's it's not so bad. If it was cheap I'd whack it in a booth for a good bake. I'll get some better pics up when I get the slave sorted. Got 4 of them ATM new one that broke, the old 22.mm still good and a new 19 and 22 mm plus a lot of tent pegs, so ones gotta work lol. Next mission is to cut that exhaust down and fit the 3 inch tip and fit the wheels Shops up here want $180 per wheel to machine the centres! So I'm researching maybe a special drill bit or something to get the centres bang on. panhard rod. Ebay have them for $70 but I'm thinking go with a brand and lash out on the $80 number. I'll paint the alloy plate in the bay and touch up the bay a little.

Haha Well after having trouble disengaging the clutch from the beginning.. I committed to the following: I bought a new 1,300 kg clutch (Xtreme). $480 N/A fly wheel and starter sandwich plt. $280 New privet ball. And payed the cheapest mechanic in town 700 to fit it He then had issues so I gave the go ahead to buy Custom master and new slave $260 Got it back and it was ok. For a week. Then it stopped disengaging and blew a slave... So I bought 2 more new slaves (19-22mm) Fitted one today and noticed this! With a total of $1,760 spent. So far no job and starting a business... Bad times Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Up The Date! Ill try to keep this one positive There was a big NW car club meet up planned for the 22 of feb. So I had my dead line. Good old Karratha weather is sitting on 45 most day and hit 50 degrees at one point... it was like being re-bourn every time I slid from underneath the car.. Fitted the 3" intercooler kit but not touching the boost till I get an electronic boost controller. runs fine though. had to replace a ton of hoses but it was good because im not a fan of blue hosing any way. Only had to cut 1 hole in the body for the pipe coming from the turbo. I also cut that pipe in half and used a 3 inch joiner to get the length. pic will do a better job at describing it. not a bad kit for $250 plus a few hoses and some stronger old joiners I had lying around. Used the Xover lines and just bent the bracket to line up with the bracket, because why use zipties. Box Well fork split.... on inspection I could unscrew the pivot ball by hand. Dropped the MX7 and found an awesome surprise along with a few lose bolts. The mechanic had not replaced the Spigot bush so it was running something like a v8 bush for god knows how long with a huge internal diameter! Dye grinder made short work of it. Then a mate (Joel) who was helping me put the box back in found that the shaft play on the MX7 was insane. I informed him that the syncros in 2nd and 3rd are on the way out and he suggested I not use the box.. Ok so I need a box and I was not keen on using that clutch again I decided to play it safe and bought a New Xtreme HD clutch. Clutch differences Joel had a spare R33 Box in a donor car he picked up for a slab haha So I gave him $800 (a good price for a 33 box) and a few day later it was in the vl... After a wash in the barrow Forks are the same bearing carriers are different 800 gram tin of tomatos and a good rag block the hole up perfectly, Just like mumma use to make! the day before the cruise Well the mx7 sandwich plate was still fitted along with the 33 box meaning I couldn't install the starter motor. so I was faced with 2 options Drop the box (**** that) or, cut, file, bend, dye grind and vice grip the outer lip. Well it was fun and I ended up buying a little dye grinder cutting wheel set. laughed when I heard the little wheel pull more RPMs than the RB30 Got it off after about 9 hours and used washers to replicate the sandwich plate under the starter bolts. then wacked the N/A starter motor on it... Nothing, wouldn't start. whecked all the wiring.. nothing. starter was ****ed. Did some research and found I could use the mx7 starter so I did. worked perfectly. Side note: the car was originally running a 9.5 inch flywheel with MX7 box and starter: not ideal. The morning of the cruise bleed the clutch and took it for its first drive in months and cant believe how good the 33box is! adjusted the clutch pedal back in line with the accelerator and it ran great. Just in time for the northwest car club cruise at 11am. ---------- Post added 24-02-15 at 20:11 ---------- Traded the VTss ****ters for a full set stockies with new tread, gave them a paint with some silver anti rust (for fares or lightly rusted surfaces) canter caps were $50 off eBay. suits the car way better. pics up soon. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

At least u have ur gearbox issues sorted can't wait for pics!!

Cars on the day Joel's R32 Getting a tan for the first time in a while Joels 4wd 5.5inch lift and 32 im the first cab off the rank. Sexy asses Bay by the bay A BW Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking excellent. why not keep the factory blackouts?

I'm a huge fan the original blackouts. But because an LE rear spoiler had be fitted when I got it the black outs where huge. ill be putting skirts on and re doing all the blackouts. Not sure what I want to do with the body just yet it has a few small dents here and there. maybe oneday ill fork out for a respray. but happy with the paint as its still in pretty good nick. no dry spots. Cooler kit info I bought the cooler kit off ebay. Clamps piping and hoses for 250 free postage. But because it was off ebay not much fitted. meaning I had to buy 3" x 3" silicone joiners x 2 to make up for the misalignment in the piping and an adaptor for the T/B. clamps were pretty **** (did up ok but if you undid them the bolts would roll in the clamp.. I just kept my eye out and waited for one to come along cheap. My budget was pretty limited on the cooler side of things as I already payed a guy 300 for a kit that he never sent. I originally ordered a 2.5 kit but they sent a 3" kit instead lol came up ok. ---------- Post added 25-02-15 at 13:44 ---------- !!! Hot tip for any one using "plasti dip" and wanting to remove it easily !!!! export degreaser the cheap red can stuff you buy frome super sh1t auto washes it strait off!!! Spray on wipe off cost under 2.50 a can!

R the interceptors for keeps? Or r u going to put calais rims on it eventually? I real on the vtss rims didn't look too bad either,

Il give credit where it's due mate, you have saved this car. Great work.

Quote: Originally Posted by dougall83 [View Post] R the interceptors for keeps? Or r u going to put calais rims on it eventually? I real on the vtss rims didn't look too bad either, Eventually it may go on a set of Calais wheels when the skirts go on and the black outs are applied. I'm not a fan of the VT SS mags, its the little bits in between the 5 spokes that ruin it for me. They would look pretty damn good without them as a five spoke star rim. ---------- Post added 27-02-15 at 19:27 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by MUS [View Post] Il give credit where it's due mate, you have saved this car. Great work. Thanks MUS you of all people know what it takes to bring a car to life. I think I may have this one for a while as iv restored over 80% of the car. The body needs a straiten out for sure but that will come with more time motivation and cash put aside. At the moment If I was to respray it I would be looking at replacing. 1 door 2 front quarter panels (rust lower half) Any colour vl panel would suffice as it would get painted Some 5 good little impressions. Any rust around front screen. Would like to go morning blue over asteroid silver. with a little pearl violate and silver. Short shifter will arrive any day now so I can re fit the centre console. Other things it could do with: check straps. Auto door light spring switches fix electric mirrors/wiring Paint engine bay again with alpine white Plastic for left front windscreen. fit side skirts and Calais black line detailing Maybe Calais wheels of ve super sports 20" S2 cluster New door cards. Jack fit horn to front bar New tail shaft centre bearing 3" turbo to cat new muffler and fit 3inch dump. Paint booster and clean up all wiring in that area electronic boost controller. Just looking for another job. so focus is on err more important things??