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My new VL

Started by Steve VL vbmenu_register("postmenu_2085720", true); · 15 Feb 2009 · 134 replies

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I painted my LE rear bar and venetians at work today, now I just need a new exhaust tip lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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wow is that tip a 4inch steve or what lol get a chrome dumpy for it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Yeah thats a 4 inch dumpy with an extra piece welded onto it to sit behind the old bar. Should be getting a new one this week hopefully Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Got my 4 inch dumpy put on yesterday, looks soo much neater now
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looks mint but i reckon you should have gone different side skirts as the calais ones look to small compared to the rest of the kit. but each to their own looks mint either way mate.
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Quote: Originally Posted by vlwagz looks mint but i reckon you should have gone different side skirts as the calais ones look to small compared to the rest of the kit. but each to their own looks mint either way mate. Yeah i know, and it looks way too high now too, I want to try and find a Formula front bar extention, but i know thats gonna be a pain in the ass. Thanks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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dumpy tip looks good are you still gonna director your taillights? i reckon it will look awesome! did a little photochop cause im bored..... check it mang would look even better in real life me thinks.. tis a pretty dodgy chop haha im too tired do give it a decent effort should like something like this Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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yeah he'd better do it! it will look so nice and be an interesting addition to the formula pack which was supposed to be a colour coding pack anyway.
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Yeah I want to do it, good quick job obsesv I like it, makes me want to do it more. But I need to buy some fine line tape to mask it up, I'm gonna try get some through work OK G got bored during the night and started on the tail lights. Just got some pin stripe tape and started with the the outside lines and the stripe in between
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dude just whack masking tape on, then stanley knife out the bits your gonna paint!
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Hmm i honestly never thought of that, I'm gonna try it, thanks heaps Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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I've finished my tail lights with pin stripe tape
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Its been a while since Ive posted here so heres an update. I have polished calais rims on my car, wouldnt mind gettin a white wall done but I dunno how much that would be
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I got 2 of my new calais rims on now, theyre finished with 4000 wet instead of my others which were finished with 2000. They also have white on them. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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What happened to the Director tailights? They looked awesome!
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It was just tape and it started to peel off coz of rain etc, and they started lifting because my tail lights are starting to move abit, where the brake light meets the blinker and reverse light Im goin outside to put my electric mirrors on now lol
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OK so I've stepped up now, went upto Tempe tyres yesterday and was deciding between VY GTS rims or VY Sigs I ended up gettin the GTS 19s Just needs lowering now
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you should just paint the tail lights it looked heaps good bro.. looks nice with the 19s too now you just need to drop it on its guts!
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nice sticker man haha rear tail lights looked good... try and make some more up or mask and paint another set so they wont peel i was at tempe today.... i reckon sigs, cause i hardly see them in sydney... and as justine said, dump her on her guts
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Yeah im gonna go pedders soon and get a full suspention set up, springs, shocks, sway bars, panard rod
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