Beautiful calais Jacko.... your doing a terrific job, fantastic attention to detail. polished calais wheels and the ride hight sets it off mate. A+ Remeber this..... simplicity and authentisity is the go! Your lucky you have tinting experience maybe get a factory looking bottle blue green tint? I think you should get rid of the seppo walls, and hdt and turbo badges....... this is just fraud pal. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Cheers Guys, finally good to see everyone noticing the detail and how clean it actually is, is a lot better in person. But at this stage i love the walls, too me it was just a like too naked when i didn't have them. But it did look very tuff/standard look. Took the Turbo badge off, but i like the HDT to add a small piece of authenticity and difference. Slowly going to start making the trim/interior as mint as possible. The front leathers aren't in the best shape, hence why it has seat covers and throw overs. Will get them redone whenever im happy with everything else. But chasing a s2 console lid, a new dash piece that goes over the cluster and air vents. And that's about it for the interior. But next im going to restore the rear garnish and the boot and side trim above it. Might even get some new taillights to finish it off. I have a Holden badge restored ready to go on the garnish, but maybe tossing up between leaving no badges on the strip.. only the Calais one on the garnish. But if anyone has porta walls, please give me some tips to clean them, wax and grease remover works ok, as well as metho, but its takes foreveeerrrrrr to clean and they get dirty around 2 days after i clean them. But anyways got the Falcon and its mechanically mint, absolutely nothing wrong with the running gear and its very smooth to drive. Eats the juice a little bit but they can be quiet reliable if they haven't been trashed. But from now i doubt the Calais will be out much. Probably once every few weeks or more. Oh and i need to do spray the black around the doors and windows. But thats about it haha. Out of curiosity, how much do you think the Calais is worth? Check page one if you guys want to know all the specs.. i update it every time i change something. Cheers Jako.

I think you could ask just about any price for an authentic hdt vl calais

Heres the Daily Falcooooon. Its actually a f$$king good car. Pics at my mates house after borrowing his buffer [COLOR="Silver"] ---------- Post added 16-09-12 at 21:49 ---------- Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

personally wouldnt waste my money on lowering it and rims, still gonna look gay. if u wanna use it as a daily just drive it, more money for the vl.

Quote: Originally Posted by -pumba- [View Post] personally wouldnt waste my money on lowering it and rims, still gonna look gay. if u wanna use it as a daily just drive it, more money for the vl. well said boss

Im just going to put super lows in it and tint the windows. And probably a few little touches.

Quote: Originally Posted by SELO XST 045 [View Post] well said boss +2 spend the dollars on the Calais not the taxi Especially considering the amount of hard work you have put into the Calais. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

defs leave the coon as it is, spend/save it all for the calais, it deserves it more! out of curiosity, how thick are you whitewalls? getting mine done but dunno what width to get yours look perfect. 30mm???

Quote: Anfyz i would say that's 25mm from what i can see from the pics :P just a guess

De-Badged the rear finisher. ---------- Post added 27-09-12 at 16:07 ---------- ---------- Post added 27-09-12 at 16:07 ---------- Might go back to factory Black handles. ---------- Post added 27-09-12 at 16:21 ---------- And the White Walls are just under 2.5cm, so around 23-24mm Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

leave the chrome handles it looks sex spec so so clean

fantastic looking calais...leave the chrome handles man

But they aren't the stock ones, every time i look at it, makes me feel like its s1.

BLACK DOOR HANDLES .. its a s2 black suites better PUT BADGE's BACK ON, but redo the paint on it ....

Im going to polish it up like a baws, will come up decent anyways. And yeah still deciding on the handles... dont know which to go to. ---------- Post added 02-10-12 at 11:23 ---------- Bought a new set of wheels for the Calais, Genuine Supersports. Will have them in a week or so.

Mate that is one of the cleanest Calais' ive seen in a while Great job in keeping it neat but with a few sweet touches (in my opinion the calais wheels with whitewalls are horn!) And considering you're still a P Plater! lucky as But put more money and focus into the VL, dont worry about your daily so much, those falcons if looked after will run forever. Anyway, thats just my 2 cents worth. Keep it up

Cheers mate, and yeah not spending a cent on the falcon, except general maintenance. Can't wait till my new wheels turn up, will use the Calais rims for when i go on long trips etc which is around once a year to Brissy. Plus now having the falcon and recently getting 2 jobs haha the Calais never gets driven, which is great because i can save for it. But i do drive it every now and then, probably once a fortnight. Sleeps in the shed under a car cover. Cheers guys for all the comments it just needs a turbo now, but done the proper way, im thing going GKTECH hidden intercooler, But im slowly going to do the conversion kit so im thinking it wont be done for around 2 years. In no rush. Will get pics up when i get the wheels ))) ---------- Post added 03-10-12 at 21:43 ---------- Found these photos. These for the 'For Sale' photos of the car when it was on Gum tree back in 2009. Bought the car a week later haha. Calais fully stock, except wheels and tint Its still in the same condition, if not better. Enjoy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

You have definitely improved it immeasurably since you bought it. Something really special now. Good luck with the turbo conversion.

Thanks mate. Its such a big job to convert but ill slowly get it done.