there bloody good aren`t they mate,i feel your pain, im sure pannel and paint is the dodgiest trade lol.

my panel beater/painter was good, but slow.. lol

Check this thread out re: a few problems http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=78967 Last ones my favourite, always loved the ass of these things.

nice exhaust by the way! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looking good Chris!

Cheers, I've been telling them to rip it off since it got there, along with the tow bar, he finally got to me today and said, now what do you want me to do with the tow bar, rip it off? I just looked at him *yeah ***wit* 'yeah mate, rip it off' Theres a few bits up close that I'm not all that happy with, like in my photobucket you can see the black around the bumpers, you can see a few dodgy bits. Okay, well the update is as follows. Tomorrow @ around 3pm the car leaves the panel beater. I hand over a cheque. Car leaves panel beaters as above with all windows and door handles in. Front and Rear bars on. It goes to my mate for my wheels and the rest of my suspension/ my old bits that need to go back on. That goes on. It comes home to my place and gets locked in the garage, I stuff around for ages and get my hood lining in, new front and rear screens, carpet and underlay, dash, seats and seatbelts and all that crap. Then I have to organise the battery in the boot saga, re-install my stereo in the boot, battery box bolted to the false floor. Cable running along the right hand side. Then more than likely sort out the engine. However, panel beater has left me with a list of things that my old panel beater had lost. Being the locking mechanisms on the front doors, have to put in my windscreen wiper motors, the sills that sit on the door next to the glass. All that chrome surrounding around the windows, mine was bent and twisted, may need new ones or good condition second handies. Few bits here and there need to be done. I have to put on the calais boot lid stuff. Get new headlights and indicators (might do that when my autoelectrical work gets started) Not much left to go when I'm looking at it in $$$, just polishing, exhaust, piping, hood lining, tint, autoelectrical bill, roady, rego, then misc engine bits which im sure there will be thousands

EDIT: I'm actually starting to think I want silver skirts with all silver bumpers, may change that eventually. I want it back first. One day this week I think. These are off the phone, quick rush jobs as I was checking it out quickly. All my suspension is done, my brakes are on, just have to get something tightened and its mine back. Found one chip that I'm not too impressed about, final payment made on the paint today. Pretty broke but I should be hooking in soon, really want to get it moving. Things to do ... Things to do. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good bax!

damn im so jealous, looks so good man!

and scrubbing?

Thats chopped, still no weight to speak of in the car, interior, stereo install, battery, engine, gearbox. Hopefully it won't scrub yet, will find out sooner or later though I guess. I'm happy as larry though at the moment.

looks awesome mate Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Need another chop done?? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

here you go...looks good Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lookin tuff bax!

that looks awsome, love the colour and the wheels suit really nice congrats man looks great

Looks Aces Chris !! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i've always liked concept 5's on VL's. they're definitely a cheaper alternative to FR's. looking great man. can't wait to see this thing finished!

It's been a good day for me, cleaned out all my parts, found some stuff that I've needed, tidied up a few parts that I will need, getting all ready. Rocker cover has 90 degree bends on it now, I only cracked the paint a little bit haha. I've got parts that I have no idea what they are so I still have to fark around with it. But I'm off to start working on a few things soon, carpet looks good. Not sure what else I need at the moment, a pay cheque so I can pay my debts and start pating the new stuff again. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.