Oh bro! Lol. Its always the way. Look at the hard fixes first.

classic mistake.

was painting up the window surround matte black and liked the look of it gloss black before it was drying, so grabbed a can of gloss and gave it a few coats. unsure how if i like it or not in the dark will have to wait till morning.

Is there anything you don't do in the carpark haha ..... coming along good

looking good man

Painted up my 2nd rocker cover and swapped it on mid week. Only one thing but such a major change looks wise to the bay. Got some sort of whistle now when i come on boost so thinking its a boost leak but bugger me i cannot find the *******.

Sure does brighten it up aye. Is it wrinkle red or just normal spray paint? Good to see you running factory air box, looks quite good like that.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ-SXYHDT [View Post] Good to see you running factory air box, looks quite good like that. Both of you running the factory Air Box, looks heaps better than a queer pod filter hanging out the side Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks the ducks nuts reminds me of when I redid mine

Yeah I like the air box look for sure in my car, never like seeing pod straight off the throttle body. In the VLs I used to like it but looking at that pic it looks a lot better, guess I'm getting old huh

Wrinkle red but i did a terrible job of it, few patches of non wrinkle but only on close inspection. yea i wonder if the air box is restricting at all ? but the air is probably colder so thats beneficial because it gets really hot in the engine bay. Think i need an exhaust manifold heat shield and would having a full 3 inch exhaust with less restriction help this ??

theres a small gian to not running the standard air box, but then you are sucking hotter air without it. Yes a 3" will reduce bay heat and give you alot more grunt, alot more free flowing exhaust gets the hot gases out quicker etc. best mod you can do to turbo motor. Heat wrap the headers too.

Just about any intake or exhaust mods will give you small power gains - factory cars are designed with economy and comfort in mind, which means intake noise and the like is a no no. Don't expect to feel any change in acceleration however, as these mods will literally only liberate a few kW, but it all adds up. At the end end of the day it all comes down to preference - personally I think VL airboxes look mud, but each to their own!

Hopefully i can suss out getting an air box made at work to suit a pod filter setup. Moving to Blenheim for 8 months at the start of March, not a lot to spend money on down there so should hopefully be able to save up for some goodys. Want to sort the suspension out get a bit less body roll, maybe do some new bushs, new shocks and adjustable strut tops in the front. Also been making a parcel tray as the old one was falling to pieces and didnt fit my 6x9s to nicely. few progress pics... turned out to be a lot trickier then i thought but looks mint. No jigsaw? no problem [COLOR="Silver"] ---------- Post added 14-02-13 at 22:29 ---------- Gave it a clean and took some photos with my mates GTT Caldina Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good mate. how does that caldina go? my bro has one but pretty much stock.

Good work on the parcel tray it's amazing how much difference a new tidy one can make to the interior

Took the beast down to Night speed drag wars. hella fun and managed to run a 15.075 single spinner absolute ****e off the line ! some good motivation to sort my **** out and get an LSD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwRm7xBOMkU

That's not a bad time for first go. I managed a flat 14 in DOSEIT before she popped that night. Full exhaust would make a huge difference.

hahahaha YEYAH!!! shot homo! haha great vid, just love watching a VL boost!

Considerably better then my 16.4 on first run skidding up a storm haha