AFAIK, the calais was the only model that has silver door handles in series 1, as my parents have a september 86 berlina, this has black handles, but as 87VL said, it may be body colour dependant, as thier berlina was the dark blue, maybe it was an option? i dont know, but i know that ive only ever seen Calais with the silver handles. Maybe we should have everybody state thier series(and build date), model, body colour and door handle colour ill start series 2 (7/87), Exec, Beige, Black, Series 2 (10/87), Exec, White, Black, Series 1 (9/86), Berlina, Dark Blue, Black

(8/87), Exec, Maron, Black Lord-Data how do u tell if ur vl is a series 1 or 2?

Calaisturbo.com has a list of the major calais changes .. build date generally sets it .. it was mid 1987 it changed over .. all '86 are definitly series 1, and all '88 are definitly series 2 .. mines september 87 and is series 2, i think it was july/august it changed over? (your build date is under neat your dash cluster, stamped onto the body frame . .

Well what is the go with color coding bumpers and the door strips. My car is an exec with color coded bumbers and door strips. Also whats the go with boot colours. I have heard some cars came with black paint on the inside of the boot.

Colour coded bumpers was a factory option .. looks great on some colours, not on others .. (my colour for example, would look better with silver bumpers) .. red, blue and white usually had matched bumpers, i think? I've not seen a black inside of a bootlid .. but I guess anything is possible .. Maybe been done aftermarket tho? I'd guess if someone filled the bootlid for audio purposes, they might paint it .. A lot of coded bumpers are also done aftermarket as it often looks better Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah i agree with u there Lord-Data on some colors being better coded than others, especially the HDT's and of course the Walkie. And definitely the series 200 package which were body color and Sandalwood brown. However the 86,87,88 Exterior and Interior changes pdf file on Home Of The Vl Turbo site lists all the trim combination codes etc. check it out. IJD: My boot is black everywhere inside to. I think some people install sound gear in the boot and spray sound deadener on the boot floor and finish the rest off with a $10 dolar can of black paint to match it all up or whatever.

i think it depends on model type and body colour also(boot colour), because mine is the body colour(beige) my parents berlina is dark blue with black boot(owned since new) and my friends white exec has a black boot. also my body colour(biege) looks terrible colour coded, it looks better with the calais silver bumpers, where as my parents and friends cars look fantastic colour coded.

not arguing with u there VLcrawfo but i sore the inside of a dark blue Calais Series 2 and all inside the boot was the same color as the body color. Could of been resprayed maybe?

yeah, thats cool, its near imposible to now the history of a car unless youve owned it since new, so it quite possibly could have been resprayed, i know our berlina has, but that was exterior only, i know my exec has, at some point in time.

My car has a light under the bonnet, cut into the heat mat. It only works when the headlights are on. I also have lumbar support on my driver's seat. It's an S1 Calais. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i have lumbar support in mine, but thats the calais seats, but i think its busted, it never does anything, anyone know how to fix it?

dude berlinas had rear interior light and they also had "jesus" handles in the roof as well as the extended handles on the inside of the doors like the calais did

late 88 model SL's also had the grip handles. And also i just noticed a way to tell the difference between a series 1 and 2 Exec in the light grey color: the centre air vents above the radio and AC/heater controls have a grey surround as compatred to sereis 1's which have black surround. i assume this would be 4 all dash colors also...

yes your right it is for all dash colours, i believe that point was made on the calais turbo site in the series 1 - series 2 changes page

yeah well my calais has about every option that they cam out with that includes the factory sunroof and also the 5.0ltyou name it it has it i couldn't believe it when a person asked me if he wanted to swap it for my old vn stcoky

You know guys i might actually bother reading the list of trim features when it is spaced out properly and written so it doesn't give me a headache every time i look at it! Cheers

someone did that i think, thsi was just a normal post, that got made sticky, so it shouldnt be all nicely written out Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

VL_john im sure you would recieve praise if you did it instead of expecting someone else to..... then you wouldnt get a headache

I have the original post's details in a spreadsheet still .. but it doesnt include the changes discussed on the rest of this thread ..

I have a 86 Berlina (November) It Metallic gray with color coded bumper bars, It is painted black inside the boot, and has crome dor handles.