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My VK Calais

Started by JVKCAL · 11 Jan 2012 · 63 replies

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JVKCALArchived member
Hey everyone this is my vk just thought id show some people Make / Model: Holden 85' Calais Colour: some sort of pearl paint job - blue/green Engine Type: 202 EFI Engine Mods: extractors, rebuilt Power: No Idea Exhaust: Old sports exhaust Gearbox: Auto Diff: LSD Brakes: Disc front and rear Suspension: dont know but is slightly lower than usual Wheels/Tyres: 19" SSV wheels Interior: Calais Ceurlean Stereo: kenwood flip dvd Head unit, 6"x9"s, 6.5" splits Future mods: Working on a decent boot install install my splits get a body kit and a respray chuck an 8 in it lower it get a louder exhaust and the list goes on lol will take time to do some of these things.. and my interior throw overs are just for work sorry about the quality Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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bLuj3tArchived member
Love a clean looking vk. Height looks good at the rear! But yeh front maybe a bit more.
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JVKCALArchived member
Cheers man, yer i wanna lower a bit more all round just dont know what size springs to get
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FAQFPVArchived member
Looks very nice mate but please dont chuck a body kit on it
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JVKCALArchived member
cheers man but i dont plan on getting a full kit just front end and spoiler also wont get it till i get a full single tone respray
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AgentcrmArchived member
IMO keep the 2 tone, looks way better and is far less common
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vlwagzArchived member
yeah i reckon keep it how it is mate it looks good maybe just a Group A grill.
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JVKCALArchived member
yer but my paint has a few defects now and i cant color match it cause of the type of paint it changes colour slightly.. sucks otherwise id put a group a grill on
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AgentcrmArchived member
You could do a two tone respray, I wouldn't expect the silver to fade since it's not metallic.
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JVKCALArchived member
Yer could do that dont know what colour id go though.. anyone got any ideas on things i can do to it now while it like this? Allready restored my interior so dont think theres much i can do in there
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JVKCALArchived member
What are peoples opinions on venetians and would they suit my car?
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AgentcrmArchived member
get-a-shade on ebay, they're out of an O'briens glass store in Adelaide
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JVKCALArchived member
Should i get the rear quaters aswell? What color you rekon cause they have white and black
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AgentcrmArchived member
I would, black wouldn't be seen where as white stands out. do a search on here, there's plenty of cars running them
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JVKCALArchived member
just ordered set of 3 white venetians, also looking into putting a ecotec into the vk
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vlwagzArchived member
hope its a turbo ecotec?
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JVKCALArchived member
lol na man its for my ps otherwise id just go an 8 or l67 plus will look better in my engine bay then the 202
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AgentcrmArchived member
you may want to double check but I'm pretty sure the VS K-frame bolts in. there's a VQ on here with a VL RB30 K-frame, so I would think the v6 K-frame would fit. If it does just buy a wreck cheap and you get all the brake updates aswell
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JVKCALArchived member
Chears man, Gotta find someone for the wiring as i dont want to loose my digi dash either if i can find a place to do the lot for me and supply the engineers cert that would be gooddepending on how much tat would cost
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AgentcrmArchived member
try v6 Conversion for the wiring, if the K-frame bolts up then the swap is 'easy' you would need to bolt your existing suspension arm to the new k-frame to get the right track width
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