i recently swapped my vq 5l for a vl unsure wether its a calais i didnt do my research now i think ive been stung i have compliance plate please help me understand wether calais or not as i dont want to pour muney into if not it is completely dressed as calais i cannot tell the differance cheers the model number is vl8vk19-a8q jan 88 8k196h L271558L i dont know how to upload pics otherwise i would

its a sl or executive going off those numbers

http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showth...vin+calculator (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=18183&highlight=vin+calculator) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Your car is a Holden SL/Executive Commodore Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Non-Turbo Nissan RB30E producing 114kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1988 at the Adelaide plant spewing

thanx guys im ***n ropeable is such a nice car though will strip it i guess

why would u strip it? post pics of it

Does it matter if it's not genuine Calais... Really? If it's had a full interior and exterior trim conversion to Calais then it'd take looking at the numbers for most people to pick up on it... That said, if you don't know much about VL's and it just has a Calais nose which led you to believe it was a Calais and the bloke said it was a Calais, then yeah I'd be pretty p*ssed too.

don't stress to much. get some pictures up and let us help you assess the situation. a clean mockup is still fine. doesn't matter if its genuine. if anything you will feel worse modding it if it is genuine.

Yeah, just keep it and do what you'd like to it, the genuine calais/turbo cars are better kept in mint condition, and the lower spec models upgraded and modified! If i had a matching numbers car i wouldnt want to screw with it

i dont know how to upload pics ? it says in reply area insert image but then comes up with web address kinda wierd

I completely agree with the last 2 comments above. If it's not a genuine calais you can really do what ever you want with it and modify/paint/swap engines/interior, what ever you want without feeling bad about stuffing with a immaculate genuine calais. A vl is a vl really, as long as it is in reasonable condition i wouldnt worry about it. It's not like he modified a calais front and slapped it onto a holden camira lol. ---------- Post added 08-09-11 at 20:12 ---------- oh yeah dont strip it that would be really stupid. if you arent happy with it sell it complete and buy what you want. too many vl's get stripped and the shells end up at scrap.

open a photobucket account or image shack. i like photobucket. less ads. upload pictures / use the links to the pictures on the internet to post the pictures in here.

Yeah , I wouldn't care these days , I think the VL's , particularly with the R33 Skyline motors bolted into them offer good quality , they seem to put some of the later Nissans to shame , I mean , I get worried when I hear a metallic sound come from a gearbox under load in the latest model Nissan Navara when it's only got 84,000 kms on the odometer. If I owned a company with these vehicles , I'd wanna be checking the fluid levels because one company I worked for , well, a bloke had a brand new Hilux which had a low level or no oil in the gearbox. I'd want to rule that out to make sure it's not the cars fault , though I am concerned with that Navara where the bonnet doesn't close properly.

Quote: Originally Posted by doseup [View Post] i recently swapped my vq 5l for a vl unsure wether its a calais i didnt do my research now i think ive been stung i have compliance plate please help me understand wether calais or not as i dont want to pour muney into if not it is completely dressed as calais i cannot tell the differance cheers the model number is vl8vk19-a8q jan 88 8k196h L271558L i dont know how to upload pics otherwise i would I wouldn't worry too much about what a compliance plate says... no one is going to say 'oh hey its not originally a calais 20 years ago'. DUZ10S was one of the greatest looking 'calais' but it was originally a BT1... I dont think anyone cared though.