here is a couple pics of my calais. has a fair few upgrades, custom intercooler, lowered, adjustable panhard rod, full nolathane suspension upgrade, vt ss 17" wheels, full stereo system, K&N pod, adj boost controller and a custom exhaust. for now its my daily driver, but hopefully i will give it a respray and a tidy up soon. http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_5120.jpg (http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/bisho_photos/IMG_5120.jpg) http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_5130.jpg (http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/bisho_photos/IMG_5130.jpg) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Good to finally see another Tassie car on here. Should look the goods with a fresh coat of paint. Factory sunroof is always a bonus too

cheers mate, yeah its not to bad, the roof is a bit faded. the sun roof it awesome on nice days..not so nice in our winters though Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

My suggestions would be: new front grille, respray front bumper - infact respray whole front end (seems to be the only part of the car that isnt mint paint wise), polished calais rims, chrome dump tip. Maybe colour code the gas filler if you could be bothered, otherwise - this thing has bigg potential Looks the goods! Edit: Oh and! Get out some matte black paint from a spray can and respray that black mould under the doors, it'll look TEN times better just with that one thing resprayed. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thanks heaps Borci88. the silver for the trims is on its way yeah when i got my second car out of the shed this is going straght in there for a respray/tidy up. the gas cap is no longer connected to anything so that will soon get shaved off. I reckon i will pull or mask the lower trims up on the week end and do them as well. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Typical for the metallics to fade like that. Unless the car lives in a shed 24hrs a day they all seem to do it. Don't paint the side skirts either. Take them off and get some Meguires Next Gen tyre shine and soak them in that. Might take a few coats to get them 100% but they come up an absolute treat and look more original

yeah i guess being as old as they are they have done a pretty good job really. sounds like a good idea i might try that instead.

Gday everyone, here are some pics of the Vl with a fresh polish, VE SS 18'' wheels and the lower trim painted.. there has been no other work done other than a new interior out of a donor vl, new front shockies and bushes and a wheel alignment. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks liek it came up real good with a polish, what size profile are those tyres?? the sidewalls look huge. and fark thats a huge aerial lol

Looks the goods so far mate. Crank some chrome strips on.

haha pumba, the aerial is huge! and still gets bad reception ha.. the tyres are 245/45 18s the original VE tyres. got a new boost guage today as i had a feeling the old one wasnt accurate.. turns out i was right haha.. when on the higher boost setting it was running 18psi of boost - that would explain the spinning of the tyres when overtaking cars at 80 on a damp road and the lively back end around corners so turned it back to 13psi. OFF MY Ps NOW WOO ha can finally use 5th gear and use more of the power!. new bumper is on its way, paint it up and chuck it on, will be a good improvement! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

The Vl has been given a birthday!! I have resprayed the entire car, new bumpers, an Le rear lip and a custom 3" stainless steel straight through exhaust, possibly getting a cam soon and getting a rebuilt turbo and some new lifters ---------- Post added 22-01-12 at 21:31 ---------- Heres some pics! So... whats everyone think? ---------- Post added 22-01-12 at 22:00 ---------- I'm not sure if this will work but it should be a video of the exhaust note/spool out of the new exhaust http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/...s/b934bd2b.mp4 (http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/bisho_photos/b934bd2b.mp4) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.