Name: Josh Model: 1986 Series 1 VL Calais Colour: Silverslate over Silver Bodykit: Standard Engine Type: Notorious Inline Six Power: Untested Exhaust: 2 & 1/2 to come Gearbox: Auto Diff: Single Spinner Brakes: Disks all round Suspension: Ultralows in the back, Gabriel heavy duty shortened shocks to come, Superlows up front. Wheels/Tyres: 15" Calais Interior: Comfy series 1. Woodgrain wheel Stereo: Clarion 2 channel 200w amp, 12" Kicker sub, 6" Kenwood rear splits. Build Period: Just got it. Not really buliding Cost: Swapped smashed VR ute Sorry bout the night time rain photo's but I want to take some at the very start of the "build". This is my new Calais. April 86 Series 1, Silverslate over Silver with 180,000 genuine k's with books. Small bit of rust but not the worst I've seen. Original paint that needs a good polish. I really want to keep it looking fairly original, neat and tidy. For the interior I am just gonna steam clean it. fix the switches and put in a woodgrain wheel. I had plans to wire RCA's up to the standard radio but it all got to annoying so just put an old looking head unit in so it looks standard. Also replacing the speedo cos this ones stuffed. It was completely original when i got it, minus the lowering. An old lady owned it from new and sold it to her Grandson who had it for a month, then i bought it (rescued lol). I am going to replace the head and tailights with new ones and i've cleaned and polished the garnish to make it nice again. I'm also going to polish the calais rims and install a 2 & 1/2" system to give it some noise. otherwise its going to stay pretty much orig. just a nice low cruiser with power everything I'll keep you posted Cheers guys Josh Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

bigger photos would be great lol

I'll try and resize. lol i didn't realise they would turn out like that

nice one mate, look forward to it. Love silverslate

some day time shots... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks just like mine man lol. any bay shots ? def my favorite VL colour, mine had grey interior to start with to.

very basic boring original dirty engine bay lol. i'm gonna keep my interior grey. my fav vl int. colour. although red does rock! should i get a pod. will it make much difference? just spent sunday morning trying to figure out why central locking wouldn't work. driver power connection came undone so simple! taped plugs together as clip was broken and all sorted! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Leave the airbox on and get a K&N Panel filter, Pod's just suck in hot air anyway, defectable for pods in Vic so I assume in QLD too?

love this color.. hope your not planning on parking it there all the time though

Quote: Originally Posted by freEze_dK [View Post] love this color.. hope your not planning on parking it there all the time though how come? theives? don't have much choice...the missus gets the driveway and it bottoms out on it anyway!

Bad bad idea. I wouldn't be leaving that on the street, you may aswell put a ribbon on it to signify a gift for whichever lucky thief is walking past..

like i said. fug all i can do unfortuantely. it will have to stay on the street. it has a factory immobiliser. spose that helps a bit. still waiting on f-ing tax so i can register it. buy lights and shocks and exhaust and polish wheels. jeez its a list haha new pics once the ball gets rolling. cheers ---------- Post added 29-07-10 at 23:11 ---------- hey guys quick question. when i'm sitting on about 60. well basically at cruising speed. theres like a "wob wob wob wob wob wob wob" from the wheels? i was thinking wheel bearings? any help would be great cheers

hey guys the cars pretty dumped on what i think are cut springs. it rides like a trampoline. i was gonna replace the shocks with heavy duty shortened ones assuming the shocks in there were og. but it turns out their bilstein yellow ones. looking at this pic do they look rooted? i'm gonna change the springs too don't worry Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

GOT MY TAX!@! woo hoo so i got rid of the crappy bilsteins. they were buggered. replaced them with short travel monroe gt shockies today. 120 trade price for a pair. gotta love that. rides a little better but def need to get king springs asap. cut springs suck balls. also ordered new head lights, 5000k globes, and new tailights as well as a front wheel bearings and brand new centre garnish badge to go on my polished garnish. the old one was bowed in the middle like a rainbow?! replaced the 800 000k speedo with 112 000 cos it was broken and installed a woodgrain wheel. i'll probaly get the other one tidied up and injected and keep it in the shed so it can be easily returned to all orig. oh and most importantly got rego today so i can drive it now! yes!!!

Bilstein shock absorbers are great, you can rebuild most types of them. Monroe GT shocks are seriously bottom of the line junk in comparison Those shocks do look pretty had it however the casings rubbing really bad ! Car looks good tho ! I would definitely invest in a better alarm with some good features if you are going to leave it on the street, stealing a VL is easier then catching a bus.

lol @ stealing a vl is easier than catching a bus! hey duff, as for your mods i had a 42****km vlc on gas. i did a 2 1/4" exhaust and saw no real power gain. i paired it with a bmc filter and as soon as i pulled out of my driveway felt it! it was a panel filter in the standard box. i also fitted a pair of extractors later on down the track and i would recomend all 3 mods. 2 1/4 is a perfect size for a vl especially as a daily. anyway man the best advice i can give you after being there and doing that and busting my gut on doing everything myself / on the cheap / second hand is pay someone to give it a once over, fresh afm / coil, leads, plugs, cas... it will run like a dream and save you time hassle and money down the track. i did that with my vlt i have now and wich i had done it when i was using my n/a vlc as a daily. ---------- Post added 12-08-10 at 11:08 ---------- edit - on another note if you click on the link under my DP that says s1 vlc marinello / asteroid theres a lot to learn from reading through. 7 pages of photos and crap about an na vl daily!

sell it to me but apart from that looks mint pal good luck with it

cheers guys. thanks for all the comments. i've got a 2.5 exhaust and extraxtors lined up for it and i fitted the tailights they look great! only down side is it makes the garnish look like sh!t even after i polished the crap out of it. so a new stripe kit from ebay will be bought too lol as well as the rare spares garnish badge on its way to brisbane as we speak. very excited. its coming along nicely. bought some kitten no. 2 today as well. didn't get a chance to buff it up though. too busy with fuel pump issues on the old mans vr ute. tomorrow hopefully as well as new pics. stay tuned

buffed and fitted headlights.. new pics guys enjoy. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

love my plates too haha