Hey everyone i've been checkin out your cars on here for years while waiting to get my license and my 1986 vl calais N/A. We've had the calais in the family since 1987 when dad got it, it was our only car until 2004 when we brought another car, so long story short the calais sat in a shed for 4 yrs then under a tarp for another year or so, until we finally decided to get it restored. the panelbeater said there was too much rust around the windscreen n boot so luckily there was a blue vl commodore at the same workshop for sale so we used her body instead more photos of the process...he actually took a good 8months too do all this. We took the motor out from the vl calais n figured the commodores one was much better so we ended up putting it back in and transferred all the calais parts into the commodores shell. primmmin time took a couple of weeks once it was ready to be painted since we were stuck with a typical panelbeater my mate with the vs ute and i actually spent more workin on the vl than the pano did...bull****nesssss but we had a good fun and the pop ups didnt work at this time. finally got her home n gave it some TLC before it went too the mechanic, so he could go over it, before it went to the RAC for its plates. Bad news was the mechanic was flat out and couldnt work on the car for at least a month so it sat in my garage until then. Finally we thought she'd be done soon when we took her out there but after a look over he wasnt impressed with the panelbeaters work and replaced countless parts including having to take the motor out for seals that shoulda been checked when the motor was out a couple months prior. So the time he allocated for the ''look over'' wasnt enough and had to wait until a later date when he could get too it. He finally did and we booked it into the RAC, only to get rejected because the pop-up lights had to work, 3inch exhaust was too loud and light above the number plate didnt work. So back to the workshop it went for another week where the pop ups were fixed and a 2.5inch exhaust installed. Then she finally got her plates! first arvo i took it out for a drive i got pulled up! also the first time i been pulled over haa currently have fitted a momo competition wheel, vs door speaker pods with 6inchs, 6.5s on the rear and new tread. Hope ya had a good look and let me know what yas think i should do next too her fellas. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey buddy great job on the calais! you from the barri? cant be too many white over white calais up there brother? any plans to got turbo?

calais rims for now and enjoy it but in the meantime start building a driveline

Quote: Originally Posted by satansLBO [View Post] hey buddy great job on the calais! you from the barri? cant be too many white over white calais up there brother? any plans to got turbo? Nope! this is the only vl in kalbarri a mate in gero said he hasnt seen a vl calais in gero either eh yeh turbo hopefully sometime next year, just gunno save up abit more $$$ first mate ---------- Post added 16-07-10 at 22:13 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by malpaso [View Post] calais rims for now and enjoy it but in the meantime start building a driveline yeh man calais rims would be awesome, i've looked for them but nobody is willing too frieght too the country (kalbarri) know anyone in perth selling them? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I disagree; I personally think white over white VLs in anmy model are very hard to pull off without making it look cheap (something about white over white looks ****). But I really like it with the white Walky wheels. What tyres are they specifically? I like the way writing is in white too.

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl [View Post] I disagree; I personally think white over white VLs in anmy model are very hard to pull off without making it look cheap (something about white over white looks ****). But I really like it with the white Walky wheels. What tyres are they specifically? I like the way writing is in white too. ooo so we pulled it off? its how dad had it before me so just wanted too keep it that way but make it look cleaner. They arent walky rims bro theyre 15inch CSA rims, been on the car since we've owned it. The raised white lettering is no longer!! as none of the companies my mechanic goes through makes them so its got plain black hankooks now (but yes i did prefer the white writing too ). Heres a couple photos of how it was for ya dude.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I think your needs the silver trim and calais side pannels and lower moulds. I don't mind your dads wheels either, besides its the only calais in town so its fairly unique round those parts. Have you tired star freight? They courier up to Karratha all the time.

Quote: Originally Posted by satansLBO [View Post] I think your needs the silver trim and calais side pannels and lower moulds. I don't mind your dads wheels either, besides its the only calais in town so its fairly unique round those parts. Have you tired star freight? They courier up to Karratha all the time. oh yeh those chrome strips? i dont have enough clips to put em back on atm mate... but when i do kalbarri doesnt get many trucks through it cos its not on the main highway its about a hour from it actually but there is one from gero to kalbarri so just gotta get shyt too gero! sucks balls living in the country hey haha maybe not so much in busso Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Heres an updated interior photo Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks really good mate. its good to see another well presented vl in wa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

UPDATE: A mate n me spent the weekend makin a boot install and putting in two 12"s, got the idea from that patch bloke we're pretty pleased so just thought i'd put it up! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

came up looking good. you gonna box those wheel arches in or leave them?

Quote: Originally Posted by zaksvl [View Post] came up looking good. you gonna box those wheel arches in or leave them? We were gunno make the face of the box so it covered them up but ran outta long bits of wood haha devooooo, might still do it on the right side but not on the left...the spare wheels hard enough to get out as it is Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah sub woofa

Quote: Originally Posted by satansLBO [View Post] yeah sub woofa yeh man! just get bulkkk boot rattle if i crank it, anyone got tips? we fixed the tailights from thumpin its just the edge of the lid Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Got it tinted over the weekend as summers coming up n didnt wanna cook also fitted some vy ss rims off my mate just too see how she'd look... opinions welcome pretty sure i'll buy them but Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

huge improvement with those wheels. the others were just to much white

Yea man buy them, they suit it

chhyeah i probably will ay, hes given me a awesome price for the lot Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

just a quick update, brought the wheels, new tread, lukey hotdog, 3.5'' tip and full carpeted the boot black dunno what too do next!!, thinking 2 more speakers in the boot, chrome trim on the outta mouldings, turbo maybeee??? any ideas guys ---------- Post added 23-12-10 at 22:01 ---------- Some original photos have not been recovered yet.