Finally got a VL not 100% about what she is exactly, shes got parts from everywhere calais rear tailights plain garnish pinstripes all over the guards, Poddy setup. gonna go with the idea that shes an exec picked her up for $400 220XXX KMs Auto Stock as a rock Solex Locks alarm, central locking, immobeliser Plans: 2.5" Exhaust - whats the best brand ? New 15" or 16" chasers all around, with the chrome dress ring Super Lows all around New Interior, Door Trims Calais Cluster Respray standard Colour Manual Conversion Sound System New Winsheild seals Optional: Extractors Calais Mock Up Respray any colour looking at somthing similar to SMRFY's VE GTS's Turbo'd ( more than likely in the next few years ) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

UPDATE: I changed my front brake pads, breaks like a dream! its amazing compared to the old ones! Got my new headunit in, fits like a glove looks the goods too. Only got cheap 6x9 in her at the moment (in the parcel shelf). Fitted the airal in, bigges **** of a job! Put the air con controler back into place, got it all working. Re-gassed it! Washed it, put my chasers back on (one tyre was flat, got it fixed day after it happened) put the car cover back on and called it a night! Im soo happy with it! its looking good! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

sl generally is a pov pack, no PS or A/C exec is an sl with AC and PS yours has the berlina blackout so i would immediately think its a berlina however the interior and flaking paint around the rear 1/4 window say otherwise. so i say exec aswell. paint looks ok why respray? i'd recommend some 16" ceptors (they look awesome i had some on my vy) with proper sized tyres. convert the rear end back to sl or exec, and tidy restore first before modification. as for the best brand exhaust redback + lukey have ebay packages which are fine however you should just grab a cheap second handy off of this site for $1-200. definately get a set of extractors in the meantime and a standard airbox. with fresh electrics (dissy cap / leads / plugs / coil pack etc etc.) she will run beautifully.

Get some pics up asap!

Yeah im starting to think its an SL. I was peeling off some paint today (where it was flaking) and it was white underneeth, so im thinking its an SL but the paint job tells me other wise.... do SL's have this paint job? It has SL badges in the dash (above the aircon) The owners befor me were western boys (Sunshine, Altona area) and were into there VL's so i gess they were fixing it up a bit? Exec, SL its still a VL! As for the re-spray, i was going to change the colour, but have decided on just giving it a freash up of the standard paint. I was going to re-spary it bacause im planing to build a calais mock-up Im not to sure if i should get a standard air box or keep the poddy set up, my mechanic told me he would pass it with the poddy set up, so im not too fussed about it. As for the exhaust, Im pretty sure it already has an exhaust but Ill have to look into it. It has pedders! So no need to get springs Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

by "poddy" i think yiou mean pod filter not potty? when my ****box had the pod filter it was running slower than now that it has a standard airbox

my vl is the same colour as this one, an mine is an excetutive

keep it that colour its nice and i picked up a set of near new hi tech extractors for $50, id do that and get an orig air box man, and just tidy everything up and clean it.

Quote: Originally Posted by MaD_WoG [View Post] by "poddy" i think yiou mean pod filter not potty? when my ****box had the pod filter it was running slower than now that it has a standard airbox Yeah thats what I mean. Whats a potty? If I had wrote that it was a spelling mistake LOL sorry. ****, really? Well I'll be getting a standard box asap! ---------- Post added 26-06-10 at 22:37 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by zac320 [View Post] keep it that colour its nice and i picked up a set of near new hi tech extractors for $50, id do that and get an orig air box man, and just tidy everything up and clean it. Yeah, I like the colour, and its a genuine GM colour. Were your extractors from ebay? What are they like? ---------- Post added 26-06-10 at 22:39 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by lukus [View Post] my vl is the same colour as this one, an mine is an excetutive Then mine most likely is an exec then! ---------- Post added 26-06-10 at 22:43 ---------- I'v decided not to build up a calais mock up, saw a calais today, really looked at what I had todo, its just too much and would be better to just buy a calais. And it would cost too much too. Calais nose cone $500, side skirts $200, rear calais garnish $120 - $150, then to begin on the inetriour, its just too much. So I got discrouged on doing a calais mock up and I'm just gonna restore it back to an exec Should be fun! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i bought the extractors off here mate.

Quote: Originally Posted by zac320 [View Post] i bought the extractors off here mate. ^^^ Listen to Zac Pretty sure I have Hi-tech Extractors also and they do sound pretty mean. Good choice on staying with the Exec colour scheme, go like mine Orig. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by zac320 [View Post] i bought the extractors off here mate. Hmmm ok, mad! I'll keep my eyes open! ---------- Post added 10-07-10 at 12:32 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by Borci88 [View Post] ^^^ Listen to Zac Pretty sure I have Hi-tech Extractors also and they do sound pretty mean. Good choice on staying with the Exec colour scheme, go like mine Orig. Dont you have the standard tip on your exhause too? Where did you find them? Can wait till september, the car can come down here! Yeah thats what I have decided, just to go original, better and cheaper! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah standard tip atm I'm gonna get a 3" dump tip put on eventually, my car came with the extractors :P Any exhaust shop will have them otherwise you might get lucky at a wreckers!

Quote: Originally Posted by Borci88 [View Post] Yeah standard tip atm I'm gonna get a 3" dump tip put on eventually, my car came with the extractors :P Any exhaust shop will have them otherwise you might get lucky at a wreckers! Michael was telling me to get a 3" dumpy, but I was like..... dont know what looks good on VL's? When I see a 3" dumpy, I think turbo, so if they see it on my car? Wouldn't mind the standard tip, or a simple crome tip....

Who cares what other people think I reckon 3" looks the best so that's what I'm gonna do, eventually it'll be backed up with a turbo but meh, not high on the list atm Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Ive still got the standard exhaust apart from extractors, but what im doing when i have the money is putting a 3" mandrel bent system with a 2 and 1/4" Tip on it to kep the back pressure up and when i turbo it just take off teh tip Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Cars gone, cant get a roady, so now I'm thinking of my options. I dont think I can wreck it, not much to get out of it.... Still gonna try to get a dodgy roady but it so sad to get rid of it. Its sleeping out side my window, every morning I see her and feel guilt. But dad wants it gone so it will have to go Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by DVLS-30 [View Post] Cars gone, CAN NOT get a roady, so now I'm thinking of my options. I dont think I can wreck it, not much to get out of it.... Its sleeping out side my window, every morning I see her and feel guilt. But dad wants it gone so it will have to go Edit your post dude you cant talk about roadies such as that. Otherwise no you're not doing that Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Borci88 [View Post] Edit your post dude you cant talk about roadies such as that. Otherwise no you're not doing that Done Some original photos have not been recovered yet.