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heyyy guys this is my 1st car that i bought way back in february for $1,100. im still only 17.
itz an 87 cream executive completely stock as a rock with only 1 previous old man owner and in perfect condition.
brought it as is.
its been sitting at my dads shop for a while till i finally saved up some money and now i can begin the project.
brakes and new springs have been put on already. shes sitting on lows at the moment but thinking of compressing the back end.
new springs.
car just got a new 2.5" exhaust system fitted minus extractors from dandy exhausts.
also got new plates
the car also went in for sum panel beating
after the body was straightend it went in for an undercoat.
its getting sprayed in the next few weeks, its going to be two tone candy apple red with marbalizer and astroid silver.
also got a new sound system
5 channel kicker amp
12" dual kicker subs
6x9 kicker speakers
kicker splits
pioneer head unitt
and kicker wiring
going to get a custom boot made up and the whole car should be done in the next to two months.
future mods.
vy-cv8-r 18 inch wheels
new steering wheel
vy ss pedals
and once i turn 21 it will have a turbo conversion
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Why did you post a pic of VS?
BTW, don't post the images links like that. Put [IMG] link here [/IMG].
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any feedback would be appreciated guysss!!!
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What colour is she going mate? They've used a fair bit of body filler there, but good to see your going to the effort of making a nice VL. Good luck bud.
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Ah, I guess you stuffed up the image links.
Make sure that pinstriping goes, its fairly crap-tastic.
What colour?
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soz bout the pics b4...
ahhh itz going to be candy apple red with marbalzer and astroid silver for the mouldsss...
well c how it goesss
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Nice find man, it looked clean before and I'm certain it'll look tuff as once she's finished.
Kinda like Berlina turbo spec. You have any plans for the interior??
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yer budddi itz very clean carr...
got it from car yard 1100 done under 200,000 kmss lol lukii heyy...
ive run outta money for the interior
definetly part of my future planss though
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You gonna keep it n/a mate or turbo it anyways goof find
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11-07-08, 22:27 GMT+10#10 nice car for $1100 mate, sounds to be coming along nicely good luck!
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11-07-08, 22:29 GMT+10#11 im guna keep it n/a until i buy a new car or until im 21 cuzz of the new fkinn lawsss lol...
getting my liscecse in 2 months soo im stuk with the lawss
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11-07-08, 22:43 GMT+10#12 looks good mate
but if i was you id paint the door jams and boot jams and bonnet jams aswell other wise it looks **** house .when you open a door its white lol
but other then that looks the goods
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11-07-08, 22:47 GMT+10#13 ahhh yer mateee door jams and boot jamss are all getting paintttt dontt u worry lol...
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11-07-08, 23:10 GMT+10#14 Less lettersssssssss please, you're not a four year old.
But as said, amke sure you do the door james, boot (if it's not carpeted), and engine bay. Especially since its a different colour.
Any ideas on rims?
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11-07-08, 23:23 GMT+10#15 im impressed at the effort thats going into it so far you may not think it but you've come a long way already.
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11-07-08, 23:28 GMT+10#16 yer mate i think im just sticking with 18's
umm i think ive setled with the vy-cv8-r's
should look good... what use all think of the marbilizer????
dood i feel like ive done nothing to my car and it's neally finished lol
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11-07-08, 23:30 GMT+10#17 Not sure what you mean by marbaliser. Pearl maybe?
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11-07-08, 23:56 GMT+10#18 it makes it look like marble like a marble floor finish in a "rich" persons home
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12-07-08, 00:02 GMT+10#19 lol thanx for the explanation buddi
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12-07-08, 00:03 GMT+10#20 l0l not a problem brother
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