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Well i've been on this site for a few years and thought I may aswell put my vl up for others to see and give me feedback.
Ive had this vl for around a month or two and its my second one as my first was stolen by scumbags.
I was originally looking for a vlt but theres not many in the condition I liked in sa and especially for my price range so I stumbled across this and decided to grab the n/a and spend the left over money on mods.
its an 87' maroon executive and I am the second owner since new with all the log books, stock everything including tape deck with just over 200,000kms
This is how i picked it up...
As you can see its extremely clean and I thought would be a good base for a turbo conversion.
I brought the car home and decided I wasnt a fan of the exec tail lights so grabbed some new tail lights, which I think make the car look a lot cleaner but camera phone photo's dont do it justice.
I also got the car lowered on super low king springs, and chucked a set of chasers on and this is how it sits atm...
I also bought a set of VY SS 18" rims, Which i'll have on soon but they need tyres and i picked up mint berlina door trims (just need a clean) and new glove box from U-PULL-IT for $50
Car is also booked in to get a 2 1/4 exhaust with either 3" or 3 1/2" dump tip tomorrow.
Hopefully car will be looking half decent for the top gear cruise on 19th of july which is very soon.
Future mods:
- Respray in same colour and remove badges
- Berlina Interior (already has Berlina dash)
- Full turbo conversion
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Nice car champ,
Mine's got the same colour aswell. For the interior I would only get a sunnies holder and a high-rise console, everything else is already there like the Tacho dash but you said you wanted a Berlina interior so yeah, upto you.
If you're gonna re-spray it then re-place the badges after. Yours has the Berlina mould stripes aswell. Maybe you can later get new headlights.
Apart from that it looks clean inside and out. Nice find.
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Thanks, yeh i'll get new head lights soon. my plans are to get the car looking clean before i start any serious mods like turbo conversion etc. im in the look out for a high rise console and sunny holder so if anyone has one in sa send me a pm.
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this car looks very similar to my berlina, are you happy with how low it came?
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The height is ok, but the rear does sit a fair bit higher then the front but i've removed the rear bump stops so its abit lower in the rear. I'm going to get ultras in the rear soon so i can put the bump stops back in and when its got 18's i guess the whole car will be lifted abit higher off the ground so it shouldnt bottom out too much.
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cheers mate looks neat... are you keeping the bars MX grey or gonna go astroid silver
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I'll keep them grey, plan is to have it looking similar to nsnpwr's berlina
I'm in love....
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looks great man. i got the same colour exec... im look for quotes for a spray atm... original maderia awsome colour aint it!
btw the simmons look sick!
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Nice car mate, cleanest ive seen in ages!!! Good luck with the future mods.
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02-07-08, 23:17 GMT+10#11 looks good and some awesome pickups there i like where this is going! (rims and door trims) certainly look at some bits and pieces for the interior.
calais interior light
sunnies holder
highrise
and a few little things will make it run better eg sparks leads and a good service (engine and auto tranny oil, brake fluid oil filter coolant rarara)
btw check my garage sale if you are keen on some parts i will sort you out with a cheaper price
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03-07-08, 11:34 GMT+10#12 cheers for the comments guys.. yeh sunny holder, highrise, and maybe new seats if i can find some schmik ones, maybe beige calais are all on the list to get.
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03-07-08, 17:16 GMT+10#13 thats a mint as vl you got there, still got a few low km ones arounds here in sheepland just gotta hunt em down.. good luck with the mods ..
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03-07-08, 17:37 GMT+10#14 the tail lights make it look a 100% nicer are they vk berlina?
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03-07-08, 18:01 GMT+10#15 Yeh they are vk berlina tail lights, i like the look of having all black around them instead of the grey like vl berlina's....
Just got my new exhaust put on today, its nothing special just a 2 1/4" cat back with 3 1/2" dump tip.... car is really dirty as its been raining and also photo's are from my phone.
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03-07-08, 18:11 GMT+10#16 looks good mate.
how much was the dump tip??
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03-07-08, 18:14 GMT+10#17 im not quite sure man, i think it was around $30 or so... i bought it from the same place who done my exhaust (carline) so it was just part of the price.
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03-07-08, 18:17 GMT+10#18 ok well the car looks nice man should look great with the vy ss rims.
ill probably see ya on the top gear cruise.
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03-07-08, 18:40 GMT+10#19 nice car, love the colour
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03-07-08, 20:19 GMT+10#20 youve got me inspired to fix mine up now
did you get your tail lights off ebay?
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