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gmjet's maroon calais turbo

Started by gmjet vbmenu_register("postmenu_1179700", true); · 25 Oct 2006 · 25 replies

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LATEST PICS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!!! Hey all, i was having a look at some of the vl's in this thread and thought i'd post mine up. whats on the car at the moment is: hybrid cooler with custom 3" piping keas jatco stage 3 semi auto gear box tranny cooler 3" exhaust from turbo back front brakes are slotted with vt calipers rears and slotted and cross drilled shaved door locks running 9 psi king spring super lows all round polished calais at the moment the car is a stocky but over time more and more will be done to it. UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE! This is what the car was like when i first got it. After a week of owning the car i went down to autobarn and bought this Monza intercooler kit. It didnt really work out too well, i didn't like it. It didnt sit rite, had way too much rubber and looked pox so it was gone in 1 week. After i got rid of the monza kit i figured if im going to do it i might as well spend a little bit more and get it done rite. so i took it to my mechanic and told him to do a custom job and a major service on it. So i went out and bought a new hybrid intercooler, i bought a smaller size then the old one. they did the piping 3 inch everywhere with aluminium and cut and welded away lol and this is the result... which i am very happy with! i also got a new steering wheel and a boost gauge the only bad thing about this was my car was at the shop for 7 WEEKS! but i was happy with the work lol. here are the brakes on it. After getting the car back i did little things to it to get it looking a little bit better. i lowered it resprayed a few things under the bonnet, polished up the piping a little bit, put a 12 inch sub and a amp in it and removed the ugly purple tint. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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hell yeah man burgandy over silver is the best coulor on vl calais,its really clean to man good luck with the rest
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Nice colour, looks very straight, its been sprayed yeah? I can only guess what that 2nd cooler piping kit cost you? Must have been sh1tloads! Looks like top quality work but the 1st kit looked pretty good man?...
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yeah the piping cost a little bit but was well worth the money. as for the 1st kit it looked nice n clean but didnt fit rite! by the way wyndup your car is HOT! i love it!
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i remeber crusing home from work dosing next to ya i also remeber saying to myself damm thats one nice looking calais love your paint
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yeah i remember that lol your car is tuff man! seen it a few times n it fu*king moves!
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hey buddy... awesome calais... reco'd polished calais rims would set it off for sure.. paint looks awesome too
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Nice Work mate, the car looks Real Sxy. Very Neat and Clean Car.. Very TUFF
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nice mate looks awesome . good work .
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why u make the car looked gin sagged, jack the back up to match the front,
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nah i droped the front now it looks even.
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UPDATES: been a long time since this thread was updated so its about time. car is back after having electrical problems a blown gear box and just troubles with it. drives perfect now and eventually will get a decent power upgrade. i bought a wolf 3d, 550cc injectors, 044 fuel pump, fuel reg and new internal fuel pump all due to go in very soon! pics: car isnt the cleanest in these pics but here they are. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looks tuff bitch get the gear on it asap!
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looking great mate. love the polished calais rims, looks just right keep us posted
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latest pics are up on mikes turbo world, in feature cars "1GMJET": http://home.iprimus.com.au/mikes_turbo_world/
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nice feature!! cars lookn beautiful!!!
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maroon over silver calais are the bomb, especially on polished calais rims. looks ****in neat mate btw whos car in your avatar? on the black rims? got a bigger pic? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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cheers man the avator pics my car with my mates rims on it, **** quality pics off my phone. ill post them up soon
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ah k, nws mate. i only noticed it the other day and my mate has been toying with the idea of black centres and polished outers for his maroon over silver calais and id never seen it done before. just toying with ideas Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by scibo ah k, nws mate. i only noticed it the other day and my mate has been toying with the idea of black centres and polished outers for his maroon over silver calais and id never seen it done before. just toying with ideas they suited alot better then i thought they would, they match everything, the black center matches the window frames, and chrome matches the chome around the car, looked really good in person. try'd on a mates 20s Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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