Well Stage 1 for me is almost complete in my car... It doesnt look like much, But alot of money, sweat and even blood has gone into getting it this far. Lol When I bought the car almost 12 months ago, all that was done was exhaust and whiteline suspension (both still in the car). It had a ****ty intercooler truck cut which i have now ditched for a hybrid style 600x300x75 cooler with stainless steel piping (needs a polish). It also had a rebuilt and strengthened gearbox with a 2500rpm stallie which failed recently and has been replaced with a Dominator 2800rpm stallie It also had the highflow turbo and VY hubcaps and a few other little small things which have mostly been replaced So far I have put around $10K into this car, and for now, this is as far as i want to go so i can start saving money for a deposit on a house But a few little things here and there wont hurt the bank too much As it is now... 1987/1988 VL GENUINE Calais Turbo Series II Exterior: - All white in colour. - Lowered on Whiteline Suspension (Receipts) - Solex Locks - 18" Pro-V Mags in Shadow Chrome (mid 2005) - 5% Window Tint done at Superior Window Tint (mid 2005) - "1ShyVL" Plates - Sourced out missing chrome calais strips Interior: - Blue Velour mixture of Series 1 and Series II Interior - Walkinshaw Steering wheel - Splitfire 5" monster tacho (mid 2005) - Splitfire Boost Guage (mid 2005) - B.E.S Turbo-timer (soon to be replaced with HKS Electric turbo timer) - Central locking - Soundstream 6x9" Speakers - Alpine Amplifier (mid 2005) - Alpine 7" In-dash TV (mid 2005) - 2xClarion 5" TV's In head-rests (mid 2005) - Chequer Plate Floor Mats - Power Window Switches Re-built (mid 2005) - Replaced Ignition Barrel (mid 2005) Drive-train etc: - Rebuilt Gearbox with 2500RPM Stall Converter (Receipts) - Blew up stall converter in august 2005 replaced with Dominator 2800rpm highstall. - 3" Turbo-back exhaust - GFB Atomic Bomb Boost controller - T03 Turbo Highflowed (T04 front end, T04 Internals, T03 Rear) - VL Turbo Brake Disk's with Bendix Advance Brake Pads (mid 2005) - Replaced Borshe Fuel Pump (mid 2005) - Replaced CAS (mid 2005) - Respray on Rocker Cover (mid 2005) - Oil Catch Can (mid 2005) - K&N Pod Filter (mid 2005) - Replaced Ignition Leads with Eagle 8.0mm (mid 2005) - Replaced Spark Plugs (8.0mm - mid 2005) - Standard LSD - New Valve Modulator in gearbox (October 2005) - Hybrid Style Intercooler (600x300x75) with stainless steel piping (2.5") (October 2005) Misc: - Alarm with Immobiliser - Central Locking - Calais Boot Carpet - Smiley face hanging from rear-view mirror Future Mods (to complete stage 1): - Re-trimming glovebox lid, Center console lid and steering wheel - Removal of "Calais" badge on passenger side rear bootlid (Old owner done it) - New DVD Player - Installation of HKS turbo timer - Polish up intercooler piping - Tidy up engine bay - Subs in the boot - Shift kit - More speakers Well thats pretty much it for now... Here are a few pictures. And the best thing of all time...TURBO.. This is how the car was when I was inspecting it before purchase... For more pictures, visit the links below Thanks for taking time to check this out Any comments are welcomed http://www.cardomain.com/ride/824792/1 (my car domain page- Dont forget about page 2!!) http://photobucket.com/albums/v612/1ShyVL/My%20Calais/ Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Oh by the way, this is my daily driver that gets parked at a dirty, dusty coal-mine each day nearly. (im a coal trainee train driver - Not a bad job for a 20y.o)

good work man, looks nice... id imagine it gets real dirty.. i recon the VY hubs look nice on the car.. new cooler looks the biz.. got any photos of the engine bayyy?? keep it all up...

Sorry about the size of the pictures guys! So thanks for looking Yeah i got old photos of the engine bay with the old intercooler piping (no new photos of the new piping until it gets polished up)... This is how it was when i was inspecting the car before purchase And this is how it was before the new intercooler piping. Its amazing what a spraycan and a bit of elbow grease does And my favourite picture of her with the hubcaps on I guess they helped the sleeper effect... now i just need some power to add! LOL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

congratulations mate, looking damn hot!

hey mate great looking car. just woundering how much and where you got the tv in the headrests done?

interior is superb man , love the tv's well done

The TV's cost me $300ea. and then $100ea to install. But then you need to think about the DVD player as well... Which this soundstream DVD is up for grabs for anyone who is interested in it?? $300ono for it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice car brendan.... gotta love crusing in it whilst watching soul plane haha. This guy loves his dose too, cant stop backing off lol

Haha And the dose will only get better too Lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Nice Car Dude LUV THE SCREENS When Its Due For Rebuild Let Me Know Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice work mate. good to see all the hard work is paying off. i didnt get to meat you on the calais estate cruise but your car was looking mad.

nice work mate looks good

Looks awesome man, Love the dvd players in the headrests Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Thanks guys I really appreciate the compliments Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i've seen this car around, very tidy looking automobile....

HEKTIC - What VLCT do you drive?

the top half is the same colour as gmh-30l and the bottom is a shadow chrome type of silver....its got vr clubby mags the trinagle shapes..again in shadow chrome..

Oh ok, i dont recall seeing it before Add me to msn if you want, [email removed] Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

next time i see you i will give u a beep.....sorry champ i dont have msn, got rid of it couple months back.