G'day all I bought my Calais in November 2004 after looking around for a nice looking Calais for a while for a nice price... Two weeks after i bought it it was having some serious electrical issues, im not sure what exactly but it sat at the auto electricians for a week while they tried to work it out, then when i picked it up and was racing to meet up with the WA CT cruise that was underway at the time it died again. Then sat back there for another few days and they said some old connector plugs had become corroded and would come loose while driving and cut out the ignition. Also we noticed at the time it had a VL Manual ECU, instead of the Auto ECU. Since then the only problems ive had are the old fusible links were corroded and caused the car to cut out again, it has a slight miss on Idle And it leaks oil from the sump and back of the gearbox. 1st things I did for improvements was buy new tail lights and center garnish, k&n filter, mp3 player and 6x9's, find new screws to put in where some were missing, new brake pads, fuel filter, plugs, leads, dizzy rotor, coolant flush and new radiator cap Its a 1988 Series 2 Platinum Gold Calais - 3L NA Auto It has - Stock Engine Lukey Extractors Custom 2.5inch Sports Exhaust K&N Panel filter in std airbox with snorkel removed Advanced timing - god knows how much, but it goes good and has never pinged This has given me 122rwhp and 16.7 @ 134kph for the quarter mile Since then I have added an XF Tb and ported Plenum, and 3" stainless intake piping Also has - VLT front rotors and calipers, still need to put on 1" master cylinder and VLT brake booster. Polished Calais rims Comming VERY VERY soon... VLT auto with Keas Stage III shiftkit VLT LSD diff - is getting rebuilt with 300 pound springs Cruise control - the original cruise control was removed by a previous owner, and I've picked up another setup to put in. Mod's I'd like that are money dependant: Custom Plates Twin Throttle Body Intake manifold, maybe some headwork. TURBO Motor transplant!! or maybe even a V8... Interior - Extremely stock looking, and in very excellent condition, Still has standard steering wheel Rear Venetian Pioneer MP3 Player Alpine 4" speakers in front Pioneer 6x9's at the back Things that annoy me: Front Passenger side window seal keeps slipping down whenever the window is opened, allowing an annoying wind noise. Door seal on drivers door sometimes leaks when it rains or i wash the car. I want to go faster. Dent in Engine sump (i dont know how it got there and my gf wont admit to it) Some of these pics are from Motorvation, which I entered with the CalaisTurbo display Cheers, Steve Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Lookin smooth as steve! Best standard calais i've seen to begin a buildup from 4sure!

Cheers Dan are you going to add to the "Make my Calais faster fund" Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hmmm shiney thanks to autoglym products Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by dceptv hmmm shiney thanks to autoglym products Yeah cheers Arie they did a good job. Thanks for always helping me out with my dumb questions. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks immac, nice car. Yes those slipping door seals are a pain. I've had the same prob

Yeah thats not bad mate. Would look better if it was dark blue, had a V8 and colour coded walky wheels though. Good to see you doing things properly, ie the diff and box. Motor will come, do it right, once!! Cheers Steve. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

very nice clean calais

Quote: Originally Posted by DasBlitz Thanks for always helping me out with my dumb questions. LOL Steve, that's one neat looking Calais bro Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Lower it and get some new headlights:P Nah its awesome

Looks awsome mate, what i dont get is...you have a list of future mods, that supposedly will come 'sooner than later' and it ends with an engine transplant...why pour bucketloads of money into an engine just so you can eventualyl rip it? I know its always tempting to modify your car,but why not just save up so you can do the engine transplant and then modify THAT engine?

*edited* yeah i know what you mean, and everything is money dependant, but obviously if i want some work done to my existing motor, and i really know that within a year i will be able to afford the V8 etc conversion i really want if I keep my money in my pocket for the time being, then I will do so. Like im a poor arse, but i know ppl that can help pretty cheap if i would like various things done or cheap parts etc etc.... but like i said, everything is money dependant Cheers all for comments Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

very nice steve good pick up dude I will have to come over and you can take me for a drive in this beast! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Clean Cal Steve, Lower it and polis those rims a bit more.. and that paint int too bad after all.. its champagne right? oh get some nice silver 18s.. not chrome ****!

its Platinum Gold and u saying my rims arent shiney enough!!! check the 6th pic.. thats shiney as

nice ride bro!! lower with big rims and dark tint Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

very nice calais been doin some burnout hey eheheh Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by david85dc very nice calais been doin some burnout hey eheheh only at the drags.... no illegal activities for me Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ahh look u got tyre all over ur rear bumper. u hoon!

Yeh you got plenty of rubber there..