Dougo's VXII Quicksilver Lumina

[DougoMundo]

Name: Lewis
Age: 19
Model: 2001 VXII Lumina
Trans: Auto
Diff: stock
Engine: stock
K's: 210ish
Suspension: Pedders lowered springs
Colour: Quicksilver
Exhaust: 2.5" Lukey cat back with straight pipe
Tint: fading
Price: $900

Hey guys, long time lurker and first time poster.
So I've had this car for around a year now (Daihatsu feroza previously) and I think it's time to show the world. Car is stock performance wise, but it came with a lot of goodies, namely a great sound system. In the boot there's a 12" with two amps, 6x9's in the rear shelf and I've chucked in a Sony 5050BT.

There's quite a few stone chips and scratches here and there, but for it's age and that fantastic price I can not complain. The only things that have needed replacement were the spark plugs and leads as it was missing around 2k revs and a new thermo fan as the bearing decided to wear out. I also picked up the SS muffler for $20 last week and in my mind makes a significant impact on looks from the rear.

She's had a wash and a wax today and has had the mudflaps removed (common opinion here).

Exterior mods:
VT SS rear muffler
Headlight interior painted black (SS style)
Phillips Xtreme Vision +100 Low beams
Mudflaps removed
Debadged
GTO style tail lights (coming later this week)
LED parkers and number plate

Interior mods:
Painted fascia surround

Sound system
H/U: Sony MEX-5050BT
Pioneer speakers of some sort (Front doors and 6x9's, rear doors disabled by prev. owner)
Pioneer 12" Sub
Pioneer GM-6400F 4-channel amp
Pioneer GM-DT500M mono amp

Cheers guys, let me know what you think!

 

[DougoMundo]

Hey, so i spent some time today painting my headlights. Cost about $7 and five or so hours. The results look fantastic.
Also fitted phillips xtreme vision +100 lo-beam bulbs.
Here's the link for the guide
DIY - Painting inside your headlights

Planning on debadging tomorrow

 

[DougoMundo]

double post

 

[Husky]

Nice clean looking car you have there. And those headlights look mint, any issues resealing them?

If you do get an exhaust contact Not_an_abba_fan on the forums. The Manta system he sold me is the only good sounding exhaust I've heard on a v6.

 

[kangavxss]

Very neat n tidy..headlights look good

 

[DougoMundo]

Thanks for the compliments guys, yeah they didn't seal perfectly like they were previously. However i heated up the glue as the sides were pushed together, so hopefully it has resealed to a certain degree.

I was looking at ebay last night and snagged some gto black tail lights for $50 with 2mins left to go on the auction. I know they're a little bit wanky, but i do like the contrast that they would make with silver. I needed a replacement rhs light anyway as a large crack has developed, which lets in water :l

 

[DougoMundo]

Okay so a few updates
-GTO style tails
-Debadged
-LED parkers and number plate lights
-Painted fascia surround

 

[commodore665]

Nice looking Lumina ,

 

[5SPDV8]

Nice VX, I like what you have done with it so far, headlights came up good, did it effect the brightness or reflection of the lights at all?

 

[DougoMundo]

Nice VX, I like what you have done with it so far, headlights came up good, did it effect the brightness or reflection of the lights at all?

Thanks mate, the piece that was painted is separate to the reflector, so yeah brightness etc is the same.