Project VEE EL

[VL Berlina 5speed]

well ive found out some bad news
i wont be running 343mm and 325mm disc straight away.
ive been hearing mixed things about calipers so im going to just run the standerd vt size on front untill i find out whats the problem.

apparently standerd vt calipers wont fit over a 343 disc as its thicker by 4mm, i just thought it would slide along the slider just a bit more to reach over it.
so ill have to enquire around some more

the calipers were all pan blasted yesterday and today they were droped off at the powder coaters. they said they would do them when they could, im not overly phased when i get them back anyway.

painted the diff and fuel tank tonight, gloss black.
looks alot cleaner then rusty colour

Pictures:
(sorry the quality is worse, i was using my old phone)

pan blasted calipers


dirty/rusty diff


painted diff and tank

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

diff is in now, much cleaner then a rusty looking diff.

tommorow i will start sanding the door jams i hope, dam being out drinking to these hours of the morning:bang:

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

well i was still to drunk to do any construtive work on the car in the morning so a day of xbox was good.

calipers are all ready for picking up, but i got home when they were closed so tommorow they are getting picked up.
all for the price off a carton of beer, so cant complain

will be droping them off maybe later in the week so they can get rebuilt.
i am caperable at doing it my self and they are **** easy but ill preffer just to pay the little bit extra and get it done 100% correctly.

i dont want to finish the car and crash because i stuffed up my calipers, better safer then sorry

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

woot:w00t:

caqlipers look so much nicer then i expected. glad i chose black sliders over silver



hub adaptors should be here ina few days too

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

hub adaptors arived today
one thinging ive got to say is dang these are heavy mofos
a few kilos each

been trying to get the doors off the past few days but to no luck
20 years have made them rust in nice.
tryed a few door pin tools from work and trade school, now i have to impervise to get them out. some fun for tommorow

well heres a pic of half of what 270 bucks gets you

 

[09WNS]

looking good man getting there atleast

i need cash to even try to start my wagon

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

looking good man getting there atleast

i need cash to even try to start my wagon

cheers 09WNS
cash is not everything,
you just need Knowladge and entusiasum to do a car

panel wise its only cost me a little over $500 to get it straight and rust free
but this is over time too


update

finally got the doors off used a tool from work that fitted fine and work wonders,
only prob i had was that the front left door had a pin replaced with a bigger pin and was hammered in.
good half hour to get that one out along

 

[seans VL Calais]

looks sweet man nice to see someone doing everything properly and not skipping anything, this is gonna be one sweet looking vl when its finished.. just wish i could do the same to mine lol but good work, keen to see how she looks when its finished..

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

looks sweet man nice to see someone doing everything properly and not skipping anything, this is gonna be one sweet looking vl when its finished.. just wish i could do the same to mine lol but good work, keen to see how she looks when its finished..

cheers for that Sean, (sounds like im talking to my self, haha)

yer im hoping i exceed my own expetations, proberly will see me out at some stage when im done. adelaide is just that dam small

update
drivers side door jams is all sanded and same with the seal panel. ran out off time today so couldnt prime it,
tommorow should see it primed up and other side maybe started

 

[GreenLimousine101]

mean dash buddy. nice vee el! lol