My first V8, 06 Calais V 6.0L

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Hi all,

I have never loved something so much in my life

Model : 06 VE Calais V 6.0 Litre
Colour : Phantom Black
Trans : Auto
Rims : 20" Supersports
Sunroof
Interior : Onyx Black


Current Mods :
Bee Sting Antenna (Ebay)
VIM (JHP)
Boot Lip Spoiler (JHP)
LED Strip under headlight (Ebay)
HID Low Beams (Ebay AeInternational) - these are yet to arrive in post
LED Parkers (Ebay)
Nice and Dark tint


Future Mods: I would love to get some replys and ideas from everyone from experience and looking at photos as this is my first v8 and first car that is worth spending some serious dough on but below is some things i have planned, please advise me if good ideas or not !

HID Foggies (Ebay AeInternational)
Tune (ozTrackTuning)
Duspeed OTR (ozTrackTuning)
Exhaust - I have NFI about exhaust and do not dare start another exhaust thread so any advice here would be great... theres too much info on them and it gets confusing lol
Lower it a little? big question mark here im not sure what do you all think? it has the FE2 from first owner so a tiny bit lower than normal already i think.


Thanks for reading please let me know what you think, and once again im new to this world (and in love) so any recommendations/advice are very welcome!!

[ssv183]

looks great
lowering a little would look good and definatley do the exhaust, otr and tune.
Keep us posted, i think the statos look tough if done right and your definatley headed in the right direction imo

[TinSnips]

Very tidy mate. Agree with above - definitely lower it a bit.

I'd also be binning the chrome bits - but that's just me.

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cool thanks mate, love the pics of your ute btw very tidy

So if i was to lower.. just a tiny bit what would you reccomend ?

[Lumps of cheese]

Check my ride. Mines lowered around 30mm which is enough for me anyway. Great choice on tuner and otr, steve's a great bloke and i highly recommend him. I drove 12 hours for him to work on my car and wouldn't take it anywhere else. Start with your exhaust, i would get a full system if you could. Then your tune and otr to finish it off, that will get you around 260 rwkw. If you want more then cam it!

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hey mate, thanks heaps for advice, ive been following your thread and loving it keep it up the videos are awesome!

So when you say full system, that means not cat back but extractors back? and new extractors also or ? sorry man im very new to this

also what springs did you use to get that height it looks perfect i would love to do exact same!

[Lumps of cheese]

Full system is headers, cats and catback. Mine's a 2.5" system and i recommend the 4 in 1 headers, they flow better. My suspension is pedders sports ryder. I also replaced the struts to suit and it made the ride 100% better but you can get away with just the springs if you want.

[TinSnips]

Like Juzo said, 30-40mm on a sedan is nice - still comfy and plenty of clearance, but looks way nicer.

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cool thanks guys wow my HID's just arrived and i should never ever again attempt to do anything to my car with my zero knowledge, it took me three hours and my back is killing me LOL but they look awesome

[WogBoyz]

looks good mate, ive got an oztrack tune and there cam is getting put in wednesday, i cannot recommend them enough

Also for an exhuast id get the KPM motorsport twin 3" stainless steel, very nice and deep and burbly not overly loud and doesnt droan either

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thanks man, yea thats what i love about this forum, great place to pick up real life proper reccomendations

[WogBoyz]

thanks man, yea thats what i love about this forum, great place to pick up real life proper reccomendations

Anytime man, let me know if u want a link or anything

[MPRSSV]

LOOKS AWESOME!!!! Really hope you bring it out to a cruise sometime soon

What Tinny meant to say was leave the chrome bits and ditch the LED's under the front lights - Then again "to each his own" - its your car have fun with it

[TinSnips]

Oh I see, MPR.. that's the opinion I was meant to have?

Ditch them both!

[MPRSSV]

All good man, I got your back :P I do see where you are coming from.. If you don't look after the 'chrome' bits after a while they will peel... Not a pretty sight

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hey guys i bought the HIDS from AE International as per a recommendation in thread on here... but now today my Check engine warning is on and Stability control is off and i cant turn it back on.... this must be due to the new bulbs... anyone have any suggestions? i have msg'd the 98soarer on ebay but he has not replied yet... i read somewhere disconnect and reconnect the battery and it will go away but maybe theres a real issue going i need to address?
they were 35W bulbs not sure if thats the same as the orignal cos i also read that different wattage bulb can make the check engine light come on

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hi everyone sorry im just an idiot please ignore the post above. this is a great sign of someone with no ####ing idea should not do anything to their car LOL