Learners Boat - My First Car :)

[Lucaas]

Hey guys, couldnt really find anywhere to introduce myself so i thought id just introduce myself here and show my build here as well, so yeah my names Lucas and im only young , 16 to be exact and had my L's for a few months now, but grew up with a family of holden lovers, and am going to start my mechanic apprentiship in a few months once i finish school. So yeah thats a little bout me now onto the car.

Model: VL Executive
Transmission: Manual
Motor: RB30 N/A
Rims: Dunno brother bought a car ages ago and the wheels were on it so we done a swap. ( Brother needed burnout tyres for his ute hahaha )
Colour: EVO 9 Yellow

Well yeah weve had the car in our garage for about a year or more now, we sprayed it ourselves, my brother bought it and the whole time i thought he was gonna use it as a daily or something like that, and last week he threw the keys at me and said it was mine, i couldnt be happier.
Some things already done:
- Full Respray
- Extractors
- Pod Filter
- Manual Conversion
- Calais Dash
- Matte Black Door Handles

some things ive got in mind for it are:

- Full Calais Conversion
- Xenon Headlights ( Got the kit just waiting to install it, probably do it tomorrow )
- Big Turbo Motor, been looking into the RB30/26 Turbo motors, but no rush for that.
- Full LE Bodykit

[304runner]

Welcome mate, nice car.

Your in the right place for ideas and help with pretty much anything related to your car.


keep posting progress pics..

[Powerpole]

Great car to start with Lucaas. I had a VL turbo for my first car, back in the day (1993).

[bogan_vk]

looks mint mate , love canary yellow vls

[detox_nath83]

looks nice man. Great start for you as well. there is plenty of info on here about virtually everything to do with the VL. as well as members wanting to lend a hand in knowledge and experience.

how many Kms on the old girl?
and has the rust been sorted or band aided in a sense i hope it was cut and repaired properly

just be sure to do a search on such things b4 posting a new thread. as 99% of things would have been covered.

goodluck with her man ill keep an eye on this 1

[Lucaas]

I just looked never looked before, its got 188,xxx kms on the clock, so pritty good for the age, weather thats been changed or not who knows, i had the engine out when i first got it to re paint the engine bay cause it came in a colour the bloke called " Wicked Wild Berry " it was a bright purple and absolutely revolting colour, so we took the motor out then and i did a full service, all belts, water pump, fuel filter, air filter, the whole shibang.

I was just woundering a mate of mine told me if i want a calais, i should just wait till im close to off my p's so like 2 or 3 years, and buy a genuine calais.? what are your thoughts guys ( got about 9 months on my l's i worked it out .)

Also hoping to have this baby registered and good to go in a few weeks

[87RB30VL]

Looks pretty straight man, nice colour

[itsagixa]

Sweet ride, your brother must be alright cause thats a few $$$ of car mate, treat her right and she may live on to be passed down to a nephew or son

[Lucaas]

Sorry, i take that back its only got 88,xxx on the clock!! getting closer to being finished, just chroming this bad boy up , then rest of interior and tweaking little things and were on the road

[walesy]

Hey mate, nice first car,

My first car was a VL aswell, and i had another 6 VL's after that one haha, looks really nice and definitely a good start, your a lucky guy to have a brother like that, id ditch the pod filter though you would be much better off with a KnN panel filter in the standard airbox.

[walesy]

also thats a really low KM car! when i bought my 1st VL Calais in 2004 it had 93,000kms on it and i thought that was awesome for back then!

[Lucaas]

Well it had a rego sticker on it saying January 05 hahaha, so might explain alot of it

[Fun_Bucket]

I was just woundering a mate of mine told me if i want a calais, i should just wait till im close to off my p's so like 2 or 3 years, and buy a genuine calais.? what are your thoughts guys ( got about 9 months on my l's i worked it out .)

What does a provisional license have to do with owning a Calais? Unless your referring to a Turbo Calais. Either way, i think that VL Calais are over priced for what they are, Turbo versions even more so. Nearly all of them will have excessive amount of km's, and best of luck finding one with a clean interior.

Personally i would concentrate on the car you all ready have. Seeing as you got it for nothing at all, plus it has a fresh respray, and it's a manual, you'd have to be bonkers to get rid of it to go in search of something that's probably not anywhere near as good.

I'd get it all back together, and just concentrate on getting it as clean as you can. Forget doing performance mods, filters, extractors, all that crap, honestly it will bugger all difference, and you'll just be wasting your money. If you want to spend money on an engine, why not build a motor up in the shed while your on your provisional? Maybe you brother, and his friends could even give you a hand, it sounds as though they probably know a fair bit.

Plus you could draw unwanted attention. Once you have your open's then different story, do all the mods you want, but keep it all legal (you can have a quick car and still be 100% legal) The last thing you wan't is a defect sticker on your windscreen. I grew up in Sydney, i know all too well what the car scene is like down there.

If you want to spend money on it while your on your provisional, why don't you look into some suspension / brake upgrades ect. Then when the time comes, you can drop whatever motor in it you like, and judging by the paint work in the picture, you'll have one of the cleanest VL's around.

[Lucaas]

Yeah, i was referring to a turbo calais, or just a calais in general, main point was that even though i can drive, im not perfect yet and im bound to put a few dings and dents in this one, ( cross fingers i dont ). Also got a mate who has conversions cause his a holden wrecker and his local its just weather or not its worth the time and effort tracking down all the little ods and ends to make it look genuine calais. Also one of the first things on my list is a LSD / Disc brake rear end. Anyone got any ideas of a good LSD ratio for a VL?

Also anyone going to the VL Calais palm beach cruise on sunday? starting in roselands parking lot or something like that and going out to palm beach.? Also theres a skyline cruise im pritty sure. If you'se are going i may be in a Matte Black VL Calais Turbo, hahaha with a big motor