My $550 VN Berlina

[89berlina]

Hi,

This is my 1989 VN Berlina which I bought 3 months ago for $550 from a guy who had it sitting in his front yard. Now however it looks abit different to what it was when I first got it

Colour: Alphine White
Interior: Grey
Odometre: 220454 km
Exhaust: Stock
Engine: Stock


What Ive done so far:

• Replaced conrod and main bearings
• Replaced transmission (twice!)
• Fixed odometer
• Replaced timing chain
• Replaced fuel pump
• Resprayed hatch and bonnet
• Usual Service - plugs, oil, filters etc

Future plans:

• Lower it 2 inches (Kingsprings)
• Full stainless exhaust system
• Cold Air Induction
• New steering wheel
• Speakers, head unit etc

Let me know what you think

[TVR-190]

Looks quite good for what you paid mate.

hear what you're saying about the money, so much that you want to do, so little cash

[89berlina]

yeah Its terrible not having enough money Cant wait till I get a real job. should be able to do alot to it then

[HAZZA-VN]

yeah good luck with it man bargin for that price, have fun playing with it,

[89berlina]

Yeah thanks mate. Will do

[89berlina]

Once I finish the car and get it out of the garage I'll post some decent pictures

Oh yeah and by the way I forgot to mention that I bought mags for the car - hence the picture of the mags lol

[TVR-190]

nice mags, theyll look hawt

[Smithy_206]

nicepickup mate. most blokes would have sold that for much more through the paper so watta bargain

[excalibur]

excellent pick up mate those rims look pretty good

[WisdomFist]

Nice Bud,

I've got a wagon too and the same air freshener in the same spot lol. what type of rims are they and how much if you don't mind me asking?

Also is that a chrome grill, I have seen them on Ebay. It all looks really clean should be sweet once lowered.

[89berlina]

Nice Bud,

I've got a wagon too and the same air freshener in the same spot lol. what type of rims are they and how much if you don't mind me asking?

Also is that a chrome grill, I have seen them on Ebay. It all looks really clean should be sweet once lowered.

lol true. Well I got the rims from Bob Jane. They were on special for $1059 with tyres. Fairly expensive I guess but they're brand new. The grille I got off ebay that cost me 60 or so odd dollars

[TVR-190]

like the grille, was considering getting 1 of them for my old lexcen

[89berlina]

Painted the bonnet, rear bumper and the hatch over the weekend with alot of my Dad's help. We managed to wet sand and polish up the hatch and bumper but havent got around to doing the bonnet yet because Im caught in school exams at the moment. Should have it done by next week though but anyway here are some pictures for the moment. Will post some new pictures when the car is finished

[HAZZA-VN]

Fark man that looks nice your doing an awesome job. cant wait to see it all painted, all you need to do know is shop around for some springs and drop it about 3inchs lol

[phat_com]

hhmm cut the springs if you arn't going to drive it!! why not because i'm guessing you are going to buy lowering springs before you take it over the pits?
it looks like a bloody ripper of a car for the price also nice work on the paint

Goodluck bro!

[89berlina]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Appreciate it.

Probably not going to lower it quite yet. May do that later on when I have the money but definitely wont be cutting the springs lol. I need the car for everyday driving and its my only vehicle. Sort of going for a commodore that looks good but is still practical.

What would you need to do to the car if I wanted to lower it 2 inches. Would you need to roll the fenders? Im assuming so but it would be good to get some of your guys advice

[vkwalks39]

G'day mate, You have a very nice ride.

[89berlina]

Thanks mate

[THE STATESMAN]

Good buy for the price mags look good.

[89berlina]

Thanks man. Im looking at getting some sort of an exhaust system for it as the next upgrade. The mid muffler has holes in it so I thought I may as well replace it with a Catback or something but Im not sure if there any good?

[Bz Kn33z]

2.5 catback single muffler is the way to go mate, Pacemakers make it sound abit more grunty to and even better in a manual

[89berlina]

2.5 catback single muffler is the way to go mate, Pacemakers make it sound abit more grunty to and even better in a manual

Cool, yeah thats what I was looking at Probably would have to do the pacemakers later on cause Im abit tight for cash lol Thanks for the suggestion

[beefcream]

dummp it lol
its all looking very gud and for such a nice price aswell good work.
respray is lookin very nice, how much of the car are you going to do??

[89berlina]

dummp it lol
its all looking very gud and for such a nice price aswell good work.
respray is lookin very nice, how much of the car are you going to do??

Thanks beefcream Yep definitely planning to drop it Should get some King springs as soon as I can afford them. As for the paint Ive also resprayed the rear bumper which I forgot to mention. As for the rest I wont be spraying anything else. Im pretty happy with it

[89berlina]

Took the VN for roadworthy and I was confronted with a rude shock. This is a list of whats I was told to replace, fit and fix:

• Engine mounts
• Front suspension
• Steering wheel (rubber loose)
• Mudflaps (supposedly all wagons have to have them?!?)
• Window washer (which actually works - well it did when I got home and tested it)

Sucks, cause the VN will be off the road awhile longer