My VN Calais First Car

[Ando227]

My Calais
3.8L
Auto
Pet + Gas
190,000 kms
Everything Stock Standard!

Mods done so far:
JVC 4x50 head unit
2x Venom 6.5" 3-ways +
homemade spacers
Interior Blue LEDs
Blue Parkers

Mods to come as I'm learning:
AMP +
12" or 15" Sub
Replace 4" Midrange & Tweeters up front
35% or less Window Tint
2.5" Exhaust
Paint Boot Garnish White
Want to replace extractors
Crome or Carbon revision mirrors
Real seat covers
+ Any other mods that may be suggested


Any suggestions as to what I can do to it are welcome.

[Snakes-Calais]

Mate i wouldnt go clear tailights personally just tint ya ones u have now will look better i think :P

Love white over silver Vn Calais lol

[TVR-190]

nice, is it just me or is the bottom dirty, looks brown instead of the grey it normally is

[88GreenVN]

VN Calais - what a great first car. Luxury driving at good prices these days

Clear tail lights - not every ones choice. Hope it all goes well for you

[Ando227]

Yeah, I realised the colour fade in the drivers door (or could of been replaced) after i washed it for the first time.. it's not dirty O.o..

I want to give it a Cut'n'polish soon to bring that "New Car" shine to it.

Don't go clear you say? I might have to photochop some in to see what it looks like. Thanks for the info

[Ando227]

Man, she's looking pretty sweet now... Got the windows tinted today (35% legal, YES, i know, i should of gone darker) but now it looks so much better than what it did.. i'll post photos when i can..

Next thing is get the Air Con looked at (not working), a sweet Zorst and a new steering wheel.. Medium sound (hoping it'll have a nice pur to it).

Blue Parkers are a great crowd pleaser and a blue LED interior light certainly looks better then stock yellow...

All for now

[BradCalais]

Mate, i'd be proud of the interior.. looks pretty clean.. giv her a good ol' detail. i think youll find that the fading on the doors is only surface. so she should look sweet afterward...

P.S Its been a while since i seen a white over brown calais... actually now i think about it.. i dont think ive ever seen one lol....

Anyways dude.. she looks sweet. take care of her

Oh... DON'T U DARE PUT CLEAR TAIL LIGHTS ON HER!!!!... it would be like putting salt on something thats sweet.. you just dont do it.. :P

Bradley

[Ando227]

The car is looking sweet now that it's got its 35% and had a good polish down and engine de-grease.

But I'm starting to hit problem after problem!

Power steering was about to go but Harmonic Balancer played up ($400 to fix, but replacing that and topping power steering up seemed to fix the violent wheel shuters i was gettin)

Now that I'm home, altinator decides it wants to stop working and not charge the battery when I've got a little 600w amp + 10" sub to listen to (small fry stuff but upgrading again soon)..

*EDIT* Also, thnx to Jas, Organising to get some sic rims for the Calais some time in may.. Will get the car fixed up and make the trip to get 'em & get the sports exhaust put on at the same time.

[KeEkSVP]

i wouldnt go clear tail lights they arent worth the trouble honestly... did it to my calais no matter how much silicon they get filled with water... and why ruin pristine manufacturing :P nice looking calais...
is it a series 1 just coz you dont have climate control... prolly better if you dont less to fark up on it lol

[Ando227]

So heres some updated photos