V6 VP Calais II, first car

[AdamOne]

everything mentioned here is as i bought the car so im not taking credit for his work but i'd like to hear your opinions on it...cheers, enjoy the read.


Model: 1993 Vp Calais II

Build Date: cant be bothered checking... one of the last builds.

Colour: Alaskan Essex White Over Personalized Silver.

Engine: standard Buick 3800 V6

Gearbox: standard 4 spd auto TH700

Diff: standard unfortunately

Exhaust: 2 1/2" cat back system, unsure of brand

Brakes: standard

Suspension: King Spring SSSL rear, Lovell fronts.. unsure of shocks

Wheels/Tyres: 17" vt calais internationals, 235/45s

Interior: standard blue velour

Stereo: pioneer headunit with ipod, Sony Fronts/Kicker Rears and 10inch Kenwood Sub and Sony Amp

Other: Fitted and professionally paint "international" body kit (VP SS front bar with foglamps, VP SS skirts and rear apron and vq statesman lip spoiler), cold air intake, dark tint windows, mirrors and spates repainted, factory sunroof, WK side indicators, colour coded grill and door handles

Future Mods: extractors, shiftkit, LSD 3.9s maybe, lower the front a little more, all that , if ive still got it when im off my p's the dream is 5ltr in, 355 stroker, COME twin throtts, big cam, B&M quickshift etc etc... the works(fingers crossed)


Pics in STEALTHYs post below!

[STEALTHY™]

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[AdamOne]

thanks for postin the flicks STEALTHY
BETTER FLICKS ARE DOWN LOWER

[Haydz]

looks awesome i love the front bar..
foggies look sweet

[levymetal]

1 word: YES!

if you want interceptors, i got 4 with pretty much brand new tyres. will swap for those nationals

[AdamOne]

1 word: YES!

if you want interceptors, i got 4 with pretty much brand new tyres. will swap for those nationals

umm... probably not swap but i may be interested if you want cash, what size tires are they n where abouts are ya. pm me mate n we'll see if we can work somethin out

[TVR-190]

Epic Awesome Calais

[calais_cruzin]

Aww how nice is that white, its like soo soo white, its beautiful.

I wish mine was in as good a nic as that.

The inters looks sweet too.

Factory sunroof omg, i want it, how abouts we swaps eh

[sKitzzo]

That's a nice crisp clean Calais.... I like it...

[Emackulation]

Looks mint, too bad its only a 6...

[SamboA31]

awesome buy mate

beats my first car thats for sure haha

[WhiteVS]

mint vp calais thats for sure! well done.

[Snakes-Calais]

Looks ****in sweet mate!!

Y would u wanna take the internationals off n put 15s on it??

[Jo3_Blo]

Wow!! That's nice as.

[social]

effing looks gorgeous bro take care of her ay, depending how you go, i can hook ya up with that conversion, gl wid future mods

[vr_owner]

7000 for a vp? bit over priced. other than that looks sweet

[SUSPECT]

dont be a tight arse and run cop rims ffs the inters looks sweet bit over priced but it looks clean, nice first car

[ibs87]

wish mine lookd that good!

[AdamOne]

dont be a tight arse and run cop rims ffs the inters looks sweet bit over priced but it looks clean, nice first car

yeah i realised 7 is a bit steep but i figured i figured seeing as how its alrdy got everything i wanted to do anyways from the international kit to rims lowered stereo etc etc i'd pay the 7 n save myself a load of f***ing around. plus its clean as, been treated well and if i had have baught a cheaper one n done all this myself i'd end up spendin heaps more.


cheers for ya comments anyways guys, keep em coming

[AdamOne]

UPDATE
put the king SSSL's on the rear last night, looks better

[WhiteVS]

dude cars looking mint. well done

[hsvpunk]

looks really nice on the nationals.

[AdamOne]

thanks for ya comments guys, glad to here you like it.
little update i guess, took the car down to pedders the other week to get my warped front disc n power steering checked out cos its a bit wonky at the mo. apparently the previous owner got a dodgy fix a while back, n apparently the bloke put the wrong p/s rack in it, its meant to be variatronic or somethin, but ive also been told that the rack shouldnt matter n it may just be the pump or fluids.
but yeah pedders said all the upper and lower bushes in the front end are basically f***ed, the lower rear bushes are too i think, bent Z bar (never heard of one? anyone know what it is?) umm rear springs not trapped (doesnt bother me) steering gear tight (obviously) and yeah the disc.. but for all this they quoted me $1600!! i thought this seemed a little over the top? but im new to owning a car so i may be wrong... what do you guys reckon?
i booked it into a small mechanic to check it out but gotta wait til april.
also what sort of fuel economy are you guys with vn/vp/vq v6s getting. cos im gettin nearly 14L per 100kms and no matter how softly i drive it it wont budge down but i put my foot down a couple of times n it goes up another point...
other than all that shes treating me great

[Bz Kn33z]

Even though you bought it for 7g you will always mod the car more and it will cost you a mint, bushes on most of the older commdores are always stuffed and most likely factory fitted and never touched. $1600 sounds steep to me, but i am a tight ass

[AdamOne]

just a couple more photos i took the other day