my vn, first car

[lachie]

yea not a bad sugetion haha! but i am fond of the pin stripe. i have tryed to get the commodore badge off and its a bugger so i have given up haha, wouldnt the paint underneath the black strips be a different colour though? thats what im worried about.

[padrickz88]

yeah i painted my back bumper (white).... i just sanded it so everything was smooth then primed it and then painted it and threw some clear over the top...
to be honest its not the best job but when the car eventually gets a full respray ill do some bars that are in better condition, i just wanted it to look better then it was...

as for the paint its just normal acrylic stuff, nothing fancy...

BTW for the badges, do what i done, heat them up with a heat gun (dont get to close and dont leave it in one spot) and just keep going over it for about a minute then rip them off

[VL-EXEC]

as said above for the badges heats them up with a heat gun and use a credit card, slide the card under the badge and it will peel off easier...

as for the paint it might be slightly brighter but with a good cut and polish you wont notice it

[Thorny32]

nice car bud always have liked the vns. just lower some nice rims and an exhaust. thats my opinion

[levymetal]

i painted the bumpers on my old vn, some good advice (and before and after photos) on this thread:
Painting Bumpers

[lachie]

thats good as chees rick and vl exec will defnatley do that, and i just wanna get the bumper a nice black with out being to shiny or anything. that thread was a great help levy metal cheers!
just gotta wait till year twelve is done before i get started on the bigger things, i e lowering and stuff.
thanks guys ill keep you posted
lachie

[padrickz88]

if you want something between a gloss and matt, then look for a satin finish.... that's what it was on my old vn

[lachie]

i thnk i wll get a satin black finish, i will probs do it in 2 weeks as i will be on holidays haha

[lachie]

well thought i would update, i have recently painted my bumpers.....mods to come by feb next year...lower. exhaust. wheels. tint, should b good

[Fun_Bucket]

too late now, but unless your bumpers are really faded, then all you need to do is regulary apply some silicane shine to them.If you use a good quality product, it last's quite a while.Whatever you do, don't go removing the side strips like people have been telling you, it looks stupid, and takes away the car's originality. De-badging can look alright, but IMO, is only really suited to car's with colour coded bumpers. Keep it original i reckon, keep it looking tuff, there's no need to go around just pulling random bits of the body off here and there..

Nice car btw

[lachie]

update time again
well this past week i hae invested in a 2.5 inch redback catback exhaust and it sound sweet, xmas i am gettins the windows tinted and then i am gettin two subs with plexyglas front and an amp for 150, pretty keen i will keeo you posted guys.....just wondering as well probably the wrong place to ask this but is there a local i.e eastern side of melbourne section of the club? like meet up and go cruise?
im keen haha cheers

[Mayhem05]

Good choice young man Vn's go fast,, neat...

[vn_v6]

i used spray paint but sanded the bumpers back with 1000 grit then sprayed plastic-kote primer on it then jsut matte black spray paint, (Dont go cheapo spray or it will look cheapo lol), i also did the bit under my doors as it was charcoal aswell, paint your washer bottle and overflow matte black, do ur petrol tank straps black, and the tank itself silver, itl come up nice, but stll not a bad car ill post some pics of my mates, looks verrry similar to yours its white slammed on ceptors, just so u get an idea of how it will look

[vn_v6]

this is my mates bt1style vn slammed on ceptors, theese arent normal ceptors their the 7 inch wide ones, thats why they look so fat , and the red one is mine after i did the bumpers, blac looks so much better

[lachie]

nice man, where do u get the 7 inch ones? i want some haha

[sweefu]

just have to hunt around mate, all of the real interceptor wheels are 7inch wide

[VL-EXEC]

have a set of 15x7's sale guys pm me, the 7" ones only come on police vehicles

[lachie]

hey guys update again, since i got a whole lot of vouchers for my car for chrissy i intalled a 10 inch sub in the car and just had the windows tinted, its coming along great now all i need is to lower it....gonna cost me a fair bit so ill have to wait a while

[lachie]

Ill be posting up a few pics probably tomorow for you guys to actually see the progress that has been made, hopefully u can see the difference, i am pretty happy for now, but really really want it to be lowered then i can go onto the respray and wheels and it should be finished...will be awesome.......keep your eyes peeled haha

[lachie]

I finally got around to chucking some new pics up hopefully u guys notice all the things i have been doing, been alot of fun

let me know what you think

[lachie]

:bump:.....

[lachie]

well, my exhaust wasnt loud enough so last week i took of the rear muffler and put a hot dog on , i fited 2.5 inch crome dump pipes and it sound insane...very happy

[bj42turbo]

Looking good mate, but bllody hell ya driveways steep in the last pic


Dazz

[lachie]

lol, well the last two weeks have killed my enthusiasm on the car, i scratched it driving into the driveway, and then got backed into by some tool leaving a massve ding in my rear quater pannel.......bloody killed me...