Josheh's VR

[Josheh]

Hey all, thought I'd post up my ride, It's my first car.

Model: VR Acclaim
Year: 1994
Colour: MASAI RED / F046
Engine Type: 3.8ltr V6
Odometer: 176,000
Exhaust: 2.5 inch Sports Exhaust
Gearbox: 4 speed Auto
Suspension: Mix, With Super Low King Springs
Wheels: 17" SSA Elenors
Interior/ Exterior: Red Micra Painted Dash, Seat Covers, Debadged, Complete Blue Interior Lights, Custom Handbake.
Future Mods: Different handbrake, And T bone Auto Shifter "Ideas?, Get a new Steering wheel,, red venetians (Spelling?) In the rear window, Some sort of new front seats, Any other ideas people ??

[some_guy]

hey mate. i like what youve done sounds like its gonna be a good car. was it very hard to change the colour of you dash lights? what was involved?
cheers dave

[Josheh]

Not hard at all mate, Just a matter of buying the leds i got off ebay for around 20 bucks with postage, Unscrew the 2 screws on the plastic dash cover thing, then unscrew 2 more screws in the guage, pull the guage box thing out, and at the back theres 4 screwout bulbs, just swap them over practically and you're done.

If i can do it, Anybody can do it, I'm pretty NUB at car stuff haha.

[NickVR]

Looks neat mate, the dash looks good.

[Josheh]

Thanks a lot mate

Here's a picture of the Engine Bay.

[Josheh]

Hey, Haven't updated much lately, Haven't really done much, But I've painted the rear garnish, And got new plates, That's about it really, Heres some new pics:

I'm thinking of changing the strips on it too black not grey, And no, I'm not removing the spoiler, I think it's one of the VR/VS's that actually looks alright with them on, And It'll destroy it if I removed it.

The Actual tint is a LOT darker than these picture show, I have no idea why it doesn't look dark, but meh.

[Zeussy]

Looks like a neat car there mate, gotta love the VR/VS's they have a neat look to them..

Nice rims, and the dash looks good to - looks like the lights pretty even in it, good effort eyy.

Found any VX SS Seats yet??

[Josheh]

ay man sorry im a lil drunk umm yeh my cousin has a set i think but it seems like hard work too fit them ? but yeah i should take em man i think vx / vt seats would be heaps better!

and thanks man, yeah i spend quite a bit of money and care on the car.

I got lucky with the lights to be honest, some people say they dont spread properly, but i did a bit of modification on mine with a stanly knife scraping some of the orange and stuff off and it's a LOT better now!

[Silver_VS_II]

hey mate looks nice i rekon you should lowere it a tad more, i need to get some of those interior lights i cant find them coz my speed alert light broke and wanna replace it. you colour coded your rear garhish heaps good. should do the door handles, for an idea on that grey stuff you should replace it with chrome would look nice, i sorta done it but i pinstriped my old black strips. and got a thin chrome for back, looks doidgy need to get some thicker stuff. what % tint you got on there? also i dont rekon you should get those venetians they look old style look, unless you need them for children or somehting alike

[Josheh]

Hey thanks for the reply mate, The Interior "DASH" lights are from an ebay seller: eBay Australia Shop - Zero Point Electronics: LED Dash Kits, LED Bulb Packs, LED Parker Bulbs the ones i payed for were around 17 dollars.

And the rest that's blue is interior blue lights which i brought from Autobarn for around 20 dollars.

And that's a great idea about the door handles, Thank you ! Might try it tomorrow arvo.

I was thinking Chrome earlier, Remove the small white strip, And just put a Chrome strip right around, but then i was considering a black strip with a red "Commadore" badge in the strip... Hmm

I'm not too sure about the percentage, But the tint is: Midnight Express - Darkest Legal Window Tint | TintACar.com.au

Which the URL says, It's Midnight Express.

And yeah, the venetians (Spelling?) I saw on a smick looking white VR/VS on here, And it looks absalutely fantastic, Which is where i got the idea from, No kids or anything at the moment thankfully.

Hope this helped mate!

[Verynice]

hey man, tried any of my light mods yet? cars looking good too. nice plates

[Silver_VS_II]

Hey thanks for the reply mate, The Interior "DASH" lights are from an ebay seller: eBay Australia Shop - Zero Point Electronics: LED Dash Kits, LED Bulb Packs, LED Parker Bulbs the ones i payed for were around 17 dollars.

And the rest that's blue is interior blue lights which i brought from Autobarn for around 20 dollars.

And that's a great idea about the door handles, Thank you ! Might try it tomorrow arvo.

I was thinking Chrome earlier, Remove the small white strip, And just put a Chrome strip right around, but then i was considering a black strip with a red "Commadore" badge in the strip... Hmm

I'm not too sure about the percentage, But the tint is: Midnight Express - Darkest Legal Window Tint | TintACar.com.au

Which the URL says, It's Midnight Express.

And yeah, the venetians (Spelling?) I saw on a smick looking white VR/VS on here, And it looks absalutely fantastic, Which is where i got the idea from, No kids or anything at the moment thankfully.

Hope this helped mate!

cheers mate i should just change the whole colour of my dash acctually
yeah colour code your handle i was about to buy them but i think ill do it this weekend
i chrome pinstriped my stips and they look okay but make sure you clean then alot and firmly attach the strips, because one of mine peeled off so i just replaced the whole strip
i never liked the look of those venetians, it will be good to see how they go tho, will they be black or painted?

[Josheh]

Nah, Haven't tried any of the lights mods yet, Haven't had much time for the car the last few days.

And yeah, I've never liked the venetians either, If i got them they would probably be the maroon colour of the car.

I have too go now, But I've been meaning to check out your car, it looks really good... The next time I'm on I'll give it a good check out!

[Silver_VS_II]

sweet, i saw a car with the vemetians they were inside the back window tho and they were white to match the car colour i didnt really mind them but i personally wouldnt spend money on them

[Josheh]

Hey! Done a little more stuff to the car lately,

Painted the dash' I decided not to do a bright colour because it sometimes looks really out of place, I've never been into dash painting all that much but enjoyed doing this, And i personally think it came up pretty well, It's a darker red, around about the same colour as my car.

removed pin strip, "Needs a polish and cut", , red wiper rubber, And I've recently got red walls put on too.

Here are some pictures


If you click the thumbnail it will take you to imageshack and show a bigger picture, Click the picture again for the big picture.

I hope you Like / look / give opinions, I am enjoying doing little things to the car that's mostly do it yourself type things.

Oh also, I'm trying too find a new handbreak grip / the tbone on the auto, I want something a little different and not cheap like the supercheap auto one like i have now, Anyone have any ideas? Someone said they got one from over seas, and it looks bloody awesome, but you have to go over there to get them, Does that mean a lot of hand break levers fit the VR / VS?

[Weapon]

hey,
i got red leather vy ss seats (vgc, with rails to suit vn-vs) and a red leather issotta steering wheel (gc)
if your interested in them pm me

[Josheh]

Because of christmas, I'm not overly cashed up at the moment, I wouldn't mind the wheel, But my cars an Acclaim, And I've tried everything i can do, But I can't legally put a F%^ing sports steering wheel on my car, That to this day still pisses me off, A whole year later and it's still playing on my mind....

Who here actually has a airbag wheel, And have removed it and put a sports one on, Do police really give two shits about it ? Do they even check? Would they bother? How many people been done for it ? Would they defect me, or just tell me to put my old wheel back on and if they catch me again blah blah will happen ?

[Weapon]

its possible, to change the wheel.
theres a few guides around if you look

[Kurtp]

Why didn't you paint the part around the handbrake? I wrote up a quick guide to removing the central area and that part is included, if you're interested.

Looks good though, very clean.

[Haydz]

too much red on the interior.

and the spoiler is gay.


but other than that a nice car there. nice clean buick motor.

[Josheh]

too much red on the interior.

and the spoiler is gay.


but other than that a nice car there. nice clean buick motor.

Thanks all, And thanks Haydz, The red interior looks over the top in the picture, but in real life, it's a LOT darker than the picture show, it looks like the flash is just hitting it and making it light, it's a really dark colour, and isn't really in the way or anything, But thank you!

And i agree with the spoiler, I'm getting a bootlip one the second i can find one around my area. Thank you for the comments though!

I have some more images I'll upload later tonight or tomorrow.

By the way, The Surrounding of the handbrake dash I want to do, it look's good done i reckon, I'll have a good look, Thanks mate.

[WogBoyz]

ditch the pod buddy or get an enclsoure for it, its just sucking in all the hot air and ur acutrally losing power, hit up MACE if ur looking for a good enclosure for it otherwise go to panel filter set up mate

[Josheh]

Thanks for the reply, Yeah i was told too remove that, and get an ss supercharger box, But so close to xmas funds or stuff like that are a little short right now.