Check This VS Out :)

[fkford]

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Name: Dean
Model: 1996 VS executive Series 2
KM's: 126XXX
Colour: Dark green
Bodykit: S pak
Engine Type: 3.8L ecotec
Engine Mods: K&N Panel Filter, CAI and Delco performance chip
Exhaust: Cat back exhaust mandrel bent striaght pipe
Gearbox: 6HDD Auto
Diff: Standard
Brakes: Standard.
Suspension: Fronts = SL's, Rears = SL's (King Springs)
Wheels/Tyres: 17" VZ S rims
Interior: 2 front Monza bucket seats (red/black) with matching rear seat cover, currently in process of painting everything black with little red bits around. done 2 door trims and roof lining. Black MOMO steering wheel. will post pics when done.
Other Mods: Clear side indicators, tinted windows (5% back and rear doors, 20% drivers/passenger windows), fresh respray (colour coded door handles and mirrors), ice blue headlight bulbs, Dual Fuel (got a love hate relationship with it lol), calais window moulds, calais chrome front grills.
Stereo: Panasonic flip out headunit, 2x 600watt Pioneer amps, 2x12" CVR comp kickers, 2x 4" pioneer speakers, 2x 6" pioneer speakers, 2x MTX tweaters.
Future Mods: extractors and high flow cat, Shocks to suit springs, when off P's drop a LS1 in it..love LS1's. and probably bigger rims.

Anyway heres some pics..tell me what u think..thinking of painting rims black and lowering it more..tell me ur suggestions..cheers for reading

anyway heres some pics..
was raining this day so looks dirty

and this one is photoshopped to what i want done

and another photoshop

[skruba]

any interior and engine pics

[excalibur]

nice mate the first photoshop pic looks great

[fkford]

skruba: no interior or engine pics yet but will b up soon..cheers

[fkford]

excalibur: thanks mate..thats wat i want done to the wheels..but still deciding weather i get bigger wheels or just do whats in the photo.

[HoZy]

So it's a stock VS exec? With Non ADR front seats? Seat covers? & Dual fuel?


I'm sorry, but The word of "CustomVS" seems a little... Farfetched would you say?

Cheers
MaT

[fkford]

So it's a stock VS exec? With Non ADR front seats? Seat covers? & Dual fuel?


I'm sorry, but The word of "CustomVS" seems a little... Farfetched would you say?

Cheers
MaT

sure is and alot of ppl seem to love it..cept u? but i must say ur car looks soooooo blown

[r_i_d_a_h]

custom huh? cool.

[88GreenVN]

Black rims just make them disappear in all but the best light. Bigger rims/tyres just means less K's per tyre and megga $$$ to replace. (ends up being a 20" front and 15" stockies on the rear)

The VZ 17's look great as they are.

[some_guy]

So it's a stock VS exec? With Non ADR front seats? Seat covers? & Dual fuel?


I'm sorry, but The word of "CustomVS" seems a little... Farfetched would you say?

Cheers
MaT

If he wants to call it custom he can go right ahead and call it custo mate. As far as i can see its has custom mods that put it apart from a dead stock car. hop of his back man he is proud of his car and thats all that matters.

BTW op very nice looking cars, id like to see some pics of the interior though

[jokerflingo]

when off P's drop a LS1 in it..love LS1's

Just to let you know there a bit more too it then just dropping a Gen 3 LS1 into a VS or any car that had a 5L in it.

[fkford]

f*** i post my car up to show ppl and what i get back is all these ppl being smart a**'s..u ppl want to no y im proud of this car?? bcoz i made it into what it is now from this.. pretty much all by myself......so u can get f***** ...and yes i do no what it takes to put an LS1 into a vs ..engine mounts..shifting other parts to make it fit..computer..loom, i actually no someone who put a LS1 into a vl. so if ppl dont ne thing nice to say then dont say ne thing..learn some respect geez

[Grennan]

Look im with Hozy, calling it custom is a stretch of the imagination, but from that first photoshop you have good basic mods in mind to get it looking decent.

...just stay clear of sigs

The ride height looks a little off to me, are the springs superlows or just lows? Looks a tad high.

[muzzz89]

love the sv6 wheels man, had them on a vp of mine. definatly go with the first fotoshop, keep 17s looks lower and cheaper tyres...

[fkford]

The ride height looks a little off to me, are the springs superlows or just lows? Looks a tad high.[/QUOTE]

yeh they are superlows but came out of an 8...i rekn it looks a tad high to specially at the front..i want it low but not to low but atm its a bit high lol...what do ppl recommend? SSL?

[J3zza]

what are ur dual cvr kickers like?

[Jonnii]

lookin nice man. i would say stick with a lighter coloured rims as your car is a darker colour. I like the look of the sigs on it. Well done considering what it started out like. get some interior shots up

[nathg]

I 100% agree with Grennan. but thats what most of us do here, because we aren't all super rich and able to mod our cars to exactly what we want immediately, it takes along time to build up and we learn alot along the way.
Respray looks really good, I'd assume it was closed-door, was it expensive? Btw are you missing a chrome strip on the rear passenger door?

[Grennan]

The ride height looks a little off to me, are the springs superlows or just lows? Looks a tad high.

yeh they are superlows but came out of an 8...i rekn it looks a tad high to specially at the front..i want it low but not to low but atm its a bit high lol...what do ppl recommend? SSL?[/QUOTE]

Yeah that would be why the front looks like its stock. I had superlows for the v6 obviously in my old VR and it was low enough on 17's. Obviously with the SS lip it will be a little bit lower. Some people tend to go ultra low in the rear but i rekon it looks like arse.

Heres my old car: Grennan's VR II Executive.

Grennan's VR II Executive.

[-ToM-]

Agreed, i prefer the look of a car that just sits nicely without compromising comfort, compared to the ground humper look that 80% of VS drivers want

[fkford]

J3zza - the kickers r a tad to bassy.. havent heard better except at car shows but some ones on here seem as they cud pump hard

Jonnii - cheers mate, alot of man hours went in..was a c*** welding the rails back on and getting them to line up..interior shots will b up soon.

nathg - cheers, lol damn i copping heaps of sh** for my user name.. let me refrase..it WILL be a custom vs once finished..its far from finished coz im still on P's ><.. respray was in closed doors at friends shop..i just paid for paint etc which added to around 860$ lol yeh chrome strip sittin in garage im waiting to paint my rear door trims so i can put them on coz u gotta take off door trim.

Grennan - yeh i didnt want to go ultra low i dont like that either i want it to sit just neat low if u get me.. someone told me if i put v8 SL's in it will sit nearly as low but b stiffer which i sorta wanted so i dont scrape on stuff but mm see what happends..cheers.

-ToM- - yeh totally agree.

[HoZy]

J3zza - the kickers r a tad to bassy.. havent heard better except at car shows but some ones on here seem as they cud pump hard

Jonnii - cheers mate, alot of man hours went in..was a c*** welding the rails back on and getting them to line up..interior shots will b up soon.

nathg - cheers, lol damn i copping heaps of sh** for my user name.. let me refrase..it WILL be a custom vs once finished..its far from finished coz im still on P's ><.. respray was in closed doors at friends shop..i just paid for paint etc which added to around 860$ lol yeh chrome strip sittin in garage im waiting to paint my rear door trims so i can put them on coz u gotta take off door trim.

Grennan - yeh i didnt want to go ultra low i dont like that either i want it to sit just neat low if u get me.. someone told me if i put v8 SL's in it will sit nearly as low but b stiffer which i sorta wanted so i dont scrape on stuff but mm see what happends..cheers.

-ToM- - yeh totally agree.

If the subs are "too bassy" retune your system, aswell as "nathg" meant, was it a closed door respray as in, Doors shut or were all doorjams sprayed and enginebay/boot etc.

[Grennan]

Grennan - yeh i didnt want to go ultra low i dont like that either i want it to sit just neat low if u get me.. someone told me if i put v8 SL's in it will sit nearly as low but b stiffer which i sorta wanted so i dont scrape on stuff but mm see what happends..cheers.

Well the V8 springs are made to support the extra weight over the engine bay. They wont ever be as low. Most lowered springs will stiffer anyway, I know for a fact the springs in mine were hard.

See if you can trade someone or something for a set of front v6 springs. You will be more pleased with the result.

[ENV5]

Hey dude awsome looking car mate dont worry bout the others their the same in my thread to but I like my car and thats all that matters dont let em get to you keep up the great effort

[[SN'58'TN]]

bro dont worry about what these guys say. . nice looking car, if yu make it look like that first photo shop pic it will look mean. anyways dont pay attention to these guys. .