[MANDYS] VSII Caprice 5.0

[HoldenManDan]

Hey all, I'm posting this up for the missus... I drove 11 hours in one day to pick this baby up!

Name: Amanda

Plates: MANDYS

Model: Vs series 2 Caprice 1998

Colour: Rubens Mica over Jasper Red

Bodykit: Factory caprice sideskirts

Engine Type: 5.0L V8

Engine Mods: Factory CAI and high flow airbox, K&N filter

Exhaust: 2.5" cat back with 1 muffler, sounds nice

Gearbox: Stock

Diff: Stock "high performance", 3.07:1 ratio

Brakes: Stock for the moment

Suspension: Kings v6 ultra low fronts, ultra low rears

Wheels/Tyres: Stock 16" caprice with 215/60 tyres

Interior: Leather and velour, Phreddy is currently working on a full red/white illumination scheme, along with colour changing footwell, key light and boot lights, white led parker and number plate lights. Black retrimmed roof lining, black dyed parcel shelf, grab handles, rear speaker bezels, a, b and c pillar trims, sunvisors and seat belt height adjusters. Leather retrimmed steering wheel with purple stitching and WH caprice horn pad, matching leather retrimmed auto shifter with purple stitching, isotta bling bling handbrake, 20% tint all round

Other Mods: Clear side indicators, WH Caprice bonnet emblem, manualised level ride rear suspension, crystal headlights and indicators, gloss black sprayed coolant overflow, heatproof cleared CAI and airbox

Stereo: Stock 12 speaker for now, 10 stacker in boot, have Pioneer AVH-P5950DVD head unit to go in

Future Mods: Greenfoam tune, leather retrimmed seat covers, 19's with gold walls, LSD with 3.45's or something, twin piston brake upgrade, series 3 front and rear lips

There's more that i just cant think of at the moment...

Pics! Most are from the day we picked it up and it was quite filthy inside and out, will put up more current ones soon...















Rear Springs


After rear's lowered, but before front


Enjoy

[ethann]

Looks tidy as.
Wish I could have a 5L haha.
Stupid NSW laws.

[NickVR]

Looks very nice mate.

[mking]

looks good, how many k's it done?

[TVR-190]

very nice. i like those rims too

[nathg]

LIKE. Good things to come I see, haydz oh so jealous lol

[HoldenManDan]

Looks tidy as.
Wish I could have a 5L haha.
Stupid NSW laws.

Haha too true mate! I'm allowed to drive it as i got my greens before the restrictions came in, but the mrs can't lol!

Looks very nice mate.

Thanks mate, needs a good exterior detail to bring it's shine back, hopefully get a pro to do it real soon.

looks good, how many k's it done?

Thanks man, lol its done a few more than yours! Its got 195,000km on it. I'm not too worried, it's had a good service history and is great to drive!

very nice. i like those rims too

Cheers Troy, yeah i really like them too, they suit so well! I like them more than Amanda does anyway, she's not too keen on them. Lol I think Haydz wants them when we're done with them!

LIKE. Good things to come I see, haydz oh so jealous lol

Haha definately Nathan! Roof lining is out and prepped for some new material (Amanda wants black but i'm trying to convince her to get factory grey), shouldnt be too much longer to wait before Phreddy's got all the interior lighting sorted, and it needs tint BAD. Hopefully get some more things done after the wallet recovers from xmas/new years and holidays that we're taking soon.

Meantime, the fuel pump decided to shit itself 35km from home at midnight the sunday night before xmas, $150 tow to follow and another $125 for a new fuel pump and fuel filter, minor setbacks really. Gotta get that sorted tomorrow!

In other news, Haydz and I have bought another crashed stato to pinch bits from and sell the rest off of, depending on condition this might get a few good bits...

Cheers

[VKCOMMO]

Very nice.....

[VL-EXEC]

Awesome Colour, Rims look great, SL suit perfect, check my forsale thread for pics of my stato with them rims polished up, will look sweet

[Verynice]

Yeah +1 for nice colour. Nice caprice man, did you get the hood ornament knocked off?

[Haydz]

Yes yes take your time to post it up dan.

i could have sworn i had more pics of this thing. but all i could find was the one pic from doing the front springs.

yes i want the wheels when your done. i reckon polished up with white walls they would look absolutely ace.

fun times with the fuel pump too lmao. *crowbar guy*

ill send off the memcals tomorrow to mr greenfoam.

[HoldenManDan]

Very nice.....

Hey thanks again mate!

Awesome Colour, Rims look great, SL suit perfect, check my forsale thread for pics of my stato with them rims polished up, will look sweet

Thanks man, theyre v6 super lows which are same as v8 ultras so its really ultras all round lol! Yeah i've seen some pics with these wheels polished and am keen to persuade the mrs to get them done! No idea on price to polish them up yet though. Did you do yours yourself or get them pro done, and how much if you dont mind me asking?

Yeah +1 for nice colour. Nice caprice man, did you get the hood ornament knocked off?

Hey thanks mate, yours is looking good too! We bought the car with the busted vs ornament despite being advertised as having it, so we got a few $ knocked off the sale price. Then later found out a WH one would fit with some small modding so i bought one of those for her, looks absolutely awesome!

Yes yes take your time to post it up dan.

i could have sworn i had more pics of this thing. but all i could find was the one pic from doing the front springs.

yes i want the wheels when your done. i reckon polished up with white walls they would look absolutely ace.

fun times with the fuel pump too lmao. *crowbar guy*

ill send off the memcals tomorrow to mr greenfoam.

Yes Yes mr Haydz take your time to post in here too

That pic is more progress than i seem to have as well! Everything i've posted up in here is pretty much bog stock! Your pic's got the new headlights, plates and i think the WH bonnet badge woulda been on there too. Really need to get some more pics up i think! Looks much better with the ultras in the front now too

Yeah i reckon the wheels will come up great when polished with some fat tyres and walls, who knows, prob down the track somewhere!

Oh yeah that night the fuel pump died, mr crowbar guy was pretty scary lol!

But yes in latest news, the caprice will be getting a foam memcal soon!

[Verynice]

Hey thanks mate, yours is looking good too! We bought the car with the busted vs ornament despite being advertised as having it, so we got a few $ knocked off the sale price. Then later found out a WH one would fit with some small modding so i bought one of those for her, looks absolutely awesome!

Cool man, got any pics of it on? I know if mine ever gets knocked off ill be replacing it with a WH one, stuff paying $300+. Punks!

[Haydz]

[HoldenManDan]

Cool man, got any pics of it on? I know if mine ever gets knocked off ill be replacing it with a WH one, stuff paying $300+. Punks!

Hey Haydz found you a pic of it installed in the above post! The WH ones are definately nicer, i got this one brand new off ebay for a little over a hundred bucks

[Haydz]

updated pics

[rch-13z]

As per our discussion last night...

[HoldenManDan]

Rich they look farkin ace! I didnt think gold wires would look soo good! I'll have to see if i can convince Mandy to go this way, definately unique! Thanks man!

Been a long time since an update here, but had a few things done...

New pics since the front's been lowered, atm its on v6 ultras which tuck tyre at the front! Sometimes gets some light scrubbing, will prob have to stick some slightly higher springs in the front when some bigger rims go on.

Under the hood, the coolant overflow has been sprayed in gloss black engine enamel which looks surprisingly good! The CAI and airbox have been done with heatproof clear enamel.

Roof's been retrimmed in black, grab handles and sunvisors have been vinyl dyed to match, along with the seat belt height adjusters, a, b and c pillar trims, parcel shelf and rear speaker bezels which all came out awesome! Also had the steering wheel retrimmed in leather with purple stitching and WH caprice horn pad, the auto shifter trimmed to match, an isotta bling bling handbrake and 20% window tint all round. Mod list updated.

Time for some current pics, these are from the robertson cruise on the weekend:











Enjoy...

[mischa]

Diff: Stock "high performance", 3.07:1 ratio

3.07?

When are you going to work on this engine dan!

[Haydz]

its about time for an update dan. ??

[Wombles]

Seems like Haydz is right..
Looks amazing man! Love the colour!

[mischa]

Lol, amanda has her own account tell her to do it!

[TVR-190]

[VS_Pete_1]

Have to agreed with Wombles nice ride mate.

Seems like Haydz is right..
Looks amazing man! Love the colour!