Cam's 95 VS Exec.

[C-J-M]

G'day lads and ladies. Having recently had my first VS written off by a Navara in December 2009, I figured I might as well have a squiz on CarPoint to try and find myself a nice deal. The following occurred...

Name:
Cam
Model:
95 VS Executive, 200,000kms on the clock (which is under duress, the clock has been wound back by 70,000 in 2008)
Colour:
Metallic Blue (not entirely sure of actual Holden name)
Engine Type:
3.8L V6 Ecotec
Transmission:
4 Spd Auto
Engine Mods:
VT Series II engine
K & N air system, cold air induction, etc.
Exhaust:
2.5" Cat back exhaust double chrome tip
Wheels:
Koya 18"s
Suspension:
Super low King Springs F&R
Interior:
Custom center console
Custom gauges (Battery, Oil Level, Oil Temp)
Custom LED Rooflamp (Blue)
Custom pedals (Brushed steel and blue rubber grips)
Other Mods:
Dark Black Window Tint
Debadged from Ecotec, V6, and Executive badges
Stereo:
Pioneer Mosfet 50W x 4 ECQ Head unit, model DEH-P6900UB
Sony Xplod 500W Amp
Kicker Sub and Amp
Cadence Z Crossovers on either door panel





Just found my login details today. Good form, Cam.

After now having the car for about a year and a half, I've come to realise I don't like blue that much, lol. But because I love my car and how it just GOES, instead of ditching it I've decided I'll redo the whole lot and hopefully raise the price of it a bit, before I chuck a V8 in there after I'm off the P's. Booyah. Heeeere we go.

NEW LIST OF FUTURE MODS:
EXTERIOR
Complete respray, to a glossy jet black. Bayside Auto do the entire thing for $2500.
Chrome trolley strips, chrome body accents.
Chrome window edging. (Seems to be a difficult thing to find)
VE SSV 19" Wheels. Looks tough as nuts on a black VS.
VS SS kit.
Lip spoiler.
Chrome mesh grills (I'll need to do them again when I get the SS kit)
Foggies!
Xenon globes for the headlights.

INTERIOR:
VT Calais seats, replacing certain black leather panels with red.
Totally new centre console, red.
Cupholders, hellyeah.
New headunit, something with a red backglow and direct iPod connectivity.
New pedals, brushed steel with black rubber
Pretty much all the plastic panels are going to be black.
Chrome door handles from a Stato
Black roof lining
New steering wheel, black and red leather
Red suede-like material for the door inserts
The trickiest bit... Going to attempt to cover the top of the dash with the same red suede-like material from the doors. Who knows what'll happen.
White instrument cluster, red LEDs behind
Full red LED conversion

MISC:
Brembo brakes
NEED an engine cover and new rocket covers. Engine cover to be sprayed black with red lettering / detailing, rocket covers will be red. Replace shot blue tubing with new red stuff. Grouse.

Ambitious, I know, and expensive, but let me know what you think.

CONCEPT PICS:
Rear:

Interior:

[esca_ByDesign]

sounds like you got it under control mate.

maybe not paint the top of dash as you have to take out steering colomn basically to get it out and pain in the arse, also it gets pretty hot on the dash in direct sunlight and im pretty sure the paint will peel or crack within the first month.

some of those mods seem pretty wack but goodluck haha, hopefully you dont rite this one off half way through :P

[C-J-M]

Yeah I'm thinking I might look into some high heat paint and put it on from there, you can get it from where you work haha.

And the first time wasn't my fault, I stopped, she didn't.

[SHANBANGER]

the speedo shouldnt need to be corrected due to having 18's on, mine still stayed the same. Im sure theres a link to a speedo calculator around here that calculates the speed differences going from different sized tyres. Maybe it buggered up when they wound the clock back??

[C-J-M]

the speedo shouldnt need to be corrected due to having 18's on, mine still stayed the same. Im sure theres a link to a speedo calculator around here that calculates the speed differences going from different sized tyres. Maybe it buggered up when they wound the clock back??

Yeah my speedo's showing about 9 and a half klicks under what I'm actually doing, which is rather shite. I'm going to have to book her in at the local soon, and see what they can do.

Also, it might've, I looked at the log books which were sent in the mail and we noticed that the brakes were changed 3 years ago when it read 202,000... And now it's 199,603.

Hmm.

[esca_ByDesign]

yeah high heat paint is good but it mostly only sticks to metal or wood. i talked to a guy at my work about it for ya cam and yeah he said its not really for vinyl but suppose you can try. and i need that speedo thing as well cause i changed wheel size with my rims but again dont know where to go for it, i think im actually speeding by about 3-5 when im going about 80 which isnt good. do you know much about compressing springs and what it involves cause i wanna do it to my rear ones but dont have a clue how or what to use lol. let me know when your taking your interior apart and ill give you a hand and make sure you dont break anything like i did (after youve broken it a nd taken it apart you know how it works lol

[C-J-M]

Epic progress today!

The part of the dash where the speedo and all is now black and the backlights are blue, and the squishy centre console part is now black as well, after using some awesome Vinyl Dye. The doors are all customised now, with the window winders, lock indicators, door handle accents and lower speaker casing / storage slot all metallic silver. The vents have been painted silver and the casing for all of these are black, and the trim on the doors is now blue after applying spray dye to it. Pics shall be up when I get home tomorrow, and the carpet and rear doors are all done. Looks very nice but I will have to spray over the front doors again due to fingerprints. Rage.

[C-J-M]

Sup guise.

Here's some progress shots. I was seriously considering shipping off this car and upgrading to a ute, but I've decided that I'm going to keep it and fix it entirely up, eventually turning it into some kind of show car or along those lines.

These are shots from a while back, but they show what I've been doing on her.

Blue LED rooflamp- Looks killer at night, prevents drug use in the car.


The custom dash before I took it apart and resprayed it- More pics up soon as I finally fix it up to how I want.


Nice surprise when I took the door trim off- Custom Cadence Z's in the doors which I had no idea about.


Basically what nearly every VS owner does to their car. Sprayed the main speedo cluster surroundings black, but I managed to spray the vents niiice and chroooome. Air con was a bit whiffy for a few days after.


Finished rear doors.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/DSC00950.jpg

Finished front doors.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/DSC00945.jpg

Let me all know what you think.

[C-J-M]

Eh feck, double post.

Sorry about the image sizes too, I'll fix them for the next update.

Decided that I was going to change the car's colour scheme today.
Stay tuned for more details.
Really excited.

UPDATE:
Holy crap the engine is from a VT. No idea why the previous owner replaced it, but it's true. Yup.

[fatvsss]

what paints did you use to spary the fascia ???

[C-J-M]

what paints did you use to spary the fascia ???

Hey man, thanks for checking out the car.

Uh for the fascia surrounding the instrument cluster I used the gloss black paint from Autobarn, I'm not entirely sure of the brand name but it costs about $4 for a can.

The vents were done using White Knight Superchrome paint.
The actual original console you can see was done using the original Holden paint, but I don't know when it was put in.

Most paint I used has been from Autobarn, including the Vinyl dye for the doors.

[fatvsss]

true was all the doors and fascia hard to do or fairly simple, cause i want to do it myself but dont want to be getting my self into something i cant get out lol

[Jonnii]

true was all the doors and fascia hard to do or fairly simple, cause i want to do it myself but dont want to be getting my self into something i cant get out lol

its very easy the vinyl dye paint is very forgiving jsut keep even strokes and youll be right same with any paint really

[C-J-M]

its very easy the vinyl dye paint is very forgiving jsut keep even strokes and youll be right same with any paint really

This.
Any mistakes you make, you can turpentine off, in my experience it hasn't damaged the doors at all.

Also, ute's looking nice, Jonni.

[C-J-M]

Howdy lads / lasses, just some updated pics and a bit of a hint as to where I'm going with the old girl.

First pic, was something very simple. Removed the front grille trims and sprayed them with White Knight Super Chrome paint. I may need to go over them again in a high heat variety next time, however; As you can see, the Super Chrome is slowly fading away. Oh yes, the front end is also damaged by bugs of steel.



Next, my dodgy Supercheap Pedals which will soon be replaced by some SS ones. Hopefully. I think the accelerator pedal is slowly coming off.



Full blue LED instrument cluster conversion.



My hint of a new colour change- Ocean blue paint with some brutal glitter. Yeah man, glitter. Homemade job, looks amazing, didn't take long at all. Also shown: Chrome-painted heater/air con surrounding, and Head Unit in proper position.



Found a full centre console / Handbrake boot from a VP and extracted it. This is the result, glitter and all. Phwooar yeah.



Interior so far. Much more to come, stay tuned for the evolution of this tuned up monster.

[Kioes]

Very nice my VR is the same color!

and seems we both have scratched up paint ;P

this is coming nicely though!

Check my thread will be updated today!

[C-J-M]

Bump for massive update on the OP

[Verynice]

Very clean man, love those exhaust tips

[C-J-M]

Very clean man, love those exhaust tips

Thanks man, sounds grouse! I'm tempted to split the exhaust and get another set of dual tips coming out the other side of the bumper... Tip's only $70 from Autobarn

Found some more recent pics that I've taken, with the mesh grille on...

[Trayner]

looks the goods mate , keep at it . all the little mods will add up and one day you will be proud of her :P

[C-J-M]

looks the goods mate , keep at it . all the little mods will add up and one day you will be proud of her :P

Thanks buddy! Lots of big mods slated but I think the main thing I want to do first is to get the respray done, then try and locate myself some chrome window surround. It's a bloody difficult thing to do

UPDATE:
Thinking of getting this...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HOLDEN-VR...item35a4fa830d

What say you all?

ANOTHER UPDATE:
Getting an SS Lip and Bezel kit next week, will go on before the respray.

[C-J-M]

Gave her a clean today, going to be fixing up the interior in the coming weeks, and hopefully getting rid of the sparkles in the centre console -facepalm-

[VS 5.0]

Looks nice in those two pics....and good idea doing away with the sparkles.

[VS_Pete_1]

Very nice looking ride mate.
Like that colour and wheels.

[brad3394]

the paint looks good mate, why the respray?

kinda relieved the sparkles are going but they werent too bad...