Renno's VR S Daily Hack

[Renno]

I Was Talking To One Of The Guys At Work About Getting A Cheap Daily And He Offered This To Me For A Reasonable Price. Hes Owned It For 10 Years And Serviced It.....NEVER! LMFAO! This Is Going To Be Fun!

Name: Thomas

Model: 1994 VR S

Colour: Some Sort Of Blue

Body Work: SS Side Skirts, Rear Lip And Spoiler...Oh And A S Spolier Also

Engine Type: Buick 231ci V6

Engine Mods: Fully Sick HOMG Pod Filter

Exhaust: Stock Headers, Y Piece And Cat, With a 2 1/2inch Mild Steel Cat Back And Oval Tip

Gearbox: Standard Auto

Diff: Single Pegger!

Power: Enough To Beat Rabbit!

Wheels/Tyres: VN SS Rims With 205/65 R15 Tyres

Suspension: Standard FE2

Brakes: Standard

Interior: Standard

Stereo: Standard

Other Mods: Debadged And Removed Mudflaps

Future Mods: Just Cleaning Her Up For Now

Thanks: Rabbit For His Cleaning Work On The Interior

Pictures:

This Is How I Got It.....What A Pig!







Great Service History!





Look Below For Laughs!

[NickVR]

Nice pick up Renno, need to get rid of that SS spoiler though.

[fkford]

damn she needs some lovin.. should come up a treat when finished though

[HoldrodeoLT]

electrical tape for a oil cap? hmmm
Who knows what kind of shit is in the sump.

[<RaBBiT>]

electrical tape for a oil cap? hmmm
Who knows what kind of shit is in the sump.

shit just that lol

[sweefu]

fark its a bit rough haha how much did you pick it up for mate?

[Renno]

Nice pick up Renno, need to get rid of that SS spoiler though.

Cheers Nick, hmmm im unsure of which spoiler to keep as I love the SS one as much as the S pack one!

damn she needs some lovin.. should come up a treat when finished though

Yeah thats what im hoping

electrical tape for a oil cap? hmmm
Who knows what kind of shit is in the sump.

LOL! Well I dont think there is oil in there and there is a few dents in the bottom of it!

shit just that lol

Your on the ball

fark its a bit rough haha how much did you pick it up for mate?

Oh yeah she is rough, got her for $1000 mate

Well I got the car on wednesday and I began stripping the interior back to a bare shell...



It was full of sand and fishing gear (hooks and weights) and once I finally cleaned it, it looked like this.





Then Rabbit came over and gave me a hand putting it all back in and he went apeshit with the interior and it came up like this....









Oh and I didnt believe him when he said he spent $600 the other month on brakes....but I guess he was telling the truth. Not even a lip yet on these bad boys!



Then I took it for a quick wash and it needs a cut and polish badly!

[Kurtp]

That is nasty as hell, but has come up nicely.

[ethann]

s pack lip!
They look heaps better imo =D

[Renno]

That is nasty as hell, but has come up nicely.

Cheers Mate, yeah shes a bit rough, but will a bit of TLC and a trip to the crash repairs in the next few weeks she will be back in tip top shape

s pack lip!
They look heaps better imo =D

Hmm im starting to lean towards keeping the S pac lip....

Oh and today I went to UPI with a big list of little bits and pieces it needs to be cleaned up and the first VR I saw had these, so I just had to get them



AND IT BEGINS....MUAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

...funny thing is that I didnt end up getting anything from the list!

[ethann]

How much did you get the extractors for?

[NickVR]

Focus Rennie, VN first then the daily. Lol.

[Renno]

How much did you get the extractors for?

$77 mate

Focus Rennie, VN first then the daily. Lol.

I know I know, but I had the car shit itself on the way home from a cruise tonight. The battery shat itself, so attention is on the VR until it is reliable...

[Dum*P*ster]

starting to look good now mate :P

got a Q tho.. with the carpet.. how do you easily get it out?
And how easy it is to put back in AND..is this a 1 person job to?

cant wait to see more pix!

[HamaTime™]

Rough as guts, but nothing more pleasureable than making a pig into a a clean reliable cruiser!

[Vg-ute-mad]

Rough as guts, but nothing more pleasureable than making a pig into a a clean reliable cruiser!

I agree! .... I can see a diamond in the rough as well!

[Leathal11]

looking good renno didnt find a second set of extractors did ya lol

[Renno]

starting to look good now mate :P

got a Q tho.. with the carpet.. how do you easily get it out?
And how easy it is to put back in AND..is this a 1 person job to?

cant wait to see more pix!

Cheers mate

Okay you will need to pop out the bottom part of the rear seat. Then undo the front seats via the 4 allen headed bolts on the rails. you will then need to take out the center console via the two rear screws or nuts (depending on the model) and then undo the front section/ radio surround (if i remeber correctly). Then undo the seat belts from the trans tunnel (these are 19mm bolts) and also the ones on the pillars (19mm too). Then finally pop up the sill covers and wallah, the carpet can be taken out

To put it back in is the reverse. Its easily a one person job and aslong as you take your time and think things through it can easily be doen in a day

Rough as guts, but nothing more pleasureable than making a pig into a a clean reliable cruiser!

I agree! .... I can see a diamond in the rough as well!

Cheers Fellas, yeah she will hopefully be a cheap, clean daily/cruser when she is done

looking good renno didnt find a second set of extractors did ya lol

Nah bro, but there is usally a set down there. just look in every engine bay and you will eventually find a set lol

[Renno]

Another update

The car needed new tyres and I was offered these for the same price as some new 15inch tyres....cannot complain with that!







And I also put in my old headunit out of the Calais



I also went and got a quote today on the repairs and im looking at over 2k . So ill go to a few other shops and have a look

[VSHeaven]

I can tell that attention to detail is one of your strong points. I always believed that you can't polish a turd but you are starting to prove me wrong. BTW, how is the drivetrain holding up? Usually when you see a car treated like that by an owner you can be assured it isn't the best mechanically. I also agree on losing the SS spoiler..............real quick. I will give you $50.00 for the HD. $60.00 if it's an X2 (which it ain't)

[SHANBANGER]

anymore updates mate? its coming along nicely!

[Renno]

I can tell that attention to detail is one of your strong points. I always believed that you can't polish a turd but you are starting to prove me wrong. BTW, how is the drivetrain holding up? Usually when you see a car treated like that by an owner you can be assured it isn't the best mechanically. I also agree on losing the SS spoiler..............real quick. I will give you $50.00 for the HD. $60.00 if it's an X2 (which it ain't)

Cheers mate

Yeah if you suss out my thread with my VN Calais and look at the undercarrige then you will see my obsession with attention to detail

Mechanically its got brand new brakes put on about a month before I got it and other than that I just flushed the cooling system and will be giving it a service soon

anymore updates mate? its coming along nicely!

Well big update, Found a one owneer VB in mint conidtion around the corner from mine, so i rang the rents and I sold my bros old vn calais to my mate Rabbit for a daily, then my parents bought my bro the VR off of me and I bought the VB.

So the VZ SS rims are back onto my vn in the shed and he has put his ceptors from his vn on the VR.

[STEALTHY™]

2nd'd on ditching the SS spoiler. S pac lip ftw

(S pac lip > SS spoiler > no spoiler > V8 supercar T wing > SS spoiler on top of S pac lip)

[sweefu]

Hey mate looks like its coming along really well, interior cleaned up pretty well!

Wheels suit it very well too.