AL4SHO '93 Executive

[holdendude]

Name: Craig
Model: 1993 VR Executive
Colour: White
Km's: 209,XXX
Engine Type: 3.8L Buick
Engine Mods: Standard
Exhaust: Unsure, but has hotdog rear muffler & Twin 2.5” chrome tip
Gearbox: T5 with heavy duty clutch
Suspension: King springs either super lows or ultra, new Nothalane sway bar link pins & bushes
Wheels/Tyres: 17” unsure of brand or type.
Interior: Full Trimmed/Dyed/painted interior, VT seats front & rear, blue dash lights, race steering wheel.
Exterior: VZ Clubsport bodykit, colour coded rear garnish & door moulds, black altezza tail lights, debadged, clear side indicators, AL4SHO plates, tinted windows.
Stereo: Alpine cda-9833 head unit, 6” Alpine type-R splits front, 400w 6”x9” Kenwood rears, 2x 1000w 12” Soundstream Picasso subs, 2x 1800w Kenwood KAC-9104D Monoblock amps, 2.0 Farad Aerpro Capacitor.
Other Mods: New engine mounts, P plates, air fresheners, dynamat, polished intake manifold & fuel rails, fire extinguisher.
Future Mods: Full custom respray but the end of 2012, smoothed body & engine bay, airbag suspension, fog lights, bigger rims, Full VT/VX dash & center console, redo stereo layout, more amps, double din touchscreen dvd/sat nav/ blah blah head unit and plenty more.

Here are the pics.




Awhile after i decided to do the interior...
Befores..


Then the pain of pulling my baby apart



Now all masked up to be dyed...








Stereo Setup...


Then i purchased the body kit...





Then Show & shine came around.



Then came the VT seats...

Then installed them...



Then brought some gauges, they looked nice imo, but cops weren't to happy with them so i got stickered



Then i took some photos of it...

[some_guy]

wow... thats one quality dash paint job. Well done.
All it needs now is some differnt/bigger wheels.
Other than that i like it.

[holdendude]

Then i wanted to do a flip trunk... so here it came haha


Then i did a photoshoot, and all i can say is WOW....




And after it all, i did a Before & After Image for a few angles, and it has come along way...




I Hope you all enjoyed my little story and like my car

[holdendude]

wow... thats one quality dash paint job. Well done.
All it needs now is some differnt/bigger wheels.
Other than that i like it.

Thanks mate, im very happy how it turned out, and yeh im saving for a bigger & better set.
Im glad you do and i hope everyone else does too

[vscalaishsv]

very im pressave. how did ya get the boot to open like that and what products did ya use to prep the dash and interior parts and what brand of pant/dye`s did ya use?

[holdendude]

very im pressave. how did ya get the boot to open like that and what products did ya use to prep the dash and interior parts and what brand of pant/dye`s did ya use?

Thanks mate, for the boot I used a how-to off this site How-To: Flip Trunk Lid
And for the dash, i used VHT Vinyl Dye for the vinyl, and i used automotive 2K paint on all the plastic bits

[vscalaishsv]

ok cool thanks for that!

[VS_Pete_1]

Nice job on your ride mate.

[EDGE3]

Thats a bloody excellent looking car good onya mate,what did it roughly cost?

[Trayner]

never liked those body kits on vs's , but on yours it look good . not like most i see that have had a shit paint job on them . maybe loose the altezza thou

[holdendude]

Nice job on your ride mate.

Thanks mate, i love it to bits

Thats a bloody excellent looking car good onya mate,what did it roughly cost?

Thank you, it cost me $2875 when i bought it, spend bout $6500-$8000 on it so far quite cheap really for where its at.

never liked those body kits on vs's , but on yours it look good . not like most i see that have had a shit paint job on them . maybe loose the altezza thou

Yeh i wasnt a fan of vy kits but only liked vz's on certain ones, i have to agree, with decent paint it will look the piece, haha nah i quite like the altezzas, what i am looking for though is another set either chrome or black, take them apart and paint the inside the same white as the car seen it on HULK6 in street Commodores and was like :O OMG wow im doing that

[holdendude]

Also here is a (blurry) pics of my blue dash lights that arrived last week

[Verynice]

Awesome car man, you've put a lot of good work into it. Always good to see one of those kits that actually suits the car, i think the black highlights make it work.

Nice new set of rims will bring it up nicely, and the white altezza idea sounds good too! Good job man

done a quick chop for ya man, tinted tail lights

[holdendude]

Awesome car man, you've put a lot of good work into it. Always good to see one of those kits that actually suits the car, i think the black highlights make it work.

Nice new set of rims will bring it up nicely, and the white altezza idea sounds good too! Good job man

done a quick chop for ya man, tinted tal lights

Thanks mate, yeh i have slaved something chronic over this thing, even pulled 2 all-nighters in a row to do the interior haha, makes me feel good to hear people actually say something nice about body kits of commies, but yeh i have to agree with the highlights.

Aww man thats nice, if only it were legal haha :P

And with the rims yeh, im saving for some nicer ones.

[Verynice]

haha yeah, they are legal if you dont go too dark

[holdendude]

haha yeah, they are legal if you dont go too dark

Not with the cops in this town there not too keen on us young whippersnappers driving modified cars, but i guess its the same everywhere

[Verynice]

yeah i know what ya mean man, they are out to get ya

[holdendude]

yeah i know what ya mean man, they are out to get ya

haha bastards :P awell just doing there job i guess... (Sometimes)

[calais24/7]

Thats nice man and its really good process especially since it looks like you've done it all youself, but that rear bar looks fuggin ugly. Sorr man but thats just my opinion. You pulled the dash paint off really well though.

[holdendude]

Thats nice man and its really good process especially since it looks like you've done it all youself, but that rear bar looks fuggin ugly. Sorr man but thats just my opinion. You pulled the dash paint off really well though.

Thanks mate appreciate it, yeh all done by me, learnt alot from it all. Yeh some people dont like it, but hey thats ok, doesn't phase me. Cheers yeh it came up a treat

[elmaso]

####ing awesome job on it all mate, and the dash lights all look good too, doesn't look like theres any hot spots.

[holdendude]

####ing awesome job on it all mate, and the dash lights all look good too, doesn't look like theres any hot spots.

Cheers dude, yeh there really nice and nah no hot spots so bonus haha

[flawnt]

i wanna see what the flip trunk looks like, i can only see one photo. looks mean tho mate!

[holdendude]

i wanna see what the flip trunk looks like, i can only see one photo. looks mean tho mate!

Photobucket is down for maintenance damn site.... I'll show you some pics

[actfst]

very nice mate you have done a awsome job, i dont normally like them kits on commy's but yours looks like it belongs on there keep the awsome work coming i want to see more