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ICUBYE's VS 5.0 litre Calais (More Pics Up)
Its not all that much but she is my baby.
Car Specs.
1996 VS Series 1 Calais (196,000kms on the clock)
5.0 Litre V8
Automatic Transmission
Single Spinner (Unfortunetly)
Stock Full Leather Interior
Botanica Mica over Silver
Mods / Addons
Cold Air Intake
K & N Air Filter
Camber Kit
Formula 1 Tint Darkest Legal
DBA Slotted Rotors Front and Rear
Bendix Advance Pads Front And Rear
Red Back 2.5" Sports Exhaust System with Twin Dumpy Tip
18" VY SS Wheels with Bridgestone Potenza Rubber
Upgraded Alarm & Immobiliser
Blue LED Conversion (Slowly converting dash and interior lights)
HDT Headlight Protectors
Sound System
Pioneer CD / MP3 Head Unit
Pioneer iPod Adapter
Blaupunkt Velocity Comp Series 6.5" 120wrms Splits x2 (Front & Rear)
Pioneer 12" 400wrms Sub x2 *Just Cheapish Subs)
Blaupunkt Velocity Comp Series 4 Channel Amp 4 x 125wrms
Precision Response Class D Amp 4 x 130wrms (bridged 2 x 380wrms)
Power Accoustic 4 Farad Capacitor
Custom Boot Install (Currently Underway)
Future Upgrades
Pacemaker Extractors and High Flow Cat
King Spring Super Lows on Front & King Spring Ultra Lows on Back
LSD Conversion
Pioneer Single DIN CD/DVD/MP3 7" Flipout touch Screen Headunit
Full Respray and New Chrome Trim.
Chip Upgrade
And i think Charging might be in order.
OK Pic's are up.
Let me know what you think of her and go easy she is a softy
I will take some nicer pics when i find a sweet venue, will even break out the DSLR for it.
The custom boot installation will hopefully be finished in the next couple of weeks, will get pics up when its done.
Last edited by ICUBYE; 07-09-2006 at 04:34 PM. Reason: Adding Pic's
Chain Reaction Champion!
Sounds good. I can't wait to see the pics!
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im a geek by day
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a mass/axe murderer by night
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and a rabbit sometimesI'm only nice to one person per day. Today is not your day....
Tomorrow doesn't look good either.
God must love stupid people, He made so many.
bye bye
get some pics upOriginally Posted by 1vngal
Donating Member
Yeah sounds sweetcant wait for some pics man, like the future mods too!
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
looks tough mate, real neat, cant wait to see the boot install
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Just Nic
very nice ride, colour looks really nice
Behind every Great chick, Is a guy checkin' her out
nice calais dude?
single spin u say? i thought all 5lts were lsd?
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
nah on the SS im sure it was standard but on the calais even tho its a 5.0l it was still an option, the original owner of this car got the full leather option, dunno why they didn't get the LSD too...
nice car mate and u would have the limited slip diff mine got it and she's a single spinner till i hit bout 4500rpm then lsd kiks in
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived"
thats a beasti like the colour, VY SS rims really suit VS's
i bet she goes alright too hey!
WES_VN
thats a nice lookin VS calais mate, and a V8 too, keep the work up
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nice clean ride.
Then The Boys Light Up.
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
Nah it was an option on the Calais, i have had the diff bearings re-raced and i know its only a single spinner, the diff is starting to get noisey again so its time to go back to the diff joint, see if its still under warranty, if it is then i will enquire about the LSD conversion.
When i got my diff re-raced last time it had to be redone within 12 month cos some snotty nosed little prick apprentice gave his resignation a few days before and purposely messed up everything he did till he left, and mine was one of them, apparently something to do with a couple of degrees off when resizing the bearings or something.
all i know is that it got very noisey and its getting that way again, and i drive my baby so easy too
and thank you everyone for the positive comments
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
looks like it was wheel bearings this time, so $400 later i got both rear wheel bearings replaced.
ah it is nice and quiet now.
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
hopefully the custom boot with be finished this weekend, will post some pics up later on tonight of what it looks like atm, its only basic and half started as we ran outta time. but should be finished this weekend.
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
OK Here are the pics so far, so you can get an idea of what its gonna look like.
Will have some blue Neons to highlight the amps and subs (Not really a fan of neons normally), the whole thing will be covered in carpet the same grey colour as the spare wheel cover. Also the amps will have some perspex covering them so it will look all flashy.. heheh Bling Bling..
Also the perspex will have a removable 3mm piece of MDF to cover it so i can still use the boot to carry things.. Hence the Subby Covers.
What do you think????
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
having some problems with my battery cos of the sound system, might look into a new battery, like an Optima Yellow Top.
Do I Smell Burnin Rubber?
Im almost finished my Boot Install now,
Just need perspex, dark grey carpet and some blue lighting to highlight the subs and amps. give it another 2 weeks and it will be done i hope. its kinda hard to get all this done with no cash flow since im outta work.
It has a 3mm piece of mdf covering the amps, but a piece of perspex will be going in there and then the whole floor will be covered with 3mm mdf except for where the perspex is that will be cut nicely with rounded corners, then the mdf will be covered with carpet.
anyways here are some pics.
let me know what you think.
Donating Member
looking good mate. now all you need is carpet and it will look sweet.
Can we see a picture of your LED dash??
Cheers.
I Like Bresciani Racing
love that boot install...awesome ideas there
<<DRIVE IT LIKE ITS HOT>>
"Calais, interior is rezzed, mess my interior, its suicide you d!ckhead"
Chief Executive
Luv the boot install,why is ur 5L running a single spinner?
Cheers.
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