Damo's 'Lais, Built To Cruise

[CruznCalais]

Hey Guys n Gals, been around for a couple months now, so it's about time i posted my baby...

Name: Damian
Car: VS II Calais
Year: August 1996
Colour: Botanica Mica over Silver
Cylinders: Missing Two (Yes, it's only a 6)
Kilometers: 210XXX (originally 201XXX)
Owned For: 1.5 Years


Current Mods

2.5" Cat Back 'Zaust
Tinted Tail Lights
Clear Side Repeaters
Xenon Opti Blue Headlights
Leather Centre Console

Stuff To Fix

Facia
Rear Map Lights
Touch-Up Paintwork
Get Major Dent Removed
Get it down to Adelaide to get Minor Dents Taken out
Fog Light Switch
Chrome Door Moulds to be Replaced
Electric Antenna to be replaced

Near Future Mods

Lowering Kit: Lows on Front, Super Lows on Rear, Pump Up Air Shocks
Rims: 18" Vault DeVille, Ferretti Palmero or D'Corsa, Chrome
Lights: Chrome Altezza Tail Lights, LED Interior Kit
Personalised Plates: SLATS7
Badges: VT Calais Badges
Facia and Dial Colour Change
SS Oval 'Zaust Tip
Chrome Mirrors, Handles, Garnish

Later On

Extractors
Headunit, Amp, Sub: Most likely Pioneer
Flip Style Boot
SS Skirts

Very Distant Future

Respray: Metallic Purple or Chameleon
Re-Trim: Leather and Suede
A Bit More Power
Airbags
DVD/PS2/VDP Screen Set-Up
Turbo



As you can see, pretty much stock... for now...





A bit blurry, but i love the fake wood trim



Full leather from factory, Oh Yeah!



Nothing to see here folks, not for a while



My plan is to keep this car for as long as possible, and slowly turn it into a show car after it's served as my daily. I'm still at school, in Year 12, and working a part time job at Maccas, so funds are pretty low at the moment, plus I'm still paying it off, so it's only 'sensible' upgrades for now, and little stuff to personalize it to make it mine.

Any comments welcome guys, and thanx for looking!

[HoZy]

Remove tint off tail lights, go down to your local Auto paint supplier that will make pressure packs & get a clear/black tiner pressure pack made up, will be shiney and last forever, not eventually fade like night shades..

Cheers
MaT

[DANNY8]

Lookin good mate!

Yeah I'd do wat Mat said bout the tint.....a shiny finish would look heaps better aye. I remember seeing a tutorial somewhere on the net about tinting tail lights, and the end result was heaps killer....they even buffed them. Gonna do the same oneday to my spare set of tail lights for the wagz.

Saw u on TV b4 on that add......I've seen it heaps of times but never picked up it was u till Brad told me haha.

[Grennan]

Love that Leather.

[=Calais v8=]

beautiful mate!

[HoZy]

Originally Posted by VHPirie

Lookin good mate!

Yeah I'd do wat Mat said bout the tint.....a shiny finish would look heaps better aye. I remember seeing a tutorial somewhere on the net about tinting tail lights, and the end result was heaps killer....they even buffed them. Gonna do the same oneday to my spare set of tail lights for the wagz.

Saw u on TV b4 on that add......I've seen it heaps of times but never picked up it was u till Brad told me haha.

who'd ya see on tv?

cheers
MaT

[CruznCalais]

me... hopefully u dont see it in melbourne, but i did a voluntary school watch add a couple years ago, and they still play the stupid thing. it's gay, i'd be more likely to give them a blow torch and say "go burn the bloody school down!" lol

[CruznCalais]

Originally Posted by HoZy

Remove tint off tail lights, go down to your local Auto paint supplier that will make pressure packs & get a clear/black tiner pressure pack made up, will be shiney and last forever, not eventually fade like night shades..

Cheers
MaT

thanx for the info mate. their gonna need to be redone soon, so i'l do that, or else buy the altezza's soon. thanx for the comments guys

[CruznCalais]

rofl here's one for ya guys. lookin at the pics does it look lowered? evry1 thought that, but saturday night i took it to a mates place. we put his King lows in mine, so he could load the SSSL into his, and found it sat lower (and rode like a pig) cos the shocks are f***ed. does not look any different from the stock atm. so shockies need to be done.
f***, but should i stay normal style shockies, or the pump up air shockies? throw me some advice or encounters with the air shocks, cos im seriously considering it.

thanx in advance

[CruznCalais]

Originally Posted by VHPirie

Lookin good mate!

Yeah I'd do wat Mat said bout the tint.....a shiny finish would look heaps better aye. I remember seeing a tutorial somewhere on the net about tinting tail lights, and the end result was heaps killer....they even buffed them. Gonna do the same oneday to my spare set of tail lights for the wagz.

Saw u on TV b4 on that add......I've seen it heaps of times but never picked up it was u till Brad told me haha.

dude, does anyone actually do that in pirie? rofl! in pirie?

took off the mud guards yesterday, looks way different to what i'm used to.

jus a couple of pics to put up 4 now. first is the LED interior globes, bright blue 6 LED festoons. there's 3 in the cabin, on in the boot and one in the glove box.



Second is the LED parker globes. they are white with a blue sleeve over the top.



lastly, anyone see any difference in ride height? didn't think so...



gave it a polish yesterday, so she sparkles yay.
any comments welcome guys

CC

[crainy]

nice ride man, looks sweet.
love the leather and woodgrain keep it up