Beardie's VR Calais V8

[Beardie]

gday guys,
thought i would throw up some pics of my baby. only bought her in november 07. after having the week from hell. rear eneded in my old VP berlina LX in the morning write off and then on my way to taking my girlfriend home after a night out i was cleaned up by a drink driver in my old mans rodeo (complete and utter write off)so while i was recovering i thought i would spoil my self to this baby.
let me know what you guys think.

anyways heres some specs

Name: Beardie
Model: VR Calais
Colour: Marron Over Sliver (no Paint Fade)
Bodykit: NONE
Engine Type: 5 litre V8
Engine Mods: None
Power: Stock so about 165fwkw
Exhaust: Paccie Try Ys into custom made 3in cat back with hi flow muffler (flanged) and resi
Gearbox: shift kitted auto
Diff: stock
Brakes: stock
Suspension: lowered 2in on pedders comfort rider shocks and springs
Wheels/Tyres: 18in ANZ five+fives
Interior: Full VS Series 2 Calais gray leather seats and leather door trims
Other Mods: Wk Stato Side indercators
Stereo: Alpine CDA-9886i headunit and elclipse speakers
Build Period: 7 months
Cost: 5g for car 3g of mods
Contacts: Notdadz Kustoms
Future Mods: rebuild Auto and then a 355 stroker motor, LSD, VT Brakes

[Wagon_Wheel]

Looks nice and clean man, and for 5 g's thats a bargain!!!!
Sorry to hear bout your old car too thats some pretty bad luck.
Good luck with future mods

[vs_commodore_s]

really like ya car mate and it was a great price to!

[Beardie]

cheers fellas. im liking her a lot at the moment. shes got an oil leek coming from somewhere under her im thinking i might not of tightened all the tranny bolts up probley when i serviced it the other week so ill get under there and tighten them all up agian. but its not to bad so oh well lol
Cheers
Beardie

[SSGEN-3]

Car looks very nice mate. Nice and clean calais. Would look sweet with some tint on the windows too

[Beardie]

Car looks very nice mate. Nice and clean calais. Would look sweet with some tint on the windows too

Cheers mate the tints going on as soon as shes into act rego

[NickVR]

Nice Calais mate. Those wheels look great on it.

[aussie_cruzin]

Great looking car mate...cant go wrong with a 5 litre Calais

[V-ahhh]

nice vr mate did u have to do any mods to fit the side indicators?

[VZHSV]

nice calais mate i was going to get those rims when i gave up on finding some gto's .. but suit ur car nice .. hows she go / sound ?
how many kms ? 5g's is a good pick up



check out my vr when u have a chance

[Beardie]

nice vr mate did u have to do any mods to fit the side indicators?

gday mate, the side indecators werent that hard to fit what i had to do but was file down the globe holder slightly as it was to big. but if you bought the globe holder part from holden when you got the indecators it should fit right in and plug into the wiring thats already there. but the filing down took maybe 10 mins so its easy as to do. then all i did was stick them on with some strong double sided tape.
Cheers
Beardie

[Beardie]

nice calais mate i was going to get those rims when i gave up on finding some gto's .. but suit ur car nice .. hows she go / sound ?
how many kms ? 5g's is a good pick up



check out my vr when u have a chance

yeah i quite like the rims i didnt at the start but they grew on me.
she sounds alright at the moment but it only has a 2 and a half inch cat back on her at the moment (last owner did it) but she should sound nice when i get the paccies and the 3in system after rego.

she got few kays on her (250 odd) but teh paint work is like new other than the drivers seat leather the inside is like brand new and all the suspension has been replaced before i bought it. the joys of buying a car off a older guy lol. he spent in the 6 months before i bought it 5g i have the receipts for all of it!

she has had an easy life and thats not about to change anytime soon.

cheers Beardie

[Beardie]

hey guys i got quoted up a price for a set of paccie try ys the other day $1080 installed. dose that sound alright to you fellas?
Cheers
Beardie

[Wagon_Wheel]

Sounds a bit high to me, but it could be different in your area, not that ive priced them lately, id say shop around and haggle

[Beardie]

Sounds a bit high to me, but it could be different in your area, not that ive priced them lately, id say shop around and haggle

yeah i might just do that i only called into this place on the way home from work one day. so yeah ill go to a few other places and see what u come up with.
im thinking of going paccie try ys into a single 3in system what is everyone ones opinion on this. dose anyone else have any ideas on what other systems are out there?
cheers
beardie

[Beardie]

Anyone got some opinions on a exhurst system for my baby?

[Beardie]

well a few things have changed on my baby of late.
i have bought a new head deck a Alpine CDA-9886i and some eclipse speakers

i also have installed a full VS s2 Calais full gray leather Interior with the leather and woodgrain door trims.

i also installed a new Exhaust on my baby it consists of a set of paccie try Ys into a new standed cat then a custom made 3in with a flanged center muffler and a rear resi she has a really nice deep tone and i couldnt be happyer with it.
ill get new pics up as soon as i have a chance to take some.

looking foward to all your comments guys and girls
Cheers
Beardie

[Beardie]

hey guys and girls,
just looking for some ideas on what to do next to my baby?
im a bit stuck at the moment as for what to do with her so any ideas you guys have would be much apreshated.
cheers
Gav

[Beardie]

hey guys and girls,
got a new high torque starter put in yesterday as the old one died sounds awesome lol. also going to get a set of vt brakes in the next week or so as my ones are just about gone lol. also going to get a camber kit put in as im sick of wearing out tyres. other than that im not sure what else to do to her.
any ideas guys?
Cheers
Beardie

[XeKToReX]

Neat ride man, when I bought my VR I looked at one in the same color, only it was a v6 with 190,000 on her, had the 5g waiting and the guy sold it on me! Love it buddy, go a nice dark tint now, really shows off the chrome strips!

wish I bought a calais now

[Joey_21]

clean ass vr mate those rims suit it nicely aswel i reckon u need 2 drop it another inch and it will look even better watever u do dont get altezza lights it will wreck the car keep the stock calais ones

[Benji_36]

those rims are a favourite of mine!

[Beardie]

well guys a fair bit has happened to my ride of late. i know have a 7in in dash flip out monitor and a modded xbox in my car. good fun when ur stuck in traffic etc lol. also im at cross roads with the car im thinking about getting the front end resprayed as theres some stone chips and they are anoying me lol.
anyways guys let me know what u think of my baby
cheers
Beardie

[Beardie]

Update,
Well its been a long time since i have been on this site so i thought i would update everyone with whats going on with my baby.

Car now rolls on a set of gen. VX GTS 19s.
also has VT front brakes with braided lines and slotted rotors front and rear. (stops a lot better now!)
car now has a fairly decent stereo in it with 2 12in pioneer subs.
will be starting my custom boot install very soon (only got a double sub box in there atm)
New fully rebuilt gearbox to make its way in very soon as well (built to handle some more power ;-) )
i HAve also put in a series 3 Vs Statesman Center console which i reckon looks sweet!

so yeah a fair bit has happened in the last few months.
keep the feedback coming guys i lovw tro hear it
Cheers
Beardie

[LM8185]

The new rims make it look tough mate. Very nice Calais.

When you say new Auto built for more power, do you still mean the 355 or you want something else? Maybe throw a blower ontop of the Stroker?