[XeKToReX]

Name: Joel
Model: 93 VR Exec
Colour: White
Bodykit: Stock
Engine Type: Buick 3.8 V6
Engine Mods: VS S/C CAI, K&N Filter.
Kilometres 164,000
Power: Unknown
Exhaust: Should be picking up 2.5" Cat Back up this/next week.
Gearbox: Stock 4L60E
Brakes: Brand spankin Rotors and Pads
Suspension: Stock
Wheels/Tyres: Stock Hubs (Black stockies look pox)
Stereo: Alpine Head Unit, Response 6.5 splits in doors, Pioneer 6" Rear, Response 2x150 Amp, Kenwood 12" sub
Build Period: Just started
Cost: $4k
Wank Factor: Blue LED Parkers, Blueish Head Lights, Blue neons in drivers/passengers footwells.
Near Future Mods: I have a set of SL King Springs and shortened stuts, looking for ultra lows and shocks for rear, 7" Chasers, Chip, Hitech Headers and High Flow Cat, Stage 2 Shift Kit.
Dreams: (We all have them) C.O.M.E 4.2 stroker kit, Supercharge or Turbo It

After getting my licence late, I bought a VK Exec off a mate for $1100 With a roady, went ok for a bit, but soon after, I Realised it was a bit of a lemon, so it was off to find a decent car, to begin with I was after a calais and a calais only.. after one was sold from under me, just so happened to look for all holdens within 20k of my place, under 200,000 k's, under 5 grand, only 2 showed up, went around the next day and put down my deposit.

After calculations, I believe the guy I bought it off probly had to spend a good $700 or more on roady, with 4 new rotors and all new pads, valley gasket, new muffler and a few other things, I think my 4 grand was well spent.

Since then, its been about four weeks and I've started collecting parts and slowly getting stuff together as money is tight, starting with the basics!

Thanks for checkin out my ride!

Joel

[NickVR]

Looks neat mate, good luck with the future mods.

[XeKToReX]

Thanks, Gotta grab some more pics tomorrow, theyre from before I bought it.

[Haydz]

love the way you picked your car mate. wish i could have done that.. took me like 6 months of looking in 100k radius.. looks clean mate. good luck with her. look after it and it wont stop running i know a few mates that have over 500,000 k;s on their buick 3800's

[kniever]

very neat and clean mate, looks like a very nice buy, doesnt take much to get a bit of power out of these and will go a whole of a lot better than the vk and smoother.

good luck with it

[XeKToReX]

Just took a couple of pics of my wanker gear, looks good in the dark.. I love the blue parkers!

[Grennan]

Haha wanker gear. Love it. Every car has them.

Good luck with the supercharging or turbo route i spent lots of time thinking about which i was better of doing. Coincidently i did neither

[XeKToReX]

Originally Posted by Haydz

love the way you picked your car mate. wish i could have done that.. took me like 6 months of looking in 100k radius.. looks clean mate. good luck with her. look after it and it wont stop running i know a few mates that have over 500,000 k;s on their buick 3800's

Yeah, but 6 months is worth it, love that harlequin paint you've got, yeah, theyre built to last! service every 10,000k's, my mechanic is really good too, did some work on TRYHRD, that 2000hp clubby, and hes building a 383 VK at the moment.. I always planned on taking the VK off the road and building a stroker, but i think moneys too tight at the moment, id probly have more fun with the grand id get from it now and start on something in a few years!

[Haydz]

nice to see you have a good mechanic to fix ya up. although most things with the motors are servicable with a few tools and a bit of knowledge..

maybe something you could try is debadge your car. looks heaps cleaner


where abouts did you get the led's in the foot wells. it looks mad.. i have factory green ones lmao

[XeKToReX]

Theyre little 20cm blue neons, just wired them up to the cig lighter light, so theyre on with the parkers and turn off when i open the door, works well i think, otherwise you could just wire em to say.. interior light so theyre on when thats on. little double sided tape, just behind the bottom lips of the glove box and fuse cover.

yeah i think it would be nice to de badge it, might go have a crack now even, got prepsol and polish here..

[XeKToReX]

Got bored, so I went out and de-badged it.. much better!

I also sprayed the boot garnish black, few coats and a couple of clear coats, came up well.. was nice and faded!

[r_i_d_a_h]

....aww why did you paint it black for?

shouldve painted it white to match your car.

[XeKToReX]

i only painted it black because it matched the strips around the sides, black is easier to match than white haha

[Grennan]

I agree with ridah wouldve looked a ton better done white.

[Pimpt6]

Nice clean looking project you have there Joel. . I agree with the boys. I would have painted the garnish white aswell. Other then that its very clean. Nice work bro

[XeKToReX]

It has started, here's to hoping more doesn't go wrong!

just did a idler pully, think I have a wheel bearing about to go and i'm told that a little crack in the harmonic balancer shows that it's on its way out!

not fun!

[Haydz]

Damn Idler Pulleys. I gotta fix mine some time too. got any other plans? performance/looks

at least they are cheap fixes and only recquire a bit of time to do it right.

[XeKToReX]

Im picking up a few little things on thursday night, getting me a new ash tray, ciggie lighter and one of the polished intake pipes, just cheap stuff, as I hate not doing something at least once a week!!

Got my memcal in the express post bag to send to greenfoam for a tune, keep forgetting to send it! might even try putting a pod on and see how it goes.. plus, I hope to pick up the exhaust this weekend, if the bloke ever gets back to me!

[XeKToReX]

small update!

Got a 2.5inch cat back exhaust, calais interior light, rear shortened shocks, 7" chasers and tyres, needa put it all on over the next couple of weekends, then send off my chip to greenfoam for a tune, still need rear springs and a panhard rod to lower it though!

cheers to pinch-a-part.. too easy......

[XeKToReX]

Might as well update this once in a while!

Got the chasers on, although 2 of the center caps need replacing, will be getting some new caps this week, gotta pick up the panhard rod im buying this week, then I can grab my ultra lows and finally get around to lowering it, New exhaust too hopefully this week from glenroy exhausts in campbellfield..

Their "loud" exhaust, consisting of a single muffler 2.5" cat back, plus the $100 for the twin dump tip is $400, which ive been told could be cheaper if I knew someone in the game, but I really dont... So hopefully I'll be getting my cash for my VK this week and Itll be on by friday, and springs in this weekend..

Just wondering, how low would shortened struts and superlow kings be on the front? Was thinking of using the standard springs with the shortened struts.. but im unsure how it will look either way haha

[mking]

if you want to know how low sl kingys are on the front check my thread out, standard springs and shortened struts on the front i dare say wouldnt do anything man, id prob try go ultralows if i was you but i wasnt that happ with my sl's

[XeKToReX]

Ive been told the shortened struts would make a fair difference with the lowered springs, Guess I'll just have to wait and see, I have been imagining it to be very, VERY low as the last guy who had them on said he couldnt go over speed humps without practically stopping first.. got some credit card payments to make haha so hopefully lowered in about 2-3 weeks when I have $110 to throw at spring city for some ultras!

Might be trying the roof lining change in a few weeks on a nice warm weekend, was thinking black suede, and black vinyl dye for the sun visors and black paint + ****loads of clear on the handles.. guess it depends on what I can find!

Almost due for a service too, second in a few months, been doin too many K's!

[XeKToReX]

Some new piccys!

Also... does anyone know what paint these had? is it Alpine white? Got to do my front/rear bars, they have nicks in them, as you can see in the pics!

New exhaust next week from glenroy exhausts! can't wait..

When i get a chance I'll be going into spring city and picking up my set of ultra lows and i can get to work on dropping her on her ass, should look much better..

[dbarnes]

will look good dropped on the chasers.
as for the paint its either alaskan white or heron white... im pretty sure it should be one of them as i dont think the colours changed between VR and VS..

im getting an exhaust next week as well, what are u getting and how much if u dont mind me asking?

[XeKToReX]

I might just go get the paint code haha, i think its alaskan, think i confused alaskan with alpine.

Im getting a single 2.5" catback with just a center muffler, then straight through from there with twin 2" dumpies out the back, quoted $400, what were you looking at?