My 1996 Calais Series 2

[mikewilson]

Name: Mike
Age: 17
Model: VS Calais
year: 1996
Colour: maroon
Bodykit: senator front & rear, ss skirts
Engine Type: 3.8L ecotec V6
Engine Mods: none so far
Power: 112.8
Exhaust: de-cated standard exhaust
Gearbox: 4 speed Automatic
Diff: standard
Brakes: stock
Suspension: FE2
Wheels/Tyres: 16"vx calais rims
Interior: full Leather seats, woodgrain finish
Other Mods: Tinted windows
Stereo: JVC head unit and rear speakers, panasonic 1100w amp, JVC 12" SUB
Build Period: Just getting started
Cost: $4000
Future Mods: stage 2 or 3 cam, new valve springs, roller rockers, new exhaust

[fuzzy2308]

nice clean ride mate

[mywhitevs]

sweet calais mate.

[Dan VS 231]

full body kit coming soon. Standard VS spoiler is arriving soon.

What kind of bodykit and spoiler are these going to be? For the love of god do not put anything like a clubsport kit on the Calais it would totally kill the car in my opinion.

[Surfwagon]

I would fit the front and rear SS lips and SS side skirts.
But leave off the rear deck spoiler as the stock ones just sit on there, they don't intergrate into the shape like the clubsport one does.
My 2c worth.

[mikewilson]

nice clean ride mate

cheers guys

i plan on getting an SS kit on it when i get the $$$. I have received the spoiler, it came off a VS Calais. but it is one shade of color out. i will get it painted to match the same as my own

would it be worth putting a face plate behind the gauges in the dash? or would it be worth keeping it stock? it has a white background with a red HSV logo.

[mywhitevs]

ss kits look good on calais

[GAMBLR]

nice lookin calais mate, future mods sound good 2

[mikewilson]

thanks man. i think it should b a sweet ride once in finished with all the mods i plan to do

[mikewilson]

i have just purchased some vz calais rims. i will upload some pictures soon. they really suit the commy much more that those standard calais rims.

im going to get it lowered on king springs shortly, only 100 buks a corner. so should happen soon

[mikewilson]

this is my new kit. dosent look to bad

[dbarnes]

nice interior i want your woodgrain lol. dunno about putting kits on a calais but hey still looks nice, like the colour

[<RaBBiT>]

kit looks gd mate. have u thought about keeping the 2 tone? seen a vs calais with the clubby kit and 2 tone looked really gd was same colour as urs too but other than that nice car mate

[mikewilson]

cheers mate. yea i did but i diddnt like it aye. i got the grey pannels removed from the doors when i got the kit cause it wouldent have gone with it that well. i'm thinking about putting on a bonnet bulge and 2 tone that with the grey round the sides and the burgundy on the top. any sujestions??

[<RaBBiT>]

that sounds gd i reckon do it . its differnt

[mikewilson]

yea i think so. cheers m8

[Dan VS 231]

What kind of bodykit and spoiler are these going to be? For the love of god do not put anything like a clubsport kit on the Calais it would totally kill the car in my opinion.

And it has. The new kit makes baby jesus cry

[mking]

wowwwwwwwwww, i deffinently would have kept away from the cluby kit, i reckon a s2 calais lowered on a nice set of rims looks shit hot but the clubby kit just looks like an exec with a cheap kit on it, but each to there own i geuss

[mikewilson]

i recon it looks alot better than what it used to so im happy

[<RaBBiT>]

thats it mate who cares wat these guys think ur car be happy

[mikewilson]

yea m8 thats the 1 haha

[trav27]

hmm dunno about those skirts,but overall nice looking car
Just wondering,how much did the kit cost all up include paint?

[fuzzy2308]

kit looks heaps better than stock

[mikewilson]

um it was around $3000 for paint. i already had the skirts so i got the front and back made up. they were $1000 so roughly $4000

[mikewilson]

cheers m8. i think so to :P