Hayden's Vx Calais

[carra909]

re-updated all this information again 16/11/10

Name: Hayden

Age: 19

Model: 2001 Vx Calais s1 with about 162k right about now

Colour: white with grey two tone

Engine: V6 dual fuel

Gearbox: Auto

Exhaust: 2.5 lukey $170 cat back with a titanium Porsche 997 boxer exhaust tip (according to ebay, worth more then the cat back... gotta love free stuff)

Brakes: Stock

Suspension: lovells super low all-round, borg turbo struts up front and pedders shock in the back
It also has a white line strut brace and various other nolathane bushs
still needs a camber kit... ill get there one day

Wheels: ve calais v2 18X8 wheels one sumitomo z3 235/40/18... nice n grippy

Interior: gun metal grey dash

Ice: 4 3-way pioneer speakers in the doors and the rest of the calais goodies

Future Mods: ipod friendly head unit because i like my music.

so here she is anyway

when i first got her



and now






Dirty big straight pipe... couldn't care if people say i lose power... its already o gas but it sounds nice when you open it up


gotta love the grip n they looks pretty nice

[LAZY SIX]

tidy s1 mate whats planned!

[LAZY SIX]

if you interested in vy sigs have a look at my s1 vx calais and look at my pics!

[PORT3R]

Very nice car you have there mate! Nice work buying it with your own money too!
Where abouts are you from, because I'm selling my VE SS/SV6 rims. I had them on my VT and they looked awesome.

Dave.

[carra909]

thanks for that guys

yeah lazy six i really liked how they looked on your calais n i think ur car has kinda put it in my mind to get em for me

Dave, see the thing with me buying the car with my own money and having to pay for schooling and not having a decent job has left me with no money... so future mods will be left for, well you know... the future. but they do look nice on that vt.
im also from the western suburbs of melboure

hayden

[LAZY SIX]

go the sigs fella i wouldnt mind another set but they way cops are getting ill be leaving mine on internationals!

[carra909]

do they relay attract that much attention?

so far ive had no trouble with the cops... touch wood

[summerZ]

lovely first car buddy...

imo i think u gotta get rid of the woodgrain dash.. just get a silver one or something, and also remove ur rear wing..

sigs n ssl's would set if off nicely

but other than that good work.. cant wait to see it later on

[PaulSV6]

Very clean Calais, mate. Well done

[carra909]

thanks for the replys

yeah ive been meaning to change the woodgrain... haven't found the time today it yet.

i haven't done any serches yet but would any one know weather or not a statesmans dash fascia would fit in my car. i haven't seen it done as of yet and was thinking just spraying the woodgrain sliver on one of them and putting it in would look pretty good.

ill leave the wing for now, too many people are taking it off so id like to put a vt senators on, ill have to keep an eye out for one

[LAZY SIX]

ok dude umm sigs can cause attention depends on your driving.
wood grain dash getting rid of that was the best move i did plus the ss pedals and my senator seats
umm easy way go to holden and get a pianno black monaro dash best one imo
and take the wing off i use to have a wing on mine and it looks so shocking , trying to make a lazy grand dads car sporty...reason im staying on inters is cause of the sleeper appeal and my car is a little tad loud so i dont want the attention.
Good luck hopefully that sorts some of your questions.

[LAZY SIX]

and the stato facia will fit and remember most of them have the clock to

[dijm8]

nice n clean calais m8 i like it, check out my calais wen u get round to it

[LAZY SIX]

nice n clean calais m8 i like it, check out my calais wen u get round to it

but urs is poo :P
i want your venitians!

[dijm8]

haha,
search ebay thats how i got mine was a fluke too spare of the moment thing looks good too haha

[LAZY SIX]

i want yours its easyer haha!

[Haydz]

oath that thing is high.


and i dont know about the older style wheels but its a calais so thats a win factor

[carra909]

just edited the first post coz its been a while n i just washed n took some nice photos for ya.

would like some more low, but right now its sitting pretty even so ill keep it the same... tho if anyone has a spare set of rear super-lows laying around ill love to borrow em for a weekend to see how it sits

[GILLO]

Cars looking good mate, definitely need to attack the front grill with some paint stripper, make it fully chrome, also take off the spoiler, and super lows all round i think will look the goods.

[carra909]

stole my sister dslr for the day and went out with a mate for some photos after a quick detailing.



(my new wallpaper btw)



thats my mates ke30 2tg twin webber corrola... puts the calais to shame on the road, but also makes it looks slightly lower when next to it

[carra909]

so i think its time to update this pages, its been a while and ive done some work.

once again another outing with a dslr.

whats happened : spoiler gone, trying to get a clean boot off my mate who has one laying around n that will get rid of the duck tape blocking my holes problem.
lovells super lows alround, got the rears brand new n cheap on ebay, fronts are for sale at auto one right now so any one that wants to lower it now might be your time.
toe bar gone.
Phillips crystal vision 4300k head light globes, navara blue vision fog lights and ebay led's for the number plate.
resprayed the dash facia in tamyia acrylic gun metal grey, looks relay good n i think ill stay with this colour now

enough yapping, here are some pics







comments and criticism welcome, thanks

[BPX-31H]

Love it! how much those wheels set you back? did you just plug the spoiler holes?

[carra909]

Love it! how much those wheels set you back? did you just plug the spoiler holes?

got them off a bloke on ebay, t jam auto or some thing like that. $700 brand new with the hubs machined on special with out tyres

i found some tape at bunnings thats a pretty close match and im just using that for the time being untill i can find a replacement, got a quote from a wreckers for $220 for a new boot, i said i think ill stick to my $2 tape for the time being

[BPX-31H]

should goto SCA and buy the perfect grommets and spray em white

[carra909]

grommets stick out, the tape sits flush and dosnt leak... but still makes me look like a cheapo