LthlThrt's Lethal VT - VZ SS Front Ended

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

Thanks man,sunshine was good haha yeah would look a bit wierd with yours unfortunately :P

[LthlThrt]

good to see that you got luck w/ it haha, might have to wait to see if i get a calais garnish but might look a bit outta place still, would thinner take it off if i didnt like it?

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

true,whatever you think looks good man,and yeah methylated spirits with a bit of effort will get it off

[LthlThrt]

sweet so at least if it looks shithouse then i can fix it lol, so how did the tinting turn out?

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

yeah,sure can haha,turned out good.better than i expected,the results my avatar pic on JC or if you look on FB you'll see pics of it,needs to be retouched though,missed some spots haha

[LthlThrt]

sweet yea just a few spots haha, looks good though. started painting my dash today, but the bloody silicone in the dash means it bubbles up, see attached, so gotta wait for it to dry before i can go sand i back and go again.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

haha thanks.ah true,it'll look good when its all done why purple though?

[LthlThrt]

that was what my close friend said would look good, cause she is in the car as much as me nearly she wanted me to paint the dash purple, so i finally got round to it but still waiting to finish it lol, driving round w/ a dash isnt the coolest looking thing haha. but hopefully itll be finished and in today or tonight,

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

true,cant wait to see the final pics and yeah its pretty s**t driving around with peices missings in the car haha

[LthlThrt]

cant wait to havce it back in haha, but the fricken silicone came up agaain so not going in tonight, have to sand it back again and maybe use paint thinners and hope it doesnt eat my dash lol.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

true,good luck with it,dont know if the thinners wold eat it unfortunately

[LthlThrt]

thinners didnt eat it, thought if they did id just buy another one lol, everything is done and painted, just gotta put it in. ill post up pics when its back together.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

sweet

[LthlThrt]

just put it in but cameras not working at the moment, so ill have to post when i can get a working one,
but i have found all the probs w/ my car, i need to replace the Z-bar, inner control arm bushes, and sway bar bushes. also for some stupid reason there is a bolt missing from my front cross member, i also need my front and rear brake pads machined, but ill prob just get new ones, had these ones for a while now, also need 2 new rear tyres a wheel algnment, and a new radiator. hahahahahahaohhhhhh crap. might have to leave my window tinting til later lol.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

just put it in but cameras not working at the moment, so ill have to post when i can get a working one,
but i have found all the probs w/ my car, i need to replace the Z-bar, inner control arm bushes, and sway bar bushes. also for some stupid reason there is a bolt missing from my front cross member, i also need my front and rear brake pads machined, but ill prob just get new ones, had these ones for a while now, also need 2 new rear tyres a wheel algnment, and a new radiator. hahahahahahaohhhhhh crap. might have to leave my window tinting til later lol.

uh yeah might be a good idea to hold off on the tinting.haha

[LthlThrt]

yea i can live w/ bubbly tinting for a while haha, but ive been looking into the bushes and there are rubber ones, genuine holden ones, and urethane ones, im not sure which one to get as they all have different pros and cons, so ill have to look into it further. anyway finally got some photos off my camera, let me know what you think.

[Apex8]

looks good but why purple? why not blue to match the outside?

[LthlThrt]

thanks, my friend said she thought purple would look good, turns out it did, but when she get a vt or vx which i have turned her towards instead of a beetle, or some sort of hatchback, and when she does ill be swapping over the dash and painting the dash i take out of hers, do any places make up a spray tin to the same paint code as your car? cause when this day comes i was going to paint alot more, like the speaker covers, map pocket surrounds. but this wont be for a while, she hopefully goes for her licence in october.

[Apex8]

fair enough sounds like a good plan, cant wait to see how it goes cos i might have a go at this

[LthlThrt]

if you do, have a look at my second pic where the air vent is, i havent seen anyone paint that centre part where the wheel is, which doesnt look right, but it is a massive pain to paint, so much silicone on that one part, you have to send it back alot, use thinners, it doesnt eat the plastic so its all good. but its alot of fun, just try to plan it on a day where you dont need your car haha.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

yeah it looks good man,do u get any glare out of that?
nice going on the Commodore conversion :P
maybe try Autobarn to mix up the paint?i've heard it can be expensive though

[LthlThrt]

thanks, nah no glare, but its only got 2 coats on it. its pretty smooth 2, i only put 1 coat under the cluster area, cause im planning on getting phreddy to convert my dash to blue and white and i dont wont that to be to shiny.
took a little convincing but she likes the commodores and seeing them done up, im trying to get her to come on the cruise, but trying to get time off is the hard part lol.
ill go see autobarn on kessels today in my split and get a quote, ill let you know how much

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

true,yeah a phreddy conversion would look great

haha nice work yeah more people on the cruise is always a plus,after the last cruise a mate of mine started considering a Commodore for his next car

true,yeah let us know,i wouldnt mind knowing myself for future reference,i just mentioned expensive before cuz a mate wanted to repaint his prelude to sell it,but to get the paint in a small sized can he woulda wanted wouldve cost him a few $100 which was worth more than the car so he just got it crushed haha

[LthlThrt]

true,yeah a phreddy conversion would look great

haha nice work yeah more people on the cruise is always a plus,after the last cruise a mate of mine started considering a Commodore for his next car

true,yeah let us know,i wouldnt mind knowing myself for future reference,i just mentioned expensive before cuz a mate wanted to repaint his prelude to sell it,but to get the paint in a small sized can he woulda wanted wouldve cost him a few $100 which was worth more than the car so he just got it crushed haha

was that one of the passengers you had? it is 25$ for a tin just a standard paint tin size, haha i would've just tried to sell it lol, but crush it sounds alot better, shouldve made a movie lol.

[2004_VZ_Acclaim]

yeah it was haha,true,yeah,more popular colours seem to be cheaper,its only $30 at Autobarn Lawnton for a 400ml spray can so when i find my paint code i'll be getting some of them haha

haha,i'll ask him if he did,wouldve been hilarious