Thurlz' VT Acclaim Series 2

[Thurlz]

Hey all, I recently signed up to these forums and have been learning heaps of new things every day since. Being a car novice, I absolutely love it.

Also got my first car the other day, so thought I might post it up here and update the thread each time I do something new to it. Enjoy!

Name: Daniel
Nickname: Thurlz (Nickname i picked up in high school that stuck lol)
My Ride: A Bermuda Blue 2000 VT Commodore Acclaim, Series II - V6 Auto

My future plans/ideas:
- Remove the bloody towbar - Done
- Fix damn aerial haha - Done
THEN..
- 18" VY SS Rims - Done
- Lower it Kingspring SL's all round - HAVE PART BUT NOT INSTALLED
- 2.5" Catback - Done
- ASR blue accessory/needles with white dial dash conversion - Done
- VY SS Pedals - Done
- VT SS Skirts - Done
- VT SS Rear Bar - Done
- VX SS Front Bar - Done
- De-badge - Done
- Remove side strips - Done
- New sound system
- Leather Steering Wheel
- Leather Shifter/Handbrake

Also, a mate(denii) and myself installed some LED's into the front and rear footwell's the other day, which I think look nice and neat when the door opens at night. (Can see slightly in pics, but too light. Might take some in dark later on)

Enjoy
Will update next time anything interesting happens to the car, haha, might be a while as i've been strapped for cash lately.


EDIT: Minor update, got the VT SS rear bar and side skirts on. Kinda hard to see in the new pic. Will get a better one soon, but when i look at the before and after shots i'm already stoked and I haven't finished yet. Oh and also got the cat back on now. -ANOTHER UPDATE, GOT MY DASH CONVERSION LAST NIGHT.

Greg is a great bloke! Does a top job, I am stoked with the results. Will post some pics shortly.

Next to come: Lower my baby. Then a sound system to top it all off.

[Thurlz]

Just a little update, finally got some wheels and im slowly removing/touching up the doors by removing the gray side strips

[GILLO]

Nice base mate, rims will look really good once lowered and with the VX SS kit, will look just like mine lol. Most mods on your list are the mods on my to do list too, so we will probably have the same looking car in the end

[Thurlz]

Thanks, haha can't wait til mine starts looking a bit more like yours


Also, another little update VY SS mats thanks to mum's boyfriend (considering almost everything I'm putting on the car will be ss) and a pic of the LED footwell's in action.
Not sure if I'm going to keep them or upgrade them when Phreddy comes to Melbourne next though. Enjoy

Drivers side


Passengers side

[white98vt]

haha hey thurlz it's matt hagan, i was surprised to see you on this site

nice vt man, we gotta go cruzin one night.

i'm gonna make a page on my vt manual soon after i get a few things done to it later this year

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[sweefu]

Nice car mate, the wheels suit it really well!

[Thurlz]

Cheers The wheels have always been a true love, had to be the first thing I got for the car.

haha hey thurlz it's matt hagan, i was surprised to see you on this site

nice vt man, we gotta go cruzin one night.

i'm gonna make a page on my vt manual soon after i get a few things done to it later this year

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Hahah mate, good to hear from ya. Definitely! I got a lot of work to do on mine still, should all start happening shortly though (if this job im going for comes along) Fingers crossed!
Talk soon mate

[LthlThrt]

sweet VT thurlz, looks awesome, your paint looks really clean, do you polish it? or just clean it really well before photos?

[Thurlz]

sweet VT thurlz, looks awesome, your paint looks really clean, do you polish it? or just clean it really well before photos?

Cheers mate, it's been garaged most it's life, so that has helped. And I have polished it once, but yeah mainly just give it a good clean before the photos.

[LthlThrt]

Cheers mate, it's been garaged most it's life, so that has helped. And I have polished it once, but yeah mainly just give it a good clean before the photos.

true i should try that when i take photos of mine haha. hows the project list coming?

[Isaac]

Very nice mate, I like the colour... but I'm bias. :P

How'd you go about removing the gray door stipe trims??

[Thurlz]

Cheers Isaac.

The gray strips were a huge pain in the arse! I peeled them off slowly.. But unfortunately took some paint with. But then used a Caramel Wheel on the end of a drill to get the rest of the sikafix/glue stuff off. Then bit of touch up paint, and cut and polish. Still not 100%, but looks good enough for me and can't notice unless you get close up. In my opinion, looks heaps better than the strips..

true i should try that when i take photos of mine haha. hows the project list coming?

Lthl the project list is surprisingly going well, I did not expect to have this much done already.. Sound system, lower and a bit of interior work is all I really got left. Then it will just be really minor things and maybe some performance mods.
I saw you mentioned maybe a 5.0L or Supercharged 6 on yours? That would be unreal, i'd be looking into that in the next few years.

[LthlThrt]

Cheers Isaac.

The gray strips were a huge pain in the arse! I peeled them off slowly.. But unfortunately took some paint with. But then used a Caramel Wheel on the end of a drill to get the rest of the sikafix/glue stuff off. Then bit of touch up paint, and cut and polish. Still not 100%, but looks good enough for me and can't notice unless you get close up. In my opinion, looks heaps better than the strips..




Lthl the project list is surprisingly going well, I did not expect to have this much done already.. Sound system, lower and a bit of interior work is all I really got left. Then it will just be really minor things and maybe some performance mods.
I saw you mentioned maybe a 5.0L or Supercharged 6 on yours? That would be unreal, i'd be looking into that in the next few years.

what sort of performance are you going to do? yea the Supercharged 6 is what i am leaning to, just have to make sure it is properly tuned, we had a cruise on sunday and a few of the supercharged boys had a few problems lol. need to get some photos up mate show us your progress.

[Thurlz]

what sort of performance are you going to do? yea the Supercharged 6 is what i am leaning to, just have to make sure it is properly tuned, we had a cruise on sunday and a few of the supercharged boys had a few problems lol. need to get some photos up mate show us your progress.

I put 2 new ones up in the first post, though they aren't great shots. Gotta get my hands on my camera and take some better shots maybe this weekend or when I get back from QLD (November)
I just got my VX SS Front bar and headlights, so planning on spraying that once I get back from my trip and putting that on.. Can't wait!

And I'm not sure, can only really think of roller rockers, extractors, CAI maybe and a tune. *Shrug* haha

[LthlThrt]

I put 2 new ones up in the first post, though they aren't great shots. Gotta get my hands on my camera and take some better shots maybe this weekend or when I get back from QLD (November)
I just got my VX SS Front bar and headlights, so planning on spraying that once I get back from my trip and putting that on.. Can't wait!

And I'm not sure, can only really think of roller rockers, extractors, CAI maybe and a tune. *Shrug* haha

sweet as, that will look good with the VX SS front, itll have the same effect as mine lol. its coming along niely, sound like some good mods to start with the engine. ill be keeping an eye on this

[Thurlz]

Update: Greg from ASR Audio & Electronics completed my dash conversion last night while on his Melbourne road trip. The results are unreal, i love it! Will post some pics in the next few days!

[LthlThrt]

Update: Greg from ASR Audio & Electronics completed my dash conversion last night while on his Melbourne road trip. The results are unreal, i love it! Will post some pics in the next few days!

dude im so jealous, i wanted to catch him on his last brisbane road trip but i didnt have enough cash. how long did it take to do it?

[Thurlz]

dude im so jealous, i wanted to catch him on his last brisbane road trip but i didnt have enough cash. how long did it take to do it?

Definitely catch him next time! This happened to me the Melb road trip before, had no money. But I wasn't going to miss out this time! Took about 4-5 hours I think, though we had a minor problem which threw in an extra 30mins or so.
Was interesting to see what he does though, it looks unreal and Greg is just a great guy - Very easy to chat with and have a laugh.

[LthlThrt]

Definitely catch him next time! This happened to me the Melb road trip before, had no money. But I wasn't going to miss out this time! Took about 4-5 hours I think, though we had a minor problem which threw in an extra 30mins or so.
Was interesting to see what he does though, it looks unreal and Greg is just a great guy - Very easy to chat with and have a laugh.

yea i spoke to him a bit before the last brisbane cruise about the wiring for vy headlining and he helped me to wire it up. and yea he is a really good guy aye, could chat to him for hours. i think everyones problem is not having money haha. what coulor combo did you go?

[Thurlz]

yea i spoke to him a bit before the last brisbane cruise about the wiring for vy headlining and he helped me to wire it up. and yea he is a really good guy aye, could chat to him for hours. i think everyones problem is not having money haha. what coulor combo did you go?

Got blue accessories, white dials with blue needles. Keep forgetting to take some photos haha sorry >_<

[LthlThrt]

Got blue accessories, white dials with blue needles. Keep forgetting to take some photos haha sorry >_<

haha should take some when you read this lol, that was the combo that i was looking at getting as well.

[Thurlz]

haha should take some when you read this lol, that was the combo that i was looking at getting as well.

I keep saying I will every night after work, but I get home and never remember! Haha, dw i'll get some soooooon!!

[Thurlz]

Here are the only pictures i've got so far coz I went on a holiday last week. Haha still in lazy mode.
Also, it's not completely dark yet either.. Still, i love it.

From the iphone itself.. LOL

[LthlThrt]

haha im in lazy mode as well, glad to see the photos, it turned out nice, no bright spots. looks mint, good job

[Thurlz]

More updates got my vx ss bar and headlights, sprayed and put on - Very happy with the result.
SS Pedals should be on their way next week
And I have all my SL springs ready to put on, just need some shock absorbers.. >_< haha