nathans VT equipe - the ocean liner!

[nathanVY]

Picked up this old boat to get to work in every day! geelong > melbourne and back 5 days a week. Paid $4800 with a rwc and 7months rego.

1999 VT Equipe

Odo: 213, XXX
Colour: Maroon Red
Engine: 3.8Ltr Ecotec
Transmission: 4sp Auto
Exhaust: Stock
Diff: Standard 3.08
Electrics: Power Windows, Cruise Control

Interior:
- VT Calais Leather Seats *DONE*
- VT Calais Door Trims *DONE*
- VT/VY Calais Parcel Shelf *DONE*

Wheels: 16" VSII Calais Wheels
Stereo: Crappy stock.
Suspension: Stock.
Fuel: Petrol / LPG

Exterior:
- HID Headlights 6000K Hi/Low DONE
- LED Parkers DONE
- 35/18% Tint DONE
- DIY SS Headlights DONE
- Clear Side Indicators DONE


Plans for the future.

Exterior:
- VX Berlina/Calais Tail Light Conversion
- VX SS Kit (maybe)
- Remove Black Door Strips (maybe)
- Colour Code Mirrors

Interior:
- VT Calais Leather Steering Wheel
- Red & White LED Conversion
- L3 Cluster
- Remove Tow Bar

Audio
- Double Din H/U
- 2x 6.5" Splits (front)
- 2x 6.5" 3-Way (parcel shelf)
- 2x 12" Subs
- 1x 2CH Amp (front speakers)
- 1x 4CH Amp (doors & parcel shelf)
- 2x Monoblocks (subs)

Exhaust:
- 2 1/2" Catback with resi.

Engine:
- Massive Clean & Degrease
- Tune












Things that need fixing:
- Stalls on petrol occasionally
- Massive hesitation on petrol
- Blown globes behind cluster & hvac unit
- Secure front bumper correctly DONE, still need new L bracket but its on good
- Few dents popped out DONE
- Drivers & Passenger window regs need replacing.. Done, replace with VZ regs

Servicing, etc
- Replaced bonnet struts (sick of it falling on my head!)
- S1 > S2 Tail light swap
- Throttlebody & Plenum lid cleaned
- Oil, Oil filter & Air filter changed at 220,000kms - 5/11/11
- Oil & Filter changed at 230,000kms - 21/2/12
- Front Pads & Rotors changed at 235,000kms - 7/4/12

[Drawnnite]

looks nice and clean. keep up the good work.
but keep the towbar on there, you never know when you may need it, and it is very handy to have.

but with those future mods. it should be changed to
"UP TO THE MISSUS' DISCRETION

now your making me want a daily and a weekender :[

[nathanVY]

looks nice and clean. keep up the good work.
but keep the towbar on there, you never know when you may need it, and it is very handy to have.

but with those future mods. it should be changed to
"UP TO THE MISSUS' DISCRETION

now your making me want a daily and a weekender :[

cheers man. i'll never use the towbar lol.

verrrry true about the mrs haha. as long as its still smooth and reasonably quiet she won't mind

[Drawnnite]

trust me. when it comes to moving into your own house that you have either bought or rent. youll want to find a trailer, and tow it. to move most of the gear.
just coz trayner and i have utes, doesnt mean we will help you move..... =P

[Jonno]

nice man!

[nathanVY]

trust me. when it comes to moving into your own house that you have either bought or rent. youll want to find a trailer, and tow it. to move most of the gear.
just coz trayner and i have utes, doesnt mean we will help you move..... =P

lol, father in law has a BA Falcon ute with a MASSIVE canopy on the back and that aint going anywhere. Also my dad has a navara + tandom & box trailers + bus.

nice man!

thanks!

[nathanVY]

For audio I'm thinking


These for the fronts:

Sound Master Car Audio - ($269) JL Audio C2-600 6inch Speakers C2600


These for the rear doors & parcel shelf

Sound Master Car Audio - ($99) Boston S65 6inch Car Speakers S65

and maybe 1-2 of these for the boot see whats around 2nd hand as well.

Sound Master Car Audio - ($175) JL Audio 12W0V24 Subwoofer 12W0V24

[Wombles]

Looks good!
Keep the tow bar. Never know if someones gonna drive into the back of you.
Is it duel fuel.

[GEN3RATD]

You've gotta bag something man

[Drawnnite]

You've gotta bag something man

yeah he should bag his calais.... oh wait... =P

and nath, what is going to happen to your VS calais, are you going to turn it into a 5L manual or what?

[GEN3RATD]

LS1 6spd I reckon

[damoscommodore]

DIY ss headlights are easy man
save $300 bucks out of your bank to

[nathanVY]

Looks good!
Keep the tow bar. Never know if someones gonna drive into the back of you.
Is it duel fuel.

Noooo taking it offf! haha. Yep dual fuel - except petrol doesn't work too well atm so like 1 1/2" fuel lol.

You've gotta bag something man

yeah he should bag his calais.... oh wait... =P

and nath, what is going to happen to your VS calais, are you going to turn it into a 5L manual or what?

LS1 6spd I reckon

Yeah.... bags aren't high on the agenda at the moment. But if I see some around for a grand or two I'll think about it lol.
Calais.... Dunno LS1 maybe.

DIY ss headlights are easy man
save $300 bucks out of your bank to

Yeah heaps keen to do that! Should set it off.


Pics updated first post everyone, leather interior is in! Also fitted clear side indicators. Really happy with how its cleaned up.

[Trayner]

hahaha when you MMSd me those pics of the leather seats i almost choked on my beer haha

trust me. when it comes to moving into your own house that you have either bought or rent. youll want to find a trailer, and tow it. to move most of the gear.
just coz trayner and i have utes, doesnt mean we will help you move..... =P

Hahaha :P

[Wombles]

Will never see me own duel fuel! Poor engine... Sacrifical lmb..

[GEN3RATD]

Hope you've got big pockets to fit an LS1 into a VS lol

[some_guy]

Looks nice and clean, congrats mate. But tbh......................

Why didnt you wait till your opens to upgrade?

[drunkees]

Very swish for a daily. I like

[nathanVY]

Looks nice and clean, congrats mate. But tbh......................

Why didnt you wait till your opens to upgrade?

Because I wanted to stop taking the trains to work mate.. and it was only $4800. We sold my mrs 1990 pulsar for $2800 so this didn't cost me much. Plus me opens are still 18 months away...


Here's pics the previous owner sent me, she's come a long way already.

[nathanVY]

Hey guys since putting in the calais/berlina seats the air bag light has cone on. I disconnected the battery when changing them over , and had it cleared with a scan tool but just came back on. The cross were 34 & 37, something to do woth the seatbelt circuit being open.

There are some unused wiring looms on the seats as they have side air bags I think, anyone know how to fix this ? Maybe swap the wiring from my exec seats ?

[Drawnnite]

your leather seats are making me so jealous =P
so are they any more comfortable the regular seats?

hope you can get the warning code fixed up quickly aswell.

still cannot believe you would rather drive that catch an old red rattler horse and cart for work.
city traffic would drive me mad

[Trayner]

Hey guys since putting in the calais/berlina seats the air bag light has cone on. I disconnected the battery when changing them over , and had it cleared with a scan tool but just came back on. The cross were 34 & 37, something to do woth the seatbelt circuit being open.

There are some unused wiring looms on the seats as they have side air bags I think, anyone know how to fix this ? Maybe swap the wiring from my exec seats ?

Im guessing the seats somehow wired up with the side airbags, and since they arn't plugged in throwing codes

[nathanVY]

Might be something to do with the air bag module too . Transplant wiring from exec seats.maybe

[Trayner]

Might be something to do with the air bag module too . Transplant wiring from exec seats.maybe

yeh thats what Im thinking

[Huntington]

im going to sneak in and steal your leather seats dude, i will replace it with poorly constructed cardboard seats and hope you dont notice, hopefully this fixes your warning codes. but its more so just to quell my jealousy.