First car v6 vt done all work my self, feedback and ideas

[SE85VT]

Name: seb smith
FIRST CAR AND IV DONE ALL THE WORK ON THE CAR MYSELF

just put a gauge in the dash

AGE: 16

Model: 1998 vt Berlina Sedan

Odometer: 270 xxx

Colour: bermuda blue

Bodykit: stock but have bought a hsv cubsport bodykit just need to get it painted and fitted

Engine Type: ecotec 3.8

Engine Mods: lpg conversion, pod filter thats about it

Exhaust: 2.5" mandrel bent Redback Catback with oval chrome tip

Gearbox: Auto

Brakes: Standard


Wheels/Tyres: 16" 2004 vx s stocks

Interior: dash and al control faces painted silver and blue all locks and door handles painted blue led throught al dash buttons and white led in all cabin lighting lights want new seats

Exterior: Clear and rounded side indicators, , Xenon headlights, blue parker lights, clear tail lights, painted cover for engin same as car

Stereo: clarion head unit, clarion 400w 6" front, clarion 300w 6by 9,s in the back and an enclosed clarion 900w sob running through a powervox 7500w 4 chanel amp $74 off ebay havnt had a problem

Build Period: July 2011- Present

Cost: Purchased for $2500 completely stock in great cond exept paint . Spent upwards of $3000 on it so far

Future Mods: Darkest legal tint, , custom enclosure for subs & amps, respray, new roof lining, paint rocker covers, want chrome altezza headlights and want to get car resprayed

I WANT TO GET COUSTOM PLATES BUT NEED IDEAS IV HAD SE85VT (SEB'S VT) OR PA77TY (PARTY) WANT TO KEEP THE AA.11.AA STYLE ANY IDEAS ??



PICS: ENGIN COVER BEFOR AND AFTER, REDBACK 2.5" CAT BACK EXHAUST, DASH BEFORE/DURING AND AFTER, HID HEADLIGHTS BEFORE AND AFTER, OLD AND NEW RIMS LPG AMP AND SUB BEFORE I BUILT THE WALL AND AFTER, LIGHTS, vt berlina to vx tail lights conversion befor during and after .

[sxc_sound]

Looks good mate, keep it up, like the silver/blue theme on the interior

[walesy]

good first car mate, good on you for giving everything a go yourself, i was going to say something about the center garnish and taillights untill i realised you had already painted it :-)

[FORGIVEME]

nice 1st car mate it looks like uv allready got most basic cars under controle

[Jonno]

Are u gonna get rid of the garnish and put a blank one on?

[Killr6]

sebs 1998 vt berlina commodore 2 threads?

Jonnoo he did change the garnish...

[aaronevolution]

Oval exhaust tips are the worst. Ugh.

[BumbleBeeSSVR]

The cops will get you for your neons, and if they don't, the haters will. But your car is an expression of yourself, so good work.

[SE85VT]

Yeah i was planning on getting rid of the other post then realised after i had made this one that i cant lol and yeah thanks guys also drew up a coustom sub settup for the boot just need to start to mesure and workout if im going to box or port the subs i will put a pic up of the disign soon just have to work out colours

[SE85VT]

Heres what im thinking of doing in the boot do you think i should port or box the subs??

[Callum14]

Hmm make sure you plan the boot correctly, I'd be hesitent about blocking the emergency boot pop. I found some guy on here who has a really clean job.. I'll find the pic

[Callum14]

Bermuda Blue VT Calais

it was showbags, how could I forget..

Check them out, it's inspired me

[SE85VT]

Yeah that looks good i have an lpg tank in the back so i want to hide that i have a door to get to the shutoff valve of the lpg incase it leaks or i have a crash thats what the blue part between the amps is on the drawing and if you look at my photos you will see the door there now but i dont know what your talking about with the emergency bot pop if your talking about the middle seat thats alredy blocked and theres on pull thing there for the boot ??

[HERONVY]

Nice first car bud

Lose the chrome tail lights though

Al

[aaronevolution]

Heres what im thinking of doing in the boot do you think i should port or box the subs??

Can I have some background toast?

[SE85VT]

you can whats your post code i didnt eat it in the end it went cold lol

[VRCALAISS]

subs are so gay these days.

[Trayner]

That brake pedal looks massive man!

[SE85VT]

What do you think of the new gauge

[MikeCuzzy]

I like the new gauge mate, not sure on the pattern on the bckground, but love the idea. Can you tell me how you rigged it up, wouldn't mine a volt meter on my car - something I wish they kept from the old days!

[SE85VT]

yeah mate i pulled the dash off a few screws east yo work out make sure you take the 2 screws out on either side of the ciggarette lighter then pull the part off around the gear stick just clips make sure if you have the electric windows you unplug this first you can now see 2 screws pull the fuse boxcover thing down and you can see the rest of the screws undo these then unclip and unplug al the switches next to the ac there is a gap line the gauge up with this part on your dash and verry lightly draw an approx circle around the gauge find a hole saw that is a tight fit around the back of the gauge and drill through the facia to wire it up connect a peice of -+ speaker wire to the back of the ciggarette lighter take the fuse out befor you do then just run the wire up the facia and to the back of your gauge place the gauge through the facia and it should come with a u shape peice of mettle and some little screw extender things screw these in to the back of the gauge and then screw the screws in top this lol confusing but easy to work out when it is infront of you then put the dash back togeather and your all done sorry that its a crap thing but its really not hard at all

[MikeCuzzy]

yeah mate i pulled the dash off a few screws east yo work out make sure you take the 2 screws out on either side of the ciggarette lighter then pull the part off around the gear stick just clips make sure if you have the electric windows you unplug this first you can now see 2 screws pull the fuse boxcover thing down and you can see the rest of the screws undo these then unclip and unplug al the switches next to the ac there is a gap line the gauge up with this part on your dash and verry lightly draw an approx circle around the gauge find a hole saw that is a tight fit around the back of the gauge and drill through the facia to wire it up connect a peice of -+ speaker wire to the back of the ciggarette lighter take the fuse out befor you do then just run the wire up the facia and to the back of your gauge place the gauge through the facia and it should come with a u shape peice of mettle and some little screw extender things screw these in to the back of the gauge and then screw the screws in top this lol confusing but easy to work out when it is infront of you then put the dash back togeather and your all done sorry that its a crap thing but its really not hard at all

Cheers for that mate, I figured that's what you did, was just checking what you wired it into. Again, looks good

[Cameron P]

Lose the blue Parker's.. Cops will get you on colored Parker's but mainly target blue ones as you will have blue and red lights on your car

Neons are gay

Your lucky you changed the vt boot garnish lol

Other then that.. Nice work with doing all this yourself. You have made it your own

[elmaso]

subs are so gay these days.

only if you park out from, trying to look awesome with only them on, with gay neons flashing...
i wanted to slap that guy, and to make it worse it was all in a EA falcon! AN E ####ING A FALCON! WHY!?

anyhoo, decent car man, not to bothered by the altezza tail lights as long as the VX boot garnish stays on! lol

[SE85VT]

Yeah the garnish is there to stay looks shit with the old one lol