My VTII Calais - Page 2

Miss-E · #26 16-08-2006, 01:21 AM

I like the chrome door handles too, but for now im staying with the colour coded ones. The first car i saw with them was black and they looked great, the next was red and they didnt look all that good.

Im dying to get wheels too.
Trust me to love ones that only come in 20". 20" is illegal but if oyu get low profiles they can fit them without doing anything to the guards. The tyres I like are $600 each :-| so stick with 18-19" and its alot cheaper and theyre still nice

It looks nice.
Your did well getting the exact right size rubbers for the spoiler holes.

Phoenix21 · #27 16-08-2006, 11:45 AM

nice car mate im not really much for the woodgrain but other wise it looks good lower and rims thats just my 2cents

MikesVT · #28 16-08-2006, 05:55 PM

Yeahh I still love those Dolce DC-6 19" ooohhh they look so good, theyre strating to pop up on a few cars. $2800 with rubber for the set, plus lowering i want to get it done properly so that i can keep my ride quality and that'll cost a little more... but i have no more spare cash at the moment. Uni fee's and book's and getting the car serviced tomorrow.. arghh!! (plus i dont have a job haha).
I got the chrome door handles! FINALLY.. Now its just a matter of getting someone who knows how to put them on without replacing the backing (so that i wont need to get that resprayed.)
As for the woodgrain, i would have prefered that black 'piano finish' but personally i like it and i think its much better looking than the grey plastic.
Thanks for the comments guys n girls!!

By the way. Set of 4 exterior chrome door handles from holden are $206, otherwise $65 each

Aggro_VE · #29 16-08-2006, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fuel_within

Lower, wheels and de-badge... Leave Calais and the 'Lion' badges on though
Looks good pal

100% agree with the above when you driving a 'Lais you want everyone to know your driving one

The previous owner needs a smack in the head, putting "just" a "spoiler" on it, by themselves they suck IMO

. Looks good mate.

MikesVT · #30 16-08-2006, 06:17 PM

Haha yep.. gotta leave the calais badges on it! I looked so hard to find a calais i could afford i wanna show it off =P. And they did a good job of denting and scratching my boot when they put the spoiler on! needs to be fixed up and resprayed =( But i think the whole car needs a respray... Someone put a scratch in my passanger door today, or could have been something that flicked up off the road... It's only really small but its all i can see when i look at it from the passanger side! Bah! Hopefully have pics up tomorrow with the door handles and the mesh =D

MikesVT · #31 17-08-2006, 10:59 AM

Bah!! Service is going to cost me massive bucks!

They said they cant even put my door handles on... and if they put the mesh on it wouldnt sit properly! Arghh.. not happy jan. Fuel gauge is a bit buggered, doesnt read how much i got properly, to fix all that up is about $500

told them to leave it for now, better hope it doesnt show full tank when its empty!! They said something about the rear breaks, thats gonna cost $500... The guy said if i wanted to get the fuel thing fixed, all together it would cost $1500 for the service... i said dont worry about the fuel thing, so i guess i can expect it to be about $1000

FOR A SERVICE

I need food to calm me down! haha. I'll post up how much later so you can all have a good laugh =( ... Also they tried to put my new door handles on... they better not have scratched my paint or my new door handles!!

MikesVT · #32 17-08-2006, 01:56 PM

$1045.65

And now my antenna doesnt go all the way down, They didnt sign my service book, and they didnt even give me the complimentory wash! hahahahaha just my luck!

Christina · #33 19-08-2006, 11:23 AM

mine wont go down either!!!

grassy · #34 19-08-2006, 01:23 PM

Very neat, love the woodgrain dash, was that in it when you bought it or did you fit it later? Grassy

MikesVT · #35 19-08-2006, 04:50 PM

Series 2 VT calais and series 1 VX calais have the woodgrain dashes as standard but you can always put them in afterwards, but yeah mine had it when i got it. Fills up the inteior.. makes it more 'cosy' haha

MikesVT · #36 19-08-2006, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lpassociation

mine wont go down either!!!

Did you mean the antenna? The series 1 VT exec/acclaim doesnt have an electric antenna, not sure about series 2 but im sure the S1 dont. Its just mines a calais so its got all these little fancy things that stuff up and cost alot more to fix... But i still like my fancy stuff even if i dont need it haha

VKStevo · #37 25-08-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MikesVT

Did you mean the antenna? The series 1 VT exec/acclaim doesnt have an electric antenna, not sure about series 2 but im sure the S1 dont.

they dont? even mine has 1! nice car though mate, i like the s2 calais, sucks about that service cost, my front brakes are gonna cost me 140, so 500 seems way 2 much even for a calais...even if it does have abs, i'd ask around and see what other places charge

but yeh i do like ur car, apart from those plugs where the spoiler was taken off, i'd get that welded and painted when i could afford it

MikesVT · #38 25-08-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by VKStevo

they dont? even mine has 1! nice car though mate, i like the s2 calais, sucks about that service cost, my front brakes are gonna cost me 140, so 500 seems way 2 much even for a calais...even if it does have abs, i'd ask around and see what other places charge

but yeh i do like ur car, apart from those plugs where the spoiler was taken off, i'd get that welded and painted when i could afford it

Thanks VKStevo

, Yeahh, i reckon the plugs look better than the spoiler though.. but i still dont like them! I'm looking around for someone else with the same colour so i can just swap boots, not really too keen about painting only the boot.. because the fresh paint will stand out like dogs ba... yeah those haha. For now theyre ok i guess.
And next service I'll be doing myself unless it needs something major haha.