My Black Bird S-Pack

[livn_da_holden_life]

Name: Kristian
Age: 18
Model: VT S
Colour: Raven
Bodykit: Stock S.
Engine Type: Ecotec V6
Engine Mods: None as yet. Tried poddy but air was too hot, so i lost power
Power: stockkkkk az somethin like 150kw at fly
Exhaust:2.5" Lukey sports system with hotdog, and twin 3" dumps
Gearbox: Manual
Diff: 3.09 LSD
Brakes: stock!
Suspension: FE2
Wheels/Tyres: Stock VT's
Interior: Umm, blue marble dash...silver marble other parts...blue dash conversion...satin chrome scuff plates...blue interior light...
Other Mods: cruise control, black front grilles, blue marble engine cover - soon airbox and plate above radiator, xenon vision lights..
Stereo: alpine type-r sub is custom enclosure, us-audio 600w amp, pioneer 6x9's in parcel shelf, fusion nv 6.5" speakers in custom made pods. got no head unit, running amp off ipod haha.
Build Period: ongoing, had the car for 4weeks
Cost: round $10k, already spent $1700 on it.
Contacts: none yet, have been doing alot of diy. but lorenzo at artistic panels in epping gave me heaps of tips with audio installs.
Future Mods: where to start lol... boot lid without spoiler, clubby body kit, projector lights, gto black rear lights, raven garnish, possibly lowered, 19" rims (thinkin lucky sparks or designer kr334), capa s/c, pacemakers, pioneer dvd/ipod head unit, xbox install, possible retrim.

and lastly the photos:
black and white

hood open just after polish

exhaust dumps

blue dash conversion :hsdance:

sub and amp (thinkin of reversing so sub faces cabin)

engine bay =P

marble engine cover close up

marble dash


heaps more pics to come, hope u guys like my s.
ps: if ur interested in the marble dash or engine cover let me know =)

[SlipStream]

nice looking car mate, hopefully we will get to see the car take off as you do the mods..

[Jesterarts]

LOVE the marble effect!!!

Absolutely fantastic!!

Nice car overall too!! :P

check out my VX....

[livn_da_holden_life]

sweet car jesterarts!
i love the marble effect, when the spray painter was doing it i s**T myself lol cos it looks strange... but after a bit of playing around and a coat of clear it comes up real nice. gotta see it in real life, looks almost 3d haha.
cheers for commentin my car

check out this pic

[wrx884]

car looks nice man n so does the dash converstion u got ne pics at nite? the marble is aws 2 man how much did they charge u 2 do that?

[livn_da_holden_life]

cheers mate, no night pics yet, ill post them when i get some.

round $200 for the job including all materials. found a guy who used to work at f1 smash, now just does little jobs. i just gave him the dash. so yeah add the price of a fascia to that and its a reasonable price compared to what holden and some aftermarket companies charge for colour coded fascias. hope thats what u wanted to know

[kololikova]

Hey mate, when you took the dash off did you have to take the stereo out of does it come off with out that.
Cheers

[livn_da_holden_life]

i picked up a genuine plastic VX SS bumper bar off a mate. it had a fair few scratches and it was originally quicksilver but i sprayed it raven. heres some pics:

what it looked like when i got it



and after some repairs and spraying





and after my trip to strathy... reallll dusty lol

[livn_da_holden_life]

picked up some monaro tail lights, and after 3weeks of trying to get the wiring loom i finally fitted them
i sprayed the original vt garnish in raven to match the car. anyway enough talk, heres the pics:

before



and after



hope u guys like it. not a big fan of the altezza's, but im hoping to find some genuine black gto tail lights =P
cheers kristian

[raZel]

Hey mate,
I like the car very interested to keep in touch with ya and follow what your mods look like, as i have the "exact' same car, colour, wheels lol everything lol, i love the VX SS front... thinking about that one for myself.

Check out my car!
VT S-Pac
Cheers
raZel

[livn_da_holden_life]

haha yeah no worries mate...always good to see what i screw up lol. atm im building a custom install for my boot, cant wait to finish it. i reckon the ss bar looks mean, and it isnt as popular as the clubby in upgrades. love ur car man, very clean =P. do u have that camber problem in ur rear end? i do, im on belts lmao. anyways keep in touch mate, good luck with the mods ur looking at doing!

[livn_da_holden_life]

finally able to finish the front end off! got vx ss lights for 100 each

i wasnt 100% happy cos the black lights look strange against the blue... to me not as tough as the phantom black vx ss... tell me what u guys think! and whether ve supersports will look good on my s!
cheers
kristian

[wrx884]

i rekon the lights look great man i think its just ur rims not makin it look as tough as ud like, some black shadows rims, lowered and even some darker tint would help

[excalibur]

very sweet looking love the vx front bar

[livn_da_holden_life]

cheers excalibur and anth. yeah good point anth been wanting to tint it for ages lol, but just havent got around to it...and as for the rims i was thinkin of lucky sparks... what u reckon?

[rch-13z]

sweet ride, love the dumpies...

any more plans?

[livn_da_holden_life]

yeah too many to mention haha. im working on a boot install, type-r 12" sub, 2 JL amps. im almost finished gotta carpet it. im planning to do some engine work soon and get a set of rims. the stock look is killing me haha. thats about it for what my money will get me sadly. cheers for the comment!

[MR.HRT]

looks good mate like what you've done with it

[88GreenVN]

I like the dumps too. Does the VX bar bolt straight up ojn the VT? I'm thinking it should.

The VT's looking sweet.

[livn_da_holden_life]

thanks mate, yeah it does from what i remember its 5screws and it pops off. it sticks out a bit on one side just under the light, but i think thats cos the guy had it stacked wrong and bent it :S