"TH3KID's" VX - The Perfect Storm

[Infanti]

:::NEW UPDATE:::
Monday 3rd August 2009
MY NEW RIDE - page 3 - starts post 62


UPDATE: CV8 bar now on, pics bottom of page:::

Hey all, had a few things done to the car recently so time for 'My Ride'.

Name: Jay Infanti (the kid)
Car: 2002 VX Series 2 Acclaim
Bought: July 2006 for $12,000
Kilometers then/now: 99,xxx/ 130,xxx
About: Car was stock when i bought it (got if from someone who worked for dad so i kinda knew it was well looked after. Spent a small amount of money on when i just got it on crap that i enjoyed at the time, so no regrets. Now i just want a car the im happy in and think looks good.

List of thing changes to the car:
UPDATE: CV8 Monaro front
Black Altezza headlights
Colour coded sides and rear
2 1/2" Redback Exhaust (Catback)
K&N Panel Filter
Pioneer Head Unit, Sub and Amp
BBOSS Eleanor 18's w/ Maxxis MAV-1's.
Police Spec Brake Pads
RDA Slotted Rotors Front and Rear
Super Low King Fronts w/ Shortened Boge Struts
Super Super Low King Rears w/ 60mm Shortened Boge Shocks.
Blue led dash
Painted Dash Silver
White Dash Facia
Neons in footwells (recently ripped out)
Clear Tailights Monaro Style. The DEPO ones.
Blue parkers (recently ripped out)
Tinted Windows
...think thats all.

Future changes (if any, gotta save for house):
Leather interior (all black)
VZ Calais sunglasses holder/ roof light
VY Steering wheel
Fix small dents around the car (i work on a golf course, and some people cant hit out of bunkers at the practise green, shanking balls into the car park)

Since its recently been lowered im pretty happy with how it looks now so i probably wont spend too much more on it, but ive said that before.

Here's pics:

[Infanti]

Few more pics

[Infanti]

Let me know what ya think guys!!!!

[CANYONERO]

looks good mate, gotta love eleanors! they can make any car look really nice.

[VT SERIES II]

looks nice
Like the colour- looks like that vz colour

[Infanti]

Yeah i like the colour, not many of them around.
Bit of an update, got TH3KID numberplates, white on black background. If you cant figure it out, last name is Infanti, so infant-i, gets "kid" from infant.

Picked up a CV8 monaro from bar last week, getting painted first week after xmas, and bout 1 hour ago, picked up a pair of VT Black Altezza headlights from 'Ephect'.
Might be getting to sideskirts and rear bar colour coded too which will be good if it happens. I'll post up a few pics soon, or after xmas when the front is on. Did a trial fit on the bar and it was unreal, looked so good and wasnt low to the ground so wont give me trouble. Feel free to comment on anything. Cheers

[redcv6]

not a fan of those rear lights, but the rest looks neat.

[Infanti]

yea i plan on changing them over to black ones once the front bar goes on, then they will match the front lights, ill go gather some pics and post soon.

[Infanti]

here are some pics
...when i was trail fitting the CV8 Bar, fits a dream!
...the headlights i got this morning
...and from a while back, all the susp. parts i had lying on my floor for 3 2months.

Getting real excited about the front bar now, should look tops going on this these pics, even if it is only in primer.

[benjamino]

here are some pics
...when i was trail fitting the CV8 Bar, fits a dream!
...the headlights i got this morning
...and from a while back, all the susp. parts i had lying on my floor for 3 2months.

Getting real excited about the front bar now, should look tops going on this these pics, even if it is only in primer.

looks bloody awesome mate, exactly what im hoping to do to mine in the near future, love the monaro fronts.

nice plates too.
sweet ride man

[Infanti]

Ok, so ive made a start on the front and rear bar and side skirts, what im doing is getting the black strip on the rear bar colour coded and also getting the side skirts colour coded, them obviously get the cv8 front sprayed. Yesterday i went to me uncles factory and we made a start, well he did most of the prep and i took pics lol but anyway we got the rear bar finished, and primed the sides and rubbed em back, ready for paint on monday. We waited for the paint to dry and put the rear bar back on the car, it was a little soft to touch still but we chucked it back on anyway, only coz i didnt want to drive around without the rear. I left the monaro front and the sidies at his work and should pick them up tomorrow.
Here are some pics of our eventful day, i cant believe the paint came out so well:

[Infanti]

the rest of the pics

[Pimpt6]

Its coming along really good mate . . Got to love those wheels and nice choice in kit

[benjamino]

hey mate!
did u end up gettin ur front bar all done?
i wanna c some pix!!

[Infanti]

yeah i had to leave it at my uncles factory coz we didnt get time to paint it so i should be picking that and the side skirts up later today, might fit it tonight and post pics later. Should be good!!!

[Infanti]

Fark me, just went down to Patterson Cheney Holden to get some little screw for the sideskirts and rear bar, coz i busted all them on Saturday coz i didnt know how to get them out, and they were $3 each, ended up getting them for something like $2.13 but still, i needed 20 of them. There is 9 on each side skirt along the top and i just ripped them out, anyway i shouldnt be complaining coz i was my fault anyway, just another example of holden charging whatever they like for anything and everything.
Also got a price on fog lights, they are $135 each. Not sure whether to buy genuine or not, i know the non genuine ones, like from Narva, ect dont have as nice a look on the plastic so that may lead me to buy genuine, but the cost....ouch!
Give me any opinions on aftermarket fog lights as appose to real ones, worth paying top $$$ or not.....cheers

[Timzo]

Hey bud, cars looking great, height is perfect! would you mind telling me the spring numbers if u got em? and do the shortened shocks make a difference? hows the ride? really bumpy?

[Infanti]

hey timzo, i have KHFL-47SL in the front (im going by memory but its just standard Super Low King Spring) with 30mm Boge Shortened Strut, and KHRL46SSL (Again, from memory but i know for definate that its the Super Super Low spring from Kings, both to suit IRS, non Heavy Duty) and i got 60mm Shortened Shock in rear. Car is probably 2-3mm below legal but ive never been pulled up, coz its not stupidly low. Ive compared my car to my brothers, VX S (stock FE2), and i reckon mine isnt as hard as his, its pretty comfy, only thing is that he can still go over speed bumps at 20kmph where as im more like 5kmph. Never really bottom out unless i do speed bumps do quick, but hey, you learn and correct, then it becomes natural and you never really have any problems after that. Its never hassled me, and never once have i said to myself, maybe i should raise the back lol


FIRST PICS HERE; CV8 FRONT
Finally got the bumper on too! Had a little bit of trouble as always but fits perfect, just took a while a line everything up right, the headlights arent as good as what i had hoped, but from the outside everything looks 100%
Fog lights will come and my brother has progress pics on his phone ill put up later, but here it is:::::

[Infanti]

Gonna give the car a good clean and wax, im a fan of Meguiars, then get some real good pics soon, probably on the weekend!

[Infanti]

hey guys let me know what you think of the front now....

Also, looking at a different tail light set up, over the chrome lights. Here are a few options.
note: With the calais berlina garnish, im thinking both normal vx light or red monaro lights with it.

Does anyone else think that red monaro tail lights would look good combined with the calais/ berlina rear garnish???
Give me your top 3!!!!!!!

[666vt]

hey guys let me know what you think of the front now....

Also, looking at a different tail light set up, over the chrome lights. Here are a few options.
note: With the calais berlina garnish, im thinking both normal vx light or red monaro lights with it.

Does anyone else think that red monaro tail lights would look good combined with the calais/ berlina rear garnish???
Give me your top 3!!!!!!!

ahhhh, dont get me started about tail lights lol, ive been thinking of changing mine for ages... if your gonna go calais/berlina garnish dont put any other lights than the vx ones, i seen a car just the other day with calais garnish and red cv8 tail lights and the clear circles in the lights didnt look right next to the rectangle clear bits on the garnish.. different though, i think you should go with the ones ive got, or just do the full calais garnish and light combo.. just my opinion anyways dude. love your car by the way, them rims are nice, love the front bar too

[Infanti]

yeah i know what u mean 666vt, funny tho coz that was probably my first preference, but yea i get what u say about the circle and rectangle. If i was gonna do black tail lights, id probably pick number 5 in the tail light images above, coz im not sure about the leds and like i said im over the chrome bits. and that way they would match the head lights, only problem is whether those black tails would suit the colour of my car. Opinions?

Edit: Also like the dark red tails, dont know what they are off, is it a GTO light, or different Monaro?

[Infanti]

Here is a calais with my colour...

[VT SERIES II]

I have the last set of tail lights on my car.
I reckon keep your vx lights in if your going with the calis garnish...looks wanky with anything else....

like vt garnish with after market lights

I love the front bar...I wanted one of those 4 ages - they look super kewl

[Infanti]

yeah thanks man, ive found myself making up reasons to drive my car everywhere today! Im real happy with it now! Might try and flog my chrome tail lights to my brother, he has a white VX S and stick with the originals, then see what happens.