My VT

[Static89]

Heya guys,

Name: Mark
Location: Capalaba (QLD)
Age: 19
Car: 1997 VT Berlina Series 1
Engine: 3.8l Ecotech
Traveled: 274206
Colour: Silver
Power: Stock
condition: Not as good as i wish
Modifications: Lowered, De badged, Front Grill Modified, Dash fascia painted Silver, Taking off black strip up side(in porgress)
Future Mods: foot well neons. New rims. Urethane bush's all round Camber kit , VX SS Kit ,With fog lights, VX rear garnish and alteza lights with black tint,engine mods( Small cam Extractors and xhorst )
Cost: $5,500
thanks to: You guys, for helping me learn more bout my car

http://s474.photobucket.com/albums/r...atic_maggot89/ for my painted interior.

[nicko451]

looking tidy man! put an exhaust on her!

[Static89]

now that i wont be driving her i will have a bit of cash tpo spend so im thinking extractors cam exaust and i think i like the sleeper look so i might just tidy the kit up and fix the few paint spots and make her into a bit of a sleeper looking to get new seats for the front, and back possibly got to fix up the suspention, i hit a bump and she bounces real bad and gotta get somthing to rectify the tire angle,

[coo dawg]

Nice.

Looks clean as! Wish mine was a Berlina, I want the colour coded skirts ahah!

Extractors, Cam ...... **** yeah will be tuff as mate!

[Static89]

it looks clean but it has some hail damage and the front bumper is coming off becouse the retarded dude that had it before me seems to have trouble driving and scrapped up against somthing so i gotta sand down his scraps on the front gaurd buy a black clip thing and put that back on

i hate painting, not patient enough but i guess i got a bit of time to learn

[nicko]

some series 2 calais front grills would look nice,

have a look at my silver vt for pics of the grills

[Static89]

just thought id update the threat a bit, got new pics up and im hunting for 2 new front seats drivers one decided to hate me and break, so it dosent stay in position it just goes back and forward so i cant lean on it if anyone is stripping a vt give me a yell and ill see if i can take them off your hands

Mark

[Ozzie]

very nice!

Did you paint the bottom trims same colour or was it like that when you got it?

I noticed you have a few dents there, dont ya just hate dents! Ive got a few myself.
Also the odd mirrors are noticable
not too fond of the black strip on the sides either,,

but a nice car to start with.

[Static89]

very nice!

Did you paint the bottom trims same colour or was it like that when you got it?

I noticed you have a few dents there, dont ya just hate dents! Ive got a few myself.
Also the odd mirrors are noticable
not too fond of the black strip on the sides either,,

but a nice car to start with.

man i HATE that black strip >.< i been told its a bastard to get off so im going to wait till i have a bit of time to get into it bottom trim was some colour when i got it and yeah, theres bout 20ish hail damaged bits, and im heading over to the wreckers soon for a new mirror and a drivers seat some time in the next week, plan on debadging and im tossing up getting a vx ss front end and throwing that on, think it would look nice. but monitary problems are stopping me doing anything at the moment so all in good time hopefully

[Full Spectrum]

Looks pretty good mate nice buy.

[Full Spectrum]

man i HATE that black strip

Worse thing is it's on a silver backing, So it really stands out.

and im heading over to the wreckers soon for a new mirror and a drivers seat some time in the next week,

I'm guessing your probably not a stupid as me, When i removed my front seat i had to have the airbags reset, So just encase when removing the seat don't turn the car even on reds or acc .

[Static89]

you had to have the airbag reset? o.0 why....? asin the airbag went OFF or just the little light saying that its gone off?

[Ozzie]

Nicko made a "How to" debadge your car thread.. same technique we use to remove the side strips... check it out it may be what your looking for



Debadge your car in 10 minutes, WARNING dial up users

[Static89]

Nicko made a "How to" debadge your car thread.. same technique we use to remove the side strips... check it out it may be what your looking for



Debadge your car in 10 minutes, WARNING dial up users

yeah i found that the other day, talked to him n he suggested i make a bit of time if im going to do it, becouse he pulled paint off when he did his, i dont have the money for a respray and i cant paint for **** so im gunna take it as slow as i can make sure i get it right :P

[Ozzie]

Yep you have to be careful

Just remember if you do attempt it not to pull on the strip lol
and to let the fishing line do all the work slicing through the backing.
the up side to it is that the fishing line cant cut through the paint but yeah if you pull on the strip it will pull the paint off

[Static89]

would it be a good idea to get a heat gun from supercheap or somthing? just a ****ty cheap one thats gunna last the day? help it along a little

[Ozzie]

A heat gun may help a little.
But your paint will actually come off easier.
I did mine in the middle of winter (snowing conditions) so the backing was ice cold.
You just have to get a piece of fishing line behind it and slice through it.
The hard part is getting the glue off the paint once the strip comes off.
A heat gun might come in handy to do it though its not needed,
The glue should just come off with your finger nail then give it some polish to protect.
Nicko used prepsol I believe to get the glue off,
I just used my finger nail and some polish

[Static89]

2 easy, ill get onto it some time soon then what sort of cleaning products did you useafter u got the badges off?

[Full Spectrum]

you had to have the airbag reset? o.0 why....? asin the airbag went OFF or just the little light saying that its gone off?

Just the light, I removed the seat, But had to move the car out the way, Couldn't be stuffed pushing it so i drove it forward. When the SRS found out the seat wasn't there i had to once all was back have it reset by a Tech2.
I learnt never to do that again.

[Static89]

Just the light, I removed the seat, But had to move the car out the way, Couldn't be stuffed pushing it so i drove it forward. When the SRS found out the seat wasn't there i had to once all was back have it reset by a Tech2.
I learnt never to do that again.

lmao, so the car dosent like u driving around with the seat missing, so do it somwhere it dosent need to be moved, okies lmao bet u kicked yourself afterwards, i woulda


mark

[Ozzie]

to get the badges off I went through 3 pieces of fishing line about 40cm long.

to clean it after the badges were off i wiped it with a damp rag to get the dirt off
then used my nail to peel the glue off
then used the rag again to wipe the dirt off
then used car polish to get the excess glue off and to shine/protect it

i tried using metho on the first badge but with no luck it just seemed to spread the glue
i didnt wanna risk using any paint thinners or stripers to clean the glue
the polish worked a treat

[Static89]

how long did the whole car take you??? badges and black strip things

[Full Spectrum]

lmao, so the car dosent like u driving around with the seat missing, so do it somwhere it dosent need to be moved, okies lmao bet u kicked yourself afterwards, i woulda


mark

Check that yes..

Felt like the biggest tool on earth, Lucky my mechanic stepped in and fixed it in 1min, He had a laugh about it, I was still cursing myself.

[Ozzie]

whole car took around 10 mins to remove all the badges
but getting them back on took around 2 hours to do properly

[nicko]

much cleaner with the badges and strips off hey ozzie