CHUBS VX commodore build up

[luminex]

This here is my VX. Just sorta starting out moding it so its in its early stages but its getting there. Mostly cosmetics in the interior at the moment, love mucking around with all that kinda stuff that i havnt seen done before! But at this stage its driven into the city everyday so i cant go to overboard untill it becomes a weekend car. Also this is why its on LPG

2001 VX Lumina Series 1

When i got the car about a year ago it was stock as a rock, but am just recently starting to make and change things to how i want em.

Got a bodykit in the shed waiting to get painted/fitted. monaro GTO front, vx clubby sides and back and a vt senator spoiler, should look a treat!

CURRENT MODS:
Lukey 2.5in Cat-back exhaust without rear resi
Cold air intake
Pioneer touch screen DVD headunit, Kenwood splits up front, pioneer triaxials in back, 4ch Pioneer amp running some Kenwood 6x9s in the rear footwellls (temperary setup) 2xPioneer 800w Subs powered by Pioneer 800w amp (THIS IS ALL JUST TEMPERARY, IM KEEPING THE HEADUNIT AND AMPS BUT SPEAKERS AND SUBS ARE ALL CHANGING IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS!!! ROCKFORD FOSGATE!!)
Boot custom sub setup
Slim Line PS2 in glovebox
VY SS wheels REDWALLED!!
Custom plastic work around headunit
Painted dash facia
Chrome interior handles
Alarm system
Painted brake calipers

FUTURE MODS:
Stage 2 shift kit
White dial facia
Lukey extractors
Some 18"s, not sure what though
Possibly airbags?? if i decide to keep the car


Let me no what u think guys!

[benno145]

Sounds nice. Pics????

[Pimpt6]

Any pics mate?

[luminex]

just some pics of the car, the side on is what i want it to look like. will get some new ones up soon

[DVS]

That looks sweet man. The grange wheels look real good on it. Has your car been resprayed?

[Pimpt6]

Looks good mate . When you do eventually put the Grange wheels on will look sick

[luminex]

That looks sweet man. The grange wheels look real good on it. Has your car been resprayed?

Cheers, yea cant wait for the wheels
Paint is original...Just cut n polished it when i got it, then wax it every couple months, im pretty happy with how it looks though

[luminex]

couple more pics, workin on the boot, i gotta gas tank in there to so not to bad i reakon, let me no what u think boys!
Dash looks pink in the photo but is really the same colour of the car, nice red i love it

[bread]

i love red, red red red.
nice dash job, how many coats of clear did you put on?

[luminex]

i love red, red red red.
nice dash job, how many coats of clear did you put on?

Cheers mate, im real happy bout how it came up too. no clear on it though, only about 6 light coats of red, then bout 4 heavy with sanding inbetween heavys to get smooth finish. no undercoat or primer either

[Juztin]

Looks nice mate, same floor mats Supercheap auto? lol

Nice dash, very shiny

[bread]

so you just painted yours with light sandings?

[luminex]

so you just painted yours with light sandings?

yea pretty much. gave it a real good sand before the first coat becuase originally they are real rough, then gave it the light coats with 2 heavy then sanded a fir bit till smooth, then continued to give heavys. i think i only sanded it twice, maybe 3 times...

[ratzy]

hey man the grange wheels will look ausom!!! i have them on my wagon and they are so much better then i thought when i got them!! love ur car looks really nice

[luminex]

hey man the grange wheels will look ausom!!! i have them on my wagon and they are so much better then i thought when i got them!! love ur car looks really nice

cheers buddy, really lookin forward to them... ive had a look at ur wagon and it looks sweet as, not really fond of the wagz but ur is pretty nice mate!

[luminex]

installed PS2 today, just waiting on a power suply off ebay...

[luminex]

update lads! felt adventurous today n decided to tidy up the dvd player

ran more RCAs for front n back speaker amp (On the way 4way 600w pioneer) and for AV out (For flip down moniter when it comes), and also some other wiring issues. Also remounted it so its more further in.

Also, decided to bog up around the unit to make it look tidy, still needs paint tomorrow but im so happy with how it came up, looks so much better!


let me no what u think, improvements?? cheers

also a pic of my PS2 slimline in glovebox and rear console painted

[ruggj]

update lads! felt adventurous today n decided to tidy up the dvd player

ran more RCAs for front n back speaker amp (On the way 4way 600w pioneer) and for AV out (For flip down moniter when it comes), and also some other wiring issues. Also remounted it so its more further in.

Also, decided to bog up around the unit to make it look tidy, still needs paint tomorrow but im so happy with how it came up, looks so much better!


let me no what u think, improvements?? cheers

also a pic of my PS2 slimline in glovebox and rear console painted

looks awesome man good job

[luminex]

come up against a few obstacles today, had the dash painted, just had to do final coat, and the can ****ed itself n dripped a couple huge blobs on the dash!

so am now waiting on a new can of paint which needs to be ordered, and had to sand back the dash again, and decided to primer it all up properly this time.

i hope its worth all this muckin around! its been 2 whole days now i been workin on this!

[cjcrow]

Hey bud, love the car. It looks awesome. Ive always loved red! Hey just a quick questions, what did you use for around the screen, cos i put some gauges in but need to blend it in. Keep up the good work, and more pics

[luminex]

Hey bud, love the car. It looks awesome. Ive always loved red! Hey just a quick questions, what did you use for around the screen, cos i put some gauges in but need to blend it in. Keep up the good work, and more pics

cheers mate, around the screen i used the origional surround that came with the headunit, wish i had more pics to explain but there was a big gap on the bottom and the left hand side, but the top and right were touching the dash so i glued these 2 sides straight to the dash while it was all in the car so the positioning would be right, then i removed the dash and used plasti-bond (Got it from Mitre-10 white box) is real easy, just mix with the hardener and spread it on, very similar to bog.
had to build up the gaps which was hard, then sanded it alot to blend with the curves.
ended up using a bit of bog in the bottom corners. also, along the way i used a spray putty primer it is a really thick primer which fills in any little holes or scratches which there was alot of. then yea, not its all putty primed and sanded so its real smooth and awaiting paint to arrive n yea thats bout it.
i used a finishing sander and mostly 400 paper seemed to work good, it took me 2 whole days to get to here though so allow yourself a fair bit of time!

Good luck mate n cant wait to see how yours turns out

[bpottz]

did you do your own boot install?

ive got a gas tank too and i have three subs going in and was looking at options so you dont see the ugly tank.. i really like yours.. is the board that covers your tank stuck there or does it fold down?

[rch-13z]

nice work with dash mate, chop looks sweet.

[luminex]

did you do your own boot install?

ive got a gas tank too and i have three subs going in and was looking at options so you dont see the ugly tank.. i really like yours.. is the board that covers your tank stuck there or does it fold down?

Cheers mate, yea gas tank look hell shit. the board is just jamed in there. it sounds dodgy, but the carpet stops it from sliding round n yea its a tight fit so i just jamed it in on a angle n its all good.

just sucks bout gettin the spare tire out lol

but yea give it a whack n good luck!

[luminex]

bought a body kit for the car the other day, got a GTO front end, VX clubsport sides and back bar and a vt senator spoiler, should look a treat once its all on there!
also gunna put some monaro headlights in to match the front bar,
will get some pics up