"TH3KID's" VX - The Perfect Storm

[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]

Front bar here

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!!!!!!!