05 hbd vz calais

[jake383]

bagged and supercharged vz calais

name; jake nicholls
car; 2005 hbd calais
colour; silver
bodykit; hbd calais
engine; alloytec 190kw
transmission; 5 speed auto, active select
suspension; king springs ultra lows, standard shocks
brakes; standard
diff; standard
interior; leather, factory sunroof
other mods; cyrstal vision globes, debaged, removed spoiler, chrome nummber plate surround
cost; $22,000
future mods: bigger rims, update stereo, engine mods, spoiler holes removed( happenning next weekend), nice exhaust

hi im jake. this is my car. let me know what u think
this is when i picked it up

this is with ultra lows and spoiler removed

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this is the chrome number plate surround i made up

this is its current state with alloytech and hbd badges removed

 

[GAMBLR]

Very nice mate, V6 version of the car I just picked up.
Like the numberplate surround very much, how did you do that?

 

[4XRD-VZ Calais]

Hey nice ride!!
that chrome number plate surround looks awesome...
keep it up!!

 

[Surfwagon]

Nice Calais, always a great starting point.

 

[danieLOL]

in the first pic of the surround it looks like its got a huge snap in it haha

 

[jake383]

hey thanks for all ur commments its awesome to hear uur feed back. Cruzncalais i just made a template of the background out of card board, then transfered it onto somme stainless and cut it out. then jjust drilled 6 holes where the numberplate screws go to, then i just sticked on some double sided tape. it has started to pill off but it is because i used **** tape. i need to go back to work and get somme better stuff. today i fitted up a factory strut brace from holden, it only cost $57 with 4 mounting nuuts and this weekend the spoiler holes are gettinng removed any way heres some pics of the brace. enjoy

 

[Delish-VY]

why would you remove HDB badges? they make your car unique to other people on the roads thats something I would"ve thought you would want to show off not remove, calais always look better with the spoiler removed...dunno why (its the only type I think looks better with spoiler removed)

 

[calay]

what's supposed to be different with the HBD kit? the ONLY difference i can see between yours and mine is that chrome numberplate surround. Looks good lowered but you should really consider new shocks since the stock ones are not made to ride so low... Boge's are good and relatively cheap. i replaced springs and shocks front and rear in 2 hrs

 

[jake383]

with the hbd i dont think there is any difference with thhe body kit. the differences i know about is factory fitted sunroof, red leather steering wheel and a spoiler. i removed the badge as i thought it looked ugly. the number plate surround i made. with the shocks, it doesnt ride to bad but they will need shortened shocks. to replace springs in this front and rear it only took 1 hour and 50 mins, so yeh not that hard to do just need money. also ordered some 19 inch wheels today. they will be in in 4 weeks as they havnt been released in oz yet. thanks for all ur comments

 

[jake383]

today car came back from paint. looks heaps better with no gromets. all the badges on the boot got removed. let me know what u reckon if i should put the lion back on and the calais one. im thinking just put the calais onne back on. anyway here is some picks. enjoy