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Luke's VN Calais

Smallies

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Some new pics of it washed. New head unit currently going in. New springs in soon. pics Taken with phone.
 

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That looks clean as....

If your just using it as a daily why bother witha spool?

Shame to hear that it was broken into.....
 

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The spool is just a curiosity thing.

Ill try it out to see if i enjoy it as much as everyone else does.

If its too annoying ill take it out...
 

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Got my Licence back yesterday so I was out cruising last night. Love it. 6 Months without driving was quite a struggle.

Putting the Ultra Lows in tonight :yahoo:

The car desperately needs a sound system upgrade. (only drivers side front speaker works lol)
Also needs a new rear door quater window.
Also needs the air-con vent issue fixed (air-con runs great but no air comes out the vents - probably a dash-apart issue. Im guessing a hose or something has come off when I installed the head unit, because heaps of air comes out through drivers foot-well)

But yes, It's back on the road and I'm happy. Time to start crossing things off the to-do list.
 

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Okay, Springs are in. Thanks to some help from Lachie (vn calais manual) and Matt (HSV 290).

Just like the how-to mentioned - beer was needed, and that ball joint on the front struts was a bastard - It is the reason my hammer arm is so sore today lol. Also the single nut on the top of the front struts had to be impact wrenched off and on. Luckily we had one of those in the shed otherwise we were going to have to come into work and do it.

It's safe to say the car is not to comfortable to drive anymore, but it definently looks better IMO.

Once the hydraulic trollley jack was let down on the rear, we had to jack up the car with a scissor jack in order to get the hydralic one out. - thats how low the rear is.

Pics up soon.
 

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One in a million. That is absolutely gorgeous :) You lucky man!

Exactly what Morton said, it looks perfect! Perfectly unmolested :)
 

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Nice clean looking Calais mate, more pics.

Dazz
 

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Fairly low now. lol.
 

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