My VS Acclaim (Series II)

[frogsta]

Hey guys, this is my current car, got a few ideas for it, and going with a green theme. Anyway;

Name: Kyle

Model: 1997 VS Acclaim (Series II)

Colour: Silver Ice MKII

Bodykit: Standard

Engine Type: Ecotec 3.8L V6

Engine Mods: MACE Memcal

Intake: MACE Cold Air Intake, MACE 69mm Bored Out Throttle Body, Removed LPG mixer

Exhaust: Extractors, Hi flow cat, straight through 2.5inch Manta catback with rear resonator

Gearbox: Auto, Stock

Diff: Stock (LSD going in soon)

Brakes: RDA slotted rotors all around with RDA performance pads

Suspension: Superlow King Springs and Ultima shortened shocks

Wheel/Tyres: Stock hubcaps, Supercat tyres

Interior: Glossy black and green dash, black carpet and headliner. Black pillars and some carbon fibre wrap on the centre console.

Stereo: -Alpine CDE-121
-2 x 12" Type S Alpine Subwoofers.

Other Mods:
-Green parkers
-Green footwells
-Debadged
-Clear side indicators

Future mods:

Interior:
-Leather seats with green trim

Exterior:
-VS Clubby kit
-VE SV6/SS 18" Rims
-35% tint
-Altezza HEADlights
-Custom plates [FROGSTA]

Engine:
-High ratio roller rockers
-Manifold + Plenum Spacers

Transmission:
-Corvette Servo
-Stage 2 shift kit

Drivetrain:
-3.7 Diff Gears
-LSD

Plans for audio are a full set of Type-R speakers.
After the mods obviously going to get a custom Dyno Tune.
Love the car to bits and plan on having it till she dies. Like my low down power so considering Raptor charging or L67

Any recommendations appreciated.

A few pics;

Thanks Guys,
Frogsta

 

[Lazyr8]

sounds good mate cant wait to see it we will have to catch up sometime for a cruise or somthing :beer chug:

i'd debadge my car but im scared you will be able to see if its faded

 

[frogsta]

Mine's a nice silver. I think it had been resprayed not long before I got it, but I think due to the silver there's barely any fading. From some angles I can just make out the letters but yeah, can't be too bad if you give it a nice rub - you can always rub off a layer and get it nice and bright again

 

[frogsta]

Put in some clear altezza side indicators. They look pretty nice and clean.

 

[frogsta]

Painted some dash and carpet with glossy black vinyl spray. Pics;

Only one coat on each, ran out of spray. Gonna be painting other stuff which I may have got anyway, so yeah. Took about an hour and that was sorta rushed.

 

[51QAS]

Not a fan of the interior at all sorry, or the green engine bay. Just my opinion though. Good luck with the rest.

 

[frogsta]

Yeah each to his own, I know a few hate the coloured engine bays and whatnot, and don't you like the black?
I hate the grey, just too bland and light.

Edit; oh yeah the seat covers I guess. It's just hard to find good green stuff, probably get black leather seats if I find any.

 

[gambler]

The hardest thing with highlights is keeping them looking tidy. really need to think it through and plan the whole thing before doing just random bits and pieces. Good thing with painting things like that is that you can just keep repainting them til you're stoked with it. you should check out bonners ssv in the ve-wm section, it's all black with Lamborghini green highlights which really set it off. You should look at getting black carpet and headlining and really darken up the whole cabin, then chuck in some well planned green highlights.

 

[frogsta]

Yeah I've got a plan in my head, and a few pics as reminders. yeah I have black headliner in the boot, you can see it on the left of the subs pic

 

[gambler]

Haha yeah I see it now. It's the things like that which make a huge difference mate. I had a VS exec which was tidied up with colour matched exterior handles and mirrors, removed exterior strips, calais interior (seats/door trims), and a nice set of wheels. If you can find someone local that is regularly wrecking vr/vs commodores you'll be in luck for a lot of easy upgrades and great parts.