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#1 _T0rana_

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 08:46 PM

MY VL COMMODORE PROJECT

rb30 - soon to be turb0
vl turbo diff with rear disc brakes

after getting the car home we put in new
struts and lowerd pedder springs
slotted and drilled disc brakes
nolathane bushes n new ball joints
new rear axle seals n bearings
got a rwc and rego
painted blackouts around windows
painted black tail light garnish
tinted tail lights

i picked up a calais front end
calais glove box
calais colson and back seat
calais full instrument dash

future mods
new paint job in a better colour
finish turning it into a calais replica
turbo kid
better wheels

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#2 dattoman

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 08:54 PM

1 horsepower eh

#3 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 08:59 PM

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Your making me horse!!!

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 09:23 PM

and back to the start any one seen that movie ground hog day

#5 _niterida_

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 09:28 PM

EEEEEWWWWWWWW thats a disgusting colour.

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#6 _T0rana_

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 09:36 PM

im not a fan of the colour at all its getting repainted very soon wen i can be stuffed sanding it
the vls are a good car i miss my old calais turbo so im building a better one :)
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#7 _TJ253_

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 09:07 AM

What a Shit Box! didn't know it was a Commodore Forum...... Jokes :P looks good VL Turbos go hard
i might of missed it but what colour where u thinking of painting it! are u gonna rebuild the motor with Forgies etc to handle good boost

#8 GML-31

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 09:12 AM

stay tuned next month for a different car lol... that must be 4 in the last 6 months?

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 09:24 AM

Its an improvement over the R31

Get a good looking, full, matching body kit. And don't get a closed door paint job, do it right. They can look very clean and sleek or very rough and bogan.

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#10 _T0rana_

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 12:25 PM

prob wont go body kit they get in the way and i wanna be able to tow with it

going for alook more like this

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#11 _UCV80_

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 03:00 PM

The full sick uleh wog look

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Posted 06 April 2010 - 03:13 PM

Dose it bruhhhhh

That red thing is disgusting.

#13 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 09 April 2010 - 11:34 PM

another car frOckin hell

#14 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 28 May 2010 - 09:12 PM

has this been sold yet?

#15 _ChevLX_77_

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Posted 30 May 2010 - 04:28 PM

Red one looks mental and goes even better!!

Really like the VL calais shape, just needs an injected 8, personal prefrence.

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#16 _T0rana_

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 10:14 AM

new wheels n calais front painted not really much has been done due to the lack of $$ and moving house

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 12:17 PM

Looks Good

#18 _89'King_

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 12:38 PM

Ahh the VL's.. after the torana, my favorite car.

Had a VL for my first car, loved it.. unfortunately this happened to it... less than 24hours of having my license. went hard for the first 24 hours tho!!!:3gears:
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dad and i rebuild it using a VL wagon and got it back on the road then months later...
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..rear ended a car.. i came off worse for wear. fixed it tho! then eventually sold it and bought a torana.

i do miss that old piece of junk..

#19 _T0rana_

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Posted 12 August 2010 - 02:04 PM

got the windows tinted :)

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Posted 12 August 2010 - 02:08 PM

Midnight Express?

#21 _Quagmire_

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Posted 12 August 2010 - 08:42 PM

Red one looks mental and goes even better!!

Really like the VL calais shape, just needs an injected 8, personal prefrence.

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if you go the 8cly route then good luck getting the trans to fit
personally i hate these frocking things but if you do convert to an 8 be aware that a trimatic will not fit in a 6cly trans tunnel
a turbo 350 fits i,ve been told
but like i stated
i don't really care for vl's

#22 _TJ355_

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Posted 16 August 2010 - 01:06 AM

We got a VLT Calais for my mates missus tonight i believe his old man to be a forum member lucky bugger has about 10 torries!
anyway gotta love the RB30's keep us updated

#23 _TJ355_

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Posted 18 August 2010 - 12:59 AM

Zoot toto

#24 _T0rana_

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Posted 11 September 2010 - 06:36 PM

got bored today so took some pictures of it after it had a clean

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