VL owner ... eep!

[Aych Es Vee]

How ya doin?

Its true, I dont own an E series. I guess I'm kinda the opposition .... a VL Turbo driver.
I'm mates with revhead_88 so I guess I can say I have pretty first hand experience with at least one boosted E series. And I'm a fan.
I pretty much have only posted in his build thread so far, but I thought I might intro myself anyway.

My names Daniel, I live in Canberra, and I'm a tiler by trade.
I own an RB25det VL Berlina (unreliable fun weekend car)
and a BA XLS Ute (trusty useful/work daily car)

VL was my first car, got it as a stocker back in 2003, and got my ute in 2007.
RB25det was dropped in mid 2006.
Not making awesome power or anything, but it does the job for now.
I've done a fair bit mechanical, and not much exterior except for wheels I bought for $200 about 4 years ago and a Calais nose I got just a few weeks ago. Paints faded to crap, and bumpers are cracked, but it will get a respray sometime this year I hope!

Anyways, if anyone cares about VLs here, ahaha, heres a few pictures:


















Look forward to talkin to you guys a bit more, PEACE.

[Kaddis]

Nice work.

I had a VL Berlina with an RB25DET in but never finished it, I remember seeing yours on CT i think i asked you few q's about yours aswell.

[Dansedgli]

welcome.

If anyone has anything dumb to say Ill ban them. This is the only warning.

[SnyperEB]

Nice car welcome aboard. I have a soft spot for mint VL's so thumbs up from me.

[EFFalcon]

haha, atleast its turbo!

[[Sterling]]

does it have a epic VL turbo dose?

VL's have such an awesome dose, got any more plans for it?

[Aych Es Vee]

^^^

NO DOSE :p And I'm proud to say that. haha
heres a bit of a wanky video of me revving it http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HQyz1uDgMYw


BTW, I created a banner for this site

http://www.eseries.com.au/random/836572.jpg
hasnt been up for long I know, but thats my work!

[Commando]

Nice VL! Calais front + ride height make for a good slammed look. Fun conversion with the RB25det! What kind of turbro?

[Phillis]

ahhhh ye olde VL. welcome abord. i have many memories in the back seat of VL's

[Aych Es Vee]

Nice VL! Calais front + ride height make for a good slammed look. Fun conversion with the RB25det! What kind of turbro?

thanks.
Just the stock turbo. Engines all stock. I have a front mount, thats about it.
Its taken me five years to get this far, its a very slooooooow process.

But after I get it painted, I'll think about aftermarket ecu, injectors, fuel pump, turbo, etc ... all the 'basics'!!
I'll be happy with 220-250rwkw I think

[DOHC-EB]

Nice VL uleh, do a skid!!!! hahaha about time you put pics up of the VL, I think after i get back from qld and have my car all nice and clean again we need to go take more pics of our cars lol





i think we both need a life

[ELOVER]

welcome!
like the fact u dropped a rb25det in it.
rims suit it pretty well imo and for only $200!!!
good luck with her!

[Aych Es Vee]

Nice VL uleh, do a skid!!!! hahaha about time you put pics up of the VL, I think after i get back from qld and have my car all nice and clean again we need to go take more pics of our cars lol
i think we both need a life

How about when I spray my car My brother supposedly sprayed his ute today.
Lives would be good.

welcome!
like the fact u dropped a rb25det in it.
rims suit it pretty well imo and for only $200!!!
good luck with her!

$200 WITH almost new tires. Steal of the century. I got it from my dads mate who was a manager at a Bob Janes, and I'm 93% sure he jumped the fence to the Holden dealership behind his shop, and flogged them.

[ELOVER]

hahahahaha! thats gold!

[psychotic-angel]

nice vl. i was looking at a vl calais before i got the falcon.good luck with it mate

[Aych Es Vee]

nice vl. i was looking at a vl calais before i got the falcon.good luck with it mate

Probably made the right choice. VLs are past their use by date .... every little goes wrong all the time and parts are gettin expensive.
Not to mention, VLs arent exactly bargains anymore cheapest, decent condition, turbo models are like $7000+

[rab]

nothing unreriabo about ra skyrine engine.... i ruv em !

[Aych Es Vee]

looking at the join dates of everyone, its kinda funny, because I joined before a lot of people here :/

[psychotic-angel]

i was looking at a vl,auto non turbo owned by a lil old lady it was red kept in a garage all its life she wanted $750 and it had rego.some jerk got it before me so i got the falcon found out a little wile later he f*ucked it after owning it for 3 weeks couldnt afford the parts to fix it so it went to the scrap its a shame cos it was a well looked after car,base model but meh a bit of rust but it was a nice vl.oh well i got the falcon now so im happy so are you going to post pic's of the ba? are you going to put a kit on the vl or leave it as is?

[psychotic-angel]

i was looking at a vl,auto non turbo owned by a lil old lady it was red kept in a garage all its life she wanted $750 and it had rego.some jerk got it before me so i got the falcon found out a little wile later he f*ucked it after owning it for 3 weeks couldnt afford the parts to fix it so it went to the scrap its a shame cos it was a well looked after car,base model but meh a bit of rust but it was a nice vl.oh well i got the falcon now so im happy so are you going to post pic's of the ba? are you going to put a kit on the vl or leave it as is?

[lowghia]

well im a 100 pc FORD MAN but the way you came on and introduced yourself was all done well... no smartarse or hero shit so ya got the thumbs up from me... little secret of mine- i love the vl calais.. dont think id ever have bought one but they were horn..

car looks nice and well done... youve done well..

[Aych Es Vee]

so are you going to post pic's of the ba? are you going to put a kit on the vl or leave it as is?

I didnt even realise I didnt post pics. But its just a regular looking BA ute. RED GOES FAST! haha


And this is actually a picture of Revheads engine in the back of my ute when we first picked it up!


The VL wont have a kit. It will be as is, but resprayed in a VERY light metallic blue, and new bumpers will be silver, not grey.
This is the color I've been looking at for aaaages

Cant see it too well in pictures, but I love that color in real life. Glistens in the sunlight, and it would look good on my car IMO.

well im a 100 pc FORD MAN but the way you came on and introduced yourself was all done well... no smartarse or hero shit so ya got the thumbs up from me... little secret of mine- i love the vl calais.. dont think id ever have bought one but they were horn..

car looks nice and well done... youve done well..

Thanks mate!

[DOHC-EB]

And this is actually a picture of Revheads engine in the back of my ute when we first picked it up!


Hey thats my engine woohoo, wow that was a long time ago like october 2007 i think

[e series falcon]

i no some pne who bought a vl berlina with a rb25det in it for 5000 in brisbane

[e series falcon]

love the vls with rb25 in them

[Aych Es Vee]

installed a calais nose a few months ago, and only wired it up today.
Had revhead do it for me, and it was a piece of cake.


Anyway, I'm making this post because I've always had people say to me 'ive never seen a calais with the lights popped up'
Does anyone else have a fair few people say this to them? Maybe its my location.
So I made a pop up demonstration video. Pretty simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EGy127XUc


And heres some pics.
And YA, I know the nose colour isnt matched exactly






(also, all my original pics from this thread were hosted on supercars.net, which is down for a while, so they should be back up within a week or so I hope)

[DOHC-EB]

Looks awesome man... your mate must be a pretty cool guy!

[Troutman]

heh, learn something every day. Cheers for the vid.

[Aych Es Vee]

Looks awesome man... your mate must be a pretty cool guy!

yeah, he has a sweet as DOHC EB, you might know him. :p

[Aych Es Vee]

well, its been a while since I posted here, but heres an update:

[ed40]

simmons fr18's = win.

[Aych Es Vee]

win AND Expensive :p

[justa6]

those rim's are the go, look's smick. you have to respect the old vl, cause there are alot of bloody quick one's.

[dylby1]

installed a calais nose a few months ago, and only wired it up today.
Had revhead do it for me, and it was a piece of cake.


Anyway, I'm making this post because I've always had people say to me 'ive never seen a calais with the lights popped up'
Does anyone else have a fair few people say this to them? Maybe its my location.
So I made a pop up demonstration video. Pretty simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EGy127XUc


And heres some pics.
And YA, I know the nose colour isnt matched exactly






(also, all my original pics from this thread were hosted on supercars.net, which is down for a while, so they should be back up within a week or so I hope)

I always wondered what these looked like with the lights up. finall yi know haha. always loved the calais front

[bushman]

That is the Nicest VL i have seen in a long time mate congrats

[Aych Es Vee]

thanks people! Appreciate the good comments.

[Aych Es Vee]

old cluster:



new cluster :