ELDanny's NL Fairlane

by **ELDanny** » May 7th, 2011, 12:13 pm

Hi all,

Thought I'd finally get around to putting some progress pics up of my Lane

Its a 98 NL in Alaskan Frost with Grey Leather.
Just my neat daily/cruiser so no megabucks getting spent on it, just bits here and there.

Carpoint pic

Was a good drive up to Sydney to go pick it up, only had 185xxx on the clock.
Also took advantage of being in NSW on the drive home

Picked up some springs from Pete, rears got chucked in for free (cut ultras from the barbie car) which my mate conned me into chucking in.
Before

After (This is how it was at the Fountain Gate minimeet I came to)

Got over the ride almost immediately so levelled it back out

Then Came the Venetians

And walls (note car is still jacked up getting the passenger side walled)

And how it sits today

Things left to do before i sink my coin into my falcon -
-Colour Code grandpa visor
-DL LTD wheels + whitewalls
-Side venetians (in progress-modified zk items)
-3.45 LSD for a bit of poke
-LTD Grille + BA Ghia bonnet strip to replace hood ornament

So thats it

As new things come along i'll update this thread

by **TechXR** » May 7th, 2011, 2:31 pm

Looks very nice. I actually like the wheels with the walls on them.

by **jazza312** » May 7th, 2011, 4:22 pm

Looks good as. Love the long wheel bases...
Haha that pic on the highway with ur venetians my old man took on c4c...

by **krazyea** » May 7th, 2011, 4:25 pm

I love the look mate

by **ELDanny** » May 7th, 2011, 7:55 pm

jazza312 wrote:Looks good as. Love the long wheel bases...
Haha that pic on the highway with ur venetians my old man took on c4c...

Yeah Lwb ftw! Don't think I could ever go back now

and haha tell him thanks! One of my face pics of my car

And thanks guys, always wanted walls and venetians, so when I get the dl wheels I'll be getting them walled too

by **LUVSIT** » May 7th, 2011, 8:16 pm

looks good mate, and will be even better with my DL wheels on it

by **pHaT`eL** » May 10th, 2011, 6:41 pm

Love it mate, but you already know this!

This is the perfect grandpa cruiser.. well.. almost.

*cough*V8*cough*

by **ELDanny** » May 12th, 2011, 1:16 am

One day pete, one day

Have been keeping my eye on 5L fairlanes at auctions for a donor

by **DJV8T5** » May 12th, 2011, 8:30 am

there is a very clean 5l na/c fairy (with sunroof) next to the glenburn servo, i was looking at it thinking it was a 6 but its a 5l...im looking for a 6 dont care about motor condition cos its my next project.

and ELDanny, your car looks sweet. nice work so far keep it up

by **Eb Barbie** » May 12th, 2011, 9:38 am

Not a big fan of NL's but love what you have done to it :grin:

by **pHaT`eL** » May 12th, 2011, 4:40 pm

Get some updated pics up

by **ELDanny** » May 16th, 2011, 5:52 pm

Thanks everyone

Yeah I'm probably going to buy an NL or NF wreck so I can get the ECU as well ;-)

And updated pics Pete

Visor is at panel shop getting sprayed at the mo, and havent had time to play with side venetians unfortunately

When I do those 2 I'll actually go out n get some proper pix

Nice shiny new wheels! When cash allows i'll be getting them whitewalled

by **LUVSIT** » May 16th, 2011, 6:03 pm : **ELDanny Likes this post**

by **SLO247** » May 16th, 2011, 7:41 pm

Very nice.

What you doing with the old wheels?

by **ELDanny** » May 16th, 2011, 8:36 pm

Thanks

And SLO247 I'm keeping them, probs end up going on my falcon temporarily, then onto my boat trailer haha

by **KR1STO** » May 16th, 2011, 8:48 pm

Love the new rims man..!!

by **InfernalTyrant** » May 16th, 2011, 9:21 pm

Sooooo shiny :shock:

by **EF ECTIV** » May 17th, 2011, 1:23 am

looking the goods, nice work....

by **NL_CONCORDE** » May 17th, 2011, 1:46 am

Good to see you found a set

Coming up nicely

by **SLO4LT** » May 18th, 2011, 11:13 am

Niiiiice!! looks good danny! wheels definately suit it!

by **ELDanny** » June 7th, 2011, 7:56 pm

Only a small update, but a few touches i've wanted to do for a while

Replaced ghia hood ornament with badge (thanks Kyle). Since i want a DL Grille i think the badge will suit better than the ornament

And a ZB badge for the rear to add to the old school look

I'm working on side venetians at the moment, and when i get some cash for new tyres i'll get an inch whitewall

Cheers,
Danny

by **get_an_ea_today** » June 7th, 2011, 8:52 pm

I love the look of the fairlane badge. Neat car mate.

by **ELDanny** » June 8th, 2011, 1:28 am

Thanks heaps

Yeah I do like to keep it tidy, my pride and joy

cant wait to own a car that has collectable value and look after that :cool:

But I was a bit nervous that the rear badge would look tacky when I first got it, but I think it really sets off the grandpa look of the car :good:

by **pHaT`eL** » June 8th, 2011, 9:35 am

LOVE IT

by **EFFalcon** » June 8th, 2011, 9:43 am

damn, i want some LTD wheels!

by **ELDanny** » June 8th, 2011, 2:53 pm

Haha yeah the LTD wheels come up mint

and because its just one big polished surface theyre easy to clean

by **LUVSIT** » June 10th, 2011, 7:17 pm

that rear badge looks really good too, i never thort off doing sumpz like that

by **SLO247** » June 10th, 2011, 7:37 pm

The badge is original, nice. Its coming along very nicely, I like the Silver. Looks much nicer than my Blue one.

by **ELDanny** » June 11th, 2011, 1:03 am

SLO247 wrote:The badge is original, nice. Its coming along very nicely, I like the Silver. Looks much nicer than my Blue one.

Thanks

yeah I actually came up with the idea at AFD! Was a few old fairy's around and i thought i'd suit the look I'm going for

Its only take one as it doesnt sit proper as the panel is curved, but I have another one to do take 2 and do the double sided tape better

And haha I'm very picky with colours! When my falcon got stolen i straight away wanted a fairlane but it had to be silver, was lucky that i found this one in a week

but i still love the blue though, my rents have one in the flagship navy blue

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » June 11th, 2011, 8:08 pm

Ohhh man that badge idea is soo tempting, but I don't want to copy. Did you end up putting the bonnet badge on yet mate?, she's coming up real nice man! :drinks2:

by **ELDanny** » June 14th, 2011, 8:41 pm

Haha I wouldnt mind if you did it to yours, just feels good that people like one of my original ideas

And yeah i did, there should be a pic in the same post with the front of the car

And ta

Ugh bit of bad news though, i grabbed my LHF guard and it split the paint :cry:

soo pretty much looks like ass and i need the panel resprayed! Will be patching up with some of that special clear contact crap so i can still drive it without it getting worse till i can afford to get the panel repainted.

-Danny

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » June 15th, 2011, 11:09 am

ELDanny wrote:Haha I wouldnt mind if you did it to yours, just feels good that people like one of my original ideas And yeah i did, there should be a pic in the same post with the front of the car

And ta Ugh bit of bad news though, i grabbed my LHF guard and it split the paint soo pretty much looks like ass and i need the panel resprayed! Will be patching up with some of that special clear contact crap so i can still drive it without it getting worse till i can afford to get the panel repainted.

-Danny

Gah tunnel vision, I should have looked more carefully :oops:

. She looks a treat man, sucks to hear about the guard though man, good luck with getting it sorted though :good:

by **ELDanny** » July 21st, 2011, 7:07 pm

Bit of an update, got the visor on and the side venetians finished

Not happy with the side venetians but they'll do for now.

Pix!

Cheers

by **pHaT`eL** » July 21st, 2011, 7:11 pm

Dude, they look awesome! I was pumped when I found them. Were they hard to fit on in the end?

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 21st, 2011, 7:12 pm

I think they'd look better if they were horizontal.

by **TechXR** » July 21st, 2011, 7:32 pm

^That's what I was thinking too, infact the first pic I had no idea they were side venetians.

by **EFFalcon** » July 21st, 2011, 8:30 pm : **LUVSIT Likes this post**

love the side profile shot.

by **YBHVE4** » July 21st, 2011, 9:53 pm

this gets better and better :good:

by **EF ECTIV** » July 21st, 2011, 10:04 pm

love the whole look... not completely sold on the side venetians but overall liking the
direction its taking....

by **SLO4LT** » July 22nd, 2011, 2:15 pm

Looks great Danny!

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