ELDanny's NL Fairlane

by **XR_Lightning** » July 22nd, 2011, 5:21 pm

clean ride dude! love the grandpa look! :grin:

by **ELDanny** » July 22nd, 2011, 5:51 pm

Thanks for the comments guys

Pete - I ended up having to cut them wayyy down, took a fair bit of time! But I'm not happy with them, as I thought the black strip around the window covered more than what it acutally does, so from the outside you can see a bit of glue. I'm planning on a part 2, possibly play with the horizontal idea.

InfernalTyrant wrote:I think they'd look better if they were horizontal.

The reason I didnt go horizontal is because the rear window is tiny! Its on the cards down the track, but for now this will do

Also the old fairlanes had slanted ones on the side, and I've seen VL & VS commys with horizontal sides and not a big fan. > This

by **ELDanny** » July 22nd, 2011, 5:56 pm

Also tax is just around the corner for me, getting some new tread! A few options, what do you guys think?

A. 215 fronts and 225 rears
B. 215s all round

It currently has 215s all round, keeping in mind I'm getting whitewalls, so any bigger on the rear and it would look weird with a big fat bulge and walls.

Also inch whitewalls or half inch?
My old 15's had half inch, which I really liked, but thinking maybe inch this time, but might be a bit over the top?

Cheers,
Danny

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 22nd, 2011, 7:00 pm

I reckon with the walls the bigger the better, would add massively to the grandpa spec.

by **LUVSIT** » July 24th, 2011, 6:48 pm

gett big flappers that look like hotrods

by **SLO247** » July 24th, 2011, 9:32 pm

Looking awesome. All class.

What did you do with the exhaust? Seems they are hard to get and I need one. Your sig says its custom, can you give me details and a rough cost? How does it sound?

by **EF ECTIV** » July 24th, 2011, 10:08 pm

yep thick flappers would suit the look you seem to be going for best I think.....

by **NL_CONCORDE** » July 25th, 2011, 3:23 am

The NL is coming along just nicely mate..

I know its been awhile the guy that done my Pinstriping on the lane
Sam,You can find him at Super Decor. 9 Sinclair St. Oakleigh South, 0407049045
Cost me $77 incl gst and still look mint

by **ELDanny** » July 26th, 2011, 12:07 am

SLO247 wrote:Looking awesome. All class.

What did you do with the exhaust? Seems they are hard to get and I need one. Your sig says its custom, can you give me details and a rough cost? How does it sound?

Thanks

And yeah exhaust is full custom, as AFAIK you cant buy bolt on for Fairlanes. It cost me $600 inc the tip, bit on the expensive side but Sound Exhaust in Shepparton really do look after you

Awesome customer service.
I chose a 2.25 as I wasnt really planning any performance mods for the lane, and it has a stainless center muffler and an 18" (i think) hotdog in the rear. I wanted something legal but had a note when i put the boot in it (after all, its only a 6cyl fairlane, and luxo's werent meant to be noisy

)
I'll video it tomorrow if I remember.

NL_CONCORDE wrote:The NL is coming along just nicely mate..

I know its been awhile the guy that done my Pinstriping on the lane
Sam,You can find him at Super Decor. 9 Sinclair St. Oakleigh South, 0407049045
Cost me $77 incl gst and still look mint

Thanks Joel, next time I'm planning a melb trip I might give him a buzz

With the tyres I think I'll go the 215's all round, and order myself some flaps

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 26th, 2011, 8:25 am

Yes, definitely needs mudflaps!

by **EFFalcon** » July 26th, 2011, 9:03 am

noooooo, mudflaps will ruin it.

by **ELDanny** » July 26th, 2011, 11:41 am

Oh hells no, there is a difference between cool grandpa and homo grandpa

Mudflaps were one of the first things I took off! Along with the stupid drivers side wind deflector

I meant "Flappers" haha

by **pHaT`eL** » July 26th, 2011, 5:15 pm

I wanted to put mudflaps back on, but they all hit the ground

Wind deflectors are mint, i miss mine, lol!!

Defs need to get some pics of yours and my wagon together next time your down!

by **InfernalTyrant** » July 26th, 2011, 5:41 pm

I reckon both wind deflectors and mudflaps would suit it...

by **ELDanny** » July 27th, 2011, 12:04 pm

Mudflaps and wind deflectors might suit it, but it wont be happening, mainly because personally I detest both of them

by **ELDanny** » November 14th, 2011, 9:26 am : **LUXO_8 Likes this post**

The NL is up for sale! Will be trying to get carsales price of 5k on stock NL wheels, know of any families that want a cheap luxury cruiser to tow the caravan?

Sun visor is good for those long drives and car is long enough to not have to listen to kids whining "are we there yet?"

New daily, Danny's old DCII LTD, will stay as is so I spend money on getting my falcon boosted

Working on roady now, then slam it & drive it

by **ELDanny** » March 22nd, 2012, 7:19 pm : **nothin suss Likes this post**

Ok, Update!

So I got done driving the LTD on my P's (live and learn) so I'm keeping the fairlane!

Thought I might post a few updated pics, only change is I got the 16" LTD wheels whitewalled :good:

I've fallen back in love with my lane! Future plans are just keep it nice

and LTD grille if a mint one comes up

by **SPArKy_Dave** » March 22nd, 2012, 9:42 pm

You mean they didn't like you driving a V8?

Compared to a BF 6, the old wheezers couldn't pull the skin of a milk pudding. :roll:

by **ashfast1** » March 22nd, 2012, 9:57 pm

Realy nice car love it.

by **nothin suss** » March 22nd, 2012, 10:41 pm

Fairlong looks ace mate...

by **braad** » March 23rd, 2012, 2:48 pm

The fairlane look really nice mate. Glad you're keeping it, it's just too nice. So mint, white walls look great too

by **jazza312** » March 23rd, 2012, 5:31 pm

mint. i love it

by **pHaT`eL** » March 23rd, 2012, 5:57 pm

Man, that looks unreal!!

by **fez_k** » March 24th, 2012, 9:17 pm

This thing is so COOL, even cooler with some crazy camber in the rear!

by **OMY-747** » March 25th, 2012, 6:55 am

Love the lane man. Alaskan frost is easily my favorite colour on the f/l's. Had an el gli in Alaskan frost. The colour is just amazing when clean in the sun

glad you ended up keeping it mate.

by **LUVSIT** » March 26th, 2012, 9:14 pm

Always looking good everytime I see

makes me wanna get a old pops cruiser

by **ELDanny** » March 27th, 2012, 11:18 am

Thanks for all the positive feedback! I decided to go with this look when I first bought it and it paid off..

It won't change much cosmetically now, but I might chuck better suspension in it down the track and the gearbox needs some love too lol

by **ELDanny** » June 25th, 2012, 3:22 pm

So update,

As much as the visor was unique, I started to get over the look.. This accompanied by a terrible paint job that started peeling and the mounts starting to crack it was time to come off! Completely contradictory to my last post!

Also I dont think the LTD grille suited as well with the visor on. Getting tint this weekend, going to go as dark as I can but still allowing the venetians to stand out. I <3 Lawn Bowls sticker was also removed as it wouldn't make much sense without the visor.

Think it looks much cleaner like this.

Also should be a v8 by the end of oct.

Cheers,
Dan

by **SLO247** » June 25th, 2012, 4:53 pm

Nice!

by **Ef_frmnt** » June 25th, 2012, 6:24 pm

Don't do it keep it a six!! I'd swap my EL XR8 for this in a heartbeat

by **EFFalcon** » June 25th, 2012, 6:28 pm : **braad, LUXO_8 Likes this post**

hell no, V8's were made for these big beauties

by **Ef_frmnt** » June 25th, 2012, 6:38 pm

Maybe one with power lol. Low and slow is good.. but I wish I'd never sold my NL Ghia i6, it rolled 200hp at the tyres through a 3000 converter and was the comfiest car to cruise in.

by **braad** » June 25th, 2012, 8:16 pm

Low and 5.slow!
Love this NL, big comfy and so cool. Get a proper exhaust with the V8. Make it sound great and just cruise

by **ELDanny** » June 26th, 2012, 10:32 am

That's the plan, never wanted this thing to be quick, but have always wanted it to have the 8 sound

Nice sounding exhaust is a must!

by **EFFalcon** » June 26th, 2012, 10:41 am

oh and good move getting rid of the visor, i get the grandpa look and all... but they look shite

by **ELDanny** » June 26th, 2012, 11:58 am

Yeah, it's funny how tastes change! I loved the look when it was first on, but over time I started to feel it let the look of the car down lol

by **edsprint** » June 26th, 2012, 4:57 pm

This fairlane looks fantastic mate! I have an NL Concorde V8 in the exact same colour! Love it! You'll never regret the V8 either!

by **pHaT`eL** » June 26th, 2012, 5:59 pm

Luxo barges need V8 rumble!!

by **KR1STO** » June 26th, 2012, 6:13 pm

pHaT`eL wrote:Luxo barges need V8 rumble!!

Ain't that the truth..!!

Will be good to see this with an 8 in it Danny..!

by **ELDanny** » June 26th, 2012, 9:31 pm

Haha cheers guys! Yeah it'll be a big task but can't wait to get stuck into it :good:

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