When you realize you miss labeled one to the right times the whole thing 😳 haha no that's so incredible man what a time safer and long term cost saver that system is! They should put a "no outlet" sign by the edge of that mountain 🤷♂️
I use to use a maguiers product for my interior on my vx wagon, it had a little bit of alkline in it , like acid, and that really gave it a deep clean, id use that than wipe after with hot water and micro fiber cloth.came up like new, never damaged my interior
Not to long when you make them this good, i agree with everyone i could sit here and watch another 40 minutes of this stuff. As a detailer it's good to see and refreshing someone taking care of things. Look up inner scrub pads, they'll make life so much easier and quicker!
I was in a VL in 2000 paid $5k for it with fresh respray was 87 exec in the grey and it had a mint steering wheel which at the time removed for after market - back when you could get full Calais series 2 interior for $300.
the handle when you get it out they wear out the cast metal lug on the outer handle and skip the spring lever that activates the door to open, youll need a new handle
Your taking me back. My Dad bought a beautiful dark blue new VL Berlina in 1986. I then bought it off him. Did a few mods nothing wild, but along the way I found loose exhaust manifold bolts. Being clueless I thought I’d just tighten them up, then proceeded to break 8 bolts off in the head! At that point I was introduced to Ezy-Outs…I’m still scarred from it 😂. Love the series of VL videos.
Came up great. What product do you use in the trigger bottle that's sprayed onto the seats before scrubbing? I'm about to do the same with my VP Executive. TIA
Awesome video and new project car, man. I used to own VL Calais 4.9L V8 and she was an awesome car. Seeing you buy this Vl only makes me wish I still owned my old Calais. I’ll be watching your restoration of this car with very keen interest. The VL is a big fave of mine for obvious reasons.
Ahhh love the vl. Body in very decent condition. I had huge boot floor and bottom of the rear windscreen rust. Missing white over white sl turbo watching this! Love your work mate 🤙
@@MindieJ Allgood as mate i have an obsession with vlz and I like finding new videos and people doing them up either restoration or modified and learn more tips and tricks i can do to my own vlz
When the seat bolts get stuck in my builds, I get a set of vice grips from under the car and loosen them of that way, which works every time. Good luck with the build.
Just bought a n15 sss and saved it from the scrape heap. The doors were exactly the same. highly recommend getting the hose in there and giving the inside a wash and blasting the drain holes. Also highly recommend a blend of warm water mixed with dish washing liquid and isopropyl alcohol for removing stains with the wet vac. Keep up the good work bro!
@MindieJ oh dude Na man VT booster and master on factory brakes is awesome !! I've done it to all my early commodores, it's such a quick easy and cheap improvement Night and day man honestly
@MindieJ in what regard ? It's better clamping force, better braking, better pedal feel, bleeds up so much quicker it's just better all round. I've done it to multiple commodores and it's transformed the way they brake. And unless it's an actual race car on a race track there's no brake fade issue, honestly man it's night and day it's one of the most common conversions to do in the early commodore scene. My own VH SLE 308 and VN 355 both have VT Booster and master without VT rotors and callipers and they both stop on a dime from 140kmh no problem amazing brakes. Had both set ups for years no issue, so om.not sure why hoppers stoppers would not agree with it. Maybe because they want to sell the full kit 😁 Of course though adding the VT Rotors and twin piston calipers with the VT booster and master will be even better again. But where people get it wrong it they add VT rotors and twin piston calipers to early commodores and keep the early commodore booster and master and this is no good, end up with a spongy pedal because the early master and booster is to small for the twin piston calipers and bigger rotors. Each to their own man though, I'm no brake engineer I can only say what I've personally experienced and in my personal experience with multiple early commodores 2 of which I still own the VT Booster and Master even with the factory early commodore rotors and calipers Is an amazing upgrade
The VL is pretending to be an X-series Flacon :P Keep it up mate. Know you like new things and keeping it clean Knox Auto Carpets do new moulded carpets for $180. While the door cards are off and you're cleaning them make sure to rust convert the bottoms to stop rust in its tracks. Keep it up again
Yep been there done that with my XE haha, Knox auto carpet’s probably the worst thing I’ve ever tried to fit to a car, never again, nothing beats genuine
Best thing about Chris, makes you look twice at things on your own car and before you know it your out in the shed pulling shit out and scrubbing it down replacing broken clips ect haha
Can u show more about how to do things, how do u remove centre console and booster and alternator for example More detail on the "how to" would be good
do your neighbours ever ask you to wash their cars 🤣🤣 are you gonna keep it auto & when does the running gear get put in? i copped a burn like that once, dont pop it. when the skin does come off its pretty narly
Hey mate. Congrats on the new car. I had a feeling a VL was coming but it's exciting to have a new project, one that will have you pour your heart and soul into. Look forward to the new series. Hey, by the way, I would've tried a vice grip pliers on that dodgy seat mount bolt. Was it tightened too much or rusted on ? Brake fluid is an excellent penetrating fluid too, better than WD40 for rusted on parts. Believe me, especially when trying to undo rusted on exhaust nuts without having to resort to drastic means. Have also considered just getting the seats retrimmed eventually ? Refresh the bolsters and the sponge so they don't feel sagged. Fresh new old stock material would come up a treat.
These cleaning/resto videos are so sick mate. Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks mate appreciate it
When you realize you miss labeled one to the right times the whole thing 😳 haha no that's so incredible man what a time safer and long term cost saver that system is! They should put a "no outlet" sign by the edge of that mountain 🤷♂️
Have no idea what any of that comment means
Don’t stress about the vl video’s being too long, their not long enough. Could watch them for hours 👌
Agree completely, it’s like the vn all over again
L
I watched the first upload twice while’s waiting for his 2nd video
Agreed bro straight up could watch this for hrs
Haha thanks for the support guys really appreciate it
I like your work mate . You’ve cleaned it up nicely.
Thank you! Cheers!
I use to use a maguiers product for my interior on my vx wagon, it had a little bit of alkline in it , like acid, and that really gave it a deep clean, id use that than wipe after with hot water and micro fiber cloth.came up like new, never damaged my interior
great to know
Great videos mate!
Thanks Dean
cool video. I did my centre console and handbrake gator a few days ago and they were filthy!
so satisfying
I like how Holden just throws the build sheet under the carpet lol
No fancy spot for it, just under the carpet
the australian way
Not to long when you make them this good, i agree with everyone i could sit here and watch another 40 minutes of this stuff. As a detailer it's good to see and refreshing someone taking care of things. Look up inner scrub pads, they'll make life so much easier and quicker!
ordered!!
I was in a VL in 2000 paid $5k for it with fresh respray was 87 exec in the grey and it had a mint steering wheel which at the time removed for after market - back when you could get full Calais series 2 interior for $300.
wish they were still that cheap
Wow! Really satisfying cleaning video.
thanks Josh
Clean door handle easy fix brother
So looking forward to this build. I'm glad that you took my advice and bought a vl
i took my own damn advice
Love the video, make the next one double the length love watching the transformation from just attention to detail
Cleaning
haha thanks Josh
Looks so good clean! Great stuff! Keen to see more!
thanks mate
the handle when you get it out they wear out the cast metal lug on the outer handle and skip the spring lever that activates the door to open, youll need a new handle
hope its something that simple
Really enjoy your cleaning videos, looking forward to seeing more updates.
Thanks mate appreciate it
Your taking me back. My Dad bought a beautiful dark blue new VL Berlina in 1986. I then bought it off him. Did a few mods nothing wild, but along the way I found loose exhaust manifold bolts. Being clueless I thought I’d just tighten them up, then proceeded to break 8 bolts off in the head! At that point I was introduced to Ezy-Outs…I’m still scarred from it 😂. Love the series of VL videos.
Rb’s and broken exhaust manifold studs go hand in hand
@@MindieJ Is that because steel studs and an alloy head? Different heating and cooling properties? Always wondered why.
Love the garage and the wheels on the wall
Collection was a lot bigger have sold some recently
Nice job big like👍💯💪🔥
thanks mate
You could do a 3 hour video on that car and I’d watch that over the 3 hours I just had to endure watching the titanic with my Mrs!!
titanic way better
Came up great. What product do you use in the trigger bottle that's sprayed onto the seats before scrubbing? I'm about to do the same with my VP Executive. TIA
Awesome video and new project car, man. I used to own VL Calais 4.9L V8 and she was an awesome car. Seeing you buy this Vl only makes me wish I still owned my old Calais. I’ll be watching your restoration of this car with very keen interest. The VL is a big fave of mine for obvious reasons.
stay tuned!
Ahhh love the vl. Body in very decent condition. I had huge boot floor and bottom of the rear windscreen rust. Missing white over white sl turbo watching this! Love your work mate 🤙
yeh same spots as this one
So keen to see this Chris 🤙🤙🤙
thanks Daniel
Great vid! Can't wait to watch the progress!
Thanks Matt
Just waiting for the billet block addition
not in my pay bracket thats for sure
Love it! Another awesome video as always
thanks Simon
Well done on the VL purchase! Looks like it’s cleaning up very nicely. Love your attention to detail as always!
thanks Brett
Awesome video mate. Anything interesting on the build sheet?
Yeh turns out it was a factory V12 car, 1 of 1
@@MindieJunlucky….. I had the rotary
also next time smash the underside of the car where the seat bolts are with a heatgun itll soften the whole heap of locktite they got on them
head of the bolt was stripped dont think a heat gun was gna do that any good haha
@MindieJ ah was it stripped befor u had a go at taking it out?
Loving the VL videos mate, keep em coming
Thanks Ben 😂
Nice vl commy mate 👌 keep up the good work can't wait to see more episodes of this gorgeous vl
Thanks Scotty
@@MindieJ Allgood as mate i have an obsession with vlz and I like finding new videos and people doing them up either restoration or modified and learn more tips and tricks i can do to my own vlz
When the seat bolts get stuck in my builds, I get a set of vice grips from under the car and loosen them of that way, which works every time. Good luck with the build.
angle grinder looks more hektik in videos though haha
Just bought a n15 sss and saved it from the scrape heap. The doors were exactly the same. highly recommend getting the hose in there and giving the inside a wash and blasting the drain holes. Also highly recommend a blend of warm water mixed with dish washing liquid and isopropyl alcohol for removing stains with the wet vac. Keep up the good work bro!
thanks matt, yeh i used the recommended extraction fluid for the machine
How to clean a VL in ASMR style at start of vid 😁
You’re welcome haha
Love it mate im about to buy a vs calais s2 l67 which I had owned 15years ago and regretted ever since,can't beat nostalgia
good purchase mate
Another great video, what product did you use to clean the door trims?
CRC Bio degreaser
@@MindieJ awesome cheers, do you dilute it at all or just use it straight?
@@borisyeltsin9206 nope just straight out of the bottle
I’ve got a 3d printed tripple gauge pod for the centre console if you need it’s in the same colour as your trim mate
thanks for the offer Tristan
Yea never to long love it making me want vl
thanks mate
Can see 90L drop tank in future will look good mate keep up the hard work
shame theyre so expensive
It looks miki.❤ the hubcaps.Keep OG look..but with radials 😃 💯
ThAts the plan 😁
Love the cleaning up content
thanks mate
Typical Melbs weather haha. How goods the VL life mate exciting times!
so far so good haha
This VL needs more VN videos
naaaaaaaaaaaah
Great job as always mate! Could you put up something about what you use to clean interiors?
thanks Michael, as for what i use i showed it in this vid
I would love to buy that house for sale and move in near you bro ❤ love your videos
bring beer
@@MindieJ I’m a mozzo no beer but I’ll bring a Kabab 🤣
Matches the VL theme
Keep up the great content on the vl 👌
thanks mate
Surely those rear ash trays are just the wrong trim colour?
Nope very common
Get in there nice and deep like!
hhahahaha
I can see min 1 year content just on cleaning the vl up and replacing worn out parts keep up the episodes attention to detail is on point
this is definitely a long term project
Very keen for this vl
You and me both haha
Hey mate what products do you use to clean interior/exterior ?
Just watered down industrial degreaser and the extraction fluid for the wet Vac
What product to you use to clean the seats, door trims etc?
CRC BIO degreaser, I show it in the video
Must be a way to fix those ashtray covers. All turn blue. No matter which VL.
Vinyl paint, easy fix.
Yeh that’s the plan pretty much haha just paint them
Nice mate 👌🏻
thanks pal
Let me know how much it costs to revinyl it, My VC needs it done
Call any automotive trimmer they will give you a price
What product are you using to clean the seats??
Whatever the extraction fluid is for that machine
Here goes the next 38 vids! 😂
Get after it brother! 👍
lol more than that
Give us a rundown on your cleaning products ulehhh
i showed it in this video haha
Good videos
thanks Paul
Looking good
thanks James
owning an r31 was just practice for getting the vl door unlocked haha.
r31 a much better build car i can tell you that
Have you worked our door issue yet ?
Also dud you consider going to a VT booster/master seeing ad you were changing it anyway ?
Car looks mint mate 👌
vt booster and master without vt brakes would be absolutely shithouse, need everything vt or nothing
@MindieJ oh dude Na man VT booster and master on factory brakes is awesome !! I've done it to all my early commodores, it's such a quick easy and cheap improvement
Night and day man honestly
@@V8DOMIN8 Hoppers Stoppers would strongly disagree with you on that one, not the right way to go about it
@MindieJ in what regard ? It's better clamping force, better braking, better pedal feel, bleeds up so much quicker it's just better all round. I've done it to multiple commodores and it's transformed the way they brake.
And unless it's an actual race car on a race track there's no brake fade issue, honestly man it's night and day it's one of the most common conversions to do in the early commodore scene. My own VH SLE 308 and VN 355 both have VT Booster and master without VT rotors and callipers and they both stop on a dime from 140kmh no problem amazing brakes. Had both set ups for years no issue, so om.not sure why hoppers stoppers would not agree with it. Maybe because they want to sell the full kit 😁
Of course though adding the VT Rotors and twin piston calipers with the VT booster and master will be even better again.
But where people get it wrong it they add VT rotors and twin piston calipers to early commodores and keep the early commodore booster and master and this is no good, end up with a spongy pedal because the early master and booster is to small for the twin piston calipers and bigger rotors.
Each to their own man though, I'm no brake engineer I can only say what I've personally experienced and in my personal experience with multiple early commodores 2 of which I still own the VT Booster and Master even with the factory early commodore rotors and calipers Is an amazing upgrade
Typical VL door handle, I’m guessing the rod has come off the handle, pretty simple fix but just abit fiddly
yeh ill leave it to my panel beater friend
Where was your vacuum from? and how much was it. Looks really handy with the wet vac
no idea its borrowed
U coulda taken the mirror off an taken the outside top moulding off to get to the lock rod
or i couldve just done it the way i did it
@@MindieJ yeh but one way is made to come off that way an the other is the way U did it lol
Was just advice, no need to take offence
@@joz1751 Im not offended
Hey mate do you use the crc bio degreaser to clean your plastics and door trims?
Yep everything in the interior
You must have a secret ingredient because mine doesn’t go soapy when I scrub it with the brush 😜
The VL is pretending to be an X-series Flacon :P Keep it up mate. Know you like new things and keeping it clean Knox Auto Carpets do new moulded carpets for $180.
While the door cards are off and you're cleaning them make sure to rust convert the bottoms to stop rust in its tracks.
Keep it up again
Yep been there done that with my XE haha, Knox auto carpet’s probably the worst thing I’ve ever tried to fit to a car, never again, nothing beats genuine
@@MindieJ I have an XF in the shed and all the handle work.. I'm blessed haha
Any idea what that cone shape spring was for that was with the drivers door crap?
window winder
@@MindieJ thanks 👍
You 100% have OCD but your cars get the benefit
at least it keeps him busy XD
Best thing about Chris, makes you look twice at things on your own car and before you know it your out in the shed pulling shit out and scrubbing it down replacing broken clips ect haha
A good way to be haha…………I think
spray some fish oil in the doors while the cards are off.
was thinking more Lynx Africa
I have a vl just be prepared to go bankrupt
ThAts cars in general unfortunately
Can u show more about how to do things, how do u remove centre console and booster and alternator for example
More detail on the "how to" would be good
undo all the nuts and bolts
do your neighbours ever ask you to wash their cars 🤣🤣 are you gonna keep it auto & when does the running gear get put in?
i copped a burn like that once, dont pop it. when the skin does come off its pretty narly
heals faster if you pop it
not for a very long time
What carpet extractor do you have
no idea it wasnt mine
Astrid get a new rig?
Yeh VL is actually her’s
@@MindieJ that's good. VL are a girl's car, get back in your polo
Wat u use to clean in spray
CRC bio degreaser
Ya lawns probably gonna die from that stink water haha
She’ll be right
How’s the vn
still alive
Hahah forgot about the ash trays in the door
couple ciggies when ya chilln in the back
@@MindieJ old skool
Amazing what a clean does,I'm sure you will get this VL looking sharp az fnck soon az
i bloody hope so
Hey mate. Congrats on the new car. I had a feeling a VL was coming but it's exciting to have a new project, one that will have you pour your heart and soul into.
Look forward to the new series.
Hey, by the way, I would've tried a vice grip pliers on that dodgy seat mount bolt. Was it tightened too much or rusted on ? Brake fluid is an excellent penetrating fluid too, better than WD40 for rusted on parts. Believe me, especially when trying to undo rusted on exhaust nuts without having to resort to drastic means.
Have also considered just getting the seats retrimmed eventually ?
Refresh the bolsters and the sponge so they don't feel sagged. Fresh new old stock material would come up a treat.
thanks Tony, not spending thousands getting seats redone, ill just hunt for some good used seats