Sled Ve Calais

[ClevlndStemer]

Originally Posted by Wally

Then the Brisbane Motor Show is for you, because there is no shortage of paint shading on many of the vehicle makes. I was starting to wonder if it's not some new wave thing.

could it be the material thats being painted on? i.e plastic vs metal, i remember seeing a Porsche 2 years back at the motor show and it had terrible paint matching but i figure its because of the plastic vs metal.

[Jeeepers]

Originally Posted by ClevlndStemer

could it be the material thats being painted on? i.e plastic vs metal, i remember seeing a Porsche 2 years back at the motor show and it had terrible paint matching but i figure its because of the plastic vs metal.

More often than not, the bars are painted elsewhere, or in other sections of manufacture than the body. They say it's because of the material difference. Bah humbug. My car just got painted all round. And there is no difference between bar and car.

[MightyXR6Turbo]

It's coz in VE's, the plastics are painted in a different place compared to the bodies. And at some point they were getting painted using two totally different techniques.

[Walkinshaw]

Regardless of the reason there is no excuse for that kind of shocking quality. Wasn't a problem in the 90's.

[Perana]

Use of water based paint has been blamed aswell.. but still if a panel shop can match it without blending in panels surely the manufacturer can.

[5L]

i like the photos but it think holden have gone backwards with this model the vy and vz's looked like a calais nice and classy. the ve calais looks the same as an exec.

[MITCHAY]

What are you guys talking about when it comes to colour matching. Looks the same to me. Glad I don't have the eye to pick that.

[LUXO_8]

paint is darker on the rear bar to the quarter panel next to it.......

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by MADNC_8

paint is darker on the rear bar to the quarter panel next to it.......

Lighting?

[LUXO_8]

no way..:S

its a common occurance that plastic bars dont have a perfect colour match to the metal panels next to them seems to rare its ugly head on silver cars more than anything.........been happening on silver fords for years

[BLKPHN]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Lighting?

yeah its the lighting, it matches up very nice in diferent angles.

[Ford_Boy]

Originally Posted by MADNC_8

no way..:S

its a common occurance that plastic bars dont have a perfect colour match to the metal panels next to them seems to rare its ugly head on silver cars more than anything.........been happening on silver fords for years

my dads a spray painter and he told me that silver is the hardest colour to make but he did it with his xu1 years ago and it looked beautiful.

[HLC]

that looks retarded. it needs bigger rims.

[EL8TED]

it is a great step forward in many areas, just the body looks like a bubbly boxy astra on roids.

[stevz]

No complaints from me, thats a beautiful piece of machinery.

[Mechan1k]

Good photos ... the main problem with the front gaurds is that Holden went crazy with them and made them way too big.

The is level if you look at the height under the sills ... it's just the wacky massive front gaurds that are off-putting.

I reckon lowering it more at the front would make it look even worse.

[MethodX]

Nice looking car and pics.

[FTE217]

I saw a Statesman coming towards me, lowered with nice rims and not too dark tint.
Look friggin horn Holden or not !

[Poetic Justice]

Nice car, saw it at the cruise on Friday.
Could make use of a better looking set of wheels though

[alastair]

The colour matches up on this car its just the lighting, plus the stance looks perfect, the photos dont show off the real stance of the car sorry tristan, but you will agree with me that the car needs to be seen to be appreciated.

[MightyXR6Turbo]

I didn't realise that lighting will cause a colour difference that follows the exact rear bar along the line where it mounts to the car... :P

Trust me, it will have poor colour matching.. look at it closely, they all do.. You can even see it in white ones!

[|HSVQUE|]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Thats what I noticed, there's still at least 2 inches of clearance between the front tyre and guard, while the back wheels are up in the guards. Pretty poor.

The car was lowered about 1 hour(worth of driving) before these shots were taken so there was no time to let the new springs sag/settle.. not to mention the shots were taken very low to the ground which can exaggerate the affect and stance of the car.. the front of the car now sits on tyre and just over at the rear..(with a level side skirt) so its all in proportion.. once again things do look alot different in real life.

Originally Posted by ORSM T

That's true, 10/10 for photography. Just questionable material...LOL

maybe the bunyips in melton havent seen many VE's yet. Trust me they grow on you.

Originally Posted by FPV8U

Front Tyre to Guard gap is still too much!

Back looks great, but the front still looks like it's at my XR8's standard ride height!

trust me it looks nothing like yours or anyone elces xr8. the front has been lowerd about 3inches from standard height.

Originally Posted by ORSM T

I still reckon they took an M3 Beema and stuck it on a 4x4 chassis... :

hmm a 4x4 chassis that will outhandle your car anyday with its close to 50/50 weight distrabution.

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

Yes, if the paint match is as horrible as that I will be as damning.

The build Quality is better than the same year model fords build quality.. people are very quick to mock a car taken in very odd lighting. colour difference between metal and plastic on the car is slight(in real life) but there are many cars from different companys cheaper and more expensive that are the same.. plastic and metal are 2 very different meterials.

I personally wouldnt of posted these pictures on this website as it seems alot of people here are very close minded.. But to the people who can appreciate the car thank you.

Rob

[MightyXR6Turbo]

Your car looks good mate, don't get me wrong, but all VE's have bad colour matching. Its a fact of life. I know that every BA/F I've looked at doesn't suffer the same issues as far as that is concerned. Yes plastic and metal are two different materials, but to have the colour match it shouldn't matter. Paint is paint is paint, but unfortunately in VE they painted the bars in one place and painted the body in another with two different techniques with paint from different batches so it is near on impossible to get a match with how they do it. Just a fact of life until they change it.

[XF Falcon]

Pics aint loading any more for me :( Anyone save them?

[ORSMEB]

Originally Posted by blackout

Nice car, saw it at the cruise on Friday.
Could make use of a better looking set of wheels though

Consider it done. You'll see some nice set tonight at the vss meet...

Originally Posted by XF Falcon

Pics aint loading any more for me. Anyone save them?

Don't worry about pics, just turn up to the vss meet tonight and see it in person...oh yeah...

[agony]

Originally Posted by XF Falcon

Pics aint loading any more for me :( Anyone save them?

same no pics here.

[Yellow_Festiva]

dont s'pose they can be posted again?? i wanna know what all this discussion was about!

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by agony

same no pics here.

I'm not seeing anything...............

Hello !

[Walkinshaw]

Originally Posted by |HSVQUE|

The build Quality is better than the same year model fords build quality.. people are very quick to mock a car taken in very odd lighting.

Lighting has nothing to do with the colour mis-match, its all down to the process GMH employs..

[XR8putts]

Originally Posted by agony

same no pics here.

You're not missing much.