[beefy] the daily vn

[beefcream]

thought id post up my daily vn as i work on the vs ss. basically Ive been trying to clean this thrasher up and make it a respectable daily/skid car on weekends. Ive just been throwing spare parts Ive had on it atm and fixing issues.

Name: Chris
Age: 21
Model: VN Commodore Exec s1
Colour: Alpine White mostly lol
Engine: Buick V6 - vp s2 conversion
Gearbox: auto TH700 - stage 2 shiftkit/boost valve/corvette servo, transcooler
Odometer: 170 on new engine
Exhaust: genie extractors, bashed cat, 2.5" dumped at diff
Brakes: front Stock - rear pbr discs and bendix ct pads, vx master cylinder, line adaptors and vs v8 booster
Suspension: FRONT: kyb short inserts,custom made 6kg front 60mm lowered springs, nolathane control arms, nolathane adjustable strut tops, z bushes, swaybar link relocation kit and front kframe bushes, repainted struts. pedders bumpstop & boot kit REAR: choppd utralow kings rear, new nolathane trailing arms, nolathane HD upper trailing arms, HD swaybar kit
Wheels: 18" vy ss painted silver with metallic flakes
Sound: stock with pioneer headunit
Diff: standard 3.08 been removed and cleaned and minispool fitted
Other Mods: aftermarket steering wheel, 85lt tank, resprayed bars, strips removed, HID H/L 10000K kit, side mouldings removed, letterbox grille, custom alloy tank straps, new fuel lines all over for tank, sprayed undercar black, ford au twin thermos, deleted charcol canister, oil breather and breather lines blocked, rolled rear guards, vp rear lights and garnish (tinted), custom thermo and kill switch, v8 radiator, transcooler

PiCS

[Menace38L]

looks clean and straight as wat other plans you got for it??

[beefcream]

its far from clean haha but x1000 from when i picked it up from the country town for $1000

plans are tighen suspension cause most is stuffed and spool kills old rubber bushers
for now just some hubcaps slam down the front, quick respray and some panels replaced, paint the window surrounds, 20% tint, fit the 85lt tank and another engine and worked trans

its just a daily/thrasher to get around in while i work on the ss

[Menace38L]

haha #### yeah dats mad man!! yea got few pics of ur ss its prime as with da ve rims on it!!

[VNBeast]

Hahaha Its just chilling in shops carpark. Looks Lethal :P

[beefcream]

haha yea vns ar prety leathal when wen just a stocker..

few pics from my latest project for the daily.

i had a 85lt powercoated mercury silver and gloss black straps but unded up finding out the straps were for a irs car so they were useless LOL i ended up making my own outa alloy strips and bent them up to fit by hand. was a 2day ordeal and all hoses were brand new due to the shitty orginal ones bein spilt so everything is done perfect and will never leak again.. happy with results and learnt how to install the fuel pump while doin this.

few pics of the progess.

[wnt 17]

this thing looks mint mate good job keep up the good work

[beefcream]

thanks mate.. already come a decent way from when i picked it up
hopefully one day it will be a tuff daily cruiser

[wnt 17]

going of all ur other cars like ur old vn and ur vs im sure this will be a tuff daily cruiser in no time

[VNBeast]

Those Tinted Tail light with the white paint looks tuff and black bumpers looks even tuffer.

[beefcream]

thought id throw an update on the trusty vn!

been cutting and patching up some rush around the windows and boot seals, all front end bushings have been replaced with nolathane gear. ive got some custom made 8kg springs comming which are 65mm lower than standard which should have it stiff and will put the wheel in the guard a tiny bit. ive serviced the car including trans. also fitted au twin thermos and shes running on vy ss 18s now

[kayesem]

Looks sweet, nice daily man.

The front passenger door looks a bit off though.

What the deal with the relocation kit for the swaybar? Just moves the link mount points?

[beefcream]

Looks sweet, nice daily man.

The front passenger door looks a bit off though.

What the deal with the relocation kit for the swaybar? Just moves the link mount points?

yea the passengers door is from a vp hence the colour difference but doesn't bother me atm cause ill sort paint out myself at end of the year... and nolathane do a kit that changes the setup so the swaybar links go from the control arm to the sway bar meaning the links are shorter and i guess don't flex as much as being on the strut itself.

u can see from pics rust problem hahaha - ill be finishing it off soon and painting it - i rolled the rear guards and redid rear brakes on the weekend

[88GreenVN]

How did you go with rust under the window? I had to take the rear window out of my VN to clean the rust up.

[beefcream]

most seems to be surface and some bubble rust from wat i can see after i sanded it back and rust treated and metal filled seems ok but im learning and im playing - the vn hasnt been looked after so im doing my best to fix the pig up hah

[88GreenVN]

The stuff I used to treat the rust was fail - the glass came unstuck and had to get it glued back in a few months ago. The window bloke said it was a bad surface and was never going to hold. So he took the glasss out and cleaned up the edge for me. BUT I'll need to get the window out again next year for the full re spray.

[75hjprem]

:| did you use fibreglass to repair the windowsill and boot ?

[beefcream]

i used metal filler which is a combo of fibre, metal flakes and bog so its probally the strongest but a lil hard to apply

[75hjprem]

why not just plate weld the boot ? isn't too hard to do especially on a piece like that

[somefool]

iiii like it. how do u go with the tinted tail lights and the police?
also the HID kit, how much did that end up costing you? better than the OEM candles?

[azkwazere]

What thickness alloy strips did you use for the tank?

aZk.

[beefcream]

iiii like it. how do u go with the tinted tail lights and the police?
also the HID kit, how much did that end up costing you? better than the OEM candles?

Havnt had troubles withe the lights yet.. all my cars have had a bit of tint on them mind you i stay well clear of police so they dont get much of a chance.
the HID kit cost me around the $80 mark cause i had a spare loom but i can get them cheap and there good quality hence why i wanna distribute them privatly.
i got plenty of pics of em mate they put normal globes and even aftermarket phillips globes to shame!!

and azk i think the straps were like 5mm thick or so, seem to be holding up well after the bends i made

[<RaBBiT>]

tuff beefy

[beefcream]

tuff beefy

thanks mate

VN is now running a vp series 2 engine and trans in it with all new mounts hoses etc so shes running better. goes in for a decent shiftkit on friday then finishing off suspension next week with my 6kg springs

[beefcream]

goodies


pulling strut out


fitting