Beralds Blue Vp Wagon

[King_berald]

Gday fellas...
ive been browsing through these forums for a while and it occured to me that i should probably post up the wags...

Its pretty stock at the moment....
2.5" redback system
Cold air intake
and a BMC filter..
and a fell little bits and peices like sparkies and leads.....etc etc

Its currently in the process of getting a paint job so half the car is in primer.
Driving around looking like a hill-billy..

Anyway heres the plans:
Black Re-spray..
New letterbox grill
Lowered (Lovells Springs and KYB shortened shocks)
New VY Monaro rims...
VS Stato interior and dash....
Full electrics conversion(ie power windows, climate)
Brake upgrade....
LS2 Conversion (long term plan :P)

Anyway let me know what you guys think....feel free to leave suggestions and opinions...

Heres some pic:


When i bought it.


New Taillights..


New Zorst..


These are the rims i want...




Plastics starting to get primmed...

More recent pics soon fellas...havent taken some in a while...
peace..

[ToxicVn]

Looks to be a good starting place, have you done anything to the interior yet?

[Morton]

That's a nice, clean ride

I think if you have it lowered a little on those rims, those wheels will look fantastic Don't get those new rims you pic'd. They won't suit, as they have no dish. VN/VP rims NEED dish.

[Eliminator]

that boat is sick!!! oh nice car too

[Pub247]

nice wagon mate got a soft spot for wagons now. My mate has his vp spac wagon resprayed anthracite grey( the vp ss black if you want to call it that) and it looks tops might be worth looking at instead of black.

[King_berald]

gday fellas.....got my springs and shocks today along with an adj panhard....

lovells superlows and kyb excel -g's and some noname panhard...i think its superpro or something....
700bux all up...not too shabby...

will upload some lowered pics by the end of the week...peace

[King_berald]

heres a pic of the car lowered as promised guys....
gotta roll the guards i think...
anyways i think i will concentrate on the paint for the next month or 2....hopefully get it done soon...

will upload some progress pics soon..

[King_berald]

thanks for your replys fellas, i should probably payy more attention to when i get replys...i didnt even realise..

That's a nice, clean ride

I think if you have it lowered a little on those rims, those wheels will look fantastic Don't get those new rims you pic'd. They won't suit, as they have no dish. VN/VP rims NEED dish.

haha wats a dish??

ive seen a couple of others i didnt mind either....

Looks to be a good starting place, have you done anything to the interior yet?

Nah not yet...inside is pretty much stock..i will sooon....inside is pretty tidy bar the sagging headliner..

that boat is sick!!! oh nice car too

Haha yeh we dont mind goin up the river for a bit of a wakeboard when its hot..

nice wagon mate got a soft spot for wagons now. My mate has his vp spac wagon resprayed anthracite grey( the vp ss black if you want to call it that) and it looks tops might be worth looking at instead of black.

yeh i dont mind that color either...ive already bought all the paint...ive had my heart set out on jet black aswell ever since i was 15. ahahah gheeyy


it shouldnt be too long now until the whole car is in primer....will post some new pics up soon of progress...

thans guys..

[ruggj]

hey man, i still havent seen this thing! looks good though nice job

[King_berald]

heres a more recent picture of the wagon...still looks pretty rat......im thinking of getting shorter springs in the rear so its more level...ive got lovells superlows.....i think their 50-65mm lower....anybody know if theres another spring i can use rather than getting the ones i have compressed?

[89berlina]

[QUOTE=King_berald;1124191]heres a more recent picture of the wagon...still looks pretty rat......im thinking of getting shorter springs in the rear so its more level...ive got lovells superlows.....i think their 50-65mm lower....anybody know if theres another spring i can use rather than getting the ones i have compressed?[QUOTE]

Great to see another wagon! You have a few options for springs and it all depends if you want to go lower or have it sit even as it is. If you want to go really low you can put ultra's in the rear and even it out or if you want it to sit even as it is put sports low's in the front

that boat is sick!!! oh nice car too

Haha I thought you were dissing the wagon. Then I realised there was actually a boat in the picture

Btw rims with a dish are similar to the rims I have. They look like this:

[King_berald]

[QUOTE=89berlina;1124295][QUOTE=King_berald;1124191]heres a more recent picture of the wagon...still looks pretty rat......im thinking of getting shorter springs in the rear so its more level...ive got lovells superlows.....i think their 50-65mm lower....anybody know if theres another spring i can use rather than getting the ones i have compressed?

Great to see another wagon! You have a few options for springs and it all depends if you want to go lower or have it sit even as it is. If you want to go really low you can put ultra's in the rear and even it out or if you want it to sit even as it is put sports low's in the front



Haha I thought you were dissing the wagon. Then I realised there was actually a boat in the picture

Btw rims with a dish are similar to the rims I have. They look like this:

haha yeh...i had to look twice at the photo aswell hahaha....

i was thinking kings ultras aswell....but arent they only about 70mm? will the extra 5mm even it out you rekon??

i like the height of the front so i dont want to raise it back up...

a friend of mine is scrapping a VN wagon....will the chrome window surrounds on that fit the vp?? vn ones loook heeeapps better i rekon....

[Morton]

Dude, there's nothing wrong with the way your wagon sits at all I think it looks beautiful!

Just a bit of rake, so when the boot is loaded up, she sits nice and level. Those springs are the perfect height, and those wheels don't look bad either.

Instead of spending more money on springs and wheels, why not get the front and rear bars sprayed?

[King_berald]

Dude, there's nothing wrong with the way your wagon sits at all I think it looks beautiful!

Just a bit of rake, so when the boot is loaded up, she sits nice and level. Those springs are the perfect height, and those wheels don't look bad either.

Instead of spending more money on springs and wheels, why not get the front and rear bars sprayed?

you think? the boots never loaded up though...thats the thing....
yeh i dont mind the wheels for what they are either...

im actually spraying the whole car jet black....got the paint and all...im just waiting on a compressor...i only had a fiddle around with the Bars with the HVLP but i wasnt happy with it.....

[ruggj]

you think? the boots never loaded up though...thats the thing....
yeh i dont mind the wheels for what they are either...

im actually spraying the whole car jet black....got the paint and all...im just waiting on a compressor...i only had a fiddle around with the Bars with the HVLP but i wasnt happy with it.....

will look awesome black man, i reckon with your ride height, leave it for now, it would look nice even so lower at the back, but really its nice at the moment, so concentrate on other stuff and leave this last if your still unhappy.

[King_berald]

will look awesome black man, i reckon with your ride height, leave it for now, it would look nice even so lower at the back, but really its nice at the moment, so concentrate on other stuff and leave this last if your still unhappy.

yeh....its not one of my top priorities......
i saw this set of rims the other day....i didnt mind them....similar to these ones, not exactly the same.. seen any on a vp?

[ruggj]

nah havent seen them before but should look nice with the car. what size are they?

[King_berald]

their not the exact ones....but id probably go for 19's

[richie351]

hey nice ride... i was choosing a set of wheels for my vr.. zu2 make some nice wheels.. i have them on my vn 5l they look fairly nice
i agree with morton. wagon's do need bit wheels and need to have a deap dish look to them.. makes the car look fatter.. its up to you man..
http://www.toptentyres.com.au/store/...dy/gravity.jpg

[King_berald]

yeh i agree with him aswell i think...

anyway unfortunatly i have some bad news.....i was working at the North melbourne flats on thursday.....and we went out for lunch, then came back and parked in the parking spot that my car was parked in. Meaning that the wags was stolen.....

the police found it the next day in mill park at the BMX track...Sycamore street.....In a carpark filled with freshh burnouts yada yada yada...

anyway heres the damage/loss list:

Wheel wells full of rubber
speakers gone
Stereo stuffed
passenger lock barrel broken
steering column broken
ignition barrel broken
usb gone
cds gone
$150 flask gone
exhaust scraped like hell
ashtray gone
heater knob gone
door panels scratched to the s.h.i.t.t.e.r.

theres probably more, i didnt have a thorough look...ill post a couple of pics i took later on.

anywho.....insurance has the car now so im just wondering if anyone knows roughly how much it would cost for a reco tranny and motor??

[ruggj]

might as well get something worth while now that you have to replace the motor. So go ecotec conversion or something.

Real sad to hear about the car man, thats the only problem about older model commodores its so much quicker to steal them, and so much less noticeable.

[TVR-190]

theyll probably just write it off if it needs a new motor and trans, cheaper option.

[King_berald]

theyll probably just write it off if it needs a new motor and trans, cheaper option.

thats what im thinking....
but ill loose everything that has been put into the car....

will they let me get all my stuff off??

[TVR-190]

thats what im thinking....
but ill loose everything that has been put into the car....

will they let me get all my stuff off??

sometimes, depends.

my friend was allowed to return his car to as it was "on paper" after he had a not at fault crash.

[greenfoam]

What's wrong with the motor and gearbox?