Steery's '94 VR SS M5

[Steery]

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[WogBoyz]

very clean car mate looks good, i noticed the 4 sale sign are you selling it?

[FAT.36L]

Looking nice and tidy mate

How come you dont like the Monroes struts???

[Steery]

very clean car mate looks good, i noticed the 4 sale sign are you selling it?

Na mate, took the photos before I stole nail polish remover from my mum to get the bloody white-out off the windows. And cheers, it is clean. No dents or anything on the body. Interior is immaculate.

I don't like the Monroe shocks because I had some in my first VN for a while and they wore quickly, leaked and just didn't feel right for me. I'd love to replace them with Pedders Sports Ryder, but unfortunately the money is better spent elsewhere.

[GUN346]

Very nice mate, ive got a red one aswell, the paint on mine was fadded bad all on top but two days work and she looks sweet again, have a look at my thread if you want!

Ive got pedders sports under mine and it rides really nice, keep the pics and info coming mate i will be watching this one.

[STEALTHY™]

Awesome car. Make sure you look after it til i buy it off you

I have a digi cam you can use, then i can send you the pics on msn if you want....

[Steery]

Very nice mate, ive got a red one aswell, the paint on mine was fadded bad all on top but two days work and she looks sweet again, have a look at my thread if you want!

Ive got pedders sports under mine and it rides really nice, keep the pics and info coming mate i will be watching this one.

Yeah, red cars are terrible for paint fade. Mine isn't faded but the paint could be better. I'm sure you get what I mean. For most it would be fine as is, but for me I want it near-perfect. A proper buff and polish will do this so I'm paying someone to do it. Once that is done I'll be washing and waxing it every weekend. Will be kept garaged in the hotter months, will not always be garaged in winter because moving cars around all the time is a pain in the arse.

Yours has come up absolutely beautiful, if mine comes even close to that I will be very happy. I'm sure it will come up very similar as the paint is in no way bad. (apart from a couple of tiny clear-peal spots on the rear bar which i do not believe are from sun exposure)

Awesome car. Make sure you look after it til i buy it off you

I have a digi cam you can use, then i can send you the pics on msn if you want....

Cheers bro!

Me and a mate have planned to go for a cruise Wednesday night, he lives in Newton so I'll be up that side of town. Let me know if you want to come! Will get some good photos for sure.

And don't worry about me keeping it in good condition, it definately will not get worse. Only better.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Edit: Here is crap pic of my leg and some dash. Will get some good interior pics tomorrow when I give her a good clean and wax.

[Boonz]

how many k's does she ahve? looks very similar to my mates old SS that he sold a while ago, only had 115,000 on it too

[Steery]

It's got 210, unfortunately. But 5L's go for ever if you look after them and I was confident in the Motacheck results and the guy i bought it from seemed pretty genuine. The guy had it for 2 years, got it at 170ish thousand k's.

[johnvtls1]

very nice car mate. looks pretty clean. with the shocks though apparently pedders shocks are just monroes lol, so if you dont like the ones you have now dont go pedders.

[Trayner]

looks nice man , and i have the same headunit

[DARK SIDE]

Car looks great mate, bet it sounds even better as well. Nothing like the sound of the 5l V8.

[Steery]

Cheers mate. It looks ALOT better after a serious wash and wax. Did that today, will have pics up later tonight.

Yeah it sounds great. Loud as. Had a look at the exhaust, it's a single 3inch with a single muffler.

EDIT: A couple of pics after the wash and wax. It's now shiny and all the chalk is gone. Used some shitty unknown brand wax and did a quick job, will get into it hard on Saturday with the Meguiars wet-look. Should come up real nice after that.

[Steery]

If i finish work at a reasonable time today will relax and have a beer and wax the car.

[yeeeezy]

i kno you said not to but ive always liked them with-out the spoiler, good looking car tho

[Steery]

Each to their own i guess. And cheers.

[GUN346]

Very nice mate, red can be bad for fading and looking s##t but when its looked after it looks great, must of been the day for it i did mine aswell and took some photos lol

[Steery]

So the SS was involved in an accident today on Unley Road accross from the Cremorne Hotel. I'm not going to pull blame from myself, it was my fault (technically) but there was essentially nothing i could do.

I was following two mates, the first one had to brake very hard (just short of a lockup), second one was braking really hard and ended in a lockup, missing my first mate by a metre max. I hit the back of the second mates car at 5 - 10 km/h. I have full comp insurance but i'm not going through it, i'm footing the repair bill for both cars with money i don't have because i don't want to ruin my rating and increase my premiums.

Went to Top Class Body Repairs on Tapleys Hill Road because a good mate is an apprentice painter there (so hopefully they will be honest and genuine unlike most repair shops in Adelaide) and the quote for the Soarer is $410 cash and the quote for the SS is $1400 cash.

Essentially the front bar is ruined, both headlights, front bar support, front left foggy support, bonnet needs to be realigned as with the front left guard although neither are bent. And a few other little things. Soarer damage is mainly paint.

So essentially i'm out of pocket $2000+ for something which WAS my fault but was completely out of my control. If you get what i mean..

[Steery]

Update: Now at Top Class Body Repairs on Tapleys Hill Road. She's a nosejob.

[STEALTHY™]

Can't believe it, I leave you to look after my car and you kill it in 2 weeks


Shame what happened. Why were they locking up in the first place? (Inb4 you were following to closely blah blah)

[Steery]

i guess i should explain it better. Sorry in advance for poor grammar, im writing this on my phone.

There were 4 cars directly involved in the incident, at the front was a brand new merc, then my mate in his calais, then the mate in the soarer, then me.

We were in the left hand lane going up unley road, there were parked cars on the left and we were in the left lane. Essentially the merc was covering the brake with a little pressure and his brake lights were on, at the last second he slammed on the brakes because he decided he could not make it into the right hand lane or even pass the cars. This is bullshit and i know for a fact thay he could have passed them.

When he slammed on the brakes (you all know how quickly a brand new merc stops) my mate in the calais was brakinf very hard to avoid him, then the soarer driver was forced to stomp on it and lock up to avoid the calais. Now it comes to me, i was following at a safe distance, what caused me to be ****ed was the fact that as you slow down traffic closes up, and because the brake lights on the soarer were on prior to the sudden stopping i had no warning.

The tint on the soarer is also very dark and when driving behind it you are completely unable to see cars ahead through the windows.

It wasnt a matter of whether i hit him oe not, it was a matter of how fast, i had nowhere to go.

But shes in the shop getting fixed, front bar arrived yesterday. Getting painted today and fitted and everything aligned on monday.

Stelthy, definately cruise when i get her back?














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[STEALTHY™]

For Sure.

Imagine that, Ad's would have us believe women are better drivers......

[Steery]

What happened is crap, but shit happens to everyone and even though i'm out of pocket here at least i'll have my car back and it will be the same, because the damage wasn't bad.

Front bar got resprayed by my mate at Top Class Body Repairs today. Should be getting put back together monday.

[Steery]

Got her back. One of the leads is ****ed, comes off the plug all the time and shorts on the body. Getting new leads today.

[yeeeezy]

just go 2 the merc driver, "you have a merc your paying"

atleast its back now