VS ute 1999

[Dave93]

Hey guys, I'm a long-time reader but first time poster to these forums, I bought my VS about a month ago with 195k on the clock for $7000. Its a 1999 series 3 s-pack manual V6. It's my first car and I've had my licence for a month or so lol. I bought it with a flexiglass canopy on it but I took it off and its just sitting in the shed down at the farm... It's got 16" VY alloys and apart from that, its stock as a rock. Really happy with it, it drives so nice so yea its good =)

Cheers, Dave

[Robbo VS3]

Nice one Dave, manual is the way to go..!! Your ute has the same amount of km's on it as mine does, mine is currently on 198,556.

[old mate]

nice ute mate

[Hillzzy]

Nice ute man.. got all the right specs like good km's and condition! Treat her well

[Jonnii]

I think we are nearing enough vs utes to take over the world now...

[Dave93]

Yea as u can see in the pics, I did a bit of stuff to the interior on the weekend, like suede seat covers, blue checkerplate floor mats, new gear knob and steering wheel. The old interior was bog stock (u all know what that looks like lol) so it looks a bit better now. Also I pulled the seats etc out and scrubbed the carpet, dash and door trims so they came up heaps better. It comes with LSD as well so thats a plus, and it had a crappy old stereo system with a 6-stacker that didnt work so I pulled that out and replaced the deck with another oldish kenwood deck but at least this one works lol

[ChappyVS95]

nice ute mate theres quite a few of us now! got any plans for the rig? or keepin her tidy n clean

[Leathal11]

looks like a nice starting base mate keep the updates comming

[tim005]

another vs ute to add to our tribe, we should actually come together and take over the world/australia's shitty election campaign.
anyways mate, very clean ute, and two thumbs up for manual, same year as mine also.
treat her well and you will love her.
any plan's for the future?

[Dave93]

Ummm yea wouldn't mind dumping it in the near-ish future (superlows maybe) and chuckin some 18's or 19's on it. When funds permit lol I'm a first year apprentice mechanic so I can do the work myself but my wages are pretty horrid =p...

So yea just the basic stuff really you know dont wanna spend my entire pay-packet on it but still make it look hot =)

Might debadge, and get rid of that red s-pack stripe around the body, give it a good touch up etc and yea should be sweet for a while yet.

When I'm off my P's if I'm still into it a few years down the track, a supercharger is a must =D

[Dave93]

just bought a new kenwood deck, kenwood amp and some pioneer speakers for it, but havin some trouble getting the door trims off =S

[jarrod09]

just found this thread any help? LINKRemoving Front Door Trim on VN - VS

[Dave93]

just an update, might be gettin a maloo sailplane for it and maloo tailgate/bodykit so should be good if that all goes to plan, and also contemplating either lows all round or superlows all round anyone know roughly how much more i would pay for superlows over lows?

cheers, Dave.

[Hillzzy]

just an update, might be gettin a maloo sailplane for it and maloo tailgate/bodykit so should be good if that all goes to plan, and also contemplating either lows all round or superlows all round anyone know roughly how much more i would pay for superlows over lows?

cheers, Dave.

All springs heights cost the same mate..

[Jonnii]

Put it on ultras you know you want to.

[Dave93]

nar haha no ultras for me lol, lows i reckon is what ill go cause i go out to the farm a bit and those roads are uneven as f**k haha superlows *maybe*

[Hillzzy]

nar haha no ultras for me lol, lows i reckon is what ill go cause i go out to the farm a bit and those roads are uneven as f**k haha superlows *maybe*

Just go Superlow rears and Low fronts man.. check my page to see what it looks like on those springs

[Jonnii]

for a farm yea defs no ultras. But i would recomend doing new shockers and struts though. Youll be suprised at what they are like being 10-12 years old...

[HamaTime™]

Is it just me or does this forum have an over abundance/excess of white and VS utes in general.

[Dave93]

yea will have to wait for a bit lol i got a dirty great big split in my windsreen so that needs replacing.... also gave it a service after work today - engine oil & filter, trans oil and LSD oil... you should have seen what came out of the diff it looked like mud haha, and just lubed up all the joints bushes etc, some bushed will need replaceing eg swaybars, panhard rod and couple little things and a new set of rotors and pads arent too far off either so will need to get those before i lower it aye...

[Dave93]

Just a bit of an update guys, bought a full exhaust (pacemakers, custom Y-pipe, stock cat and single 2.5inch w/ single muffler and twin tip) abd was about to put em on when i noticed my engine mounts have collapsed, andthe pacies wo't fit because of the chassis rail on the left and the steering rack on the right... Also have a split power steering line - no idea how it got there but there was a puddle of PAS fluid underneath it one morning..

So gonna have to redo my engine mounts, get the power steering fixed, fit my exhaust and she should be sweet =) next thing on the agenda is slamming it on its belly haha oh and she's also due for some new tyres soon haha. Odometer as just clicked over 211,000kms, done 16,000k's since i got it in July '10.

Also, got an Aston Martin 6-speed gear knob on it worth $500 which i got for nothing haha pays to work at a Aston Martin dealership =p