where to find genuine HSV body kits??
can you buy genuine HSV body kits through holden?? im looking for a vx senator front and headlights.
good luck without a valid VIN number
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do you have to hav a vin number to get it??
Yup, they only want genuine HSVs having genuine kits, so best you befriend someone with one
haha looks like i have to find someone who has it
LS-EXUAL
And you will be paying through the absoloute NOSE for it too. Holden are extremely expensive when it comes to buying genuine body parts. I bought a VP GTS grille from Holden spare parts in Ferntree Gully a few years ago for my old car, cost me $160 brand new.
I have heard a VP GTS / VN Group A front bar and rear bar is around about $1800 each. I'd say the VX gear might be slightly more expensive if they have one in stock.
Originally Posted by wikky
$1800 each.....?? thats ****ing heaps expensive.
LS-EXUAL
Yeah it was around there. Or something like $5000 or so for a whole VP Senator kit. But yeah you do have to have a valid and genuine VIN number to purchase one. It's good i reckon! Stops people making gay mock ups with real kits. Saves the real kits for genuine cars that get damaged.
yeh thats true, but then again they still got all the parts in fiberglass so itl still look exactly the same just not in plastic ahah. but yeh geez dono what im ganna do now
guess i mite have to find someone selling a used genuine senator kit
years ago my mate wanted a whole senator kit lights and all and they said near 10k
LS-EXUAL
Yeah but fibreglass is shit. 90% of the kits that are pre made sitting on shelf for sale don't line up well anyway, you get small gaps here and there, and the shit cracks over a few years from general road use. All the vibrations from the road send vibrations through the kit and after a while, develops hairline cracks then it just looks shit eventually.
The genuine plastic kits 99% of the time, line up perfect, and plastic is a fair bit stronger than fibreglass and looks better.
yeh thats true, thats the main reason why i refuse to buy a fiberglass kit haha.
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Just putting this out there but really you could just walk up to a car in the street record its VIN and use that couldn't ya?
I thought they would actually need more proof then that.
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Thats how a lot of people get their kits, search Carsales for Dealer Used cars, they list the VIN. Its not hard, just expensive.
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not to mention paint fade on fibreglass seems to be a b***h, but thats prob due to people not painting it properly i guess.
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As with everything, you get what you pay for when it comes to fibreglass. If it's made properly, with many hours of work by someone who knows what they're doing, and fitted properly, it shouldn't actually fall to bits after a few years of general road use. The bolt-on type kits are cheap because they generally have the quality and fit of a cheap product.
If you guys can get a genuine VX Senator front bar for $1800, consider yourselves lucky. They run to $2400+ from Holden in NZ.
LS-EXUAL
There ya go ^^^.
But the $1800 was for VP GTS / VN Group A bars. I imagined the VX genuine gear was a tonne more expensive. The rarer they are, they more expensive they are doesn't seem to be it in this case.
i emailed capa, and they said the could get me the genuine body kit but itl cost $5,200. which is expensive but then again its better in the long run. but i mite do a chop and change was just having ideas of a vz clubsport r8 front (the actual front with headlights) and the vx senator back, picture in my head seemed to look pretty sick. what you guys think?
LS-EXUAL
So basically you want a VZ front and VX rear? **** that's gonna cost you a bit mate. I hope you got the coin! $5200 isn't too bad for a genuine VX kit (as long as it's the WHOLE kit).
yeh i know itl cost quite a bit, but first off il change my front end to the vz just go to holden wrecker get everything cheaper, then when i get some more money get the original vz front then the original vx back and yeh, seeing as i cnt do any engine mods yet so il just be having spare cash so yeh ahah, and yeh it was $5200 for the whole kit
thats the front, and everyone should know what the senator rear bar looks like.
by buying the whole kit and painting it is going to cost heaps 5200 for the kit but is that painted?
your better buying a whole vx senator in the long run
thats for it primed not painted, but i got a mate who can do it for like a case of beer so paintings not an issue. the vz front conversion can be cheap if you look right. there a few things u need that u can pick up used for half the price. i think if i look hard enough and find some good deals i can get the hole front conversion ( not the vz clubsport front) for about $1000-1500, most expensive part is the bonnet, but second hand its like 300 bucks, so just gota look around.
i got quoted for the vz front, and it is 2,190 with the mesh inserts, foglights and brackets. i think thats pretty decent price for it
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