Wherry951's VT S, V6 5 Speed

[Wherry951]

Name: Ryan aka Wherry
Location: Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Age: 18
Ride: VT S Pack, V6 5 Speed Manual
Colour: Bermuda Blue
Exhaust: 2.5" Catback with SS Tip
Engine Type: 3.8L V6 Ecotech
Gearbox: 5 Speed Manual
Wheels: BBOSS Maddison Mirrored Black 18" with Kumho Sport Tires

Parents took me to view the car as a suprise and paid half for me. Picked her up for $5000 with 157,000kms on the clock. The clutch went within 2 weeks of owning it but we knew this when we bought the car. So 2 months later and $1600 later the new clutch is fitted and its back on the road. And within about 6 weeks I'd put the kms from 157,000 ro 166,500. It was a stock standard S series except for a nice 2.5" catback system which puts out a very good note... that was until i started modifying it. Here's the master-plan!

Future and Current Modifications:

Front Exterior
Chrome Front Grill - DIDN'T LIKE IT SO TOOK IT OFF
Black Monaro Angel Eye Headlights - FITTED
Ice Blue Parker Bulbs - GOT DEFECTED AND REMOVED WITHIN 20 MINUTES!

Rear Exterior
VX Rear Garnish - OWN IT AWAITING PAINTING
VX Genuine Taillights - FITTED

Full Exterior
BBOSS Maddison Mirrored Black 18" Rims with Kumho Sport Tires - FITTED
Personalized Plates “RDW92”
De-Badge and Re-badge

Interior – Sound System
Clarion MAX386VD Double Din DVD Headunit - FITTED
TV Receiver in Glove Box - OWN IT AWAITING FITMENT
Dual 12” Focal Subwoofers - FITTED
Focal Front Splits, Rear Door Speakers and Tweeters - FITTED
Clarion XR2410 4 Channel Amplifier to Run Speakers - FITTED AND MOUNTED
Clarion XRR2110 Mono Amplifier to Run Dual Subs - FITTED AND MOUNTED

Interior – Seats and Other
Leather SS Front/Rear Seats and Door Trims
Darkest Legal Window Tint
Just Commodores Sticker! ORDERED

Performance Upgrades
Pacemaker Extractors
ECU Remap/Sports Chip
Cold Air Intake
Bosch Super Sport Spark Plugs - FITTED
Bosch High Performance Racing Injector Leads in Blue Colour - FITTED

Tell me what you guys think and if you have any suggestions!

[Harrison]

awesome car mate jealous of your transmission. Gonna look good when you get some dollars by the sounds of things

[Macca86]

Nice pickup mate. Very nice first car.
My opinion... leave it looking like a VT (as it is one). Get some series 2 tail lights (clear instead of amber blinkers) and some clear side indicators, and spend whatever other money you get on a nice set of rims (the HSV ones look nice) and get it lowered and some dark tinted windows. Then you'll have a nice headturner without looking to outragious.

[Wherry951]

Yeah i always didnt like the back of the VT's much but since i bought this car i've actually began to like them so i will probably take your advice. I edited the first post with a few different modifcations now i've had time to think

[Wherry951]

Picked up the car yesterday. My dads resprayed the door handle, front bumper and spoiler as the paint was flaking. Bought some new Holden floor mats for it and some cheap seat covers so my seats dont get dirty when i finish work. Got my $150 of cleaning products and scrubbed the inside so its all shiny and the dash shines black now. Car is ready to hit the road! Will be uploading some pics of the paintwork and the car out and about on the weekend

[LthlThrt]

sounds like a sweet ride, anything happened to it recently?

[Wherry951]

Yeah the clutch burnt out about a week ago and i've only had the car about 3 weeks. But as far as i know its the original clutch so 159,000kms out of the original clutch is quite good i would of thought. When we bought the car my Dad said it would need replacing. Apparently he could of got another 6 months out of it, but being a young driver with his first Commodore, i kinda got excitied and killed it. It has the duel mass flywheel so im looking at $1100 just for the clutch, then labour on top of that. Thats a quote from a mechanic my dad knows very well even! But ive already saved $200 and im hoping Centrelink doesnt take all my taxback, if they dont im looking at another $600 towards the clutch

Also i've just changed what i plan to do in the future on my first post. Obviously its going to be a much longer wait now but theres some more interesting ideas on there. They may even give you an idea for your VT. Yours has given me a few ideas

[Jordzz]

sounds good mate, heaps keen to see pics

[Wherry951]

Recent pictures uploaded via first post. Took them on my camera phone after having a wash and wax. Not amazing quality but you get the idea

[Jordzz]

yessss mate your car will look MINTA with those VT GTS's

[MkyHnly]

just chuck the pics on photobucket mate
and where abouts did you get the holden floormats? proud owner of a VT bermuda blue S pack too mate... but i have an A4 =(

[Wherry951]

Hey mate, believe it or not i got the floor mats from Supercheap Auto! They do them made to fit for the VT/VX and also VY/VZ and probably other models so if anybody has a newer model and need some nice mats just buy them. Not sure about price for you but i would imagine they would be priced the same anywhere. I got them for $60 and they are really nice actually as apposed to the quoted $200 from Holden!

[MkyHnly]

do they have the holden emblem on them too? i somehow have a passenger mat but not a drivers mat :S haha
supercheap sounds like a good way to go

[Wherry951]

Nope unfortunately they dont have an emblem. But i was actually thinking about gluing one on or something if i really felt the need to have it. But for $60 they look good, they are just completely black but fit perfect. I actually have the ones to fit VY/VZ as they didnt have the VT ones when i bought them. Then 2 days later they had them, but i didnt bother swapping them as i'd already used them and they fit fine anyway. So if you go buy them, you can get VY/VZ if theyre out. Hope this helps

[kniever]

nice mate, you should remove the mud flaps and also paint that extra little lip bit to match, i did it on mine and it looks heaps better

[Wherry951]

nice mate, you should remove the mud flaps and also paint that extra little lip bit to match, i did it on mine and it looks heaps better

Yeah i didnt think about that. I have some paint left from when we resprayed the door handle and the spoiler. I had it put into an an aerosol, thanks for that. And with the mudflaps i'll have to take them off and compare and see what i think but thanks for that

[LthlThrt]

Yeah the clutch burnt out about a week ago and i've only had the car about 3 weeks. But as far as i know its the original clutch so 159,000kms out of the original clutch is quite good i would of thought. When we bought the car my Dad said it would need replacing. Apparently he could of got another 6 months out of it, but being a young driver with his first Commodore, i kinda got excitied and killed it. It has the duel mass flywheel so im looking at $1100 just for the clutch, then labour on top of that. Thats a quote from a mechanic my dad knows very well even! But ive already saved $200 and im hoping Centrelink doesnt take all my taxback, if they dont im looking at another $600 towards the clutch

Also i've just changed what i plan to do in the future on my first post. Obviously its going to be a much longer wait now but theres some more interesting ideas on there. They may even give you an idea for your VT. Yours has given me a few ideas

yea mate i was the same when i got mine, though it is only an auto, good for cruising though. if you are after a sey of black altezas for the VT i know a place that has a set of them, they are located in Beeneigh got my VY windscreen plastic part thingy from there and spied them in the corner, i can get you there number if you are interested. i like the debadging idea, as well as the digital cluster, how do you think that will be done? custom work i assume? would look wicked. what were you thinking of for custom plates?
mudflaps off looks smoother, but when you get on the dirt/mud for what ever reason you take it there, the dirt and rocks and crap all go on the side. but that is the only downside to it, when i get my rear bodykit ill be getting rid of my mudflaps sick of putting them back on when i go to my mates lol

[Wherry951]

yea mate i was the same when i got mine, though it is only an auto, good for cruising though. if you are after a sey of black altezas for the VT i know a place that has a set of them, they are located in Beeneigh got my VY windscreen plastic part thingy from there and spied them in the corner, i can get you there number if you are interested. i like the debadging idea, as well as the digital cluster, how do you think that will be done? custom work i assume? would look wicked. what were you thinking of for custom plates?
mudflaps off looks smoother, but when you get on the dirt/mud for what ever reason you take it there, the dirt and rocks and crap all go on the side. but that is the only downside to it, when i get my rear bodykit ill be getting rid of my mudflaps sick of putting them back on when i go to my mates lol

Well with personal plates, as you know they are rip off in QLD. At first im getting the black with white or silver text $450 ones with "RDW92" which are my initials and D.O.B. Then when i got a spare $2000 i'll get prestige black with white letter plates with "WHERRY". I'll have to pass on the lights until i've got the clutch which wont be for atleast a month or more. Then i can start saving for stuff again! I like the VX taillights that are lots of little LED red bulbs. But first i want those black front headlights with the black background that have angel eyes. They look mad

Im debadging mostly because once its VX the VT badges wont suit it. Plus some are in tatty condition and its missing one "V6 Ecotec" badge which i noticed the other day. So im gonna get the VX badges, im contemplating getting the S pack badges, or risking getting the piss taken out of me and badging it as an SS. I know it may sound dumb but i thought it would look cool, it will pass for one on looks and it sounds like an 8 anyway in the low range revs i reckon. I've never heard another VT with the same sound as mine

I wont be taking off the mudflaps now as my Dad said they are useful so dont take them off. It doesnt bother me anyway, i spray tyre wall black on them when i do my tyres and they look good. With the cluster i think you mistook me. I could re-do the whole dash with some racing dials from like supercheap, like those Calibra ones, with the red backlight, black background and cool font. But that means cutting out a whole new shape its not worth it. I was going to just change the LED's in the level 3 cluster i have. So basically i can make the needle red, the whole speedo and rpm reading light up with whatever colour i want (preferably blue or red) instead of the boring green all Holdens have. Change the "KPH and RPM" writing above it to say yellow and my fuel guage could light up green. It will just cost the price of LED bulbs which all up is like $5 and then swap them over. I already have a engine start push button that lights up red when u push it. My friend is an electrician, he will do the neon and LED strips under the pedals and seats, the engine start button and the cluster lights. He just fitted his engine start button to his civic, mounted it in the dash. He could even make it work without a key but thats abit thief friendly!

[Wherry951]

yessss mate your car will look MINTA with those VT GTS's

Thanks mate, yeah im more in favour of those at the moment. And they would probably work out cheaper than getting thin spoke deep dishes brand new from Bob Jane. Hopefully i can get them for christmas

[LthlThrt]

i think the tailights you are referring to are monaro tailights, they are very nice though arent they, when you do that be sure to get rid of the VT garnish, ive seen people that leave the garnish on and it look horrible. now i am following you w/ the dash. i am waiting to have enough money saved to send my dash to phreddy, are you going to do the cluster or the whole lot? (headlight button, window switches etc.) its just my opinion but i wouldnt go with the SS badges,upgrading to the VX S badge would be fine but to an SS might look a bit out of place especially if you try to drag another one off the lights, also the cops will pull you over alot more w/ the SS badges, purely because you are on your p's. but as i said that is just my opinion. yea they are a rip off arent they, the black altezas do look good as, when i was buying VZ headlights i made sure to get the SS version much tougher looking. will be good to see the dash that you are planning. blue would be the better option ive been told that the red at night is really harsh on the eyes.

[Wherry951]

Well they do a few tyres of Monaro taillights. I hate the white and clear altezza ones. I just want the ones that are full of LED's. And yeah dont worry, im replacing my garnish and doing the full VX back end conversion with lights at the same time. I priced it up and its like $400. Seems really expensive but the cheapest garnish i could find was $80 and was the wrong colour! And yeah i'll go blue for the dash, maybe the odd red bits like needles though will look cool. Dunno about full dash like u said or just clutser. If its easy to replace i will definately be doing it.

SS badges i guess will be a desicion made when the time comes. You are right about what you said, i would only be doing it for the appearance but it does sound kinda silly. I dunno i'll leave that bit for when i come around to doing it. Gotta get me a $1100 clutch first! haha

[Wherry951]

just chuck the pics on photobucket mate
and where abouts did you get the holden floormats? proud owner of a VT bermuda blue S pack too mate... but i have an A4 =(

By the way i saw your thread on putting mesh in the front grill. I was gonna replace it with a full chrome or silver grill, but mine doesnt have an indent if you get me its kinda got the grill bits at the very front so the grill is one flat surface. I guess you have to remove them to make room to put mesh in and then its kinda like a tunnel? I thought they looked quite cool

[Wherry951]

**FIRST POST EDITED** Made much neater, all future modifications now in catagories, and probably wont be changing. No i dont have OCD lol

[LthlThrt]

**FIRST POST EDITED** Made much neater, all future modifications now in catagories, and probably wont be changing. No i dont have OCD lol

looks much neater now, might have to rearrange mine lol

[Wherry951]

Dad drove the car around my streets for 5 minutes yesterday. He told me the clutch is entirely stuffed, cant even get it out of second gear now! Cleaned it also, and on the second time it was started it wouldnt. Apparently wont even kick over, so needs a new starter motor now but thats not expensive and i have somebody giving me theres as they blew up there VT engine the other day haha

Got a situation where Centrelink are claiming i owe them $3400. This is there fault and mistake but refuse to accept it. So im going to try and sort that this week, but if not the car could face the possibility of being sold. But even that wont give me enough money to pay it off as my parents payed half and i owe them the money. But i will most likely find some other way to try pay it off. But im pretty worried have no idea yet