WALESY's pimpn WH Caprice

[MikeCuzzy]

well i had a bit of bad luck yesterday, i was about 80kms from home on my way to a wedding when i pulled onto a highway, didn't have the boot in, just the usual for pulling into a 100 zone... then BANG!!

alot of crunching, and very little drive getting to the wheels, at first i knew it was either diff or half shaft, but i was lucky that im sure it was just a half shaft, i sent the car home on a tow truck ($220 later)

I got a txt from my sister saying when they were taking my car off the tow truck a big greasy ball bearing fell out from underneath it, im at work so havnt had a chance to take a look at it but the ball bearing is dead givaway for half shaft, just hope i havn't done any damage to the diff aswell

Unlucky mate, the diff in these things can take some decent punishment, hopefully there isn't much damage.

[walesy]

well all sorted, picked up another half shaft and replaced the destroyed one that was in quite bad shape, took it for a test drive and shes all sweet, no damage to the diff either which im happy with

[browny91]

This car is awesome! love it. lucky you it was only the half shaft and no damage to the diff. Thanks for all your help to the other day

[walesy]

no worries man just gotta get those front springs sorted now, shame those other ones were different sizes

[walesy]

I was bored this morning and i had the day off so i grabbed my GO-PRO HD HERO2 and took a few pics, i ordered my LCD screen for it but it hasnt arrived yet so these were the better of the ones i took by shooting blind :P

[HarmlessMuffinMan]

BRB: Changing pants

[kingswood country]

Hey, how did the stock auto go with the 253.1rwkw? Any hassles?

[walesy]

stock gearbox lasted till 260,000kms, then it lost 2nd, 4th, and reverse... it has a craigs auto's built 4l65e rated to 600hp, corvette servo, shift kit and a dominator 3500 stall now, its alot of fun

[kingswood country]

Just a regular service? I take it you gave it a caning on the occasion, too many pages to read........ It's good news for me

[walesy]

yeah serviced gearbox every 15,000kms, its had a hard life with drags, track days etc

[kingswood country]

What suspension setup do you run? Still the same as op? How's she handle?

[kingswood country]

She's absolutely gorgeous mate

[walesy]

What suspension setup do you run? Still the same as op? How's she handle?

king spring supers all round, did have ultras in the rear but i prefer the supers so it has room to squat on hard launches

[walesy]

just a few chops to show what i have planned looks wise, unfortunately the wheels will be the cheapest part of the caprice's next stage, plan is for FR20x8.5 fronts, and FR22x10 rears minimum depending what i can fit with tubs, only colour i didnt get a chop of is gold with polished lip which i was leaning more towards, what do you guys reckon look better out of WHITE, BLACK, CHERRY BLACK or CHROME

personally im kinda leaning towards the full chrome look, but rich is doing a gold with polished lip chop for me tonight so ill see how i like the look of that

[showbags]

Gold FTW Walesy.

[walesy]

yeah ill see how the chop turns out, but at this stage polished gets the gig

[walesy]

fr20x8 are $1,155ea
fr22x10 are $1,430ea (fr22x10.5-14 are POA so a bit more if i want to go wider, which with the 4link and tubs im looking at will most likely want wider than 10in)

and $200 for each wheel for a polished center so $5,970 all up, then will need tyres aswell, front wont be too bad but rear tyres will be a fair bit each

[MUT4NT]

never noticed how much the buldge makes the car look soo good haha!!!

[walesy]

haha thanks chad, if funny how many people love it, i thought id be hated for doing it when i first got it done

[Whitesack07]

How much did getting that buldge cost? wouldnt mind getting something like that, looks sweet haha

[walesy]

it was already done, i bought it off a mate who had it on his WH for $700, that included freighting it from perth to south coast of nsw, i still have the original caprice bonnet with stand up emblem so i can put it back on whenever

[walesy]

or how bout the gold and polished lip? hmm

[Jonesy484]

white for sure

[walesy]

its pretty much out of gold or chrome for me now, i like the black and cherry black, but i need something to break the colour up im thinking

[Jecs]

tubbing it? whose building the rear end? my mate got his VY tubbed, 4 link etc $15k