New owner... Possible VY II S ute mods?

[Burto89]

Hello,

Well I have just purchased my first car... A 2003 VY series II S pack ute (auto) with lazer back hard top and rest stocko.

The question i have for fellow VY ute owners is what are some simple but good mods i can do to this beast?

I was thinking new sound system, rims, and exhaust?

any others?

cheers

[alien]

I dont own a ute, but CAI. (Even 2 hole mod)

Works a treat for V8's and Supercharged engines. Might do a bit on the V6s too!

[Burto89]

No idea what the 2 hole mod is sry.

Could people post up some head units (maybe touch screen) that fit where the current stock head unit is please.

[alien]

With the head unit, you'll need a dash surround (you can get them from JB) because the factory head unit isn't exactly 2DIN, it has been designed to blend in with the trim.

I know the Sony XAV W1 is a good unit, ive got one coming in around a week and a half from Sony (dunno if i'll sell it or use it myself though). Thats touch screen, DivX, will support 5.1 surround sound, 3 AV inputs e.t.c.

And the 2 hole mod there's plenty of posts on this forum about it, just use the search thing? I'll be posting my 2 hole mod for VY's soon too.

[one_and_only2004]

6.5" Splits in the doors plus a decent head unit, SL springs + shockies, HSV rims of some sort, and maybe a 2.5" exhaust.
I wouldn't go much further than that.

[Burto89]

Yea i dont want to do alot of things to it as it is just an S pack but still a few mods like the sound system, new rims, maybe lower it abit, dont know if i will do much to the exhaust maybe a new tip? like a bigger one is that possible? cause the sound is ok for stock.

Also might get the ss front bumper, line the tray and repaint the dash (few black marks)

[one_and_only2004]

yeah all i did with my stocky exhaust was weld a massive tip on it after the standard one literally fell off. I think it was about $24 from supercheap.
If you don't want to spend much you could always just get your rear channels on your head unit enabled at holden and whack a set of 6x9's behind the seats like i've done

[MEANVY]

extractors are reasonable for the price...

edit: 18s look grear on SL utes

[Burto89]

yeah all i did with my stocky exhaust was weld a massive tip on it after the standard one literally fell off. I think it was about $24 from supercheap.
If you don't want to spend much you could always just get your rear channels on your head unit enabled at holden and whack a set of 6x9's behind the seats like i've done

how do you mean enable rear channels? what is it?

Today i installed a set of pioneer 6 1/2" speakers with tweakers in the doors still on the stock head unit, but omg the difference in sound quality amazed me!

Tomorrow i am having my exhaust done for 80 bucks... cutting off the last muffler? like bout a meter of pipe then having straight pipe to a dual dumper. should look nice and sound a bit louder also having the car fully serviced and detailed so will look, smell, sound and feel better 2moz arvo.

[Jakhama_2_mcmetz]

go for a slim line sub behind the seat! and for the head unit i highly recomend alpine, quality's mint, they look nice to and for a little extra $ u can keep using your steering wheel controls, and and the ipod control is gr8

[one_and_only2004]

how do you mean enable rear channels? what is it?


Tomorrow i am having my exhaust done for 80 bucks... cutting off the last muffler? like bout a meter of pipe then having straight pipe to a dual dumper. should look nice and sound a bit louder also having the car fully serviced and detailed so will look, smell, sound and feel better 2moz arvo.

Rear channels - they're disabled on your ute's head unit. Go to holden and ask them to hook the tech 2 up to the car and reprogram your head unit into a sedan one.

Muffler - having done this before when i was REALLY STUPID i'd suggest you don't do it. It drones like an old woman, sounds like poo and is illegal. at least put twin resinators on the back - it MIGHT make it sound alright but please don't do this to your ute...

[hail storm]

Rear channels - they're disabled on your ute's head unit. Go to holden and ask them to hook the tech 2 up to the car and reprogram your head unit into a sedan one.

Muffler - having done this before when i was REALLY STUPID i'd suggest you don't do it. It drones like an old woman, sounds like poo and is illegal. at least put twin resinators on the back - it MIGHT make it sound alright but please don't do this to your ute...

Ha ha I rang up my local Holden dealer when you put up that thread about yours and the guy didn't know what I was on about!!!!!Might try a Holden dealer in a larger town next time.

Go a Redback cat back exhaust,they sound pretty good.

[LightningVP]

Depending on what you need your tray for you can use that as a sound system...

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3788/vs20003hg5.jpg

[one_and_only2004]

Ha ha I rang up my local Holden dealer when you put up that thread about yours and the guy didn't know what I was on about!!!!!Might try a Holden dealer in a larger town next time.

Go a Redback cat back exhaust,they sound pretty good.

the parts manager at Holden in Tenterfield said he'd do it for free for me (connections - wa chow!). Apparently they just plug the tech2 in, change the head unit category code from a 1 to a 6 (or maybe the other way around) and bam there you have it.
Somewhere around this forum (i think it's in my mysterious plug topic in the VY section) phreddy actually says what they have to do.
Hope this helps you.

[Burto89]

so basically the rear channels are connected to the stereo head unit or is it part of the engine? sry if its a dumb question not very car savy.

As to the muffler i have already had it done and i like the sound! you hear it when u put ure foot down a bit but when just cruising its quite as, love it, and the new dual dumper looks smick!

Yea my holden dealer is a tight ass haha Gadstone! they said its a100 buck an hour on the tech2 gear but i am guessing it should only take 5 mins tops yea?

[one_and_only2004]

did you get the car there? i'd be going to the dealer you got the car off (if it was a holden one) and get them to do it for free. The dealer i got mine off has done nothing but help me in getting bits like the third brake light for cheap - they said they'd do the tech 2 thing for free but they're an hour away so the fella in town is.

As for your muffler hmmmm... now you'll sound like 80% of the vn-vs drivers out there...

oh and for time you're spot on - if it takes em any more time than 5mins they probably don't know what they're doing. The trick is to spell it out to them and make it sound as if a drunken monkey could do it. If you end up getting an SS bar i'd be using that as bartering chips to get them to do a freebie.

[alien]

Depending on what you need your tray for you can use that as a sound system...

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3788/vs20003hg5.jpg

Why would you do that? So OTHERS can hear your music better than you? (unless you have your windows down) That's just plain stupid

[one_and_only2004]

You'd be surprised actually. Just had a look at a twin 10" and 12" sub setup in the back of a ute in brisbane today. With the hard cover down it's pretty quiet outside

Why would you do that? So OTHERS can hear your music better than you? (unless you have your windows down) That's just plain stupid

[alien]

You'd be surprised actually. Just had a look at a twin 10" and 12" sub setup in the back of a ute in brisbane today. With the hard cover down it's pretty quiet outside

Was there much sound getting into the cabin? Through the rear firewall? And was there a hole in the wall (which would need an engineers certificate) to get the sound into the cabin better?

[one_and_only2004]

The majority of the noise was going into the cab.
He had a ute liner which was packed with old blankets to stop the ute from rattling - probably acts as a bit of sound deadening.
No holes were cut or anything in the wall.
Trust me i had my doubts about how loud and annoying it would be, but it worked pretty damn good.