My VY executive

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Hey guys this is my first car keen to see what you guys think, had the car for about 3 months, its all pretty much stock but ill be changing it heaps when I leave school and get an actual job. Better pictures will be up soon got a few more minor mods and a good clean before I go out and find some places. Hope you guys enjoy and leave feedback and advice

Name: Tristan
Age: 17
Model: 2003 Vy executive
Colour: Delft Blue
Bodykit: Standard Executive kit
Engine Type: 3.8 Ecotec
Exhaust: Standard
Gearbox: Auto
Brakes: Standard
Suspension: Standard
Wheels/Tyres: 16" VY Calias alloys
Stereo: Stock

Current Mods:

Green Footwell neon (still to be installed correctly and not just wedged inplace lol)
interior and boot light changed to green bulbs
Kicker sub on pioneer single din HU


Currently working on:

Gettin neon installed correctly with switches ect..
Tinting Tail Lights
Getting seatcovers and floor mats personalised.. (Count Your Blessings)

Future mods:

redback or lukey 2.5" catback exhaust
Mace cold air intake
Black 18" of some description when i need new tyres so I can get cheap package (help me decide???)
Tinted Tail lights
VY spack front bar
lowered depending on what it looks like on 18"
Chrome Stripping

and much much more will update and set them out better when I can remember them and have more time

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Few pictures of the car... shit quality coz there off my phone.. felt kinda stupid having a thread with no pictures :/ propper ones will be up in due time

[DevilDRake]

Looks stock as a rock! Will be good to see what updates you do - looks just like mine when i got it :P!

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Thanks mate ur car is crazy, I hope mine turns out half as good lol the only thing stopping me now is cash

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Hey guys need some help.. im thinking about taking off the door trim and changed the carpet to leather, ive read guides to take the trim and am confident that I can take it off.. i was wondering if any of you have taken it off and wheather or not its possible to take the carpet peice out and how easy it is..?

help me lol

[Beauzza]

Hey mate, iv taken the trim off heaps! But never really payd attention to the carpet part.. I reckon ring holden or a holden parts place and see if u can buy the leather ss inserts?

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

cheers mate.. does it come of in one big piece or as you take it off it can be pulled apart..? any idea

[DevilDRake]

Haha mines not that great! Just keep updating you'll get somewhere haha

[Beauzza]

The whole door trim cums off in 1 piece.. Drivers side u gotta disconnect the electric mirrors switch after its off
Then u shld be able to push or clip the fabric part out

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

cheers mate ill give it a go

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

upsetting news couldnt get the headunit out so had to just run the wires then drive to an auto shop nd pay 10 bucks for them to remove it for me.. but all the wires for the sub are in and its gettin finished on monday.. so pictures should be up later that day.. all my neon and switches are in the post and hopefully will arrive soon, and they will be installed the minute they arrive

ditched the idea about the green leather in door.. its to hard to work at and basically i just cbf lol all thats left for interior is seat covers and then thats it... for i bit.. i think lol.

Saving for exhaust and rims

[vyseriesII]

Looks stock as a rock! Will be good to see what updates you do - looks just like mine when i got it :P!

Lol, mine still looks like it did when i got it. And i have had it 2 years. All my mods are under bonnet.

[Jezza]

looks nice and clean and a good colour

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Hey guys just a quick update... sub and hu are in and it sounds great.. only problem is we couldnt get the atenna to work... couldnt find the colour wire that everyone was talking about :/ and..... its the wrong colour green :'( hopefully it will look better once neons go in, if not then.... i dunno :/ it will piss me off forever lol

speaking on neons.... currently trying to locate Vz traction control blanks (the bit that sits in the center console) switches or noen will be put in there... still waiting on heaps of stuff from ebay hurry up aussie post.

urrmmm what else.... car needs a clean a bit dirty :/ will probli take pictures soon after that... trying to convice a mate to let me use his electric buffer to cut nd polish and get a few minor scratches out..

tails to be tinted on the asap... low on cash atm and car needs a service and rego :/ radiator need flushing the coolant it heaps dirty.. (anyone know what causes this ?)

and yeah... hope you guys are enjoying my thread even tho its shit lol... ill fix it one day

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

Wow seems like ages since ive been online, all the neon from ebay has come and the switch set up is ready and hopefully will be in in a couple weeks, tail lights also to be tinted in the following weeks. chrome stripping is comming in the mail for the front grill and side door mould thingys and mabi the something to do with the number plate surround.

interior is almost finished a few minor paint jobs where its flaking and seat covers then onto the exterior and engine

main things are:

Exhaust
s pack front bar
drop it on its ass
rims
mace intake
mabi bigger thottle body

see how the cash goes, hopefully after i cut and polish will get some good pictures

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

well.. mods will be on hold for a while, went to get coolant flushed and changed, the mechanic had a look and somehow my engine oil was gettin into the coolant so he guessed it was the gaskets so got quoted $650.. then got a call a couple hours saying that the intake manifold was pitted and that was the problem and had to be send away and re machined... so that brings the total to $900 but even better.. i expected the car back today but got a call an hr ago.. they have found another problem but dont know what it is... oh joy!

Mods will start up again soon... hopefully i was looking forward to my front bar :'(

[danieLOL]

unlucky with everything going wrong with it..

looks like you got yourself a nice clean car to start with other than the engine

[DevilDRake]

Honestly, go get another motor for $350 and just go through and change all the gaskets and shit on it.. Alot cheaper. Just more time.. Well not much more.


The oil in coolant (happened to me also) is the inlet manifold gaskets, as stated. But then i dunno about it needing machining and shit.. Didn't you go in there to get the gasket done and stop it leaking, not for a while machine job?

[Dan VS 231]

Wait what? Its more than likely the lower intake manifold gaskets that have gone. It happens on all emotecs and Mace have in stock an alloy version of these to replace the plastic stock version.

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

I have no idea where the #### the intake manifold is lol... and it doesnt say if its lower or upper manifold on the sheet thingy i got back... when they pulled apart the engine it was just for a gasket change but when actually did it, the gaskets were fine but the lip / edge that the gaskets sits on was pitted because the pervious owner used tap water not coolant and it like corroded and pitted, anyway.. they sent it to an engineer who pressure tested it ect.. it was soo bad that he had to lay runs of weld along it to machine / face the manifold.. nd then they changed over all the gaskets anyway because they said they were old... (i recon just coz they wanted a bit of extra cash coz they originally said they wernt damaged) but at this point i just wanted my car back lol

[richardpalinkas]

you could have bought a 2nd hand lower intake manifold for cheaper than that! dodgy mechanics

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

im not that mechanically savy, i love cars but im only just gettin into the mechanics at the start of the year i didnt know anything..

im keen to get straight back into mods with a little headlight colour change.. sick of yellow / wee colour light lol
and tinted tails.

can someone with a greater knowlege then me of head lights for commies gimi a hand dunno what to buy.. im just looking for a bright white with a tiny tiny tiny hint of blue to compliment the car..

[DevilDRake]

6000k bulbs have a tint of blue and are bright as fk.. that being said I would want them for my car, but they blind everyone.

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

cheers, ended up going with blue plus 90 NARVA kit.. of H4 and H1 globes.. guys at autobarn helped heaps nd made sure i kept legal.. lol pics will be up soon, gona put them in later tonight nd make sure i aim them proplery so i dont blind people lol hopefully it looks good :/ more expencive then i thought but... should be good pics soon!

[ALL-STOCK-VY]

im quite the unlucky person.. i tried changing over the parkers first and didnt click the globe in correctly so when i put the like.. socket back into place.. the globe fell out and is now stuck in the little hole thing.. fml :/ so will have be taking the front bar off and pulling out the headlights... to make everything just that little bit easier.. i have big hands

only thing is.. im not exactly sure how the front bar comes off and how the headlights come out.. ill look on here for a guide and just cross my fingers, if anyone knows how or knows a guide or whatever would be greatly appreciated