My First Car - 2005 VZ SV6

[BullittSV6]

Name: Peter

Car: Sept 2005 Holden VZ Commodore SV6, Impulse, 5 spd auto, LSD

Well this is my first car! Bought in March 2008 with 54,000kms. Really happy with it, great on the highway, I do a lot of highway driving, hates city stop start traffic. Has a bit of character now with the MCAI/2 hole mod, a bit of mongrel compared to how it used to sound before.

Mods so far:

• K&N Panel Filter
• Monaro Cold Air Induction Shroud (referred to as MCAI)
• 2 hole mod
• Genuine VZ Strut Brace
• QFM HPX brake pads on all corners (inc. Police spec. fronts)
• Tinted Windows - Midnight Express

Future Mods

• Paint engine covers
• Phreddied head unit
• New stereo system (replace standard door speakers and add in some 6x9's, amp)
• VZ SS Alloy pedals
• Brand new exhaust system (extractors and cat back)
• Tune
• Slotted rotors

[f1tzy]

Nice car mate and nice choice of colour. When you gonna ditch the stock rims lol

[BullittSV6]

Nice car mate and nice choice of colour. When you gonna ditch the stock rims lol

I'll be keeping the car pretty well stock for a while and just concentrate on paying it off and maintained but I thinK if I was to put mags on it I would slap the Monaro CV8R rims, they look pretty schmick!

[VH commodore]

nice holden mate! looks great. doesn't need any mods but if u do those rims you mentioned will look great, and would look even better with some lowered springs...just get lows if u wanna keep a smooth ride.

[azkwazere]

Nice ride mate! Looks clean.

Not so sure on a first car and a 22k price tag but your call!

good luck with it, expect to see some mods on it, soon!

aZk.

[f1tzy]

I'll be keeping the car pretty well stock for a while and just concentrate on paying it off and maintained but I thinK if I was to put mags on it I would slap the Monaro CV8R rims, they look pretty schmick!

Thats what i have on my ute. I like the look of them except i should have gone 19's

[BullittSV6]

Thats what i have on my ute. I like the look of them except i should have gone 19's

How much did they set you back?

[f1tzy]

17 or 1800 12 months ago with rubber and fitted & balanced

[BullittSV6]

Ok so after much thought here's a list definate mods I will be doing.

Engine covers: I am thinking a blue and silver like nordy or a blue and gun-metal grey just be a little different

The two hole mod with a k&n pod filter would be the next mod inline

Lastly would be a completely new exhaust system, twin 2.5" system, however brandwise I am not sure. I know at the moment Lukey has a deal where if you buy one of their systems u get free air filter, but this mod won't be till next year I think.

I may tint my windows, not sure yet.

I may get a blue LED scheme installed also, again not sure about it.

That would keep me happy, for a while...

[f1tzy]

Get your windows tinted mate. I just got mine done on saturday in the darkest legal tint and i would never go back now. Do you mean a panel filter when you say pod filter?

[BullittSV6]

Get your windows tinted mate. I just got mine done on saturday in the darkest legal tint and i would never go back now. Do you mean a panel filter when you say pod filter?

I was under the impression that a pod filter and a panel filter are different filters. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong as I am quite new to all this, but my understanding is a panel filter sits at the top of the air box and is dry, where as a pod filter sits inside the air box connected to the intake tube and uses oil for self cleaning.

I was also under the impression you can only have one not both...someone better explain this to me now...

[BullittSV6]

Hey guys took these photo's yesterday and today. You will notice that my manifold cover is silver yet on other SV6's it is black...anyone know why?

[Howks]

Get your windows tinted mate. I just got mine done on saturday in the darkest legal tint and i would never go back now. Do you mean a panel filter when you say pod filter?

How much did that tint set you back mate?

[Aggro_VE]

Dam that's alot of pics lol...Don't worry I'm the same congrats on your new ride treat her well and she will look after ya . The silver manifold on yours is the updated model, like mine I had a 06 SV6 had the silver manifold, the 190kW stayed same the torque dropped to 335Nm to comply with even stricter euro emission's. I think after Feb 05 the manifold changed to silver and got the four airbags and LSD as standard, just a minor update from Holden is all.

[BullittSV6]

Yeah its a September 05 model. Yeah I did go a little psycho with the digital but hey, she's a beautiful piece of work by Holden. I am loving the LSD too...

[CANYONERO]

nice ride, lose the number plate surrounds!

[BullittSV6]

nice ride, lose the number plate surrounds!

LOL yeah I've been meaning to do that will probably do it this weekend when I have some time on Sunday.

[f1tzy]

How much did that tint set you back mate?

$240 from tint-a-car with a 10 yr warranty

[f1tzy]

I was under the impression that a pod filter and a panel filter are different filters. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong as I am quite new to all this, but my understanding is a panel filter sits at the top of the air box and is dry, where as a pod filter sits inside the air box connected to the intake tube and uses oil for self cleaning.

I was also under the impression you can only have one not both...someone better explain this to me now...

Yea you can only fit one filter at a time but pod filters are pretty useless on a stock car and even more useless when they are un-sealed. Your probably better off just getting a k&n panel filter instead of the pod. Afaik the k&n panels are also oiled

[EvoVIIIJDM]

nice pics from the lookout and nice sv6. 22k? how many ks? I sold my black manual 2005 sv6 for 25k with 40thou on the clock.

I got sick of the lack of balls of the sv6, alot of hype about nothing, but the SV6 is a good streeter 6 cylinder car for a to b travel.

In terms of intakes, keep with a kn flat filter for your current airbox.

Seen a blue vz clubby going around in Yalla with a PWR supercharger set up on it?

[BANKS]

$240 from tint-a-car with a 10 yr warranty

expect to pay around $450 for a sedan thou

Def paint the eng covers! White walls look sweet with that colour

[f1tzy]

expect to pay around $450 for a sedan thou

Def paint the eng covers! White walls look sweet with that colour

Another advantage of having a ute

[BullittSV6]

Yea you can only fit one filter at a time but pod filters are pretty useless on a stock car and even more useless when they are un-sealed. Your probably better off just getting a k&n panel filter instead of the pod. Afaik the k&n panels are also oiled

Yeah I recently realised that after doing more research into the filter. I like the idea of a filter that just needs cleaning after buying it once instead of holden charging the earth for it to replace at a service.

I am contemplating doing the 2-hole mod but from what I have seen not everyone is having an improvement.

[BullittSV6]

nice pics from the lookout and nice sv6. 22k? how many ks? I sold my black manual 2005 sv6 for 25k with 40thou on the clock.

I got sick of the lack of balls of the sv6, alot of hype about nothing, but the SV6 is a good streeter 6 cylinder car for a to b travel.

In terms of intakes, keep with a kn flat filter for your current airbox.

Seen a blue vz clubby going around in Yalla with a PWR supercharger set up on it?

My SV6 had just over 54000kms with full books and was an ex custom fleet car it was by far the best deal for the price range in Adelaide on Clipsal weekend.

All my mates drive V6's, straight 6's and s/c V6's and and its up there with stock speed. I am contemplating keeping it totally original because for a first car its got comfort, looks, power and is just a great drivers car.

I have seen a blue vz clubby going round, might be the same one

[BullittSV6]

expect to pay around $450 for a sedan thou

Def paint the eng covers! White walls look sweet with that colour

The engine covers are getting a paint soon, will be going with blue, silver for the alloytec 190 label and because the manifold is silver, I am going to paint the 6 raised sections black. If the manifold was black I would have painted them silver but I will be just flipping it round the other way.

There will also be another mod coming up. I am keeping a tight lip on it as no one as far as I have seen on here has done it and I will be producing a "how to..." as well so stay tuned!!!

I might do the windows in time for summer! But $450 is cheaper than the Holden dealer quoted me which was about $500. I have a mate who used to do window tints at auto pro so I am thinking of just buying the tint myself and getting him to install it.