TMM's VYII Berlina

[TMM]

Make - Holden
Model - VY (Commodore) Berlina Series 2
Year - 2003
Colour - Vespers Blue Mica

Performance:
Suspension: Kings 'Low' Heavy Duty Springs, KYB shortened shocks
Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE001 225/55
Brakes: QFM HP-X pads

Exterior:
-Calais front grille/bonnet garnish.
-Calais headlights
-Holden 'By Design' Level2 skirt kit
-WK Statesman guard indicators
-VY Senator Rear Spoiler (not painted/fitted yet)

Interior:
-Calais S1 dark woodgrain
-Calais S2 instrument cluster
-Full White LED backlighting conversion, Blue footwell lighting
-SS aluminium pedals
-Statesman sun visors

Audio:
Source: Factory Blaupunkt 6CD-stacker modified for aux input and line level outputs
Amp (Front Stage): MB Quart Q-series Class-AB 4x80W
Amp (Rears and Sub): Response Precision Class-D 4x60W+340W
Front Woofers: Usher 8945A 7" Carbon Fibre/paper blend
Front Tweeters: Vifa BC25SC06-04 1" Coated Textile, custom A-pillars
Rear Fill: Response 6.5" Kevlar Coaxial
Sub: Boston Acoustics G3 10"
DSP: MiniDSP

stuff i want to do
wheels, LSD

Stock as a rock (3 years ago):




Now:



C&C Welcome

[DUK13Y]

Nice first car mate. I'll be gettin one mid next year in black . They are a very nice car. I'd just paint the wheel spokes myself. Not hard to do and if you stuff it you can either sand it down and start again or just buy the new spokes after that.

[1dvsbstd]

Very nice car very clean mate!

[TMM]

Thanks guys

Nice first car mate. I'll be gettin one mid next year in black . They are a very nice car. I'd just paint the wheel spokes myself. Not hard to do and if you stuff it you can either sand it down and start again or just buy the new spokes after that.

True. I was considering just applying some fake carbon fibre vinyl i had lying around but even that stuff doesn't wear too well. The satin chrome ones will match the door handles. ~$40 off ebay if my memory serves me right and they should take decades to wear out

[TMM]

New rubber:

225/55R16 Bridgestone Adrenalins. Much better then the standard tyres (215/60 ER30s). Surprisingly they are just as quiet if not even quieter then the ER30, and the ride is about the same too. Not much more dough either, $235 vs $188.

Also i'm part way through assembling a line in/out radio kit from Phreddy:

Just needs a few more components here and there

[DUK13Y]

Sounds good mate. I'm currently trying to set up my berlina for Phreddies dash goodies. Can't wait.

[Calaber]

Sounds good mate. I'm currently trying to set up my berlina for Phreddies dash goodies. Can't wait.

Hi Duk

What is the quote for your Berlina dashlight conversion and how many interior lights are you getting done - just the dash or all interior lights?

[DUK13Y]

Haven't got a quote yet but it'll be a few hundred.

I'm getting all the dash done (dash, cluster, shifter lights, headunit, climate control, etc) and all the window switches and the T/C and PWR buttons done. Might have missed some stuff but you get the idea. Basically every light bar the map lights, footwell lights, etc. I'm getting the morphing needles done too

[Calaber]

OK, ta. I'll check with you later on to see how it went.

And, to the OP, nice clean unit. No doubt about it, Berlinas and Calais look brilliant in black. Terrific start for a great streeter.

[-scyth-]

Nice one mate!

[fuzzy2308]

looks good mate

[TMM]

Cheers guys.

One step closer to world domination:


Hopefully i haven't cocked up anything.

[TMM]

Just finished the installation. Everything works perfectly

Line outputs (also discovered a Nokia handsfree kit in here which i cbf removing):


Aux switch + input socket:

Autos usually have a rubber blanking trim here, so i need to buy the plastic surround and blanking buttons from Holden. I'll probably mount the input socket inside the center console storage bin eventually

[IEVLV8]

love the line in idea

whats the price Phreddy flogging them for?

[TMM]

i payed ~$140 posted for the bare kit (as in post #5 of this thread except the components aren't soldered to the pcb) including the factory style button. I think Phreddy's prices have gone up a little bit since I bought my kit .

[TMM]

So my shifter looked sad like this:



then I did this:


many expletives later it looked like this:

New satin chrome insert, new button and new shift boot.

I also got the trims for around the aux button,


And some satin chrome steering wheel spokes, but i'm going to buy a brand new steering wheel first (airbag has to come off anyway for the spokes)

[TMM]

this came today Brand new so the leather is nice and matte (compare it to the 7 year old leather wheel in the first post)

Manufacture date, 2003 - sure has been sitting in it's box for a while

[sweefu]

Great looking car mate! How does the stereo sound?

[TMM]

Way better then stock. The amp made the biggest difference. Still needs a sub to fill in the low end - the door speakers only go down to about 50hz and are very sloppy at that frequency.

[aj1987]

Very nice. I like the fact you've opted to spend your hard earned on keeping it original and neat/tidy. Great idea and sets your Berlina apart from the usul 'commomwhore' crowd. Kudos.

[sweefu]

haha yeah i can imagine.. did you set them to 50hz just for the moment because of no sub?

[TMM]

haha yeah i can imagine.. did you set them to 50hz just for the moment because of no sub?

I'm just running them full range at the moment. When i get a sub i'll probably cross them over between 100-150hz.

[TMM]

out with fake woodgrain, in with fake carbon fibre... what do you think?

[TMM]

Today I made a board to mount my amp/x-overs to the bottom of the parcel shelf. Just have to bolt it up and plug everything in

[Ryley]

Hahahaha, love the pedobear sticker! I actually JUST brought some before viewing this thread :P