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Ha! I'm not too fussed about slight differences in colour, this is just to make it look less sh!tty while I slowly fix it up. Most of the panels are slightly different shades of white anyway, I just want to get rid of the ghetto flaky paint. Cheers for the help, time to start trawling the...

The bonnet on my Berlina is in shocking condition. For some reason, it is the only panel affected with these problems. The paint is flaking off and it's starting to get bits of surface rust and more significant rust around the lip near the grill. Colour is white. Obviously one way to go...

Dude, fix the car you got. You could sell a car that needs one thing fixed (yours) and end up buying someone else's lemon that could take thousands to fix. Obviously, you might not, but if you're trying to minimise the amount of money you're spending that would be the least risky proposition...

205/65/15 is about 3.3% out, based on stock size of 205/60/15

Well as far as I understand what you're asking, the answer is no. Speakers present a fixed load to an amp. A 4 ohm speaker stays a 4 ohm speaker no matter what you do. You can't flick a switch and make them 2 ohms. If you want to run the amp at 2 ohms you need 2 ohm speakers. Unless, of...

The question more appropriately is can your amp run at 2 ohms. The ohms of a speaker are fixed and cannot be changed. However, you can configure them to present a 2 ohm load to your amp. In this case, if the splits are 4 ohm, you run them in parallel and they will present a 2 ohm load to the...

Ummm....SL60s I think. Way too bright, but then I found that I like speakers with a reasonably dull response up high. Probably can be fixed with attenuation and equalising but its just easier to get what you like in the first place. Anyway, my lady has Type-Rs in her Corolla and I reckon...

I listened to a number of speakers in my hunt for the perfect speaker mid last year. I found that Focals have (for my ears) very harsh tweeters, right up to the K2Ps (didn't hear anything further up). The K2Ps were very detailed, but just too bright for me. Same with Bostons, way too bright...

Alright, think we've narrowed the problem. Noise seems to be coming from the auto, so hopefully all it needs is the bands tightened and the leaks fixed, but I have a feeling it could be much more serious than that.....

I will also add it almost sounds like a gurgling sound coming from the dash, although a mechanical gurgling rather than say coolant.

Nah no vibrations, just a soft grinding noise. To be honest, as Pedders were fiddling with the steering I would guess that it has something do do with that. Would a dodgy power steering pump make this noise? The steering is also much heavier now. I'd be very surprised if it was anything to...

Hi guys Just had my VK Berlina V8 lowered and the steering rack replaced at Pedders. Now there's a constant grinding or whirring noise coming from somewhere under the dash. Can't hear it outside the car, only inside. Not sure if it's coming from the steering or the transmission. Power...

anyone know the official 0-100kph/400m times of the series 1 and 2?

My GF's grandma has a VK Berlina 308 (I know, what a cool grandma) and it does about 18lt/100km (at least when I'm driving it, although I've been told that it does around that even with sedate driving). This is an estimate as it has been struck down by the common odometer-not-working ailment...

there is really no point lying on your insurance policy, they don't pay out if you don't disclose all the correct details. you might as well not get insurance. and seriously, like they aren't going to check to see if the car has been modified after you stack it.

i think he said no holes, so its gonna be hard to get some good staging with no speakers in the front. just go for some 6x9s and a decent head unit.

that's the one, dutch techno-pop at its best

no limit - 2 unlimited

those figures are totally misleading as they are for a combined cycle. next year car makers are going to be forced to cite separate figures for urban and extra-urban as well as a combined figure. that will really show how well the VE stacks up against the compitition. i would be amazed if...

how do you guys hook up the power-on wire for the amp if you're using the stock H/U?

you can see a headunit in the last pic, so i guess it does have a sound system

good thing you smudged the number plates...

i'm pretty sure they need a red reflective strip, not an orange globe, to be legal.

sounds like you have the 6x9s wired up to opposite polarities

i guess you would have to sit the HU into the dash a little bit, then you could remove the plastic face of the stock HU and use it to fill the recess you just created.

no reflector = illegal. they look cheap as, although not as bad as others

gee, there are some harsh parents here. i thought parents would want the best for their kids. there's nothing wrong with a little reality check (re. the value of money), but if you have the chance to give your kids a head start, then why not? and just because you buy a car for them, doesn't...

extra urban means highway

this is just another case of political correctness gone mad. i wouldn't blame the teachers, they are told what to teach the kids these days. this is more of a case of an activist government grooming the adults of tomorrow to think like they do. just look at the way we all believe global...

and lets not forget that the higher wattage globes will draw more current and may melt wires if you go too high

you get 200kms out of a 65 litre tank? yikes! i hope you live near a petrol station

no worries mate, i look forward to nitpicking all your posts ;) the VT looks really nice (despite the lights) but i would be hesitant buying a car off a p-plater. i guess you factor in it already has the wheels and the kit on it - that may outweigh the risks involved. but then again if i was...

man those rear lights look awful. just for future reference, you can't be 'bias'. you can be biased.

hmm...aside from the ridiculous comments about diesel engines...you missed my point about the differences between the 190kw engine and the 172kw engine. using this as just an example, to claim that the new car is going to need the 200kw engine to push it is spurious. the only time the car...

if holden were serious about fuel consumption they would put a diesel in it. the difference between the 172 and 190 engines would be bugger-all where it counts - in the 1500-3000rpm range. how often would the average fleet buyer redline his car?

i'd rather have my kids in a stick-shop than driving around pissed. and speed limits on any licence are a joke: how dangerous are idiots doing miles under the limit on a freeway? you're more of a danger to everyone driving 20kph under the limit than to yourself at the correct limit

wow, the fact it wasn't a VN commodore is going to shatter a lot of egos. hmm...i still don't think such a low-volume car counts, personally...

i would guess it would be a battle between a bentley continental flying spur, the latest BMW M5, the MB S65 AMG and MB E55 AMG all of them do 0-100kph in under 5 seconds

is that tyre flat or what?

probably the throttle cable sticking, used to happen in my corolla all the time. its a manual so i'd just put in the clutch but you definitly don't expect it to happen, so it was a shock for sure! one day the cable decided it didn't want to stick anymore so its all good now.