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my ute is a daily so im looking to restore some of its practibility, im after preferably a black VY SS front bar, willing to pay cash or will swap for my supercar bar and cash adjustments my way probably as it needs some minor fixing. will pick up anywhere from gold coast to sunny coast ATM...

oh wow you picked it up for 10 grand? that is bloody cheap and not too bad kms for a vt as well

some pics from saturday at the kilcoy ute show debadged tailgate and centred number plate ^^^

umm it was a stage 2 or 3 crowcam, cant remember but there is **** all difference, we just installed it by itself without the chip that you get if you go with the package deal. At the moment its only in the 170's rwhp range, but keep in mind exhaust is still stock (yeah i know its on the to do...

haha do i ever ;) start... middle... finish...

when i bought it i was 19, and only 20 now. i cant afford to keep a V8 really so thats why i didnt get one, but this little 6 will beat a 5L so its good enough for me now. as for the front conversion, because vu to vz have the same chassis design all you gotta do is unbolt the old one, put on...

i bought with the basic front conversion already done, but as far as i know all the pannels are just bolt on. i've just put on the supercar bar myself, chrome bonnet trim, the 19" wheels, lowered it, painted the grill and the flame designs, also fitted an infill panel at the rear to centre the...

tweeter section has 1 or 2 screws on the ends near the doors, might need to unclip a panel or 2 to get to them, cant remember from memory. and the rest is just clipped i i think so pull it up on the same angle as the windscreen

from memory they are around between the diff and right rear wheel, in that general area. and they can be annoying to remove if ya dont have the little clip tool, but still possible without it. just be careful and dont get a stream of fuel in the eye

that dealer is crap then, the one i used to work at, because those clamps were such a common problem we would replace the 's' bend hoses and better clamps under warranty. i agree with your argument, a clamp should stay tight, thats its job. if it doesnt then its faulty. btw those clamps...

well a friend gave it the superute name and i just think its funny wasnt sure if to put it in here or the VY section? it is originally a VU, but has the VY front conversion (yeah it sure is a vu, check out the side mirrors lol) engine is cammed with a crowcam, with stronger valve springs to...

lol im running into you everywhere now haha. just about to put some pics of my ute up to compete with yours, but yours is a v8 so i still want it more

generally if the steering wheel shakes, the front rotors have excessive runout, if the gear selector wobbles a bit, its the rears to. i think the acceptable runout measurements are something like .04mm, so if you have access to a dial guage check it out

wtf, $700 for a reco rack is crazy, i got one through holden service centre (so whoever they used down the road to supply an exchange rack) for $200, fitted it myself and its as good as new. even the autopro shop down the road quoted me $230 for an exchange reco rack

well they are a sealed bearing so water shouldnt do anything to them and i believe rotors warp.... "Shudder is caused by friction pad material transferred unevenly to the surface of the rotor" .....what makes it transfer unevenly in the first place, because they are warped perhaps? even if...

what ya gotta do mate, is remove the red tab from the door lock, just pry it out with a pick or small sharp screwdriver. once it pops out, lift out the lock and there is a screw behind it. also remove the interior side mirror cover, they just clip on so pull it off by hand. there is also...

if ya look around in the tread of tyres you'll see a raised bit every now and then, these are the wear markers. apparently if you are down to them you need new tyres, even though it looks as though the tread is still 1 or 2mm deep

Warranty for brake components ends at 60,000 so unfortunately your just out of luck. Actually its 60,000 or first set of pads, which you are over the kms and passed the first set of pads

i've found you can get more force by using a long breaker bar than using a rattle gun, every now and then my rattle gun wouldnt get a wheel nut off so about a metre long breaker bar and socket is much more efficient

you mean like aftermarket ones? i have adjustable timing gears from Rollmaster, so look up their website and have a look around

ohh yeah forgot to add before, been dyno'd at 171rwhp, still has stock factory exhaust though, so its not bad for a 6

just unplug it, do your stuff then plug it back up. i think airbags work on a capacitor anyways so it doesnt even matter if the battery disconnected, not really too sure how capacitors work, so maybe after an hour they lose their power? But we've never done it that way in the holden dealership

for the steering shudder when turning, could just be low on fluid. top it up and check that the 'S' bend cooler hoses arent leaking, about 75% of them do after a while because they arent tightened properly from factory. the hoses are low down infront of the engine on drivers side, kinda behind...

im guessing he looked at the metal tag around the filler hole, normal ones dont have it, some say high performace (i think mine does but dunno whats so high performace about it, anyone?) and some say LSD

that lower chrome bit wont fit a ss style will it? i just want more chrome lol

yeah would prefer a hard cover, just dont have the 2grand to splash out on one at the moment

yeah..... i used to replace about 1 of these a week, very very common fault. and ya can sorta get the door trim half off to be able to open the door if its locked shut, bugger of a thing to do though

yeah i used to work at a large holden dealership, and fairly regularly id see vy and vz with 60,000kms and pads will still be good to last till next service, so i dont know whats so special about VE pads lasting 60,000kms when normally driven commodores are doing it already. Id say on average...

do you still have the stock exhaust with the heatshields on it? alot of times i found exhaust rattles to come back to these, either they had been knocked and bent or have a few stones in them. also the material inside them breaks off. its as simple as removing a couple nuts and bolts, brushing...

you mean when you put your key in it doesnt want to turn at all? if thats the case then give the end (where the key goes in) a bit of a tap with a small hammer, then try again. If still no go then remove the trims around it and give the ignition barrel a few more taps around it, lol then...

just a few little changes, redesigned flames and made chrome painted roof trims

ive heard vz headlights have a bit of a different angle on one of the edges not sure how true that is though, but vy clubby lights look like the vz ones anyways. but then again id have a little hole underneath my lights if i do that, so it might be something to do when i wanna change my front bar.

yeah i definately wanna change the taillights sometime soon, they are getting a bit faded, and ive been thinking about those infill panels, not sure if i wanna go with that or go a whole maloo style rear. and bagging it, i can only dream haha

i dunno actually, haha i bought it like that, all i did was the engine mods, wheels and the other little bits. id say at least a few grand though, but might get a little back once you sell all the old stuff

yeah a car came into my old work with a snake in the engine bay, customer didnt even know, we called some snake guy to come get it out.

website claims 28% power increase with supporting mods like exhaust and intake, i havent had mine tuned yet and i still need to get a full exhaust system but it feels about what they claim. heres some flames ive been working on today, not sure if i like them yet, think i need to add something...

Name: Adam McMahon Model: Its actually a VU Colour: black Bodykit: VY SS front + side skirts, VZ vented guards Engine Type: V6 Engine Mods: Stage 3 crowcam camshaft + stronger valve springs, rollmaster timing gear Power: untested Exhaust: Looking around for a decent one at the moment...

if your still wondering, the wheels look like they are one of the HBD wheels released for the vy i think

how do we tell if they are genuine?

ITEM: 4 x 17" clubsport wheels + tyres LOCATION: qld, south east of bris (redlands) CONDITION: used but pretty good condition PRICE: $525 ono DELIVERY/PICK UP INFORMATION: pick up only PAYMENT OPTIONS: cash when picking up CONTACT DETAILS: [email protected] or can PM me...