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Hi Got a fairly sizable dint in my rear wheel arch that can not be 'sucked' out and will need to be panel beated ect. I can get a replacement guard cheaper than the beaters quoted but it looks like a fairly sizable job to undertake being in one peice and all. Has anyone done this? any...

I had a bit of a clunk in my vy s sedan, changed the factory sway bar links out with the heavey duty nolathane ones, cleared it up. Dan

Fitted them today, took a bit of body roll out while cornering. Made the steering feel a little bit more responsive. The front end feels a bit tighter over all with just those new sway bar links. Will be fitting the rest of the front end with nolathane bushes over the next month or 2. Will...

Thanks for that, jsut wondered if it was worth it or not. And I like the sound of just tightening it up as opposed to torqueing. Their website is where I got the info about them, just they did not go into what the twin ball style does. Cheers

Looking at replacing my sway bar links with Nolathane ones. They have 2 kits, 42708 and 42708X. The second choice has the twin ball style links and looks a bit thicker. As there is only about $25 difference with the 2 what would the advantages of the 42708X kit be and what does the twin ball...

I had a mid front rattle, sounded like the exhast, turned out that one of the small heat shields had busted screws and would rattle at idle/low revs and woud dissapear at higher revs. A pair of tin snips soon fixed that!

I replaced one the other day, $12 for the bulb from autobarn, there is a thread on here somewhere that tells you how Should see 2 screws above the glass, one to adjust angle, other one releases the lock ring to get glass out, no need to remove bar at all. Took about 5 min, just follow the...

Just wondering, should you replace all 4 at the same time? About how much shold it cost??

Great job! One of the best looking cars i've seen for a long time.

Where abouts do people put your stands? I had mine up the other day and had them under one of the solid suspension arms? And what point should be used to jack up the car, I used what I assumed was a chassis brace that ran just in front of (what i thought was) the steering arm? Cheers Dan

I have a VY S series 2 as well. You have genuine lights. They only came out with the SS bar but no lights as standard. Just jack up the front. Follow the wires from the foglights back as far as you can. Cut them off and tape the ends off, make safe. Splice them in to your parking light...

Series 1 vs Series 2 maby?

Just my opinion but, these have to be one of the worst looking wagons around. What were Holden thinking. Dan

Sweet as. I have a Phantom 'S' and know how hard it is to keep up to scratch. Clould you give a quick run down of how these results are acheived and products used. Thanks Dan

I just got a couple of new tyres about 2 months ago, "Corsa" brand, $130 each for 235,45,17 . Seem to be pretty good so far. I do drive around pretty easy though so don't know how they would hold up to abuse. Dan

For those interested, but you probably already know, Holden Special Vehicles - Holden Special Vehicles unveil seven litre Supercar the W427 you can subscribe to get this stuff sent to your e-mail. Cheers Dan

Just had a look at trading my VY 'S' series 2 Auto in on something newer. All the yards that I looked around at gave me trade price of ~18K with 68000Km and excelent condition. You should pick one up with low Km's for under $20K easy from a yard or cheaper if you go privately. This is in Qld...

Just pulled the carpet out the front to dry it out and found the air-con drain tube. No easy task getting to that with out ramps. Stuck my finger up the end of it and had to be a few litres of water come out. Problem found but the end of the hose looks like it is flattened out?? is this normal...

Found a great pool a water in the passenger foot well of my wifes little 2000 barina. Thought i might be the air con?? Any help, suggestions, would be appreciated, have checked the windscreen and door seals, all seem fine??? Havent been in it for a few weeks and noticed a wet smell. Not good...

As it has been said, go for the new car not the engine swap. A mate of mine put a VT SS power plant and box into a VK. By the time he did fuel, brakes, wiring, diff, drive line, ect.. it was pretty close to $15K. Dan

Yep, I had the same problem, just after i got the car second hand from the dealer, it was intermittent, took it back, required a whole new inside electronic bit of the key. Dan

There are always people putting others down on this site for changing kits and stuff on there cars. If you have nothing good to say at all keep you comments to your self. If people wanted comments putting their choices down they would post about their commodores on another car compaines forum...

I can see every ones points and opinions and I have to say that putting on badges is taking it a bit far. However I still think that any one who has worked hard for their car can do what ever the f&*% they want to it. If he likes the clubby kit go for it. I'll be gettin one as soon as I can...

I have one that clips on to the front of the bonnet, i asume thats what is being talked about here, and drive about 30Km down the highway every day to work. Have found that it only seems to protect a very small amout of paint at the front of the bonnet, Seen from the growing number of chips...

I have a pioneer hu, pioneer 6x9's and a couple a cheap 6" running off a 3 amp 12 volt dick smith brand power supply. Sounds ok in the shed, if you turn it up to loud it cuts out and then back in again, but it goes loud enough. Dan

Had my car at holden today for service and to check out a couple of things and when i got it back i noticed that the stereo and instrument back lights were on full illumination while the lights switch was in the off position. I usualy have the lights in the park position and the dimmer on so...

Sweet as!! I was looking at an all in one head unit as well but was wondering if the screen moves around at all when the car is in motion?? Cheers Dan

One of the fellas that I used to work with put a VT SS engine and auto in to a Vk shell. Only about $6K for a new motor and box but all up it spiraled out of control and ended up close to $18K and about 18 months off the road. He just took it in and cause VK came out with a V8 the just swapped...

Just lock the car and leave it for a few minutes (i think it takes a coulple of minutes to activate??), press the boot release but dont open the boot, leave it for a minute then lift the boot lid. Alarm should go off. This is what i was told for my VY 'S' and it did work. Cheers Dan

Using 'El Chepo' super works, 240mm, 140w, 3000 rpm buffer with Kenko polish/wax microfibre cloth to buff off. Hand applied products with mcguires hand applicators,the little round yellow ones. Really get in to it when applying product but when buffing off just let the buffer do the work and...

I got a phantom VY S and finally got sick of swirl marks. Tried a coulple of thing such as turtle wax - scratch and swirl remover which did a half decent job. But today I went all out, Mcguires step one paint cleaner, Mcguires step two polish, and finally Mcguires gold class wax. Had applied...

The last couple of days I have noticed a whine noise coming from the fuel pump. It is not every time the car is started though. When it is turned off and then back on it goes away?? Any ideas?? Car is still under warranty, book it in and let them have a look, or is it one of those 'if it's not...

Cheers for all the good advice, will take it into consideration, and i know it's a shame the wife and kids don't like metal but it's a bit late to trade them now LOL Dan

So just to check before i spend my hard earned cash, I like rock and metal music, but have the wife and the kids in the car frequently so the volume gets turned down a lot, also when we go away the boot is piled up with all the crap in the world so.... a single 10 or 12'' in an enclosed box...

I got mine from a holden dealer and have balance of factory waranty and the holden 3 year 175K km waranty and it has a fixed service of $190 every 6 months or 10K km after factory runs out, but yeah that sounds a bit pricey for the car mentioned, Dan

Can i just ask what an 'open' is, i get what a locker and lsd are?? Dan

I got my 'S' 3 months ago and it was around $8K more than an executive, weigh up your money situation, insurance, and look at the cost of kitting it out, probably end up a fair bit cheaper in the long run. My car had the fog lights fitted as part of the deal. Go in with the money in the bank and...

I would like to see it only come on when the transmission is put in to drive. I go in to the shed and start the car, pop the boot, put the lunch and the work boots in and all you hear is BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, get in , reverse out, get out to shut the shed, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, get back in, belt on and...

We had a boat and were in the marina tied up havin a few drinks at christmas. The old man had a big hand reel over the back and i noticed a mate pull it up and tie on a rather large anchor. A bit later I said to the old man 'hey your reel just went' he raced over and went to pull it up, 'it's a...

Chicks are for r00tin, mates are forever! truck her and make good with your mate. Dan