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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    i was just driving home. and i smelt somthing really funny like burning rubber, anyways my my new air conditioning has blown up cause the car windows didnt unfog this POS is goin to the dump. its a pitty cause it looks new on the outside. id honestly not bother with another commodore after...
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    well, it has just spend another day at the holden dealer. who couldnt find anythign wrong with it, then it went to an electrician for another day and they coudnt find anythin with it either. so it looks like its got some dodgy wire somewhere thats causing it to stuff up. least i didnt get...
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    VT Acclaim 1998 - something nice.

    How many KMS u got on it ??
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    GOd dammit took it to the auto electrician and ofcourse it didnt happen there, so now im gonna take it to holden instead
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    well that sux, i replaced the damm door motor thing and it still unlocked after i washed my car. its goin to an auto electrician now!! here goes $300 i reckon
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    OK well i am going to head into holden spare parts now n get a new door solenoid n some other part $150 - new i was like hmm its a bit expensive, but when ya consider i could loose a car worth $5000 for a 150 part im gonna not stuff around with second hand stuff
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    OK, im starting to think that it might be water getting into somewhere of it, i duno where. it hasnt rained for a while and my car has stayed locked!, so it rained last night, and i go back to my car and its UNLOCKED!!!. ive locked it again but yeah. having a car that dosent stay locked...
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    pocket behind seats

    same, i used 5 min araldite because my pockets were stretched out a bit too much
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    best place for interior bits and pieces??

    as someone else here said EBAY there is SOO Many parts for holdens on ebay and most are at good prices as well.
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    i had a look there and its just that wiring looks well, brand new actually. a fair bit of the door has been replaced because of a smash i had once. they had to re skin the door or somthing. is it possible that theres water getting in there when it rains ?? it hasnt rained for a few...
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    It happens everywhere really. it happened at gfs place and happened at my house as well. Yesterday i took the door apart, checked the connection from where the wires in the door plug into the car frame bit and everythin there looked in pretty good condition. i sprayed WD 40 into the locking...
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    Central Locking - keyless entry issues

    heya everyone ive got a 98VT commodore and basically the car is unlocking itself. At first i thoguht it was the key, so i started using the other spare key. Ive used the key by pressing the button to unlock the car and it unlocks. I Ive preseed the lock button to lock the car, and it...
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    Help - Insurance

    shannons will insure anything but for me their price was waay too high. we are with nrma because i got my name on along with my parents who have insurance thrgouh nrma for like 30 years so ya get some pretty good discounts i think comprehensive insurance for my commodore is $650 a year and...
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    VT stereo removal and after install

    farrrkk i hope this isnt gona take an entire day! i remember i had to make a complete custom pocket n brackets for my old car it looked good but took ages :(
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    My problems with my car :(

    hmm ill take it to some other places n get some quotes see what happens im sick of the car almost stalling when its got 1/4 fuel when goin around a roundabout
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    can anyone help?

    yeah one of mines busted too there is a way to do this thoguh like apparntly some different models of commodores have differnnt way that they are attached Ill have a loook in the manual n get back to you tomoow
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    VT stereo removal and after install

    hmmm thats interesting ive looked at some of the pockets n they have like clips n they apparnty just Push into place n thats all you have to do
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    VT feeling "slugish" ............?

    how much was it for the fuel pump?
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    My problems with my car :(

    hm ok well the guy said it would be a pretty big job to take the tank out n shove it back in all the tank seems to be is the fuel pump unit thats a single unit that is on the right side of the plastic tank n thats about it. is it possible that the fuel pump unit is full of ****? becuase i...
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    Can It Be Done ??

    gas dosent burn at the same rate as petrol so like if your car uses 15 L of fuel per 100 kms it might use 20 L of gas would still be interesting on how much the quote would be.
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    VT stereo removal and after install

    hm ok i think ill just solder on a new connection to the new harness that the new unit has label everything as well with some stickers n then shove the new unit in. ive allready replaced the speakers but i havent replaced the speaker wire i noticed that the rear wires were allright but the...
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    My problems with my car :(

    the whole end of it and the rail was like just covered in black sooty grit like he put the injector down and it just fell out of it :S does anyone know if the injector cleaner fluids actually work?
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    Vt To Vx (boot)

    Mines a vt series one if its raining and you open the boot a shitload of water will runn into the boot from the bottom lip of the boot its kinda odd really
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    Improved Rotors.......?

    wow i might love to pay like $100 for a 10 minute job how lazy are you bastards? do u go n even get your car vaccumend and automatically washed as well? far out
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    VT stereo removal and after install

    yeap well im just waitin for mine to arrive its a poineer 6685 ? maybe im not sure the numbers its like got a blue motorised face loooks like it should be good engouh for me :)
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    Series I VT vs Series II weights

    that is very heavy i wonder how much better the car would go with like weight reduction just for every day driving im sure someone makes a carbon bonnet for the car that would take off like 50 kg at least from the front of the car
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    How do I change a VT fuel filter?

    hey dood have a ****ing look at the fuel lines a ring clamp would have heaps better HOLD than their peices of **** plastic yes it is high pressure but its scary because of the shitty way that the filter is held in. its very flimsy.
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    ipod to VT stock stereo

    as the dood above me said get a tape if you plan to use it in your car the quality of the transmitters isnt very good and u have to ususally sit it next to the areial id also like to point out that if your in a capital city " eg sydney " you cant use the fm transmitter because they broadcast...
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    Improved Rotors.......?

    ive ebeen seriously thinking about gettin new slotted rotors for my car n why the hell did any of you get them fitted? all u have to take the wheels off take the caliper half off n thats it oh there might be a screw
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    cost of a new engine?

    check ebay! people sell these engines all thetime like theres dealers that just sell engines
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    My problems with my car :(

    we have had the car from new actually most the **** thats gone wrong with it we have fixed it and theres been no problems with it the **** dosent look plastic but its hard to tell i dont think that the fuel fiter had been replaced at all one thing ive noticed is when thers not much fuel...
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    Amazed Holden dealership did something for free

    u sure this aint covered in the manual ? hehehehe secretive bastards
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    wheels off a Mazda 3 onto a VT ?? HELP

    pfft this site is terrible compared to astina gt hahhaha you can have any question answered within like 15 minutes :S but there far more people on it as the astina is a global car and commodores arnt really
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    Vt To Vx (boot)

    does the Vx boot have the water problem the vt ones does??
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    VT Calais international fuel issues

    i was talking to someone the other day n they said that theere wasnt a great deal of difference in fuel ecconomy between v6 supercharged v6 and v8s in models up to vt i have noticed that my car chewes the **** out of fuel in city traffic ie driving in sydney but as soon as i get out ive...
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    does anyone know what wheels these are?

    theres are extreemly popular ones ive seen them on heaps of vts as aftermarket wheels have a look at www.ssv.com.au
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    Problems in VX after Cooling System Flush

    it sounds really sus but it also sounds like its probably not somthing u ****ed up when u flushed the system out im not sure but did you put the heater on and run the engine before u done it? cause i think your supposed to do it
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    The monkeys at JB Hi-FI

    the guys at newcastle prosoud taped the wires on my exes car together :S
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    8 inch sub

    how much space have you got ? and how much money like 12 in subs are best value for money of all subs if you shove one in a smaller box that reccomended it will pretty much kill its throw distance as well which will make it perform better but wont be as loud.
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