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    my ignition orange ve ss

    looking to change the wheels, just wondering what people would think of the gts pentagon wheels on it, or any ideas and if anyone is able to photoshop a set on for me, thanks
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    my ignition orange ve ss

    yep gonna go the ramjet
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    my ignition orange ve ss

    thanks guys , your looks good too peter, it sits nice, i can get one of the growler inductions fairly cheap or is it worth paying extra money and getting a ramjet
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    my ignition orange ve ss

    here are a few pics of my ve ss 2006 model auto 88,000km 22" wheels 2.5" catback exhaust tinted windows future mods: full exhaust cai (unsure of brand and type yet) cam
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    magnatec in a ve ss

    thanks for your advice, oil and filters changed, i have noticed a squeal now, it sounds like it is coming from one of the pulleys, cant single out which one though, the higher the revs the louder it is
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    magnatec in a ve ss

    I get picked up and dropped off for work so only really gets driven on weekends so won't have much of a problem with racking up km and paying heaps for fuel
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    magnatec in a ve ss

    Well on a budget for the first service anyway just after spending that much money, just want to put fresh oil and filter on it so I know it's right, anything else I should replace after just buyin a second hand car
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    magnatec in a ve ss

    I will be changing the oil every 7500 km as well
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    magnatec in a ve ss

    i purchased a ve ss 2006 yesterday with 88k on the clock, i am going to service it myself, just wondering about magnatec as it is cheaper and im on a bit of a budget at the moment as i just bought the car, i know there are probably plenty of threads but i cant seem to find the right one, i use...
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    ve ss seats into a vx calais

    ok thanks alot, im just gonna keep my orignal seats in there
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    ve ss seats into a vx calais

    ive done a bit of searching but cant find what i am after, im just wondering if ve ss seats will fit into a vx calais, its only the front at this stage, but back ones as well down the track, any help would be great, thanks alot
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    ve ss wheels on a vx calais- and a few questions bout the wheels

    ive got a vx calais storm grey in colour, im just wondering has any one seen the ve ss wheels on a car similar to mine and what it looks like, also ive read different thing about the wheels, can someone tell me exactly what needs to be done,exactly how much they need to be machined and if they...
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    my vx calais seriesII

    yer the ve calais look nice on your car i have not seen them on other model commodores either, i havent got my heart set on the ve ones but at the moment its about all that is my price range, im leaning towards the ss 18s at the moment only as there is a set near where i live for $600 with not...
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    my vx calais seriesII

    ive done a few more mods to the car ill get some more photos up soon, just wondering what the ve ss 18" or 19" ssv wheels would look like on it as i have sold the wheels on it and looking for some new ones, on a bit of a budget so i thought they would be alright untill i could afford some better...
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    cheap ebay mafless tunes

    ok, yer i might be better off then getting one from oztrack or somewhere like that
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    cheap ebay mafless tunes

    there is probably heaps of questions regarding this but i did search and couldnt find excactly the answer i was after, im just wondering if any onne has tried the cheap mail order mafless tunes on ebay, there are some currently on there at the moment for $100 and $ 200, has anyone had any...
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    ok thanks, just on a slightly different subject wat diff oil do i need to use its a lsd diff, thanks
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    i went to get some more castrol edge toay or mobil 1 and they had niether so i just got castrol magnatec 10-40 do to the job for now as it was on special, anyone had any problems with this oil, will it do the job for now, thanks
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    the lifters are sytill making a fair nbit of noise im thinking about dropping the oil and trying some other brand as it wasnt there before the last oil change and adding some of that nulon lifter free, ive done alot of searching but still cant come up with what oil i should use, any more ideas...
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    its only got a 2.5" cat back exhaust and mcai with the 2 hole mod, i did search and found out the castrol edge 10w-60 was good so i used it and now have the tapping, so just wondering what people think would be the best now.
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    ive recently changed the oil in my vx calais 5.7 using castrol edge 10w-60 but since i have done that its seems to be making tapping sort of noises, im thinking the oil is a bit to thin for it, i would like to keep using castrol edge just wondering what grade i should use, the car has...
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    what oil to use in my vx calias 5.7

    sorry meant to put it the lsx section, and dont know how to delete the thread
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    what oil to use in my vx calias 5.7

    ive recently changed the oil in my vx calais 5.7 using castrol edge 10w-60 but since i have done that its seems to be making tapping sort of noises, im thinking the oil is a bit to thin for it, i would like to keep using castrol edge just wondering what grade i should use, the car has...
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    what oil to use in my vx 5.7

    ive recently changed the oil in my vx calais 5.7 using castrol edge 10w-60 but since i have done that its seems to be making tapping sort of noises, im thinking the oil is a bit to thin for it, i would like to keep using castrol edge just wondering what grade i should use, the car has...
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    is it hard to diy shortened shocks in a vx

    looking at probably getting monroe, front and rear for bout $420 delivered, how does that price sound, or got quoted bout $750 to get done at the local jax (including shocks obviously) just got my car resprayed so want everything done good, but after the spray cash is a bit short
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    is it hard to diy shortened shocks in a vx

    just wondering how hardd is is to replace the shocks in a vx calais, both front and back, as i had the car lowered on superlows but just left the standard shocks in it which have just about collaped so getting some shortened shocks
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    removing burnout rubber

    thanks for the help ill try those things out thast were suggested, any other ideas would be appreciated as well. thanks
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    removing burnout rubber

    just wondeing if anyone knows how to remove rubber from the inner guards and outer guaeds that is really thick and i mean thick i have tried soaking it in wd 40 and tar remover and even chisiling it off but without much success so any help would be really good.thanks
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    my vx calais seriesII

    took the mud flaps off today and it does look better but there are light marks from where the mud flaps have been sitting over the years i tried a bit of polish but didnt seem to bring them out does anyone know of some good stuff that might bring them out as i dont really wanna put them back on...
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    my vx calais seriesII

    thanks for the feed back yer definately get the windows tinted soon, not sure bout wat sort of rims to get if i change them i wouldnt mind a set of 19" but dont mind the look of 18"
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    my vx calais seriesII

    here is a picture of my vx calais seriesII 5.7, storm grey, 140,000 MODS: lowered with king springs sl,cat back 2.5" exhaust, mcai & spilt engine covers, 18" monaro cv8 repica wheels FUTURE MODS: mafless tune and otr cai, tint windows, headers and high flow cats Just wondering about...
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    enough coolant

    yer i thought it should of took 5 litres so i am just wondering what i should do or will it be right
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    enough coolant

    no they put the red stuff in but when they said they only needed to put 2 1/2 litres in i thought they might not have flushed it properly and left some green stuff in the block or somethin to only take the 2 1/2 litres. do you think it would be right or i was thinking bout reflushing it myself
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    enough coolant

    gday got my radiator flushed yesterday in my vx calais 5.7, as it had the green coolant in it when i bought it but when i got it back last night on the bill it says they only put 2.5 litres of coolant in and i thought 5 litres was meant to go in, so now im a bit worried they either didnt flush...
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    ebay otr cai

    alos would i have been better off using pipe for both holes or just the one with the black connector bit that i ordered for the other also the filter has moulded around 2nd hole i made so will that be ok.thanks
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    ebay otr cai

    done the mcai today so that will do for now but for future reference how do i contact brad to get a mail order tune and also when i did the mcai today the i did the 2 hole mod as well the 2nd hole the pipe sits up a bit and the panel filter dosnt sit flush. does that matter
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    ebay otr cai

    does anyone know if there is any good tuners in canberra (as its the closest city to me bout an hour and half away) that do mafless tunes as the place i got dynoed at couldnt do mafless tunes yet or am i better off getting a mail order tune maybe even maf or do you reckon mafless, as you can see...
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    ebay otr cai

    thanks for that so that all should be no worries for a vx series II
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    ebay otr cai

    im still searchimg for a good how to fit the mcai but cant find anything real detailed as yet anyone put me in the right direction, or do you think maybe not worry with it since i just got the tune
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    ebay otr cai

    im looking at doing the mcai tomorrow, after it i wont need another tune or anything will i, does it work fine just with the standard set up as i only just got it tuned i dont want to put it on if it will affect anything. thanks
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