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I give up. You have no interest in changing your mind. You're too busy trying to win the argument to worry about whether you're right or not.

I don't give a **** what you like or don't like, if you're gonna give somebody advice you need to be objective instead of just offering your uninformed opinion. As far as my music goes, anything sounds good when it's being produced by Dynaudio drivers. Home audio drivers are made to be used in...

Powerplant IS a midrange product that isn't woeful. And if the market didn't demand stuff that sounds terrible the Encounter range wouldn't exist. Neither would Alpines low end ranges, neither would Pioneers low end ranges, neither would Clarion's low end ranges and Audioline wouldn't exist at...

They make what the market demands, shiny crap that sounds terrible. They also recognise that there is a market for higher end gear and make that too. I don't expect people to think well of Fusion because they make a few good things, but I do expect people who claim they know what they're talking...

This, a thousand times this. Fusion is not a shitty brand. They have a budget line, which is only as good as all the other manufacturers budget lines. I don't see people **** talking Alpines Type X/Type R gear because the Type E gear is low end trash. If you buy the fancy shiny green Fusion gear...

When you say it doesn't work when you put a CD in, does it work when you have it on radio? A common mistake people make when installing is to use the head units aerial trigger wire instead of amp trigger wire, which does the same thing as the amp trigger wire but only when the head unit is set...

The one you linked isn't cheap. $129 for a 4gauge wiring kit is a bit over the top, especially considering the reputation Audioline have made for themselves. I wouldn't piss on anything with Audioline written on it if it was on fire. You can get a decent quality stinger 4gauge kit from any...

There is a calculator on the site you linked that shows shorter runs of cabling can handle more current while sustaining less voltage drop than the same gauge cable over a longer length. Thank you for rendering your own post pointless. I sustain my argument that 4gauge wiring run the length...

For once people are actually recommending that people go way overboard on wiring rather than the exact opposite. 4awg split into 2 short runs of 8awg will be fine for such a small system, but will leave very little room for future upgrades. Pretty much everything that's been said is true...

Old cars came without airbags, doesn't mean you can remove them legally from your brand new VE. Same deal here. Newer cars have to adhere to newer laws.

From what I've heard it's possible, but very difficult as the HVAC box is right where the bottom half of a double din HU would go, and it needs to be relocated/modified it you're to have any hope of getting a double DIN unit in.

Anyone who pays $1 per 1wRMS is either insane or buying an amp with a good reputation for SQ. I picked up my Eaudio1000D (1,000wRMS@1ohm) for $250. Jaycar 1,000w mono's go for around $200-$300 depending on where you buy.

173 is the 2.85L carb fed 6 available in VH and VK's.

Can't believe I posted in the thread without putting pics of my old girl up. Picked it up at the start of '09. That's about 6 motnhs after I got it, since then all I've done is add to the stereo and replace the orange indicators with clear VK items. Next on the list is VL side mirrors to...

Push for as much as you can get. You're now inconvenienced, have to spend hours looking for a new car, don't have a suitable vehicle to learn in until it's replaced. The value of the car is a fraction of how badly you've been inconvenienced by the whole affair, which was caused by a driver they...

Pretty sure the standard bumpers are identical, but wagons don't have all the holes required for SLE bumpers. It's relatively simple to add them in, but a bastard to get them perfect.

I think you can put a 173 head on a 202 to increase the compression ratio, which may be what you're after.

Get your money back? I don't usually think the "round up a posse" method of getting a refund is the right course of action, but if he lied to you about the product, well......

Can't find any on the net. It looks a little bit like Botanica, a colour available on VS Commodores, but only when it's in the shade. As soon as the car is in the sun you can tell it's not a holden colour. My first car was a VS that was Botanica from the factory and resprayed green mica, looked...

Bump. Would like the seats gone sooner rather than later.

Hyundai green mica. Looks ok in the shade, but as soon as the sun hits it it will blow you away. Not too expensive either.

ITEM: VS Acclaim seats, front+rear LOCATION: NSW, Lake Maquarie. Close to Newcastle and Central Coast CONDITION: Used PRICE: $80 DELIVERY/PICK UP INFORMATION: No postage on these, way too big. Willing to meet halfway up to 1 hours drive for an extra $25 PAYMENT OPTIONS: Cash on...

And even if you don't want to spend cash on a distribution block you can do the dodgy with some ring terminals and a bolt, plus some tape to insulate it all. But damn, speaker wire=/=power wire. Bad, bad plan. This is my box. Home made, but will be starting again soon as this one isn't big...

Are you sure it's not the car beeping? My old VS exec would beep if I left the handbrake up and started driving. If you've done the dodgy and wired it so the handbrake detection switch is always closed then the car would think the hand brake is on while you're driving and beep like a mofo. If...

About 2 weeks after I picked up my VH, it was nearly straight as an arrow, some ******** hit the rear bumper while it was parked. Pushed in the beaver panel and ****ed the rear bumper. About 4 months later some ******** in a high car (probably a soccer mum in a pretend 4WD that's never seen...

Depends on the impedence of the subs and what the amp is stable to. My E-Audio1000D is 500wrms at 4ohm, 800wRMS at 2ohm and 1000wRMS at 1ohm. If I have a 1 DVC sub at 2 ohm, I can wire it to 500wRMS, if I have 2 DVC sub at 2ohm, I can wire them to 800wRMS.

I understand the reasoning behind the rules, and I support it, even as a P plater. I would just prefer consistency. An SV6 might be safer all round, but if a VB-VH with a 253 is considered too dangerous for a P plater (115KW from memory, maybe 125) how is pretty much any VT or newer Commodore...

I don't see the big deal. People buy things off the internet all the time. Just get the blokes phone number and address, verify that it all checks out before ordering. If it doesn't work out a quick trip to the cop shop and a few days later you should have your money back.

Sure that's an SL? It's got all the chrome window surrounds, I thought SL only had top and bottom, not the bits on the front and back of the windows. Beautiful car one way or the other, the car my mum owned when I was little was a VB sedan in that colour. Half the reason I bought the car I...

I've done a bit of research into this myself, and this is what I've found so far: V6 conversion into a first gen can be done legally, BUT, if you are a P plater you will not be allowed to drive it without an exemption as it requires an engineers cert, and anything requiring an engineers cert is...

Just don't let them con you into buying an expensive cable. Anything more than $5 is expensive, more than $10 is a ripoff. Hell, it probably cost more to freight the cable from the manufacturer to the store than it did to make the cable itself.

Water cooling seems to be a fairly dramatic step considering all he really needs to do is ensure a decent amount of air gets into and out of the computer. Before you throw the PC in there never to be moved until you get a new one, open up the left hand side panel (if you're look at the PC...

Out of all the HDDs I've ever had, only 1 failed me and it was a Seagate. Didn't worry me as it was fairly old and IDE, only a 160gb drive so no major loss. Currently have a 750gb WD Green power in my PC and I love how quiet it is compared to others. Once I've got a semi decent PSU my PC will be...

VK and VL probably use the same boot lid mounts, just buy a VL boot lid.

I got bored with no internet and couldn't play multiplayer a few weeks back, finished World at War on veteran. Not easy, but doable. COD4 is way harder, still only finished it on hardened so far. As you've already found out, PCIE2 cards work fine in PCIE1.1, and should probably work in PCIE 1...

What model amps, and is it 1000w RMS or 1000 peak/max/pmpo? If it's RMS you'd want a 4gauge earth each.

If it still has 1 of the original tyres at 151,000 then it probably hasn't been taken care of very well, I'd be getting it serviced straight away. Looks nice for it's age though.

I was thinking the same thing steering wheel wise. Find something woodgrain and throw that on instead.

Why don't you ask the bloke he bought it off?

As bezz has said, PMPO/peak means nothing. You can't have a 1000wrms peak sub, it's either wRMS or peak. I'm sure you've already picked up on this, just figured I'd post it in greater detail. Very lucky to pick up a car with JB/rockford gear already installed too. Good luck with the install.