2005 VZ SS ute, 1st v8

[HoldenMan7]

Oh yeh as long as you had fun that's the main thing anyway

 

[Rocking_along]

Put on some different styled wheels the other day, same size as the factory 17x8s just looks nicer IMO

 

[HERONVY]

they kinda remind me of oem vy s wheels, theyd look good painted dark charcoal (not black)

Nice ute btw!

 

[MUSone]

I like what you have done with the ute mate, good work. I personally prefer the standard wheels over the aftermarket ones. They look like vx clubby rims gone wrong. Look up vx clubsport wheels if you like these, they look similar yet better. And I think there 1" bigger.

 

[Rocking_along]

Recently put a new tensioner and idler pulley on the main drive belt, as old ones were on its way out.

New Endurant battery (doesn't look too good having an old battery in there, being an Auto Electrician)

Hit the 270,000km mark!

Time for another oil change and wanting to do my brakes.
Thinking of going DBA slotted rotors all round and putting some really good pads up front.
Also thinking of putting a TCI line lock in the Ute so I have no rear brakes when doing burnouts

Also did a 750km day trip in the Ute, found that sitting on about 96km/h reduces some of the drone and having the windows down an inch.. haha not ideal but that's what I get for putting 3inch diff dumpers on my Ls1. Overtaking cars and trucks was a breeze on the upside, fuel consumption got down to 10.5L per 100km without resetting the trip computer.

And them bugs:

My OTR is getting dirty now

 

[VRStato64]

Looking good. I just did my brakes. Dba* t2s all round and really good pads (forgot the name it's like qfm* or something)

Stops great! Painted the calipers while I was at it.

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[Rocking_along]

Looking good. I just did my brakes. Dda t2s all round and really good pads (forgot the name it's like qfm* or something)

Stops great! Painted the calipers while I was at it.

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I assume you mean DBA? haha, yeah nice one.. looking forward to doing mine

 

[VRStato64]

I assume you mean DBA? haha, yeah nice one.. looking forward to doing mine

Haha yeah I did didn't notice my mistake.

 

[Towcar]

You happy with the work pro-tune have done? thinking about who to tune my car.

 

[HERONVY]

man i feel your pain with the bugs! i get the same problem on long trips, seems to only happen to commodores? wtf hey

thinking i should do the same as you and replace the belt and idler pully, theyre getting a bit squeaky

keep up the good stuff mate