91 VQ stato: VR stato dash conversion: Colour change

[Shauno89]

hey guys this is my vq statesman.

Was stolen a few months back from out the front of my missus joint. Once i got it back started fixing it up to sell it then kinda turned into a project haha.

Engine and auto where rebuilt around 10,000ks before i bought it, apparently made 169rwkw

Engine: Holden 304
Mods (that i know of): Stage 2 crow cam kit, not sure on specs
Yella Terra 1.65 rocker gear
YT 70mm throttle body
Injectors i think are 774 bluetops.
Transmission: Stage 2 shift kit
corvette servos.
Diff: LSD with 3.9's
Exhaust: HSV extractors
2.5inch single straight through cat with 1 muffler
Brakes: 1' master
Front slotted and crossed drilled rotors
Wheels: On stockies for now but once painted will be going for VE GTS's
Current mods: VR stato dash conversion, VS leather wood grain door trims, full body loom swap from vs caprice and hidden wiring loom.(in progress)
Also going to do a full colour change and have a crack at smoothing the engine bay.

Future mods/The Dream: LSx conversion and bagssss!!!!

Thisll be the my first go at a project and imstill learning everything as i go so tell me what use think and throw some ideas/hints/tips at me!!!

Anyway heres some pics of the mess, shes still a bit of a pig atm, thought it would be the best time to start a thread!!! Hope you guys like it!

 

[Menace38L]

#### man thats mad bro keep it up, i be watchin this build for sure be pimpin wen its done man, GOOD LUCK!

 

[yZoH]

Not too shabby, I've done a few of those dash swaps now ^_^

Did you make up vents for the front demister? If not.. Conversion = Worthless

Cheers
Mat

 

[Shauno89]

Cheers for the comments guys!!

yeah mate there a fun project to do haha fair bit of work involved but well worth it.

im actualy doing the demisters atm, i cut those little vent boxes out of my old dash and am going to use them and make up some kind of ducting. What did you do when ya did em?

 

[GTS-Replica]

hi mate did your old dash have that placstic black strip across it if so how much and how hard was it to remove the t bar shifter handle cheers travis

 

[Shauno89]

hi mate did your old dash have that placstic black strip across it if so how much and how hard was it to remove the t bar shifter handle cheers travis

Hey dude na mine didnt have the black strip it was just a series 1 dash, the tbar handle just comes off with a bit of force, I just pulled straight up. Hope this helps mate.

Cheers

 

[GTS-Replica]

thanks mate so theres no pins and does the new on push on cheers.

 

[Shauno89]

Na no pins or anything like that, I haven't put a new one back on yet but yeah I'm guessing it just pushes back on mate. I actually had to look up on here aswell as how to get the thing off lol

 

[GTS-Replica]

thanks heaps mate.

 

[Shauno89]

Got a few little things done today, got the cabin half of the loom mounted and finished off hiding the fuse box, also got a cluster out of a vr caprice, put it in, started the car and noticed the trip computer wasnt fully working will hopefully sort that out this week sometime, apart from that it was good to start her up and see things working again and things which wernt before!!! Hopefully by next week the wiring will be done, then i can move onto finishing off the demisters which iv been avoiding lol then the stereo install...fun fun!! anyways heres some pics.

Hidden fuse box behind kick panel.

Also installed VS boot popper and hid bonnet cable.

The parts collection so far.