New rig VR Statesman (caprice goodies)

the glovebox buttons can fail. the one in my car got stuck (even the button was depressed) and constantly had the boot popper going. I swapped it for another that I found on ebay and all is well.

if you're filling the boot with stereo, maybe it's a good idea to only be able to pop the boot with the remote.

 

I'd die without a/c. we're still having 35 degree days right now over in Perth.

I found this too when I swapped the garnishes. the VS series 3 ones seem take different bolts and lugs to the VR. I think if memory serves me well it takes bigger ones. I managed to find some that fitted though. I can't remember what ones exactly. if you like I'll take a photo of how I did it.

 

Alright, I couldn't live without a/c too. But it's your car and do what you want with it and cruise control would really nice if you do regular freeway/motorway.

I didn't rememeber too, I think VS Garnish come with screws. I rememeber hard to put garnish VS in VR boot, I think I force little to fit in straight and then just put screws on and tidy up. You could go to wrecker find screws.

You could make a cable/wire from where key area but key barrel is out and use small motor where it go to key. and use wire from there to put somewhere hidden if your key/glovebox don't work, you simply just pull wire/cable and it open boot and replace new small motor.

Hope it help.

 

here you go. I used the plastic lugs from the old one and just got bigger bolts.

the boot lock just pops out of place, and you can just disconnect the arm that joins the lock to the popper motor. it just slides out. the garnish then just fits over the top.

be careful when you tighten it up and put it on, you don't want to put too much stress on one point because it will probably crack along the curved bits. I think that's why it's got those black spacers between the bolts and the piece itself.

that's the driver's side where the boot lock would have been in that cutout. the bolt with the black plastic spacer is one of the points that you mentioned where hard to line up. the 2 bolts that are attached to the garnish in the bottom corners help to line them all up. don't over tighten any of them or it will crack.



there should be 2 of those bolts sticking out of the garnish at the bottom left and right corners, obviously to line it up before you attach the others



and on my car, I took the writing off and put the older style badge back on, I think it has a touch more class than the dirty big letters across the middle.



the matching lights just line up and the old nuts should fit too. I found the lights where kinda fiddly to get them to sit just right so it lines up with the center piece.

 

they would look better in black but it looks acceptable. I personally hate the gap below the stereo for putting your stuff it makes it look cleaner by not having it there. I always put my phone/wallet in the console.

have you thought about replacing the grey carpet for black? that's on my list when I get around to doing some interior work to mine. love the sunnies holder.

 

yeah I guess. the carpet is in good nick in my statey, just a little flat if you get me. I'd like to swap it eventually. I haven't got caprice door trims in mine I wasn't able to find a set, I'd love a set though. I've got VS Calais door trims in mine and they look nice. I wasn't a fan of the older style suede ones.

you also have the same dvd deck as me. it's great, I've ran the ipod cable into the glove box and I keep a 80GB ipod in there with all my music on it. it's then just a simple matter of scrolling down the list finding the artists or albums I want to play or the playlists I have on there. It's basically a jukebox in my car with all my music on it (about 40GB worth) I'm thinking of replacing the ipod with a ipod touch so I can wirelessly sync it when my car is parked at home and in rage of my wifi network, so I don't even need to take it out of the car when I get more music. but I don't think they make one big enough for what I need.

 

I can't remember the model number of the top of my head. it's a alpine one though. mine does look kinda different now that you mention it, it has a brushed metal finish below the screen.

where did you find that bonnet emblem for only $40? I've seen them go for $150+. I'm kinda reluctant to get one, I don't really want to have to drill a hole in my bonnet or risk some clown snapping it off.

 

$40...that cheap hey, Yeah you would have to drill hole in bonnet if you don't have hole already there, I like caprice badge. If you didn't go to shop with stato or something like this, then you should be OK.

 

You shoulda just bought my stato haha. Identical to that pic you posted and was already manual. I sold it so cheap too haha Ahwell. This is Jakes stato yeah? The paint came up well on it

 

Nice score on the bonnet badge man. Pics with it on?