BlackVY
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Hi guys,
I've been on here for a while before... when I had a VY Commodore...
Well I got married, had to sell that, but I couldn't stay away from the growl... so just got an old VT Series 1 last week.
Got a few questions about it...
Firstly, since it was cheap, the body is not in the best condition. The engine is sweet and has had work done to it, even a pod filter (Lol!), but the body... ouch...
The interior isn't too great as well, basically missing rear door locks and handles, but that shouldn't be too hard to sort out, right?
My questions are,
1) Is there a way to get the VX boot onto a VT? Looks like a straight swap would work, but what about the lights on the existing VT boot? Where would they go? Thinking I should get Monaro tail lights too, as well as head lights, but just wanted know how how much work was needed to get the VX boot in there, since there is a dent on my VT boot, and the clear is coming off badly.
2) The bonnet is pretty bent up from a car reversing into it before I bought it... dude did the panel beating himself, but he is no panel beater, so its not very good. Think it might be best to get a new bonnet, wondering if that is a hard job to do myself too.
3) Clear coat is peeling off on the roof too, so wondering if someone in Sydney knew how much it would cost to just clear coat the roof?
4) The rear passenger side electric window does not work, don't know why yet, but would it be alot of work/ money to fix?
5) The pod filter is just sitting in the engine bay, floating around in there... is there anything I can do about that? Also, it makes a relatively high pitch sucking sound, even when idle. Is that normal?
This was a relatively cheap car, but I liked it since it was cheap and had a very nice engine... so just needs some work done to the outside and inside and just some care... looking for a front a rear bar too, since mine are in pretty bad condition, but will check out wreckers, they might have it in the same colour too, which is blue, pretty stock
Thanks guys... I'm in Kingswood, NSW, near Penrith and if I can help anyone out, or if anyone can help me out, just PM. Feels good to be in a Commodore again...
I've been on here for a while before... when I had a VY Commodore...
Well I got married, had to sell that, but I couldn't stay away from the growl... so just got an old VT Series 1 last week.
Got a few questions about it...
Firstly, since it was cheap, the body is not in the best condition. The engine is sweet and has had work done to it, even a pod filter (Lol!), but the body... ouch...
The interior isn't too great as well, basically missing rear door locks and handles, but that shouldn't be too hard to sort out, right?
My questions are,
1) Is there a way to get the VX boot onto a VT? Looks like a straight swap would work, but what about the lights on the existing VT boot? Where would they go? Thinking I should get Monaro tail lights too, as well as head lights, but just wanted know how how much work was needed to get the VX boot in there, since there is a dent on my VT boot, and the clear is coming off badly.
2) The bonnet is pretty bent up from a car reversing into it before I bought it... dude did the panel beating himself, but he is no panel beater, so its not very good. Think it might be best to get a new bonnet, wondering if that is a hard job to do myself too.
3) Clear coat is peeling off on the roof too, so wondering if someone in Sydney knew how much it would cost to just clear coat the roof?
4) The rear passenger side electric window does not work, don't know why yet, but would it be alot of work/ money to fix?
5) The pod filter is just sitting in the engine bay, floating around in there... is there anything I can do about that? Also, it makes a relatively high pitch sucking sound, even when idle. Is that normal?
This was a relatively cheap car, but I liked it since it was cheap and had a very nice engine... so just needs some work done to the outside and inside and just some care... looking for a front a rear bar too, since mine are in pretty bad condition, but will check out wreckers, they might have it in the same colour too, which is blue, pretty stock
Thanks guys... I'm in Kingswood, NSW, near Penrith and if I can help anyone out, or if anyone can help me out, just PM. Feels good to be in a Commodore again...