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Used ZB RS 3.6 - Hiper strut suspension

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My vehicle has the police pack - which is a ZB RS V6, would that come with the 5 link rear suspension option and hiper strut? I am not familiar with what to look for to be honest!
 

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My vehicle has the police pack - which is a ZB RS V6, would that come with the 5 link rear suspension option and hiper strut? I am not familiar with what to look for to be honest!

It would depend on what they optioned.
To have any of it the v6 must be optioned so having a v6 is a good start.
 

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It would depend on what they optioned.
To have any of it the v6 must be optioned so having a v6 is a good start.
Good point, I will ask Holden next time it is serviced for example, I have a BOSE sub.
 

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Hiper struts are the bomb.
I used to work in suspension quite extensively.
I have worked with a few meganes as they used it first other than the skyline setup.
The french ones even have mechanical toe compensation for bump steer correction.

This is why the Meganes steer so well.
The french somehow nailed suspension but can't build a decent engine.
 

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It's my guess the Adaptive All Wheel Drive, 5 link rear suspension, Hiper Strut and the V6 were all part of one option package. If you have one you have them all.
 

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It's my guess the Adaptive All Wheel Drive, 5 link rear suspension, Hiper Strut and the V6 were all part of one option package. If you have one you have them all.

you are probably right.

some other strange things that required the v6 to be optioned are
40/20/40 flat folding rear seats
one touch folding rear seats
8 speaker audio with subwoofer

mine has all of those too, so the default was probably to add the entire v6 options package and remove the options you did not want.
 

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Yep I have those folding seats, it’s a button that drops the middle seat down.
 

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just get your phone and take a few pics behind the wheel.
i took a pic of mine and the easiest way to tell is to just look for the big fork looking thing, the bottom will be fixed with a big bolt and the axle will go through the center of the fork like you see in my pic

i also looked for a data plate but the zb does not seem to have one like the vf etc.

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This was SERIOUSLY useful. Looks like I have HiperStrut!! Mine looks like this. With reference to another poster I wonder if early RS V6's came fully optioned as I also have the Bose sub woofer and the push button rear seats? Although mine didn't hit the road until Feb 2019, it was built in March 2018. Thanks everybody!!
 

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I will also take a photo tonight and share it, mine is similar to yours dicc01.

RS AWD V6: I have the Bose Sub, push button rear seats and its MY18.
 

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This was SERIOUSLY useful. Looks like I have HiperStrut!! Mine looks like this. With reference to another poster I wonder if early RS V6's came fully optioned as I also have the Bose sub woofer and the push button rear seats? Although mine didn't hit the road until Feb 2019, it was built in March 2018. Thanks everybody!!
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