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Danny was kind enough to give me his engine cover for me to smooth cover and make 1 piece, got rid of the joins, lion logo on front.
Unsure of what colour to do it? maybe gun metal or something brighter?... ![]() Bought the gas struts from work today, cheap as and grunty. Did my tail gate as it kept dropping on ya head like a gilotine and did the front bonnet. As the saying goes 'should have done it sooner'. Was so easy and quick, honestly took 15 minutes max. Need to trim bonnet though as the VK bonnet edge seems to hit and jam against stay. bonnet sits up slightly. ![]() ![]() |
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Join Date: 13-04-05
Location: NZ, All over the place!
Car: HDT Calais Sport Wagon(V8)1976 Sandman Van(V8)VS Commodore Ute,2000 Astra Sport.
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Turn your gas struts around,The shaft should always point down,Main body to the top,The seals will pack up really fast that way,And most likly fit better.
Cheers Marty
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Hey man what are the gas stays worth if you dont mind me asking , im getting a bit sick of the standard rod
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Join Date: 13-04-05
Location: NZ, All over the place!
Car: HDT Calais Sport Wagon(V8)1976 Sandman Van(V8)VS Commodore Ute,2000 Astra Sport.
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Cheap as chips,I have got brand new sets here for 50 bucks,You can use the same struts as the wagon tailgate,I went to a really short set from Oz.
Cheers Marty
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i got 4 of them and the brackets for $100 +gst.
they make a huge difference hayden, you wonder why you ever put up with the broom handle! As marty said you can use VK-VL tail gate stays, which is what i got new ones of. |
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Best bang for buck mod!! I did my boot too. Stabilus does a strut for a VL Brock. Goes under the parcel tray. I went for a longer one like the Walky has factory. The short ones Marty is refering to look awesome when the car is on show!
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ---------- Post added 30-08-12 at 19:20 ---------- I reckon body colour or the 2 other current colours on the wag. Red or Black. Black would look cool with the diagonal swages on the rocker covers in silver. |
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did you say 'wrinkle black'??....haha sorry i have a thing about wrinkle black, even painted lawn mower in it!
I was thinking more like chubbys VH, but darker charcoal. or the colour that my old ute Audrey was (graphite pearl), for those of you that knew that old girl. ---------- Post added 31-08-12 at 06:04 ---------- yep those pics did help...alot. but id always wanted to do it anyway, gave guy a call and turns out hes just round corner from my place now and cause i put heap of mates onto him with their cars hes going to do mine cheap as. Stoked |
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but nah not guna happen dammit ![]() ---------- Post added 31-08-12 at 11:15 ---------- nah too boring, thinking more metalic or pearl at least ---------- Post added 01-09-12 at 10:16 ---------- Red walls done this morning, couldnt be happier with them. Did such a good job and makes the wheels look bigger and changes the whole look of the car. unreal! See theres a reason i keep the red stripe! Let me know what you think. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ill get some better pictures later. |
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Looks sik bro ......my comment was before you decided to redwall !!
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thanks man, he grinds back the rubber a wee bit with grit wheel to smooth off the writing on there, then applies the paint. takes about an hour to do all 4.
$25 a tyre to do, cheap as for such a big effect on the looks. |
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Looks the shiz bro!! Worth the money. This build thread is mean mean mean!!
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that looks mint, i wasnt a fan of the pinstripes by themselves but with the red walls it looks so good
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thanks guys,
the pin stripes were a bit ugly, but i had a vision in mind and knew they would tie in well once red walls were done. ---------- Post added 01-09-12 at 18:32 ---------- before ![]() after ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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mmm looks the goods
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