Gold_vx_ss_v8’s 2002 Holden Commodore

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Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install  Page 5 - Compare Stock/Now Page 6 - Stock pix and background story (you are here)   the two photos above are the first two photos i ever took of the car. it was like an hour after i bought the car and it was just before driving 3 hours home from townsville. I am bored so i am gonna type up the story of when i bought it. We drove to townsville to look at a different car, a vt s pack manual (looked good in the pictures) pic of it below: Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install Page 5 - Compare Stock/Now Page 6 - Stock pix and background story (you are here)

Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation (you are here) Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install  Page 5 - Compare Stock/Now Page 6 - Stock pix and background story    Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation (you are here) Page 3 - RimsPage 4 - Lights Install Page 5 - Compare Stock/NowPage 6 - Stock pix and background story  UPDATE (02/12/08) - 2 x sony xplod 1500w slimline subs in the boot, (moulded boxes coming on order)  - 2 x kenwood 7x10" speakers in the parcel shelf,  - 2 x polk audio coaxial 6.5"s in the rear doors,  - 2 x polk audio 6.5" speakers in the front doors with seperate tweeters in the dash.. this is all run by two amps, - 1 x JVC MONO for the subs,- 1 x JVC 4 channel for the front doors and the kenwoods, the rear doors are run off the header unit, which is a poineer bluetooth, ipod, etc.. quality head unit. its a crazy setup. still need a spacer for under the head unit to cover the hole, and new rca leads as the ones i bought hit the back of the dash, holding the unit slightly forward.

Page 1 - General Home (you are here) Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install  Page 5 - Compare Stock/Now Page 6 - Stock pix and background story   Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install  Page 5 - Compare Stock/Now Page 6 - Stock pix and background story       This is my First car. its a vx commodore that i am doing all the work either by myself or locally to save some bucks.  please rate and enjoy :)

Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install (you are here) Page 5 - Compare Stock/NowPage 6 - Stock pix and background story The old Head and tail lights just dont do it for me, so i sold em off on ebay (for a lo more than i thought id get) and got some Black altezza Projector Headlights, and LED Black Tails.the tails look sweet at night, and i got some super white/blue as you could say parker bulbs and high beamshere are som pix of the install: Stock Heads

Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims (you are here) Page 4 - Lights Install Page 5 - Compare Stock/NowPage 6 - Stock pix and background story Stock Rims are 15" Holden Optional Alloys (or Standard V8 VX Berlina Rims) Very Nice ride, but looks shit. i first off went for the 19" VE SSV Rims, which were ok, but very rough ride, and look almost too big for the guards.I got tired of them after about a week, and sold them, to get my 18" Advanti Volt rims.. they are a god ride, but without sacrificing too much size difference. here are some pics of the 3 different rims in order: Stock 15" Berlina Rims

This is my First car. its a vx commodore that i am doing all the work either by myself or locally to save some bucks.  please rate and enjoy :)     This is my First car. its a vx commodore that i am doing all the work either by myself or locally to save some bucks.  please rate and enjoy :)

UPDATE (13/12/08)New Moulded Sub Boxes arrived and i removed xplod sub 1 from old box as seen above and installed to new one, and unwrapped new xplod sub 2 and installed also. stereo is now finished. here are images of subs during Install:

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Mine with the oldies VE SSv:                                        Whats Next i hear u ask?? well, shut up cuz im about to show u:   New 2.5in Exhaust with Extractors, High flow cats, Resonator, etc (the lot) Rear peice almost kinda Like this one:       Cold Air intake (still deciding which brand)     K&N Air Filter:     Cant wait til i (1 day) have the money for my custom leather interior install!! IT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY I SWEAR! THIS CAR WILL GO FAR. just u wait and see!   PLEASE RATE!!       .                                         Here's Just a small peek at what she was when i got her!! (full stock dets on p6)::

the two photos above are the first two photos i ever took of the car. it was like an hour after i bought the car and it was just before driving 3 hours home from townsville.I am bored so i am gonna type up the story of when i bought it.We drove to townsville to look at a different car, a vt s pack manual (looked good in the pictures) pic of it below:

This is my First car. its a vx commodore that i am doing all the work either by myself or locally to save some bucks.  please rate and enjoy :)   Mods So far: VX 2002 COMMODORE EXECUTIVE 5Speed Manual 3.8l V6 C2R (concept 2 reality) Full Body Kit    18" Advanti Volt Rims VE Sv6 badges Black led tail lights Black Altezza projector headlights Super White/Blue Parker Bulbs and High Beams VX Calais Interior Chrome Door Handles Darkest 'Legal' Black-Mirror Window Tint Massive Stereo Install Featuring:  - Pioneer CD/Mp3 Tuner, Ipod Control, AUX, etc Head unit,  - 300W Polk Audio 6.5" Splits In front doors, Splits in dash,  - 180W Polk Audio 6.5" Coaxials In Rear Doors,  - 2 x 320W RMS Kenwood 7 x 10" 3-ways in Parcel Shelf,  - 2 x 1500W Sony XPlod 12" subs in Custom Fibreglass Boxes Moulded to Boot walls on either side  - 1 x JVC Mono Block Amp Running the Subs,  - 1 x JVC 4-channel amp running front door splits and parcel shelf Kenwoods.  - MORE PIX AND DETS ON STEREO ON P2    NEWS: !- Car was Featured in the Street Commodores Magazine Issue 154 - Before body kit was fitted !- Will be going in Home Brewed section of Street Comms Mag again issue 159!! !- i just bought a Calais/HSV Chrome boot strip and a Calais/Statesman Boot-lid liner to hide the bare metal that shows when u open the boot. !- I have re-wired the boot spoiler in the correct cable.. and now the spoiler light actually works properly (not intermittantly) now!   Latest:  here's some pix of my dash board when i painted it: Before:   After: Mods So far: VX 2002 COMMODORE EXECUTIVE 5Speed Manual 3.8l V6 C2R (concept 2 reality) Full Body Kit    18" Advanti Volt Rims VE Sv6 badges Black led tail lights Black Altezza projector headlights Super White/Blue Parker Bulbs and High Beams VX Calais Interior Chrome Door Handles Darkest 'Legal' Black-Mirror Window Tint Massive Stereo Install Featuring:  - Pioneer CD/Mp3 Tuner, Ipod Control, AUX, etc Head unit,  - 300W Polk Audio 6.5" Splits In front doors, Splits in dash,  - 180W Polk Audio 6.5" Coaxials In Rear Doors,  - 2 x 320W RMS Kenwood 7 x 10" 3-ways in Parcel Shelf,  - 2 x 1500W Sony XPlod 12" subs in Custom Fibreglass Boxes Moulded to Boot walls on either side  - 1 x JVC Mono Block Amp Running the Subs,  - 1 x JVC 4-channel amp running front door splits and parcel shelf Kenwoods.  - MORE PIX AND DETS ON STEREO ON P2    NEWS: !- Car was Featured in the Street Commodores Magazine Issue 154 - Before body kit was fitted !- Will be going in Home Brewed section of Street Comms Mag again issue 159!! !- i just bought a Calais/HSV Chrome boot strip and a Calais/Statesman Boot-lid liner to hide the bare metal that shows when u open the boot. !- I have re-wired the boot spoiler in the correct cable.. and now the spoiler light actually works properly (not intermittantly) now!   Latest:  here's some pix of my dash board when i painted it: Before: Mods So far:VX 2002 COMMODORE EXECUTIVE 5Speed Manual 3.8l V6 C2R (concept 2 reality) Full Body Kit   18" Advanti Volt Rims VE Sv6 badges Black led tail lights Black Altezza projector headlights Super White/Blue Parker Bulbs and High Beams VX Calais Interior Chrome Door Handles Darkest 'Legal' Black-Mirror Window TintMassive Stereo Install Featuring: - Pioneer CD/Mp3 Tuner, Ipod Control, AUX, etc Head unit, - 300W Polk Audio 6.5" Splits In front doors, Splits in dash, - 180W Polk Audio 6.5" Coaxials In Rear Doors, - 2 x 320W RMS Kenwood 7 x 10" 3-ways in Parcel Shelf, - 2 x 1500W Sony XPlod 12" subs in Custom Fibreglass Boxes Moulded to Boot walls on either side - 1 x JVC Mono Block Amp Running the Subs, - 1 x JVC 4-channel amp running front door splits and parcel shelf Kenwoods. - MORE PIX AND DETS ON STEREO ON P2  NEWS:!- Car was Featured in the Street Commodores Magazine Issue 154 - Before body kit was fitted!- Will be going in Home Brewed section of Street Comms Mag again issue 159!!!- i just bought a Calais/HSV Chrome boot strip and a Calais/Statesman Boot-lid liner to hide the bare metal that shows when u open the boot. !- I have re-wired the boot spoiler in the correct cable.. and now the spoiler light actually works properly (not intermittantly) now! Latest: here's some pix of my dash board when i painted it:Before:

Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims (you are here) Page 4 - Lights Install Page 5 - Compare Stock/NowPage 6 - Stock pix and background story Stock Rims are 15" Holden Optional Alloys (or Standard V8 VX Berlina Rims) Very Nice ride, but looks shit. i first off went for the 19" VE SSV Rims, which were ok, but very rough ride, and look almost too big for the guards.I got tired of them after about a week, and sold them, to get my 18" Advanti Volt rims.. they are a god ride, but without sacrificing too much size difference. here are some pics of the 3 different rims in order: Stock 15" Berlina Rims

that is it there, looks ok in the photos but in reality it was 'F*cked"... holes in the roof where thy mounted a dvd player with too longer screws and went though the roof, clunks when you change gears, third gear looks like its in fifth, the back seat was ripped, the paint was faded, as in the bonnet was differnt colours, the roof and teh spioler the same, if u look closely u can see the faded paint on the mirror there.. anyway, we decided to pass on that car and we were on our way home and mums friend called up and said before you leave town, call this guy up... they had seen an ad in the paper and so we called him and went and saw him.. we got there and he straight up said, its a family car, he is a mechanic, and he owned it since it was new. we took it for a drive and fell in love lol. we got back there and we were thinking, cause i really wanted a vx s pack, cause of the electric windows and cruise control, but he said he would be happy with 10,000. we talked for a while and offtered him $9,500 and he took it. it went for a RWC the next monday, while we stayed in town and tehn we signed it over and drove home. i was so happy lol. here is the ad lol i kept it. that is it there, looks ok in the photos but in reality it was 'F*cked"... holes in the roof where thy mounted a dvd player with too longer screws and went though the roof, clunks when you change gears, third gear looks like its in fifth, the back seat was ripped, the paint was faded, as in the bonnet was differnt colours, the roof and teh spioler the same, if u look closely u can see the faded paint on the mirror there..anyway, we decided to pass on that car and we were on our way home and mums friend called up and said before you leave town, call this guy up... they had seen an ad in the paper and so we called him and went and saw him.. we got there and he straight up said, its a family car, he is a mechanic, and he owned it since it was new.we took it for a drive and fell in love lol. we got back there and we were thinking, cause i really wanted a vx s pack, cause of the electric windows and cruise control, but he said he would be happy with 10,000. we talked for a while and offtered him $9,500 and he took it. it went for a RWC the next monday, while we stayed in town and tehn we signed it over and drove home. i was so happy lol.here is the ad lol i kept it.

Page 1 - General Home Page 2 - Stereo Installation Page 3 - Rims Page 4 - Lights Install (you are here) Page 5 - Compare Stock/NowPage 6 - Stock pix and background story The old Head and tail lights just dont do it for me, so i sold em off on ebay (for a lo more than i thought id get) and got some Black altezza Projector Headlights, and LED Black Tails.the tails look sweet at night, and i got some super white/blue as you could say parker bulbs and high beamshere are som pix of the install: Stock Heads

Its really easy to do and i was happy with how easy and quick it was.. but it isnt the colour i expected.. it is more white with a tinge of blue instead of the expensive Metallic silver i paid for and it chips easily! not happy. will re-do the job when i get a refund for my colours. AND Here are some pix of the HSV chrome boot peice Before:                                                                                 After:  Its really easy to do and i was happy with how easy and quick it was.. but it isnt the colour i expected.. it is more white with a tinge of blue instead of the expensive Metallic silver i paid for and it chips easily! not happy. will re-do the job when i get a refund for my colours. AND Here are some pix of the HSV chrome boot peice Before:                                                                                 After:  Its really easy to do and i was happy with how easy and quick it was.. but it isnt the colour i expected.. it is more white with a tinge of blue instead of the expensive Metallic silver i paid for and it chips easily! not happy. will re-do the job when i get a refund for my colours.AND Here are some pix of the HSV chrome boot peiceBefore:                                                                                 After:

and here is the new Boot Moulding: Before:                                                                      After:  and here is the new Boot Moulding:Before:                                                                      After: