VS Acclaim, now V8

[jlssParticipant tasvr ss View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 155]

Nice well i ended up pulling my air con out. Its never that hot down here in tassy normally its wind all the windows down. Ha ha. But in winter the windows fog up. But for how oftern i run my car id rather not have it and things look neater in the bay without the big aircon bracket. I do have the full setup thought so maybe one day i might throw it back in. .

Any plans for a cam kit or exhaust?? Keep up the good work. 

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

jlss wrote:

Nice well i ended up pulling my air con out. Its never that hot down here in tassy normally its wind all the windows down. Ha ha. But in winter the windows fog up. But for how oftern i run my car id rather not have it and things look neater in the bay without the big aircon bracket. I do have the full setup thought so maybe one day i might throw it back in. . Any plans for a cam kit or exhaust?? Keep up the good work.

Yeah I want to get the A/C regassed and working before summer, missed it last year when it didnt work.  Yeah windows fogging up was annoying but it didnt bother me too much as its not my daily. Its got a small cam in it now, just a 268, and exhaust is some extractors into a twin 2&1/2 into a single 3inch system on it, would love to put a supercharger on it one day but im happy with it for now

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

Replaced the heater core over the weekend, defiantly needed replacing. Ended up cleaning out the heater box a bit and replaced the foam tape around some of the seals. Also cleaned everything I removed before putting it back into the car.

Dash out, this didnt take me long as ive done it a couple of times before

Heater box out

Old vs new heater core, can see a corner missing which pretty much crumbled as soon as I touched it

And heater box back in, ended up finishing the car off, just need to clean wipe over everything and its finished for now. While I had everything apart I also replaced a few of the dash pieces for better ones.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

That just looks like a truckload of fiddly work, bet your glad its done!

[jlssParticipant tasvr ss View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 155]

Nice work. I should of cleaned the heater a bit too while i was in that situation but ohwell. She will be right. Ha ha. Looking great anyway vs acclaim.

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

VRSenator065 wrote:

That just looks like a truckload of fiddly work, bet your glad its done!

Was so glad it was done when I finished, almost finished and went to test everything and had a few problems which just turned out to be a fuse thankfully

jlss wrote:

Nice work. I should of cleaned the heater a bit too while i was in that situation but ohwell. She will be right. Ha ha. Looking great anyway vs acclaim.

Thanks, yeah was a bit dirty in there plus I found the screw I dropped down the demister vents last time I had the dash out haha

[jlssParticipant tasvr ss View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 155]

Ha ha. Is it just me or when you pull things out you end up with a heap of screws leftover???? Okay a heap was exaggerating but over the few times of doing things ive found bits and pieces and now pretty sure ive nearly got a jar full. Ha ha. That is from other cars too though. Ha ha.  

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

jlss wrote:

Ha ha. Is it just me or when you pull things out you end up with a heap of screws leftover???? Okay a heap was exaggerating but over the few times of doing things ive found bits and pieces and now pretty sure ive nearly got a jar full. Ha ha. That is from other cars too though. Ha ha.

Yeah always a couple left over, ive got a whole jar full of spares from a car I wrecked which comes in handy when I misplace screws

[HoopstarParticipant AdelaideVK Calais View build HERE Member since: June 10, 2016 Posts: 48]

As much as I love pouring over big $$ builds, I have to admit I prefer these ‘nuts and bolts’ builds where the guy gets in there and does it all himself.

It inspires all off us and confirms we can all make our car our own.

Fantastic effort and work mate.  I love it..!!!

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

Hoopstar wrote:

As much as I love pouring over big $$ builds, I have to admit I prefer these ‘nuts and bolts’ builds where the guy gets in there and does it all himself. It inspires all off us and confirms we can all make our car our own. Fantastic effort and work mate. I love it..!!!

Thanks mate, is that your HR in the profile pic?

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

drove to victor harbour a few weeks ago and cruised around up there with some friends, took a pic on the drive home, was a good day. Back looks high because the front was parked in a low spot…

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Nice looking car

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[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

thatotherguy94 wrote:

Got a bootlid and lip in the right colour, not prefect but it will do for now. Still need to put a holden badge on, will do that one day. Car was filthy from being a daily this week.

 

How did you work out the hole locations and seal it? did you end up having to do anything for access on the inside?

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

sands vs wrote:

How did you work out the hole locations and seal it? did you end up having to do anything for access on the inside?

Thanks, I actually just bought another boot lid with the lip already fitted and put that on the car

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

Got some chrome inner and polished outer handles for this. I also repainted the outer surrounds as the originals were looking very average.

While I had the doors apart I also replaced the foam seals on the vents

[jlssParticipant tasvr ss View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 155]

Are those foam seals for house doors??? Because i just did some at home before winter and pretty sure they were the same brand??? Also looks the same. Looking good though.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Really gotta try and get us VR/S guys from SA on here to meet up some time…

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

jlss wrote:

Are those foam seals for house doors??? Because i just did some at home before winter and pretty sure they were the same brand??? Also looks the same. Looking good though.

Yeah they are, seem to do the job well enough

VRSenator065 wrote:

Really gotta try and get us VR/S guys from SA on here to meet up some time…

Would be good to get a few nice ones together

 

[HoopstarParticipant AdelaideVK Calais View build HERE Member since: June 10, 2016 Posts: 48]

thatotherguy94 wrote:

Thanks mate, is that your HR in the profile pic?

It is

[thatotherguy94Participant VS Acclaim, VZ SSZ Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 189]

Went on cruise for charity a couple of weeks ago, wasn’t a bad day just the location of the start point was a bit crap. Also noticed the roof lining has now started falling down so that needs to be fixed soon

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