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Yeah definitely an improvement over rear springs Cav. The system is fully self levelling so as the road or load changes they maintain tge same height you have pre set.

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Found a few photos of the rear air bags when I was trial fitting them.

The second 2 photos are of the bag in place with height sensors wired in as well. Overall not a huge job and definitely a smoother ride when it is lowered better than springs imo.

 

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It is thicker than wax and a lot tougher. Swirling and light scrathes wont affect it so they say.

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Thanks for Pm. Got your self a bargain. I’m really interested in this coating. Looks insane. [/quote]</p>
To easy Cav i was just saying to vspete They did a fair bit of paint correction on my car 3000 then 5000 wet n dry. It hadn’t been wet rubbed since respray so i had plenty of clear on it.
Ill update once i give it the first wash.</p>

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Slow355 wrote:

Interior as well? As in just painted parts? so it protects, does it make it look any different?

Yeah it can be put on almost anything,

Whatch this short video its old but gives you an idea.

 

 

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Slow355 wrote:

Hey nice!!! Are you leaving the Dakota box there? As don’t think your standard surround will fit with that as the cigi ash tray will hit it

No moved the dekota box over just a bit still a plenty of room for the cigi ligther.

Slow355 wrote:

What power did you end up making with charger?

It actually made the same power as before 230rwkw but I had changed the diff ratio to 3.7s so little hard to compare with the old 3.08. The biggest issue is that its loosing 4.5 psi through the intercooler setup. I have another cooler to try. Its only short term as I will be adding water meth next year.

 

jlss wrote:

Looks mint. So whole car was ceramic coated??? Was that like a clear over the top of the old clear?? Or yeah?? Curious?

Yes mate coated all over, wheels as well and interior. It is Williams ceramic coat designed and used by the F1 team. It ended up getting 3 coats which ended up about 2000 microns ( most 2k paint is about 800-1000 microns I think )

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cava454 wrote:

Wow. What did the ceramic coating set u back. That looks amazing.

Sent you a pm mate dont want the wife to find out the price!

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Hi gents thought it might be time for a few updates on the ute. Picked it up today from the detailers after it got ceramic coated. The car came up amazing the paint is so deep now. So I only thought right that it got some new wheels to go with the new look.

After seeing the progress Slow355 has made with his interior I pulled my finger out and helped Gary get the panel fitting for the shift lights using the dekota digital box. Not a hard modification just takes some time to get the shifter in and working.

Photo bucket is playing up so I will get some more shots up later of the rear airbag suspension I fitted as well.

 

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Bdj_007 wrote:

HDN05L wrote:

See you there mate. Going to be a crazy few days.

I have gone the past 3 years entering my silver vx. This year will be off the chain packed. Dont think in the actual grounds ill get much cruising but its more the night crusing im looking forward to

Yeah definitely head down to braddon and park up its always entertaining thats for sure.

 

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See you there mate. Going to be a crazy few days.

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<p style=”text-align: left;”>Will get the car back this weekend and start going over the tune and checking all these suggestions. Thanks for the advice guys.</p>

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Nice progress, it all seems to be coming together.

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I ended up going with a levelride system they use slam specialty bags. The system is a full self levelling kit so as the road changes so does the air pressure to keep the car level. They are an aussie company look them up on FB.

It is one of only 2 kits that can be engineered in Australia.

The coilover kit i have in the front is k sport no real issues with them, i did get shorter rear coils made up as the coils they come with didnt drop it as much as i wanted.

The ride with the bags is actually really smooth doesn’t feel like your driving a boat.

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Coilovers improved my ride alot.

Ive now put rear bags in the ute.

Im off for a drive with them today for the first time. Ill let you know how they feel.

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[HDN05LParticipant Canberra ACTVS Olympic Edt 383 stroker Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 289]

Turned out very nice. Its almost a new car.

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Cheers Paul i think you might be right. Appreciate you looking into this.

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Ian you legend, glad you have come back mate, always looked forward to your posts and knowledge. 

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Cheers Paul

Hoopstar wrote:

Grant’s doing my 4l60e trans for the VK as I type this. I’ll pose the question to him when I pick it up tomorrow and let you know what he says HDN05L.. Paul

 

Thanks pual 

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In canberra Gary. Thanks

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Dont think it has a shift kit.

Its not as bad when its been for a run and obviously warmed up a bit.

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