Lads, I'm going to be ordering a whole heap of parts for my berlina soon, who's had dealings with the major suppliers? Rare spares, kings wood country etc. Any advise? Things I'm getting are bumpers, trims, lights etc. kings wood country seems a whole lot cheaper, but is it of less quality?

Went to the Holden Nationals on Saturday, was some nice clean cars! Took my VF wagon along but had the wrong stickers to enter haha.

Quote: Originally Posted by convert [View Post] Lads, I'm going to be ordering a whole heap of parts for my berlina soon, who's had dealings with the major suppliers? Rare spares, kings wood country etc. Any advise? Things I'm getting are bumpers, trims, lights etc. kings wood country seems a whole lot cheaper, but is it of less quality? Generally lights and bumpers are all Taiwan made so whoever is cheapest would probably be best. I've ordered bailey channels (which were absolutely rubbish) from Kingswood Country and they sent me Rarespares items. The channel is too fat for the narrow glass and it lets water in, along with letting the window rattle around if you have the glass down half way...Glad I only fitted the fronts ones as I'll probably re-sell the rear set End of the day, it's all aftermarket rubbish which is all you can really buy these days. Quote: Originally Posted by craig [View Post] Went to the Holden Nationals on Saturday, was some nice clean cars! Took my VF wagon along but had the wrong stickers to enter haha. We were there with a couple of cars....Some very nice machines on display Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i got bailey channels from rare spares and were a good fit, came as a roll, was expecting them to be joint at the corners but no. put a bit of ados glue in the channel first then they wont move

I also used Rare Spares bailey channels, but had no issues whatsoever. They fit perfectly, they are however Ba5tard of a job to fit - you really need tiny hands.

So when your window is down around half way, are you able to move your glass in the channel? Almost like the glass is too thin for the gap its in? The original channel that came out was a real snug fit on the edge of the glass, but the new channel looks as if it was made for glass that should be twice as thick.....Maybe I had a bad batch Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Mine has been tucked away for almost two years.. Hopefully finished this year.. Only taken it out a couple times. Everyone i know with vls are doing things on them that takes them off the road.

Went to the hot rod show. Got super sunburnt and saw a few decent VLs. Im in the same boat. Car has been off the road for about a year and achieved far less achieved than i should have. Should be painting engine bay this weekend then sort out a time to get it to dannys for all the bolts ons

Did you move or something man? Noticed your vl isn't sitting down the long driveway any more. I just painted and put my 304 into my vl this week. Wont be long now.

My VL ? Its in the garage at the moment since I found that around the boot seal looks like swiss cheese which i have no idea how to fix and there is 2 more holes in the boot floor. So I took the chance to get engine out and de loom, weld up old holes and paint the bay. Took 10x longer then expected which is always the case. Now to remember how it goes back together =/

Looking good man

Now do I just stick it all back in or go down the never ending road of painting and making everything look nice before I put it back together

I know the feeling. Ive just put a 304 v8 into my freshly painted engine bay. Also painted the whole engine and everything on it.

Nice vls.....anyone doing a turbo? I regret not buying ripv8s when he first sold it..cuz it wasn't a Calais...u don't see any old Commodores now......kinda regret selling mine....

Whatever happened to ripv8s?

He sold it to a school teacher who treated it like ****...she chiped the front bar..dirty interior...and wrecked the rims....it sold for 11k with rims....bargain at the time...i recall it running 340kw at the time.

Didn't old mate editor from nzv8 own it aswell?

it was his mrs that owned it

Quote: Originally Posted by NZCalais [View Post] Nice vls.....anyone doing a turbo? I regret not buying ripv8s when he first sold it..cuz it wasn't a Calais...u don't see any old Commodores now......kinda regret selling mine.... Ive got a turbo build underway. Oil and fuel lines, wiring and other finishing touches left to go

Hey guys. I'm looking at towing my vl up to Auckland from Tauranga on a trailer and using my Vy v6 as the tow vehicle, never done it before so looking for tips and advice. Is the vy suitable? Anyone done a similar trip? Will my tow bar rip off? These are qs going through my mind right now. Cheers