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Originally Posted by ylook4
can you just use 2 other ball bolts on the guard instead of the bracket?
The HSV's used Ball joints on the guards.
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Originally Posted by poohkies
Next thing to finish it all of is, does anyone know how to put a gus strut into the rear that will hold up a walky spoiler, what to buy which parts and where to bolt them 2 thanks!
Boot spoiler gas strut is the same part again and also uses the same two bolts as the bonnet ones. Holden part number for the gas strut is 90 060 265 and are still available. Not sure if they come with the bolts as well.
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Originally Posted by vlt-dreamer
**** - just rang rarespares and its no longer available :
said they may reproduce them later on but couldn't give me a date.
asked for hdt's no and he said they wont deal with the public.
I bet the reason they told you that crap is because if you buy parts straight from HDT then they won't make any money out of you. All HDT's contact details can be found at www.hdt.com.au (http://www.hdt.com.au) or ring them on 97921911. They have agents in other states like http://www.autotechnique.com.au/front.html in Victoria.
Corsa
Thanks heaps Corsa, will go get another 2 of them from the wreckers then! where do they bolt 2 ? do u have any pictures? do i need 2 or just one strut ?
Only one is needed in the boot and i have seen two different mounting positions for them at the rear. You can make a right angled bracket and mount it off the side of the beaver panel (in between taillights) where it sticks into the boot space.
Corsa
What you will need:
� 2 gas struts form a VL wagon tailgate (these are a little longer than the ones on VR/VS bonnets and are a perfect length)
� 2 ball mounts from under a VR/VS bonnet (if you are lucky you may find some which will match the colour of your car)
� 2 ball headed bolts from a VL wagon tailgate (these have a longer thread than the ones found on most other cars)
The first step is to remove the bolts closest to the front of the car on the bonnet hinge and put the ball head bolts in their place as in the picture.
Next you need to take out the third bolt from the front of the car as well as the threaded clip and replace them with the ball mounts. You will have to remove the washer bottle to get to the left hand side one
Once all the mounts are in place it is time to put the gas struts in. Make sure that the black end is at the bottom otherwise the bonnet won�t close properly.
All that is left to do now is remove the old rod which was used to hold the bonnet up.
Everything you need should cost around $20 - $30 from a wrecker.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
no greg use the same ball joint's from the wagon,
WILL EVERYONE STOP SAYING U NEED VR VS BALL JOINT'S!!!!
THE WAGON ONES ARE FINE THEY WORK AND U DON'T NEED 2 WASTE BULL **** CRAPY VR VS ONES
IF U GET THE STRUT GET THE 4 BALL JOINT'S FROM THE WAGON BOOT, STOP WASTING MONEY
greg can u show us a pic of the ball mount on the guard cause i want a ball mount on the guard the same setup as the one on the bonnet is that possible?
I couldn't be fagged looking for the vl wagon 1's so i got the vr/s ones.
These are slightly shorter so I had to drill another hole halfway between the hole that u guys used for the vl 1's and the next 1 up.
Other than that the are great.
