Shakotom

Looks good. if you get that front spoiler sorted its gonna look so badass!

Ill come. but I dont have a stereo to blast NWA with if needed though.....

So i got sidetracked from working on the ute as i got a secondhand pair of rear lowering springs and standard station wagon rear shocks so with that got to work to remove the standard rear springs and shocks I originally had tried installing the lowering springs but they were far from captive at full extension with sedan shocks so i took a gamble and pulled the rear shocks from the wagon and found they were much shorter than the sedans and could work on a sedan this shows the difference between the lowering springs and wagon shocks (left) compared to standard springs and sedan shocks (right). The wagon diffs use a different mounting point for the shocks than sedans do which are different diameters hence the small insert in the sedan shocks (right) compared to the wagons (left) So i pressed out the insert from the sedan shocks using a vice, an 8mm socket and a 34mm socket (old sockets rule!) giving this little insert which i then pressed back into the wagon rear shocks then i installed the springs and shocks.The wagon shocks being much shorter keep the springs captive and ended up with this.. its actually not reverse raked... the sills sit level to the ground. and clearance is tight. I love this shot from of my drive way Ive only done the rear for now. Hence the massive difference in the guard gap front to rear. I want the front to match the way the rears sits with the rear guards. so thats the next mission But for now im rolling round like this. It rubs a fair bit over bumps and round corners and i cant carry passengers in the rear or too much in the boot as the guards will sit on the tyres so more of a pull for the guards are in order after i put on my adjustable panhard rod. First lowered vechile! okay... Partially lowered vechile

Man thats cool! looks period correct at the moment

I bought it midway last year from a guy in whakatane.

Aw i missed it... Whens the next one?

Just had a nosy through your build thread. KEEN TO SEE 1UZ GO IN! I actually first saw your thread on stanceworks a while back and got overly enthusiastic about it seeing the pics of the stanced out rekords the plans for bagging it with the trailer and the fact it was starfired. Now to find it here and see plans for 1UZ! I like where its going!

And as there has been much saying that this needs lows. I agree it does. and I have another evolution of her planned that may assist in getting lows but first i have to get this on the road first to drive while thats in the works haha So im busy as at the moment. Gotta finish my semi rebuild of the motor, sort the gearbox out make new linkages, get a basic interior sorted. and check/rebuild brakes and run new pipes and check over suspension components. Just enough to get it reliable and warranted to daily while i work on the VK. Should i make a build thread for the ute too? Oh and anyone out there have a bench seat for a HZ they wanna sell on the cheap?

Photo from Kumeu taken by GARDRB. Thanks for the shot

Thanks! yes needs low I know Im working on it very slowly.... And tyre wise lower profiles would be good but the rears were pretty much free and the fronts i bought to match the rears. so theyll do for now. haha Looks good!! Thanks for taking the photos mate! Haha Thanks! I have matching guards too and i swap them on and off as i feel like haha. Gotta keep it fresh yo! Thanks! And yes I know :]

Went to Kumeu yesterday and tried to blend in amongst the classics... Awyeah, I swapped the front guards to a white pair i bought and i pinstriped them, and made a roof rack to carry my bmx.

That is a massive difference in height! definatly keen for the fronts So does it drop it 4 inches in the front with a starfire motor in the car? Just asking because i know you swapped yours for a 6cyl motor Thanks for that mate

shhh oh i want this low too believe me. but the starfire upfront means no lowering springs off the shelf. and adjusties for this are worth more than the car and custom springs, shorter inserts and related shortening of front strut bodys arent far off the price of adjustables. so yeahup. but i have something else in the works for her in the meantime... Is it sad to say then that i had plans awhile back to twin carb the starfire and get the cam ground out of my spare starfire for it?... Hahahaha...ha...ha

but I think shes quite attractive......

I would love to install stupid amounts of lows! but i have this and two (well sort of three) other projects on the go at the moment (and a girlfriend) so my apprentice wages don't go far enough hahaha

Well thats awkward.... I made a discussion thread but this one seems more popular... :] So now i have two threads.... First day and ive already messed up :} Link to build thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/36139-shakotoms-1984-vk-commodore/ Thanks for deciding to let me stay! The starfires one of those things that i dont like about her but i love it to bits because of the reactions it causes from people and its general quirkyness which i think is a big part of this car . Its out on the streets at the present and hopefully will tag along to some meets in the near future tbh im actually not 100% on the steels.... i wanna move the rears to the fronts and go wider in the rear but yeah.. Haha yeah i bought it with the intention of just driving it... but we all know where that goes... So yeah im playing with a starfire :] Thanks! Plastic i found in dads garage :] The pictures make it look way better than what it is. :]

Also i had a small electrical issue in the engine bay just before christmas causing most of the wiring to turn into smoke. So ive replaced it with a second hand loom for now and just got it running a few days ago. And I got this photo of my first drive for 2k13 of Lana for the year that I put on Instagram featured on SpeedHunters in there #FeatureThis post on my 19th birthday! BEST DAY EVER!! :} Awyeah... Follow me on Instagram? @shakotom Thanks!!

I washed her to go to the New Zealand Performance Car magazine Park Up at Meremere dragstrip And some photos from there...

I got new brake parts and the things i needed to swap from 5x108 to 5x120 to fit my new wheels rebuilt the front brakes scored a set of genuine interceptor centercaps of an ex police car prepped and Painted my wheels black as i couldnt decide on a colour just yet Got tyres mounted on my wheels. And took a some final photos of Lana on her original wheels And hotwires and that was that. I removed all the four cylinder brakes and axles And installed my new parts and swapped 6 cylinder axles into the standard 4 cylinder diff allowing me to keep the original diff ratio And got puuuurrrrpleeee wheel nuts i love the contrast with the black wheels and grey centers And this is my new wheels on the car they are 15x10s on the rear with 225/60R15s and 15X8.5s on the front with 205/60R15s I had to roll the guards as they would eat the rear tyres in and out of driveways and with people in the back

LInk to discussion thread: http://oldschool.co....ms-84-vk-mayte/ This is my 1984 VK Commodore, Meet Lana, Shes a four cylinder Commodore. and ill run you through what ive done to her so far I purchased her stock standard on the original 13inch steel wheels! but pretty much the day i got her home i threw on a set of 13x7 Cheviot Hotwires with 205/60 and 215/60R13 tyres My dad and i are members of Manukau Rod and Custom club and not long after i bought her they had a gymkhana coming up at 'Full Throttle' and i wanted to have a go but i though id simply fix the oil leaks first.... And we all know that where that leads... i decided itd be easier to work on out of the car... So oily.. i installed a new hanger bearing on the driveshaft as the old one was perished and got a new clutch dissassembled the motor for new gaskets through out and just a general tidyup and the gearbox... which went from this... to this... then i decided the motor looked too good to go back in the dirty bay and thats when i missed the gymkhana... :] to cut a long story short this was the result... so i drove her around for a while until she got fed up and wanted some attention with so she ate a distrubutior drive gear. so i replaced that Then her hydraulic tappets werent holding pressure. So i replaced those And went to a Gymkhaha! AAAANNNNDDDDD broke a gearbox the next day on the way to work So i replaced that. and then scored some EH Holden hubcaps from a swapmeet and a sunvisor Greg Murphy came into my work so i got a photo with him and Lana And he autographed her dash I made a front lip and added an external cooler... BOSOZUKU LIFE decided the cooler was tacky and that RAKE was way cooler... then went on a road trip on the standard wheels with my girlfriend got these from a swapmeet. ( I see a trend here?) and got these made