Seedy Al Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 haha, lowlancer, this maybe true, but round our ways (ie not hamilton) you dont often see slammed out holdens mostly becasue we arnt a bunch of sicko's thats why we have Kk, his as sick as the day is looooooooooong Also, sweet ride, cant wait to giz hand tomorrow nite in helping / drink while you work CDl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Cop steels - where are they able to be purchased from (besides occasionally on TM)? Also what offsets? And available in 5x114 for BA ford falcon or only in holden stz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry, but that just looks like an old piece Commodore with cut springs, which I suppose it is. FYI - it does NOT have cut springs.. I also believe that only fools and old woman question a job before it is completed.. (not sure which bracket to put you in) lubs you Mr XXX - like I lubs a banjo playin sister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Also the rims I have are from a 94 Volvo 960 - but steel rims are available a lot of places... Trademe is a very good source i have found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Also, poverty spec variants and utes are the source of the steels on such commonwhore and falcoon vehiculars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ackshully IIRC police had AU falcoons? they have correct offset/pcd so will try to commandeer some. Looking forward to this projects progress, old commy wagons bring back school day memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ackshully IIRC police had AU falcoons? they have correct offset/pcd so will try to commandeer some.Looking forward to this projects progress, old commy wagons bring back school day memories. what do you want them for?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 just keen to have a set of steels to widen/play around with for my BA falcon wagon - they have 36p offset from factory iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 just keen to have a set of steels to widen/play around with for my BA falcon wagon - they have 36p offset from factory iirc. Ah sweet - yeah AU and BA steels came on all taxis/poverty spec/govt fleet cars.. should be plenty of them around.. they have massive negative offset so would be fuck all room to go wider outwards before guard rub.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry for getting OT but, are you sure re -ve offset? As AU and BA's have 36 ish positive offset standard (ie my xr6 alloys that wagon came with are this). Pre-AU's had around 0-6p offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry for getting OT but, are you sure re -ve offset? As AU and BA's have 36 ish positive offset standard (ie my xr6 alloys that wagon came with are this). Pre-AU's had around 0-6p offset. oops got my negative and positive offset mixed up - my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry for getting OT but, are you sure re -ve offset? As AU and BA's have 36 ish positive offset standard (ie my xr6 alloys that wagon came with are this). Pre-AU's had around 0-6p offset. oops got my negative and positive offset mixed up - my bad ah yep makes sense now, yeah looking at my wag theres a massive gaping hole at the rear - could probably get 1.5-2 inches wider guard side - and maybe squeeze 1 inch wider up front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry, but that just looks like an old piece Commodore with cut springs, which I suppose it is. FYI - it does NOT have cut springs.. I also believe that only fools and old woman question a job before it is completed.. (not sure which bracket to put you in) lubs you Mr XXX - like I lubs a banjo playin sister Interesting response. Don't make the mistake of confusing me with your contemporaries Good to hear re: springs, what else is left to do? My angle is, why not do something different to this? I'm sure it'll look fine on stock width steels, but do you want fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Interesting response. Don't make the mistake of confusing me with your contemporariesGood to hear re: springs, what else is left to do? My angle is, why not do something different to this? I'm sure it'll look fine on stock width steels, but do you want fine? My contempories provide no reason to be confused. They are neither old woman nor fools.. (well most of them arn't anyway ) I also have a desire to do something different. You may not be aware but I have owned the car for 5 days and I have spent those 5 days getting it legal and lower than standard so I can take it away to Hawkes Bay this weekend. Making it a Custom worthy of Barris/Roth/Astill in 5 days is just not going to happen. (Maybe I need Discovery Channel coverage and then it would be a mandatory stupidly short deadline ALA American Chopper/Hot Rod...) I admit when I started this build thread I was not totally clear with time/scope/budget. But have no fear there is plenty more in the pipeline. Nothing is finalised till it happens but my current vision is an injected V8 and Manual box- prefer an LSx and T5, a set of super wide rims (prefer steels) and low pros with mucho stretch, extreme lowness (perhaps a set of adjustable platform coil overs would work best for this), I am infected with the desire for an Opel grille (thanks to Brad), I want to tidy the chrome till it hurts to look at and also I plan to have a fairly good go at tidying up the body and repainting it with a similar coat of green. All these things take a lot of money - which is not always an easy thing to come by when paying a hefty mortgage. Now I've told you my plans maybe you could get back to your Sapporo and show us what you can get done in the next week! - I dare ya.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Now I've told you my plans maybe you could get back to your Sapporo and show us what you can get done in the next week! - I dare ya.. i chuckled. aways wanted a comywhore wagon.....maybe its my true inner tron bogenness. looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Interesting response. Don't make the mistake of confusing me with your contemporariesGood to hear re: springs, what else is left to do? My angle is, why not do something different to this? I'm sure it'll look fine on stock width steels, but do you want fine? My contempories provide no reason to be confused. They are neither old woman nor fools.. (well most of them arn't anyway ) I also have a desire to do something different. You may not be aware but I have owned the car for 5 days and I have spent those 5 days getting it legal and lower than standard so I can take it away to Hawkes Bay this weekend. Making it a Custom worthy of Barris/Roth/Astill in 5 days is just not going to happen. (Maybe I need Discovery Channel coverage and then it would be a mandatory stupidly short deadline ALA American Chopper/Hot Rod...) I admit when I started this build thread I was not totally clear with time/scope/budget. But have no fear there is plenty more in the pipeline. Nothing is finalised till it happens but my current vision is an injected V8 and Manual box- prefer an LSx and T5, a set of super wide rims (prefer steels) and low pros with mucho stretch, extreme lowness (perhaps a set of adjustable platform coil overs would work best for this), I am infected with the desire for an Opel grille (thanks to Brad), I want to tidy the chrome till it hurts to look at and also I plan to have a fairly good go at tidying up the body and repainting it with a similar coat of green. All these things take a lot of money - which is not always an easy thing to come by when paying a hefty mortgage. Now I've told you my plans maybe you could get back to your Sapporo and show us what you can get done in the next week! - I dare ya.. I understand the situation well, or well enough as is possible via a forum. The plans sound good. Of course I will likely not do any work on my car for quite some time, as I have much more pressing matters at hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 future possibilities? alloytec http://holmart.com.au/online/prod103.htm ls2 http://holmart.com.au/online/prod2093.htm alloytec would be interesting/different - but less power 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 My vote would be for ls2, have been toying with this idea for my premier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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