Great to see the OCD is still in check, and with the amount of progress you're making with the VL, I think it'll be up to standard like all the other's. I do hope you, mum and bub are doing well, cheers mate...
I’ve missed Wednesday videos from you never a dull moment love the content man never a bad video, you’re the one who has inspired me to take every little detail on my vn calais when I do something to it
Thanks, brilliant video, I was beginning to worry that you may have had a "accident" which has stopped you posting a video. Thanks again, I do love your attention to detail and the way you make use of down time to do other things on the VL. Cheers
Awesome job just done the same front and rear on my VT Clubby. BTW you can’t anodize steel the hardware would have been cadmium or zinc plated. Anodizing is for aluminium. Looking forward to watching the journey 👍
The struts don’t have inserts from factory the oil is old from the original setup and the notch in the spring retaining plate needs to face the stub axel or else it chucks out your camber
Froth shit like this, definitely what I plan to do to my VS when I've got the room, tools and knowledge. As for money, that'll just come with time and I don't care how long it takes.
Doesnt Sal at Ice Blasting Solutions do some work for you guys at PP? Im pretty sure he does all the zinc plating and stuff to man. You know for next time :)
Nah bro, no oil supposed to inside the struts. New inserts and your done. Definitely no oil! To tighten bearing plate compress the spring until the bearing plate seats all the way down. Hold the top of the strut insert with with multi grips or vice grips and use a ring spanner to tighten completely. Release the spring compressors slowly. Recheck tightness of bearing plate nut when vehicle is back under full weight on the ground
Lost my shit when the kframe bush went flying when you first hit it 😂. Out of curiosity do you have to raise the suspension to ride height before tightening everything up?
Great video as always, I like how you own the mistakes you make and don't pretend everything goes perfectly (we all know nothing goes to plan lol). With the new front end bushes you didn't mention it so not sure if you know, it's best to leave them loose and tighten them properly once the weight is on the front end. Keep up the good work
When you pull your suspension etc out then put it back in.... do you need to then take it to a suspension place to have everything aligned? Im learning so much from watching you do all of this.
The best thing about your vid’s is that most of your work is done in your shed on the floor. That a lot of people can relate too
That is a good thing
trust me i only work on the floor because i have to haha
@@MindieJ hahaha yea and u still do a very good job at setting up with the amount of room in there 👍
Oil is used to transfer heat from insert to outer tube that's what I was told years ago.
Rattle gun for nut
nope rattle gun just spins the shaft
Tryin to put the sleeve in the rubber made my day!!! Hard Work Pays Off!
best! So funny
haha like a rocket ship
Amazing attention to detail as always! I always feel the need to go out and clean the underside of my cars after watching these videos!
great to hear glad you enjoyed
Insane man! You always find another level of detail and ocd! 😂👍
thanks mate appreciate it
Had a laugh when you used the channellocks backwards. I've never seen a man more keen on detailing his car than you, keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
Increased the value of the car just cleaning and redoing things no one will notice 👍🏻
haha yeh pretty much
Great to see the OCD is still in check, and with the amount of progress you're making with the VL, I think it'll be up to standard like all the other's. I do hope you, mum and bub are doing well, cheers mate...
thanks Brendan appreciate it mate
Immaculate work mate! Can wait to see the motor dropped in!
It’s already got a motor in it, NA for life
Watched jakes chop shop and he sprayed his interior with vinyl spray and turned out brand new!!
Definitely not something I would do
These videos are so therapeutic! Absolutely love stuff like this, your ocd is next level and its mint. Keen for next week
thanks Jon appreciate it mate
I’ve missed Wednesday videos from you never a dull moment love the content man never a bad video, you’re the one who has inspired me to take every little detail on my vn calais when I do something to it
I appreciate that! sorry for lack of vids lately it gets very hard
Thanks, brilliant video, I was beginning to worry that you may have had a "accident" which has stopped you posting a video. Thanks again, I do love your attention to detail and the way you make use of down time to do other things on the VL. Cheers
thanks Andrew appreciate it mate
bro i full cracked up when the tube popped out hahaha
Glad you enjoyed
Chris and jakes chop shop are my new favourite UA-camrs
Appreciate it mate
Love watching your videos and your attention to detail.
Thank you very much!
In response to the top nut, offset ring spanner and open spanner to hold the shaft. (You've probably figured that out by now) 😆
I have one of those big washers your missing!! I will try find it & give it to Troy if you want it!! 👍
thanks man but i did grab one from Daniels brother
Awesome job just done the same front and rear on my VT Clubby. BTW you can’t anodize steel the hardware would have been cadmium or zinc plated. Anodizing is for aluminium. Looking forward to watching the journey 👍
Thanks for the info! theyre zinc plated
I understand where your coming from. I pulled my motor out and holy shit. Grease/grime/dirt galore. It's terrible to work with.
definitely puts a downer on the mood
How did you go getting the radius bush out the front of kframe, I seen you put the new one in but I didn't see it come out.
The struts don’t have inserts from factory the oil is old from the original setup and the notch in the spring retaining plate needs to face the stub axel or else it chucks out your camber
thanks for the info
Love your attention to detail man! Wish I had the resources to do this with my Datto 120Y
You can do it!
😂😂the crush tube made me laugh, but everything looks amazing mate love watching you do these ocd vids well worth the effort well done 😉👌🍻
thanks Shane appreciate it mate
Froth shit like this, definitely what I plan to do to my VS when I've got the room, tools and knowledge. As for money, that'll just come with time and I don't care how long it takes.
I made the mistake of cleaning off my hardware and not getting it coated again. now it's worse than when I started ahhaha
haha yeh will just go rusty if not re zinced
It all takes time waiting I am waiting 10 weeks for chrome to be done it’s looking good
yeh but im impatient haha
Ooooh that nice white VS on the hoist above you?? Looks clean AF!
It is indeed, 6cyl BT1, now twin turbo LS
Doesnt Sal at Ice Blasting Solutions do some work for you guys at PP? Im pretty sure he does all the zinc plating and stuff to man. You know for next time :)
Nah bro, no oil supposed to inside the struts. New inserts and your done. Definitely no oil! To tighten bearing plate compress the spring until the bearing plate seats all the way down. Hold the top of the strut insert with with multi grips or vice grips and use a ring spanner to tighten completely. Release the spring compressors slowly. Recheck tightness of bearing plate nut when vehicle is back under full weight on the ground
I’ve got the same problem with the ignition on my VL Calais with the plastic eye breaking of , I’ll be interested in seeing how you fix it
Replace the column
Mate what are using to clean parts with? I see you wiping it off with a cloth. No water?
LOOKS GREAT MATE
thanks man appreciate it
Lost my shit when the kframe bush went flying when you first hit it 😂. Out of curiosity do you have to raise the suspension to ride height before tightening everything up?
yep jack each wheel up to ride height before sending everything with the impact gun
Great video as always, I like how you own the mistakes you make and don't pretend everything goes perfectly (we all know nothing goes to plan lol).
With the new front end bushes you didn't mention it so not sure if you know, it's best to leave them loose and tighten them properly once the weight is on the front end.
Keep up the good work
haha no point cutting out the dumb stuff
yep jack each wheel up to ride height before sending everything with the impact gun it what was done
Great video mate love how you show your mistakes makes me feel better when I did the same mistakes 😂
Glad you enjoyed
whoever replaced those original oil front shocks with gas just probably didnt empty out all the old oil, gas ones go in dry.
Never go in dry
Hey Chris, you may have answered this before but where do you get all your bolts zinc coated ?
Was done at Tudor plating
Awesome job mate, the spring compressors gave me ptsd 😂😂 what did you use to clean all the greasy shit?
spring compressors give me nightmares, just used prepsol
Who did you use for powder coating and re-zincing? Thanks and great job on the VL.
powder coating Mr Powdercoat and Tudor Plating for the zinc stuff
vl and vn were origanly filled with oil with hydrolic shocks , most are now gas shock inserts that why the oil would be in there
that would explain it
Do a video on the vn again please
theres nothing to do a video on
Hey bro are you going to change the current dash cluster to a VL turbo style one with the taco. Nice vL too 👌🏻
nah i like things factory how they should be but i do have a Calais cluster sitting here
Love this vl build mJ
Thanks John
top strup nut, rattle gun.
Nope spins
Rattle gun on the top nut.
Nope spins
@@MindieJ I've done it before make sure you're thread is clean.
Did you get a steering wheel,?
You can get your old one restored if that helps
All they do is paint them, nothing like factory
They fill the steeringwheel with some type of resin, goes hard and then paint. $50 bucks roughly the cost .
@@l3n221 yeh that’s nothing like factory, will be smooth finish and painted, absolutely junk
Lets go happy Wednesday
nothing happened to it
you should be happy rust proofing done lol
When you put it like that…..I guess haha
@@MindieJ yeah my vl is a bit further than your lol
Take it for a drive an a update
there is plenty of driving videos, there is no update i havent done anything to it
YEET
big YEETS!
hey chris how much does the Powdercoating cost ? just curious for my own commmdore.
Depends on a lot of factors, sandblasting, size, colour etc
When you pull your suspension etc out then put it back in.... do you need to then take it to a suspension place to have everything aligned? Im learning so much from watching you do all of this.
Yes you should.
yep alignment after pretty much any suspension changes
Where do u keep the vn at
elsewhere
Where the vn some clips of you driving it
Plenty on the channel
Hey mate I got a horn button and need a 25i blue one if ya keen on a swap
Yep definitely keen, where you from?
Whats happening with the VN mate?
Nothing at all
Are you going to turbo it ?
Yes I am
@@MindieJ oh hell yer can’t wait to see that video 😂
good video good video. Good video. Good video. Good video Good video
haha thanks Paul
What happened to your vn
nothing happened to it
@@MindieJwhere is it
Do you have kids? I think you need kids 😂
I sure do
Nice work mate. Can I ask how much your powder coating is costing down there in Melbourne ?
All that stuff was $200
@@MindieJ Thanks for that. Pretty reasonable price considering the state of the economy.