My mate had a VN V8 in the early 90s it looked exactly like yours even had those sleeper hub caps which look super cool. Had extractors and an exhaust and was the best sounding car ever. Great car mate.
Awesome video as always mate, Have you maybe thought about painting the chrome trims black for the time being? I know the trims them self are completely different but still might look better black
Black "Kiwi Shoe Polish" for sidewalls FTW. Thank me later! Hub caps look great, at the same time, i do like a nice Interceptor rim- but done right (wide, maybe 20" like the Dodge Nitro Interceptor spare wheels).
@@MindieJ I had a set of the Nitro Interceptor style rims on my BF XR8 for a few weeks (got them off Gumtree for $100) while i was waiting for the custom offset & width Simmons, didn't look _too_ bad, but the weight in the rims was very noticeable when trying to fang around. I do live the sleeper look that you are going though; when the EL Falcons were maybe 3 years old, a bloke in my home town built an engine & box and slapped a blower on the straight 6 (he drove trucks, and the truck mechanics built a lot of stuff for it to work), he still ran the hubcaps & venetians, and the amount of "tough" cars that got suckered in was funny
You can shoot me down but I had the same problem with mouldings and I just went over them with black electrical tape. Perfect finish and takes 10 minutes.
LOL more looks like something a grandparent would own just to cruise down the local to get a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk to boil a cuppa when they get home.
Jay Lenos Tyre Shine is water based and gives a nice finish. A mate had a bottle and did my tyres and they came up mint. Just spray it on the applicator and rub on tyres so no overspray.
The brown stuff on your tyres is the oil coming out of the tyres themselves and only comes off with degreaser. Best tyre combo I have found in 25 years is Meguiars wheel and tyre cleaner (purple spray bottle) and then use autoglym instant tyre dressing. That stuff will leave your tyres looking like new and not greasy or glossy.
Sleeper looks mint bro! I remember back in the day we all whipped off the hub caps to expose the silver interceptor rims (xcop) and junked the hub caps. Same eith the badges, first thing was remove the badges! Used to buy xcop cars at fowles auctions.
With cleaning tyres i know what you mean this is going to sound funny to you but on my old 68 monaro i use have centre line auto drags but i wanted my tyres to match so to clean the tyres i used a rag & thinners & they use to come up matt black & never had any problems with the tyres if you don't believe me have a look on an old tyre for your self you might like the look of it just saying 😉
The LS throttle cable - the plastic bit unclips, and opens/hinges along the length of the cable and that allows for adjustment. Not obvious but simple if you work it out. Your cable looks better though.
Hey man Love the look of the car with the hubcaps Keep up the great videos And like your attention to detail and the way you explain things Keep up the great work
Hub caps and badges look good mate. It will definitely look better with the black moulds. I went the easy way out on my vs berlina 5.0 and wm caprice 6.0 and just painted them black. The rear window trim while it was on the car and the others off.. On the caprice the chrome falls off the rear quarter and new windows with the chrome are $500+ so painted all the rest of the trim black 👌🏻
The hubcaps look amazing- stock look will NEVER date. Awesome work on the badges too, beautiful car mate we’ll done. Hope you’re feeling better soon too, I had a feeling you’d come down with the spicy after watching that Summernats video!
Looks spot on on hubcaps. I have put hocky mouldings back on where the clip studs have been cut off buy pop riveting the original clips the moulding clips too back to the rear quarter panel. Hopefully this helps when you pull it all apart. 👌🏽👍
Shit go bro. You got the old coof, as for the VP window moulding, should just scuff it up and give it a paint man. It's not getting rid of the problem but just making it less of an eye-sore until someone comes out with what you need!
Another thing I love seeing is the original cassette radio.a eurovox with holden stamped on the flap.and the digital climate control.my dads had a few of these when I was a kid.brings back memories
Love the hubcaps, you’re a lot like me lol, always trying to get all the tiny bits perfect, lots of bits in the el xr’s always fade or crack and the search is never ending.
Simmons are over rated, every Man and his Dog has a set! You do you it only matters what you think, you drive it you and only can love it like no one else!!
I don’t mind the look of the hub caps (I like them more than I originally thought) and it definitely gives that ‘sleeper’ look, but I personally prefer the interceptor look with the steelies. Regards of my personal opinion, the car looks very nice and you have done a great job on it 👍🏻 P.S leave the VP molds on the car. I don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze….
Thank you for the video. Personally I love the pursuit wheels so plastic hub caps is not so impressive. But I am 60 y/o so I have an anti-plastic viewpoint. My cousin did cool pursuits on a v8 xu1 with chrome rims and painted centres....it looks great....I have some photos I think if you are interested. (callout Gary :-) ). Of course I assume you realise that with that exhaust note you will never be a 'sleeper'. Great progress though.....sorry to hear Summernats was a super spreader event.....I mean.....A great event.. :-) Cheers Mick
Car looks Smick, I do prefer the interceptors look as that's also what I'm after for my VT SS, but hubcaps still look the good's mate. Car sounds sweet to with the body shake mmm TUFF Bro :)
I enjoy all your vids but with your eye for detail and love of originality you should consider a full restoration job on to original on an early SS or something. You would ensure a great restoration and save a car from being sacrificed!
Hub caps look good but the chaser’s make the car look fat mate. One of the cleanest vn”s I’ve seen for a long time. Great job 👍 Right hand side tail light bottom brake light not working
My mate had a VN V8 in the early 90s it looked exactly like yours even had those sleeper hub caps which look super cool. Had extractors and an exhaust and was the best sounding car ever. Great car mate.
The old 5L sounds so good
Buen trabajo novio
Thanks Novia
Hahaha cheering! I done 2 weeks work doing council pickup in my city. Scored a set of vn berlina 5l hubbies😍
What a score!
Looking so good man keep up the original form! 👍
Thanks Andy
I luv the sleeper look with the New hub caps mate.
Thanks mate 😁
Chaser rims and hubcaps both look good
Thanks mate 😁
Try bowdens own tyre sheen really good and gives the tyre a factory look
Hubcaps look great.
Thanks George
Suits it perfectly I reckon! looks good as
thanks Sean
Sweet very neat.
Only simmons that look great on vn with grey bumper is charcoal v5's.
Right on
Ended up doing sikaflex for the hockey sticks, worked well.
I’d much prefer not to haha
That's my dream car there. Looks so mint.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard any one say a VN is their dream car hah
@@MindieJ Hell yeah. I don;t want a Ferrari. I wan't Holden Commodore
They make the car look more classy.
Agree’d
I like the hubcaps but I'm surprised you didn't just leave the pursuit rims I always liked that look back in the nineties
Hubcaps look mint
Thanks mate
Use black plastic dip paint or black wrap on the chrome trims. It's the best troyble free way to do it
Painting them doesn’t change the fact they’re the completely wrong mould haha
Clean is nice😎👍
Sure is
Looks grandpa spec looks awesome
Haha thanks mate
Rap the mould’s . I have vz start 2005 leather I love it
The moulds themselves are completely different not just the colour
Hey Brother get the trims wrapped i got mine done 3 years later still looks mint.
Moulds are a completely different design not just colour
Awesome video as always mate,
Have you maybe thought about painting the chrome trims black for the time being? I know the trims them self are completely different but still might look better black
Kinda pointless haha painting the wrong moulds the wrong colour 😂
Looks the goods very sleeperish
Thanks Darren
Love how particular you are with your cars, love the attention to detail keep up the great work.
Oh and hubcaps 100% approved
Thanks Josh appreciate itmate
VN C pillar plastic trims are available aftermarket. Correct 16i colour.
Correct, have seen them On Facebook before
Unmatched attention to detail on this project 👌🏻 It's the 1%'ers which make all the difference!
Keep on killin it man 💪🏻
Appreciate it!
Love the hub caps could you paint the chrome moulds love the way the car is turning out go Canberra
moulds are a completely different design not just different colour
Black "Kiwi Shoe Polish" for sidewalls FTW.
Thank me later!
Hub caps look great, at the same time, i do like a nice Interceptor rim- but done right (wide, maybe 20" like the Dodge Nitro Interceptor spare wheels).
the 20" interceptor remakes are hideous
@@MindieJ I had a set of the Nitro Interceptor style rims on my BF XR8 for a few weeks (got them off Gumtree for $100) while i was waiting for the custom offset & width Simmons, didn't look _too_ bad, but the weight in the rims was very noticeable when trying to fang around.
I do live the sleeper look that you are going though; when the EL Falcons were maybe 3 years old, a bloke in my home town built an engine & box and slapped a blower on the straight 6 (he drove trucks, and the truck mechanics built a lot of stuff for it to work), he still ran the hubcaps & venetians, and the amount of "tough" cars that got suckered in was funny
100% the right choice, i love the whole "stock" look.
Thanks Benji
Yep! never thought I'd like hubcaps, but it looks spot on 👌
90s grandpa haha, love it ❤
Thanks mate 😁
You can shoot me down but I had the same problem with mouldings and I just went over them with black electrical tape. Perfect finish and takes 10 minutes.
Black is still wrong and moulds are a complete different design not just a different colour
Is it possible to blackout the moulds rather them change them? Cool videos too👌
Moulds are a completely different design not just a different colour
Really enjoy the attention to detail and the way you explain what you are doing and planning, cheers
Thanks Andrew 😁
My favorite channel. My favorite car. Wicked man!!!!
Thanks heaps Ritchie
I’m man enough to admit that a small bit of wee came out when I saw the VN’s profile with those hubcaps on.
Might need to see a doctor about that man
@@MindieJ TJ Hunt says it affects 52% of males
To much batting off leave your pecker alone for a while
Hubcaps look killer! Mint sleeper!
Thanks Curtis 😁
Love the Stock but neat look. Great job,only way to go.
Glad you like it
Good video
Glad you enjoyed
The spicy cough strikes. You almost sound like Barry White 🤣😂
Steelies look great for me.
I’ll take that as a compliment hah
Love your attention to detail. The hubcaps and badges complete that sleeper look! Great work!
Thanks mate
LOL more looks like something a grandparent would own just to cruise down the local to get a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk to boil a cuppa when they get home.
Yep, that’s the point
@@MindieJ don't think you'll be pulled up now if drive granny spec...look pretty mint with a loud v8.
@@3rztheworld thanks mate appreciate it
They’re executive and berlina, not just berlina.
I know
Scuff and paint current moulds on car
Paint doesn’t change the fact the moulds are completely different
@@MindieJ this is true
Jay Lenos Tyre Shine is water based and gives a nice finish. A mate had a bottle and did my tyres and they came up mint. Just spray it on the applicator and rub on tyres so no overspray.
Vinyl wrap the moulds.
Easy done.
Save your self a head ache.
Done it to my VF, chrome to black.
No one can tell.
The moulds themselves are completely different not just the colour
The brown stuff on your tyres is the oil coming out of the tyres themselves and only comes off with degreaser. Best tyre combo I have found in 25 years is Meguiars wheel and tyre cleaner (purple spray bottle) and then use autoglym instant tyre dressing. That stuff will leave your tyres looking like new and not greasy or glossy.
Good to know thanks
Awesome video today mate.
Thanks Charles 😁
Sleeper looks mint bro! I remember back in the day we all whipped off the hub caps to expose the silver interceptor rims (xcop) and junked the hub caps. Same eith the badges, first thing was remove the badges! Used to buy xcop cars at fowles auctions.
I like the hubcaps thanks for another great video 👍👍
Thanks mate 😁
With cleaning tyres i know what you mean this is going to sound funny to you but on my old 68 monaro i use have centre line auto drags but i wanted my tyres to match so to clean the tyres i used a rag & thinners & they use to come up matt black & never had any problems with the tyres if you don't believe me have a look on an old tyre for your self you might like the look of it just saying 😉
Ps car looks the goods 👌
The LS throttle cable - the plastic bit unclips, and opens/hinges along the length of the cable and that allows for adjustment. Not obvious but simple if you work it out. Your cable looks better though.
Nothing beats just a nice clean finished car no matter what brand it is….nice job!
Couldn't agree more!
Hay they look good 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥳🥳🥳
thanks mate :)
Wow looks amazing
Thanks mate
Hey man
Love the look of the car with the hubcaps
Keep up the great videos
And like your attention to detail and the way you explain things
Keep up the great work
Appreciate it!
Any clean VN is suss. You'll get pulled over constantly hahaha
Surprisingly the hubcaps look the goods. The Exec badge looks like it sits a bit high though. :)
It’s in the right spot
damit i was keen but on ebay link says ended
wait must have just needed relode but keep it up brother
Fixed the link, was an old link I think
Really looks good
Thanks mate 😁
I reckon the chrome window surrounds look great ! It breaks up the side nice as the silver lining
Mini lite or moon discs the bees knees look it up
🤨🤨
Looks bloody fantastic 👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Hope your ok Chris hope you kick this c worlds butt your videos makes my Wednesday so much better
All good now been back at work for a week now
@@MindieJ that fantastic news it not the best thing
5:30 😍😍😍
love the hubcaps it looks mint mate
Thanks pal 😁
Hey mate u bought the car of my mate we swapped moulds them chrome ones were on my car so nah the car was not painted with them moulds on it
Great news, do you remember if you guys cut the pieces off that the exec moulds clip to?
I’m not to sure he put his on later on I wasn’t there wen he put em on but nothing was cut or broken on em when I gave em to him
Cool ride mate, love the sleeper look .
Thanks 👍
Hub caps and badges look good mate.
It will definitely look better with the black moulds.
I went the easy way out on my vs berlina 5.0 and wm caprice 6.0 and just painted them black. The rear window trim while it was on the car and the others off.. On the caprice the chrome falls off the rear quarter and new windows with the chrome are $500+ so painted all the rest of the trim black 👌🏻
The hubcaps look amazing- stock look will NEVER date. Awesome work on the badges too, beautiful car mate we’ll done. Hope you’re feeling better soon too, I had a feeling you’d come down with the spicy after watching that Summernats video!
yeh it was expected haha
Looks spot on on hubcaps.
I have put hocky mouldings back on where the clip studs have been cut off buy pop riveting the original clips the moulding clips too back to the rear quarter panel.
Hopefully this helps when you pull it all apart. 👌🏽👍
Love it bro 😌👌hubcaps look mint. keep up the videos doing an excellent job . I'm hoping they redo the vs swirlies next!! 😝
thanks mate :)
The hubcaps look amazing man I tried black spray paint on the tires and they last longer then tire shine
You painted your tyres lol what?
@@MindieJ yep no advantage to it but the Tyers look newer for longer
Love the hubcaps and badges! Maybe look into getting the chrome moulds scuffed and painted black? Cheers
Shit go bro. You got the old coof, as for the VP window moulding, should just scuff it up and give it a paint man. It's not getting rid of the problem but just making it less of an eye-sore until someone comes out with what you need!
The moulds themselves are completely different not just the colour
a VN with hub caps and 3 tail lights, cant get more factory then that.
The Australian way
Another thing I love seeing is the original cassette radio.a eurovox with holden stamped on the flap.and the digital climate control.my dads had a few of these when I was a kid.brings back memories
Love the hubcaps, you’re a lot like me lol, always trying to get all the tiny bits perfect, lots of bits in the el xr’s always fade or crack and the search is never ending.
Mate I had same problem in mine I actually put the plastic covers off a VP that go over those vents in the parcel shelf
Mothers 'Naturally Black' or Bowdens Tire Sheen are my favourite products for tires, give em a go
Just get the chrome strip's wrapped for the time being and store away the vn trims.
Changing the colour doesn’t fix the fact that they’re a totally different mould and quarter window
Simmons are over rated, every Man and his Dog has a set! You do you it only matters what you think, you drive it you and only can love it like no one else!!
right on!
Like a new 1.only way better
Haha thanks Luke
Looks good man. 💪🏼
The brown on the tyres is called blooming I believe. Happens when you use silicone based products on tyres.
Love the hub caps 👌🏽👌🏽 and Vp moulds seems like you could open up a can of worms 🤦🏼♂️
I love these tinkering style videos Chris. Very very cool vn commodore mate
Just throwing it out there. Would you ever sell this thing?
It will be for sale this year at some point
Hub caps look clean and tuff mate 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks mate
I don’t mind the look of the hub caps (I like them more than I originally thought) and it definitely gives that ‘sleeper’ look, but I personally prefer the interceptor look with the steelies.
Regards of my personal opinion, the car looks very nice and you have done a great job on it 👍🏻 P.S leave the VP molds on the car. I don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze….
Thank you for the video. Personally I love the pursuit wheels so plastic hub caps is not so impressive. But I am 60 y/o so I have an anti-plastic viewpoint. My cousin did cool pursuits on a v8 xu1 with chrome rims and painted centres....it looks great....I have some photos I think if you are interested. (callout Gary :-) ). Of course I assume you realise that with that exhaust note you will never be a 'sleeper'. Great progress though.....sorry to hear Summernats was a super spreader event.....I mean.....A great event.. :-) Cheers Mick
Looks mint with the hub caps 👌
Thanks Jason 😁
That plastidip spray stuff to cover the chrome?
If you wanted to half ass your car then I guess you could, wouldn’t fix the fact that they’re a completely different mould
Where did u find measurement specs for badges?
Can get them off an original car or workshop manual
Looks sick
Thanks Josh
Car looks Smick, I do prefer the interceptors look as that's also what I'm after for my VT SS, but hubcaps still look the good's mate. Car sounds sweet to with the body shake mmm TUFF Bro :)
I enjoy all your vids but with your eye for detail and love of originality you should consider a full restoration job on to original on an early SS or something. You would ensure a great restoration and save a car from being sacrificed!
Full resto on something doesn’t really interest me, then it’s too good to even drive, I like to drive my cars
imo i think the commodore ones on a slight angle hehe
Yea I reckon so too, looked a bit off
@@Fuaarrkk yeah looks phat still
It isnt
@@MindieJ could have been camera angle then haha good shit tho bro looking sexyyyy
Sick bruv 👍
Peg would endorse the "mint" 👌🤣
Hi what lowered springs do you have in the car
King springs, L’s in the front and SL’s in the back
Surely you can finally replace the right hand lower rear brake globe while you're in lockdown 😉
This guy is a Holden genius
Definitely not haha
Granny as, love it bro
Hub caps look good but the chaser’s make the car look fat mate. One of the cleanest vn”s I’ve seen for a long time. Great job 👍
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