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He’s stopped doing normal cars now so I can‘t recommend him, but our mechanic did the lining in our VS along with the yearly rego check & service a few years back … I suspect you could get a lot of places to do it, do you have a regular mechanic to ask?

The only reason I could think of for a difference might be a slightly different bumper shape, meaning a piece of trim which fits into the hole you slice in the bumper differs … even if there’re no “mechanical”/mounting differences?

There’s nuthin’ worse than getting back to your car & the rear guards are missing! I mean, how did they even do that?!

Jeez that thing’s “sexy-time” with those wheels!

^ Soon an oil-change will be a dashboard-out job …

That's a little confusing ... can I maybe re-ask the question in a different way in order to fully understand it ... are you wanting to know which tail-lights will fit to a 2015 VF Calais V? When you say 2015, is it a VF1 or VF2? If it's a VF1 I'm about 90% sure that all tail-lights across...

It‘s because they have to pay me royalties every time they sell a product to which my name is applied.

I particularly dislike the car parks with a 20cm high concrete ledge on both sides of a down-ramp, where you have to get close to full lock to follow the curve, and heading downwards you can’t see that concrete within about 10m of the car! I’ve not hit one of those yet, but they make me antsy!

I always thought of it as a really judgemental term, exaggerating the badness in the act of applying the rash by using an overtly understated term! Having said that, I’ve scratched the Commode’s wheels on potholes I couldn’t avoid, but also on concrete car-park dividers that can’t be seen from...

^ I would be equally as happy with the wheels on yours if they were black, it’s the double-spoke of the wheel that I un-prefer on your mate’s one. That plus the chrome window-surround that doesn’t match any other trim, and your bootlid spoiler was better too. :)

Did you clarify that they weren't confused? I ask because Holden were VERY LOUD about the optional HF20's as being forged ... and the person who told you might have gotten confused because VF2 Redline had cast alloys which looked near identical to the forged VF1 MY15-only Redline alloys ... so...

^ That's almost as bad as it'd look if those steelies were cop-spec silver ... :)

The gloss black really doesn’t suit them; as in, had I not seen them in black, I wouldn’t have fully understood how bad they’d look. Does make you wonder what that fresh gloss black is covering (not to mention how long it’d last - had factory MY15 SSVR wheel cleaned-up and painted on the car...

I’m guessing, but don’t know, those bits of trim with fluffy ‘scrapers’ that sit atop the outside of the door?

Wat?! I fell for that lie too!! The marketing department probably “didn’t know what forged means” therefore “it was OK to claim it” …

The ad is just downright ****, the brand is both Holden and HSVI, it has inconsistencies & flaws up the whazoo. Could just as easily be OEM as an aftermarket knock-off, the claims about width/dimensions/whatever are rubbish/irrelevant & don’t make any sense (eg. wheel diameter being “9”)..

Hmm … now if I understand what you’re saying, it’s a very interesting concept … are you suggesting that dual-cab operator behaviour is caused by the inadequacies of the vehicle, and not inbuilt anger/rage amplified by cheap methamphatamine?

Have a look at some photos of Redlines fitted with these, in particular a lot of VF2 buyers bought them as they were pretty cheap for what they are so you may find a few VF2 photos. FE3 may sit very slightly differently to your FE1, but I think you should still get an idea. I think they’re...

Bloody hell they make it hard … I had a free 45 minutes before I had to go out & pick my wife up, so I tried calling Lumley’s to get a quote … 35 minutes on hold later, I knew it would take over 10 minutes to give enough info to get a quote so I gave up. So 45 minutes isn’t long enough to get a...

To be totally fair though, Ranger = Lobotomy, and a Ranger operator is likely to see a queue at a bus-stop and drive into it at high speed …

If you’re racing a roll, where does the VF come into it?

If that's Coles, as in Colesworths, I don't think they offer a choice of insurer. Fine if your car is just a Tesla or something & you don't care about it, but I struggle to justify spending actual money on a car I don't care about so I don't think such an insurer will ever suit me (actually I...

Now that’s interesting … I didn’t know they still existed, might need to research that!

Not mine personally as I'm too risk-averse, but I do know (not very well) two others that had problems getting a not-at-fault claim paid. Sorry I can't recall the details, this was considerably pre-COVID; usually companies like that don't hang around so long, so maybe they've got past whatever...

Triton you say? If you think it's BS that they're in more crashes, you've not been observing the normal behaviour of Japanese-style utes & dual-cabs on the roads! They're fine for some, but I need my insurer to pay out if I need to make a claim. :(

Sounds a decent price compared to the ~$2100/yr which I just realised that our 2014 SSVR is costing, for ~$45k coverage. That’s as compared to $1200/yr during the COVID Stupids when it was covered for $60k … Meanwhile the Volvo is $800/yr now for ~$30k coverage compared to $600/yr for $12k...

How does NRMA fare in terms of forcing any repairs to go via partially-trained monkeys who’re working in the chop-shop as a 2nd job ‘cos their main job at the poo-on-walls smearing factory doesn’t pay enough?

I think if you look around here for front bumper removal (and refitting) instructions that’ll be enough.

Have you tried contacting HSV directly? I don’t see a downloads section from their site, but they might be able to send you a PDF if you ask; I’d be a little surprised if they don’t have something on file.

Yep, should be same.

There’s nothing new here. There are always those looking for political gain, and beating the “good for the environment” drum is definitely considered a Thing … and to be honest among ourselves they’d have a huge point if there weren’t so few of us that our impact simply doesn’t matter. From...

Yeah there are plenty of options that’re way more reliable than a Commodore … almost anything Japanese or Korean (there are always exceptions though you can’t get away with just buying anything). But … at only 10 years old, it’s pretty rare that you don’t benefit financially from repairing...

A 10yo Commodore has always been worth nothing, COVID was a glitch in the matrix … I had to sell my grandfather’s awful 10yo VK Executive in the mid 90’s, I think it was only worth about $4k despite having a reco engine (<100k km’s - Holden quality!). The VF could very much be still worth...

Yeah … gotta say that as I’ve watched the perturbing increase since the early 80’s in 4WD’s then SUV’s then dual-cabs then US-style penis-replacement-vehicles … and the ever-decreasing driving-standards displayed by operators of those vehicles … that pushbikes & motorbikes have looked like...

@ol smokey, I find it’s not THAT hard to keep the SSVR on all four wheels … !

Yes but you wouldn’t refer to that as a “2015 VF“ because they’re the same as a 2016 (ie. you can't tell the difference without seeing the build plate or similar).

Yep agree with Smitty, there was no factory option or special edition like that.

Light/airy pillar trim very visible there.

“NSW - The Premier State” ===> WTF You Talkin’ ‘bout Willis, every state has a premier & also the Premier was built in Elizabeth S.A. …

There are indeed no untruths in the old saying "each person from New South Wales that moves to Queensland increases the average IQ of both states" ... !