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On a VX, about half way down on the outside of the doors, there's strips that are about 5cm or so wide that run across the width of the doors and finish on the front quarter panel. I think they're meant to help protect your doors from hitting stuff like other doors. They don't. On Execs they're...

I've been looking online at used cylinder heads for a VX. I have seen prices from under $70 each to $290 each, for what seems to be the same part. Not new, not reco'd, just straight off the engine, no associated parts, V6 Ecotec. $350 / pair $290 / each $65 / pair What am I missing here...

Quick question - can you transplant a BCM from a VX Exec auto into a VU manual with power windows?

Yes, this is about my LED bar again. When I find something intimidating, I procrastinate like a mf, but I’ve decide today it’s happening. I need to tap into the high beam wire somewhere. The loom going into the back of the light is super short and tight, so I thought piggybacking off the high...

My son was given these hubcaps today and I think I've narrowed them down to being VN hubcaps, but I'm hoping someone can tell me for sure what they came out on and if they hold any value? They're 14" and there's unfortunately only 3 of them. There's also some minor gutter rash on them. He drives...

I have a light bar. I need it to work automatically when my high beams go on. I do not want a switch in my car, I just want them to work. Can someone please tell me if I have the right understanding of the wiring? Can I go straight from the light bar into the back of one of the headlights to...

Click here. Pretty easy, huh? And if I may offer two words of advice, it is these: inline fuse.

My low beam lights are dim as crap. Apparently this is par for course on VXs. I don't like it. I live in the sticks and I need to be able to see the road at all times, even when I have to dip my lights for oncoming cars, because roos and foxes don't give a flying toss about whether you can see...

My headlights are horribly dim. No, it's not the lenses, they've been polished and are clear. I live in the bush and need good headlights so I can spot the stupid kamikaze roos before they go through my windscreen. My high beams aren't too bad, but my low beams are so bad that when I put them...

I've just discovered the VR-VS has a really nifty climate control fault finding system (see attached PDF). Does the VX have something like that? Or only that generalised fault code thing with the Mode+up/down button procedure? The VR-VS one walks through a check of every function of the climate...

I have two identical VX Berlinas. In "Vanessa", the driver's seat could be raised higher than the driver's seat can in "Geraldine". They both go up and down with the lever on the side, just one notably more than the other. Why, and how do I make it so I can sit a whole 2 inches higher than I...

I've been procrastinating busy. I am kind of over reading vague posts like "my VT is making a noise. What's wrong with it?" and playing the back and forth game trying to gather enough clues to help the poster out. So I made a form I call the "What's wrong with my Commodore?" form. With 6 simple...

I know seatbelts are notoriously fickle if you don't get them on just the right angle, so is there a difference between the driver's seatbelt in a VT Exec and a VX Berlina? The Berlina has that slidey-upy-downy bit on the pillar to adjust the shoulder height, whereas the exec doesn't, does this...

Having a problem with a VT. The car hasn't been driven in years, so this may have contributed to the problem. The indicators are not stopping by themselves after completing a turn. Sometimes one will come good for a while, but the problem just isn't going away. Have tried cleaning them and...

What is this loom known as? Like if I went to a shop to buy it, what would I call it?

Somewhat unnecessary preamble: The radiator and fans are out of my donor car, so I have clear access to the air con condenser and as such, I can see the upper mounts quite well, but only the top of the lower mounts. With all the rain we've been having and the fact this car no longer has wheels...

My roof lining is doing the thing. It's reached the point where it's touching my head so I've decided to stop ignoring it. Is there a fast and dirty way to make it stick back up there? Or do I have to take the whole thing out and do it properly? I've seen how-to's that people have posted - where...

After having to clean half a Slurpee out of my gear shift surround... again... (and they've put Slurpees up from $1 to $1.50, which was enough of an outrage, don't even get me started on what Maccas and Hungry Jacks did to their frozen coke prices, so spilling drinks is just becoming less and...

Got into a dispute yesterday with my husband about the stereo control buttons on the steering wheel in a VX. I’m not going to say which side of the argument I am on in case I’m wrong lol, but did the buttons come on every model of VX including Exec? Or just the more luxe versions like Berlina...

I'm trying to remove a part from a VX (it's the bumper guide bracket thing - black plastic "L" shaped thing at the bottom of the front quarter panel) and stupid me optimistically thought it would just be screws holding it down. No. It's held firmly to the quarter with those stupid "one-way" plug...

I'm puzzled and frustrated by an ongoing intermittent problem with my alarm and door locks. When I bought my car (2001 VX Berlina sedan) it had only one key with it and the little rubber buttons were all gone, so you had to dig the tips of your fingers hard into the holes to lock/unlock the...

Wikipedia tells me that 155,787 HGs were made in 1970-71, of which 6,147 were Monaros, but that's every body type - all 13 variants, there might have been 80,000 Premier wagons built but only 2 panel vans (I know those figures are highly unlikely, but you know what I mean). Does anybody know...

I’ve got a couple of o2 sensors (VT/VX) that are not installed so I need the mV ranges I’m checking for when hot and cold, but out of the car (bench test) if someone can help please. Thanks

...that's causing me to lose so much coolant?

I can't get the new globes in the sockets for my number plate lights. Now before anyone says "you pull the lens out and the globe is attached to it, do you not have thumbs or something?" this is a VX Berlina and just for fun, Holden thought they'd change the way the number plate globes go in and...

I want to use my fuse panel to hardwire a dash cam so I don't have to go tracing and hacking into wiring. This dash cam has parking mode, so it needs a constant keyless power supply like brake lights, headlights, horn, etc. I know I can use a fuse tap, but I have an empty fuse position I'd...

Someone wants to buy the catalytic converter out of my VX donor car and wants to know how much it would be to mail it to them. I've never held one and I've no idea what they'd weigh. Has anyone had one out and could throw me a guestimate on the weight? This is just for the cat, no pipes.

I just had a really strange experience. My husband and I own about ten Commodores, mostly VTs and VXs, but there's a couple of stand-alones, including the single VZ we own. I had to get something out of the locked VZ (Exec) and the key wasn't where it was meant to be. So after searching for ages...

My son said he just had trouble shutting the bonnet on my VS because this bit of clear plastic had rotated and was preventing it shutting. It was attached to the bonnet, not the body, by the bolt circled in the photo. There was only the one. If there was ever one on the other side it's long...

I've just bought a VS Exec sedan. It's nothing special, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Space is at a premium at my place, so storing it isn't a long-term option. I need to either sell it as-is quickly, or part it out quickly, but I'm not sure which to do. I'm a VT/VX person, so this car is...

Nothing has been confirmed yet, that will happen in the coming days when we transplant a known working fuel pump from one of our other Commodores, but we are leaning towards fuel pump, based mostly on the fact that when it starts and stalls it behaves in the exact same way your car does when you...

After 8 VT/VXs, I decided I'd see how long it takes my husband to break a VZ and picked one up on Monday. My repair manual rather inconveniently only covers VT-VY and I know it only contains info about petrol models. Reading the info for the Haynes repair manual for VZ, it says it does not cover...

Quick question: Can you put VX front seats with a side airbag in a VZ and pass a roadworthy? Do they have the same plugs, same bolt locations, etc?

I'm comfortable with the Executive>Berlina>Calais progression, but where do model variants like Acclaim, Lumina and Equipe fit in? What's the full list of Commodore variants in order?

My local shire have installed a bunch of speed humps on the unmade gravel access road to my property for the first time ever. This is the only access to my property so I am forced to drive over them. I drive a very vanilla VX Berlina sedan, totally unmodified, but every time I drive over these...

At the risk of getting slammed on here/my arse kicked, I know that “no one does it these days”, but if anyone knows of a *cough* lenient *cough* roadworthy provider, anywhere in Victoria, could you please let me know? Thank you muchly.

If you just so happen to be sitting on the side of the road at 11pm after blowing a tyre for the second time in a day and therefore have no spare, just how far could you theoretically drive on said flat tyre? Asking for a friend...

Was looking up something about headlight globes the other day for my VX and stumbled across this little gem. I realised long ago that editing of the workshop manuals is performed by blind monkeys but I think this is more a case of "Michael's last day on the job" - I'm not sure whether Michael...

2001 VX Berlina. I discovered that my brake lights are coming on when I turn my headlights on. And then they just stay on as if I'm driving around with my foot on the brake pedal. I honestly don't know how long this has been happening. I'm in the drivers seat, not standing behind my car so I...

At its peak in 1998, Commodore sold 94,642 VTs in Australia, and now, after 42 years and 26 Bathurst wins, Holden is retiring the Commodore badge in 2020. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-holden-commodore-is-dead-at-42-20191210-p53iop.html