What Have You Done To Your V-Series Today?

[Seano350GT]

Just finished replacing the power window motor on my drivers side, me and a mate did the job in just under 2 hours and neither of us have replaced a window motor on these cars before. Now we are just doing a bit more research into the door lock actuator replace because it looks very tricky.. then replacing the door lock actuator tomorrow morning.

Finally i have a normal window rather than a slow one and i now have the "auto" up and down feature back lol.

[(Locky)]

Went to test fit the KF today, One nut was a bitch to take off. Got it about half a turn then it seized... needed to usle a heap of leverage then this happened FML

Fit it up anyway still with the 15mm spacer so effective 18x9-4

But then had a think about it, really hard to find just a pair of 19in KF's (haven't seen one yet). Even if I find a cheap pair by the time I get them, buy new lips, get them cut off and welded back on get the centers of all 4 painted to match. I'm going to be well over the price of just buying a boss set of 19's off Yahoo if I include the purchase of the 18's

Have a my eye on a few sets so will see what happens

GT-S are for sale, 2k ONO

[gkzlah]

Man your headlights are nice and shiny!

nice wheels too

[SMOKEYV35]

But then had a think about it, really hard to find just a pair of 19in KF's (haven't seen one yet). Even if I find a cheap pair by the time I get them, buy new lips, get them cut off and welded back on get the centers of all 4 painted to match. I'm going to be well over the price of just buying a boss set of 19's off Yahoo if I include the purchase of the 18's

Have a my eye on a few sets so will see what happens

plus you can get something that fits, and doesnt need spacers - which is always a plus.

i love vs-kf's - but i think even in 19's, this car makes them look small.

i'm sure you'll find somethin aggro though. cannot wait for my rims to land!

[sgwiggle]

Just painted the OEM Grill Gloss Black. Looks badass . Might post pics later.

[(Locky)]

Bid had been placed on something...

Will see how I go

Did a restoration on the headlights... will see how long it lasts

Edited January 21, 2013 by (Locky)

[sgwiggle]

How did you go about that mate? Looking at doing the same next weekend.

[SMOKEYV35]

Just painted the OEM Grill Gloss Black. Looks badass . Might post pics later.

i'm interested to see how long it lasts.

i painted a chrome badge on my last car - it was showing signs of chipping with a couple of weeks - i was amazed. figured the v35 grill would do the same so held off painting it. or did you plastidip?

[sgwiggle]

Should last a while. Sanded it all back to get most of the chrome off, prepped it properly and used 2 pack. If its starts screwing up ill buy aftermarket.

[(Locky)]

How did you go about that mate? Looking at doing the same next weekend.

Bought a kit from autobarn that had a cleaning solution sandpaper and a uv sealant. So hopefully lasts a little while. Just took me a few hours because I took the lights off the car

My grill was rattle canned. It was covered in chips when I bought it so got an oem style black plastic one

[NORBY]

try using the 3m treatment kit you can get if off ebay for around $40

[t5iv]

My grill has been rattle canned in satin black. We sanded it down, prepped it with plastic primer and then put a crap load of coats of satin black on. Very thin coats over the whole weekend. Pretty much a coat every 30-45min or so. Covered it with a few light coats of clear and it's still fine 3 months later.

Still looks wicked.

[SMOKEYV35]

hey locky - have you got a link to the grill you bought? I want to buy one and vinyl wrap it - without stuffing up my OEM one.

this was my achievement for the weekend. I basically disappeared into the garage on sat morning and didn't reappear until midnight on sunday. But have now installed the DD H/U - ran new larger power wiring to the amp, ran all my RCA's, camera, trigger wires etc and vinyl wrapped the center console - which was such a stupid amount of work I'm embarassed to even say how long I spent doing it.

Edited January 22, 2013 by SMOKEYC34

[5ive]

Well done mate, that looks really good. What brand is the gear knob?

[SMOKEYV35]

Cheers.

It's a Momo leather knob.

[colin.ssc]

What phone holder is that?

[SMOKEYV35]

Just one i grabbed off ebay. I bought to hold the Cobb Accessport for my Mazda - but it fits the iPhone perfectly. I love it. Cost about $35 - type in 'floor mounted phone holder' in ebay - should be able to find it. It bolts to the front corner bolt of the seat mounting point. The mount and the column are made from metal - it is bomb proof. It bends, swivels etc so you can position it perfectly - I can pretty much rest my hand on the gear shifter and then just control the iphone with my finger......not that I condone that while driving.

[Mayo_85]

Hey Mat. Are you after a girll with or without the emblem? You can get a emblemless raw fiberglass one from Iconic Dynamic. That's where I got mine then I painted it satin black.

[SMOKEYV35]

thanks tyler, yeah have seen those ones but they're v expensive! I was going to have a go at wrapping mine first - but i have seen there are some on ebay for like 140ish - just wanting to know how they fit, and if thats what Locky is using.

[(Locky)]

Plastic one from kinetic or something like that which was like 130

Would be a bitch to wrap though and fake carbon wrap looks horrible