Car questions that don't deserve a thread.

[Captiva Fan]

I thought the kind-of-purpley tint was just the cheap shit that degraded after a year or two in the sun?

AFAIK you're 100% correct in terms of stuff since the belt-onion stopped being in fashion ... there was an option for purple-tinged tint in the 80's, I do recall being able to buy it, dunno if the intention was to match already-faded tint or some people thought purple was cool.

[piss98]

Surface rust on inner panels that I'd like to treat/cover with some sort of converter primer.....the trick being they are the section where the rear quarter curves up to meet the trunk (it's my Nova so it's a trunk not a boot) and I don't want to risk getting sprat shit everywhere.......what is the hotness to use?

It's not super rusty just speckly surface rust but I want it sorted, could possibly use spray for the fiddly bits that go back in towards the rear wheel arches/tub area as no risk of over spray there.

Brush on rust converter and a spray bottle for the tricky areas then prime it, rust convert/prime in one (spray generally) or???

[Swang]

AFAIK you're 100% correct in terms of stuff since the belt-onion stopped being in fashion ... there was an option for purple-tinged tint in the 80's, I do recall being able to buy it, dunno if the intention was to match already-faded tint or some people thought purple was cool.

yeah yeah, that's the shit i'm after. the shit you go to for a period correct thing.


EDIT: For context I even have a pull out stereo (remember those)

[080GMH]

In the future I am considering getting a vn - vs commodore as a project, a lot of them have lpg which was the norm back in the day.

Can I remove all the lpg stuff and end up with the factory look again?

Does the lpg stuff do irreversible damage that can't be fixed easily?

Thanks

[Dogsballs]

As long as they didn't put gas filler in rear quarter usually OK apart from a few extra holes.

I'd get in quick, prices are rising for vs, vn already gone up with stocker v6 around $5-7k. Nuts. Any v8 will be $10k min

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

[nutttr]

Surface rust on inner panels that I'd like to treat/cover with some sort of converter primer.....the trick being they are the section where the rear quarter curves up to meet the trunk (it's my Nova so it's a trunk not a boot) and I don't want to risk getting sprat shit everywhere.......what is the hotness to use?

It's not super rusty just speckly surface rust but I want it sorted, could possibly use spray for the fiddly bits that go back in towards the rear wheel arches/tub area as no risk of over spray there.

Brush on rust converter and a spray bottle for the tricky areas then prime it, rust convert/prime in one (spray generally) or???

Repco have a brush on rust converter/sealer in one.

I've got a bottle of that to use on some tricky areas, it should work fine, the formula isn't rocket surgery.

I'll have to tape and spray for the paint finish though as mine is external, if it was internal you could use some form of tar paint stuff? You could use a brush to put paint on but it'll look proper shit so you really need to spray regardless.

[EnFlaMEd]

In South Australia how do you find out if a car has been engineered or not? My 60 series is registered as a v8 with the correct engine number but I was not supplied a certificate of exemption when I acquired it.

[080GMH]

As long as they didn't put gas filler in rear quarter usually OK apart from a few extra holes.

I'd get in quick, prices are rising for vs, vn already gone up with stocker v6 around $5-7k. Nuts. Any v8 will be $10k min

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

Yeah wouldn't bother buying factory v8, too much $$$

I know converting to v8 is easy but is getting it through rego much of a head fuck?

[irsa76]

Anyone a tinter or know about tint. After an older style tint (kind of purpley) from late 80s and early 90s. Need some for a project.

Dunno about actual purple tint, but I've got a roll of the cheap stuff that will probably turn purple in a couple of hours once you've installed it. ALLBIDS.com.au has it all the time, and it's really bloody cheap there so that should say something about the "quality".

[Dogsballs]

Yeah wouldn't bother buying factory v8, too much $$$

I know converting to v8 is easy but is getting it through rego much of a head fuck?

Depends, if you wanted a v8 car, I'd get a v8. Long term you're on a better thing. All the earlier vb-vh converted 6 cars don't hold value as factory car.

Swap is easy, finding everything together for swap be a little trickier. Lots of engines/gearboxes for sale, finding a donor statesman or something without a million km's is a pain. Holden v8 rebuild won't get much change from $13-15k.

, most states it's just check new engine number and go

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

[Stix Zadinia]

can you buy the orange seal from a Deutsch connector separately anywhere? or do you have to buy the whole connector?

fuel sender connector had some fuel on it, and now the seal's gone all soft/gooey

[080GMH]

Depends, if you wanted a v8 car, I'd get a v8. Long term you're on a better thing. All the earlier vb-vh converted 6 cars don't hold value as factory car.

Swap is easy, finding everything together for swap be a little trickier. Lots of engines/gearboxes for sale, finding a donor statesman or something without a million km's is a pain. Holden v8 rebuild won't get much change from $13-15k.

, most states it's just check new engine number and go

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

I don't really care about resale too much so I think v6 converted to v8 would be the go.

Also if I bought a v8 and then modified it there probably wouldn't be much left that was factory by the time you did brake upgrades, suspension etc.

I would never throw 13k into a Holden v8, plan would be to turbo it down the track but nothing too crazy.

I've already got a complete vn-vs top end, heads with roller rockers, complete injection manifold and statesman engine loom which I think came from a VS. So if I got hold of a bottom end I could probably put something together cheaply.

Even statesman aren't really cheap anymore, seen a vq v8 last year that could have been driven back on a permet sell for $1500.

[data_mine]

can you buy the orange seal from a Deutsch connector separately anywhere? or do you have to buy the whole connector?

fuel sender connector had some fuel on it, and now the seal's gone all soft/gooey

only in bulk.

places like RS, element14 etc.

[KDog]

What is a decent generic poly urethane mount? Just need a couple to make some diff braces. So I guess something which fits inside a bit of 40mm or 50mm steel tube???

[irsa76]

can you buy the orange seal from a Deutsch connector separately anywhere? or do you have to buy the whole connector?

fuel sender connector had some fuel on it, and now the seal's gone all soft/gooey

Iirc the whole connector is cheap enough from Jaycar it isn't eyewatering to buy the whole thing to raid.