84 VK commodore

[skidkid]

I cleaned up and rebuilt the brakes



And scored a set of genuine interceptor center caps of an ex police car



prepped and painted my wheels black as i cant decide what colour i want to go with



got some tyres and got them mounted onto the wheels



And with that i drove her into the garage and took a final photo of Lana on her original wheels

[CandyGarage]

nice wheels. what sizes

[180roman]

Man you have the cleanest VK i've ever seen

I want to see those steelies on it and more low
Would look tough

Do you have an adjustable panhard bar to center the rear axle position for when you lower it more?

[skidkid]

I threw the stock wheels back on as the tyres on the hotwires were no good


then i went to a swap meet and got this....



And got these made....



and bought the rest of the parts i need to change the stud pattern

[Modlendingen]

Cool project

[skidkid]

Last night i found a old cooler in the garage and i mounted it to the front bumper bosozoku style



and also my front lip sits on the tarmac when going in or out my driveway. :]

[skidkid]

Not long after that gymkhana my gearbox died on the way to work, so i replaced that



Changed the oil while i was at it. killing the filter taking it off



and proceded to put her back together to take to work on monday



Because Greg Murphy was coming in for lunch and i wanted hto ask if hed sign my dashboard





I made a front lip inamongst all that



And relocated the fusebox and hid the headlight wiring



and shortend the front springs to bring the front down abit



DAT RAKE

[skidkid]

thanks for the input. i got bored last night with the rain and dont want to pull Lana apart too much before this weekend but lows and wideness are on the table for soon as my new diffs ready for paint and with that my brain got thinking and i picked up a pencil...

i am thinking something like 15x10s with some balloon stretch and a bosozoku/shakotan influence

[w201e34]

He cant get camber because of the sra. But this thing would look awesome stupid low with like 13x10 wheels and boso pipes. Just saying.

[sally pu]

I need to see camber poke and lowz on this thing, the visor is weird, but I kinda like it, reminds me of dealers at old school casino's. I also dig the woodgrain gas cap but i feel like its out of place...needs more wood grain but don't over-do it

[skidkid]

founnd hydraulic tappets gummed up so i repaced them also found a slight score in the bore where the tappets sit soo i sanded it till it was smooth



reassembled and took for a test drive. runs mint! stoked as f**k on her at the moment
then went to a gymkhana with the 'AWKWARD STANCE' crew



drove around some cones and had some fun



then was gonna throw out this used air freshner but im way to fresh soooo



trial fitted some wheels to get me some inspiration to park Lana and swap diff and front suspension



mmmm poke



then went into town one saturday night for dinner with my girlfriend. finding a car park sucked. and took some photos of Lanas current appearance



note the cool sunvisor and EH holden hubcaps. i <3 swapmeets



and woodgrain because im classy....



and one final picture for now



because im rocking the 80s stance.


going to a hardpark with awkwardstance this weekend so should be motivated to do work so stay tuned for updates

Thanks for your time :]

[skidkid]

well yet again its been a while since ive updated. Im slack as i know. i haven't really accomplished much ive just been enjoying driving her lately.
Well what have i been up to....
i got the engine back together, cleaned up the front end, painted the engine bay and put Lana back together

test run with no front clip.



and all back together properly



drift stitched the crack in her bumper



was stoked to be driving her again and my sister made me a cool zebra shift boot so i bought the Lana a present



decided to swap the stud pattern in my quest for stance so i purchsed a 6cyl commodore diff to go with the front suspension i purchased a while back



was intending to clean it up and install it but not long after purchase...
she wouldnt start..... was like hmmm getting fuel and turning over sweet soooo shall see if getting spark took off dizzy cap and cranked ignition. no spin?
removed distributor and found this



got this



put it on. reset timing. stared first pop
Then was cruising and motor started "nunganunganungaing' and i confused myself as everyone i asked gave me a different reason from bottom end to pushrods. lost motivation so lana slept in garage for a while. then i missed driving it so i had a good listen and guessed it needed new hydraulic tappets
dissassembled valvetrain to get them out

My first car was a VK, from experiance unless you replace all the bushes,tie rods and recondition the steering rack you will have no end of problems with the front end.
I lowered mine on koni adjustables with K mac camber plates you will be very suprised on how well it rides when it is low had no bounce or stiffness.
good luck with the build anyway.

[ChristopherJason]

HELP! i has a problem...
im sorta indecisive about this. i have the front end apart painted and ready to go back together. but im stuck trying to make up my mind if i should replace all the old bushes now (there okay just old) with some new stuff while its apart. or just put it back together and save for new wheels/springs

it wont go fast enough for the new bushes to have any major handling advantages but itd be piece of mind. yet i want wheels and lowerness.... hmm

its all a part replace old stuff with fresh shit !

[SalvadorCraine]

get those steel wheels widened and slam it man