1995 VS Commodore Acclaim - CommodoresPlus

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April 23, 2015 at 8:50 am #5376
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Wombles wrote:

Sorry, I probably didn’t mention it along the lines, but I wanted to swap to a bootlid with bobtail. So bought a second hand bootlid with bobtail. When it arrived, it turned out to be damaged. So told the painted to paint the old bootlid. But luck was on my side and the bootlid and spoiler were both damaged. So they used the bobtail bootlid. That supposibly have no mounting holes. Am now on the lookout for a genuine bobtail.

Cool, now I get it, thought for a while there i was maybe having a seniors moment, carry on
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May 3, 2015 at 7:51 pm #6195
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Well… The car has been pushed back.another week… Ball sacks. Hoping for Wednesday. Latest, Friday. Again…
May 8, 2015 at 8:51 pm #6526
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Got the baby back today. Holy shit, she looks amazing! No spoiler, no tow bar and shiny as. No shots as I got it at 7 tonight. Man o man, what a change!
May 8, 2015 at 9:03 pm #6530
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Looking forward to pics tomorrow.
May 9, 2015 at 12:33 am #6544
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Me too. Awesome.
May 10, 2015 at 8:47 am #6589
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I’m being so mean on the pics front…

Foggies arnt wired up yet.. the wiring in the bay is supposibly different to the plug on the lights… Damn it… Anyone know if there’s a small length of wiring that goes between? Cause, why else would I have a plug on both sides zip tied to the harness…

Also gotta look into a plug or whatever you call it for the tow bar hole… They didn’t fit the tongue as it wouldn’t have fitted. I either have to modify the hole to fit the tongue or don’t run a tow bar at all. Kinda want the option to run the tow bar though… So I may have to make up a cover to fit… Damn new choices!
May 10, 2015 at 11:31 am #6600
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The mysterious plug.

The dilemma… cut it to fit a tongue or find a cover… or both?
May 10, 2015 at 12:02 pm #6601
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I reckon cover.
May 10, 2015 at 12:10 pm #6602
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I kinda Wonna do both… Had a quick search on e bay for a cover.. Only VX ones showed up…

No comments on the new paint Gary? So cruel. Hahaha.
May 10, 2015 at 12:30 pm #6603
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Paint looks good Wombles.
May 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm #6604
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VS 5.0, what’s your foggies hooked up to?
May 10, 2015 at 1:52 pm #6605
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Just get the light bulb out of doom light and hold 2 wires onto it and turn fog lights on and touch the 2 wires onto the pins in that plug to see if it’s power for fog lights

I think you will find they are for fog lights

Just get some water prof plugs from super cheap and fit them on both harness end and fog lights and problem solved
May 10, 2015 at 5:56 pm #6618
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That plug has power to it at all times… so I dunno…
May 10, 2015 at 7:24 pm #6623
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Wombles wrote:

VS 5.0, what’s your foggies hooked up to?

Sorry, don’t have foggies mate.
May 11, 2015 at 9:56 am #6644
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Wombles wrote:

No comments on the new paint Gary? So cruel. Hahaha.

Not the greatest pics to show it off with the rain drops mate, come on time to get your photography groove on and give us some nicer pics

Maybe make up a dummy tow tongue without the actual tongue part if that makes sense. So it sort of would be a blanking plate that bolts like the tongue does? Not sure I am explaining myself correctly but hopefully you get what I mean?

Btw was always a fan of the way they did the fog lights in the front bar on these, the standard VR/S bar is a bit plain but these just added a nice touch I reckon.
May 11, 2015 at 10:00 am #6645
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Btw, you thought of maybe changing the orange on the wheels to body colour, but keeping the black spokes? Just a thought..
May 11, 2015 at 6:34 pm #6699
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Spokes are body colour. Orange breaks up the colour a little.

With the rain, can’t help it… The whole week has rain…

With the dummy tongue idea, are you saying to make a cover using the tow bar tongue mounts?
May 11, 2015 at 8:54 pm #6709
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Wombles wrote:

Spokes are body colour. Orange breaks up the colour a little. With the rain, can’t help it… The whole week has rain… With the dummy tongue idea, are you saying to make a cover using the tow bar tongue mounts?

No worries, wheel colour etc is so much personal preference, bummer re the rain.

Yea exactly make the cover fit in and bolt up to the tongue mounts.
May 12, 2015 at 6:55 pm #6772
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I guess I need to put new globes into the old foggies… both of them don’t work. Blue Vision H3’s are ready to go in. Just gotta find a dry spot.
May 22, 2015 at 8:35 pm #7146
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Hopefully there will be better pics to show on Sunday! Got a car show for a good cause to go to. The good cause is for a local 5 year old girl that had a stroke. Raising funds for medical treatments and such.

Have yet to work on the tow bar cover. Have to also find my spare lh tail light and lh inner. They are in really bad nick. Let’s the car down so much…

Prettied up the wipers last weekend. Since they were showing undercoat… Also Prettied up the bay a little… So tomorrow is wash, detail and replace failed pieces. As well as detail a mates car. So busy weekend ahead!
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