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Its been a while since i did a proper job on my own car, and had the day off today so figured id give it a going over.
For those who dont know about these cars its a Holden, and is the model the monaro/pontiac GTO was based on. essentially the original 2002 monaro was a 2 door version of this car with slightly different bumpers, different wheels, and new head/tail lights. its a 5.7 LS1 (220kw at the flywheel stock) 4-speed automatic. ive done a few mods: LS6 intake manifold, GTS intake pipe and mafless tune, monaro cold-air intake and K&N filter, plus HSV (performance arm of Holden, similar to STi/Subaru i guess) extractors, opened stock catalytic converters and a twin 2.5inch mild steel, mandrel bent system. end result was 215kw at the wheels, or roughly 288 at the flywheel, for a spend of around $3500.
external mods include 18inch hyper silver wheels, CV8 monaro tail lights, VX commodore rear garnish (between tail lights) and calais chrome strip, calais chrome front grilles, and the window tint.
washed with NXT gel, clayed with quik clay kit, #80 on bosch R.O.S, #7 on R.O.S, and wax NXT 1.0 liquid. 303 on the trim/plastic, non-acid wheel cleaner/NXT wash and colour boost (similar to color X apparently, just an older version)on the wheels, colour boost on engine covers and under bonnet, hot shine aerosol on the tyres, NXT metal polysh on the brightwork and NXT GC on the glass. took about 5.5 hours but didnt start til midday, so the sun had just about gone down when i took the photos.
And a couple of old ones to give you an idea of the paint in the sun
Thanks for looking!
For those who dont know about these cars its a Holden, and is the model the monaro/pontiac GTO was based on. essentially the original 2002 monaro was a 2 door version of this car with slightly different bumpers, different wheels, and new head/tail lights. its a 5.7 LS1 (220kw at the flywheel stock) 4-speed automatic. ive done a few mods: LS6 intake manifold, GTS intake pipe and mafless tune, monaro cold-air intake and K&N filter, plus HSV (performance arm of Holden, similar to STi/Subaru i guess) extractors, opened stock catalytic converters and a twin 2.5inch mild steel, mandrel bent system. end result was 215kw at the wheels, or roughly 288 at the flywheel, for a spend of around $3500.
external mods include 18inch hyper silver wheels, CV8 monaro tail lights, VX commodore rear garnish (between tail lights) and calais chrome strip, calais chrome front grilles, and the window tint.
washed with NXT gel, clayed with quik clay kit, #80 on bosch R.O.S, #7 on R.O.S, and wax NXT 1.0 liquid. 303 on the trim/plastic, non-acid wheel cleaner/NXT wash and colour boost (similar to color X apparently, just an older version)on the wheels, colour boost on engine covers and under bonnet, hot shine aerosol on the tyres, NXT metal polysh on the brightwork and NXT GC on the glass. took about 5.5 hours but didnt start til midday, so the sun had just about gone down when i took the photos.
And a couple of old ones to give you an idea of the paint in the sun
Thanks for looking!
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