Professional Photoshoot of my Holden Converted SS
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I like it a lot.
Since you seem to know your business when it comes to emblem removal, could I ask your advice re : the glued on dealership ad on the back -
Should I just Hairdryer and fishing line/floss it off? do I need something to clean up leftover adhesive?
Also, are the bow ties off the wheels now? How did you do that one?
Does the steering wheel still have the bow tie?
Since you seem to know your business when it comes to emblem removal, could I ask your advice re : the glued on dealership ad on the back -
Should I just Hairdryer and fishing line/floss it off? do I need something to clean up leftover adhesive?
Also, are the bow ties off the wheels now? How did you do that one?
Does the steering wheel still have the bow tie?
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Is the dealership badge a sticker or an actual 3D badge? If the latter a hair dryer and fishing line works perfectly, if the former just some heat and your fingernails will do. To remove any reminant glue a product such as Goo-Gone or Prepsol works, however these solvents remove any sealants/wax on the paint and will also easily mar/swirl the paint. Anytime I remove a badge I follow it up with a DA buffer and polish to remove any blemishes and follow up with my favorite wax/sealant.
All of the bowties have been removed from my car, the wheel center caps are the OE Holden ones. I also just received my Holden airbag this week and installed it, the first and only Holden airbag in the country currently.
http://www.ssforums.com/forum/exter...olden-conversion-holden-airbag-installed.html
So now that you have all the physical bow ties removed, are you going to hack the MyLink to bring up the Lion instead of the Bowtie? Or will that be the last remaining tell.
What about the seats? Going to leave the SS logo ones?
PS - the dealership stickers peeled right off with my fingers. All my P-cars didn't come with any advertisements other than a plate frame, and my other new car purchases I didn't care enough to try. Sorry to pick your brain over something minor like that!
What about the seats? Going to leave the SS logo ones?
PS - the dealership stickers peeled right off with my fingers. All my P-cars didn't come with any advertisements other than a plate frame, and my other new car purchases I didn't care enough to try. Sorry to pick your brain over something minor like that!
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A company already offers custom programming for the cluster, HUD, and radio to revert to the Holden start up screens, however I do not want to pull apart the interior of my car and send them out to be programmed. I will wait until somebody figures out to DIY where it can be done via with OBD2 port. People have recently cracked the GTOs for DIY, so hopefully they manage to get their hands on an SS. Overall though it's not a big deal since you only see the bowtie for at most 2 seconds when turning on the car - and I'm usually doing other things when they appear.
As for the seats, I have no reason to replace brand new leather seats with other seat covers. I don't mind the SS logos, it was mostly the Chevy bowtie. The same holds true for my GTO, it has 13.5k miles so I won't be touching the seats on that either.
Your car looks great in black! Makes me want a black SS bad. My MGM G8 is hard enough to keep clean though. A MGM SS would be nice... The SS looks perfect with the Holden parts.
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...GREAT PICS....If I was handing out prizes you would be a winner here /// Love seeing the Holden badges on it....makes me want to convert my GXP to Holden HSV.
After my brother and I detailed my Monaro and Commodore I had a good friend of mine work his photography magic and shoot the cars. I am more than happy with how the shots turned out and figured I would share them with you.
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Do you mind if I ask what wheel/tires setup you have on your GTO? /QUOTE]
Do you have high res versions of these anywhere? I'd love to use them as wallpaper on my laptop.
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VMR VB3s in Hyper Black. 19x8.5 up front with 245/35ZR19 NT05s and in the back is 19x9.5 with 275/30ZR19 NT05s.
I have high res pictures saved at my computer at home, PM me your email address and I will email it to you when I get a chance.
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Do you know the name of the company that offers the custom programming for the cluster? I so, could you share it? I'd like to change mine. Thanks for the info!
Do you know the name of the company that offers the custom programming for the cluster? I so, could you share it? I'd like to change mine. Thanks for the info!
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You want to talk to Chris White of White Auto and Media: Welcome to White Auto and Media Services
He had already figured out how to program the cluster and HUD, but he is still messing around with the MyLink. The US MyLink is actually a different unit than the AUS MyLink so he cannot just set it to boot up as Holden, so he has to figure something out. If he could find a way to allow a custom background image to be uploaded it would be a great solution. I'm actually waiting to see what he can do with the MyLink before sending my parts off.
He had already figured out how to program the cluster and HUD, but he is still messing around with the MyLink. The US MyLink is actually a different unit than the AUS MyLink so he cannot just set it to boot up as Holden, so he has to figure something out. If he could find a way to allow a custom background image to be uploaded it would be a great solution. I'm actually waiting to see what he can do with the MyLink before sending my parts off.
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