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Started by _My74LH_ , Mar 15 2007 05:25 PM

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#176 _My74LH_

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Posted 19 February 2012 - 09:22 AM

So its come time to do somthing with the dash , I have a un cut woodgrain dash and would like to paint it and the rest of the parts in the LH-LX SL/R silver same as the dash kit from rare spares . anyone know the color of the paint ?
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Posted 19 February 2012 - 12:02 PM

Hey ! The car is looking fanbloodytastic mate... As far as the dash is concerned if you go the silver way its the LX scheem as the LH SLR 5000 had the all black with the silver outlining around the dash ect ect.
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I thought the dash my be to black but once it was done it looks awesome in the flesh. Either way good luck :)

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Posted 19 February 2012 - 12:34 PM

I thought the Black had the long grain throught it this is why I chose Silver as it was flat , I prefer the black my self .

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 02:26 AM

I thought the Black had the long grain throught it this is why I chose Silver as it was flat , I prefer the black my self .


It does have the long grain in it. I'll get a close up tomorrow for ya

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 03:45 PM

Yeah went out and found one today I can see the grain , got it at the right price. now just to find an ashtray :)
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 03:49 PM

The benefits of living in the big smoke... Just duck out and find a complete dash...!

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 03:51 PM

Went out to the Diff guy today its nearly ready , Also gave the rear calipers a going over :)
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 03:56 PM

The benefits of living in the big smoke... Just duck out and find a complete dash...!


yeah its a bit like that , but it helps to know lots of good people too :)

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 04:27 PM

Check the clearance between the shock and the rear disc caliper, on most conversions the Commodore rear disc caliper can not be mounted behind the axle. You need at least 10 mm clearance to allow for pad wear.

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 04:34 PM

Yeah we have that sorted , the other issue is you can't fit the shock after the axles rotors and calipers are fitted , the shocks need to be fitted first .
I see in your pic you have a bolt which holds the schock eliminating this problem.

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 05:20 PM

That is not my setup. The bolt does make it easier but as you can see in the above picture the caliper will still hit the shocks when you apply the brakes.

Some people swap the plates left to right which mounts the caliper in front of the axle. This solves the clearance problem but then the caliper is in the way of the handbrake cable. The handbrake cable bracket can be modified to work.

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Some people move the shock further inboard.

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I originally just made my diff wider to accommodate the Commodore caliper. I have since had a change of plans with the shocks so I am modifying the backing plates to mount the caliper in the 10 o'clock position.

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 08:36 PM

The other advantage to modifying the mount as per the pic with the black damper above is that you can use HQ length ones, gives a few more options including Bilsteins which seem to be hard to get in Torana lengths

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 02:06 PM

I love every aspect of your car apart from one. The square front headlights. I know you have debated it elsewhere but it just looks wrong to me.
Owning 3 LH's I don't mind the look but once the flares are put on, this means round headlights have to be added to the mix.
It will be a serious missile once completed.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 03:44 PM

Yeah went out and found one today I can see the grain , got it at the right price. now just to find an ashtray :)
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Good score on the dash its just a pity someone has cut up the lower part to fit a stereo at some point ugh i hate that..by the way you can buy the black SL/R ashtray new off rare spares or i think a forum member here makes them too??

P.s hurry up and fit the LX headlights already! :)

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 05:27 PM

Good score on the dash its just a pity someone has cut up the lower part to fit a stereo at some point ugh i hate that..by the way you can buy the black SL/R ashtray new off rare spares or i think a forum member here makes them too??

P.s hurry up and fit the LX headlights already! :)


Yeah it sucks about the stereo cutout but it is what it is aslo has some cracks . Id be keen to get a black SL/R astray R/Spares doesn't do black . whats the contact for the gut on the forum ? I still may go with the silver dash anyway , I saw one yesterday and i like it .

The LX headlights are done :)
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 11:06 PM

Round headlights for sure!
Awesome car mate.

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 04:00 PM

Today I had the upholstery fitted roof ans pillars , that guy came to my shop and did it on the spot , what a great Job.Friday I will have the new windscreen fitted along with the rear screen .

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 04:46 PM

Yeah it sucks about the stereo cutout but it is what it is aslo has some cracks . Id be keen to get a black SL/R astray R/Spares doesn't do black . whats the contact for the gut on the forum ? I still may go with the silver dash anyway , I saw one yesterday and i like it .

The LX headlights are done :)
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In the words great of Borat..Verrry nice! :D

You are right rares only do silver it must have been the forum member that was doing the black SL/R ashtrays.

Here ya go i found the link here the forum members name is Flamenco
http://www.gmh-torana.com.au/forums/topic/23209-ash-tray/#entry243133

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 11:07 AM

Jeeez ! All you guys have me paranoid about keeping my 'horrible' square headlights now..lol As for the ashtrays the ones he makes up are excellent. Brad can vouch for him as well i believe.

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:49 PM

Square headlights rule man!!!! Yeppo! Very pleaseed with my SLR black grain ashtray. Much better then forking out $1000 for a crappy original.. But mine was not made by username Flamenco.

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 04:46 PM

So today the first stage of the interior was finished, after much thought I finally went with the trimmed door tops ,I must say they look great .Also trimmed the screen pillars “thanks Hanra for the heads up” Also picked up the diff .
The shocks look like they have allot of clearance with the new pads ,but just to make sure I removed the pad and pushed the caliper hard up against the rotor , they just touch so if you take into account the thickness of the pad backing plate it has at least 6mm of clearance as am minimum .

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 06:01 PM

love ya car to bits BUT it has round head lights lol

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 06:41 PM

WOW!! :clappin:
The car looks AWESOME!! love the colour also!! cant wait to see the finished product!! :D

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 07:45 PM

Mate your doing a great job on the car. Can you let me know what I need to do an LX conversion of the headlights. Gotta need more than just headlights and surrounds shorely?

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 04:28 PM

Today the screens were fitted, I used a new front and the orig rear , looks great . Also fitted some brake lines .tomorrows the big day for the diff and wheels , I dont know how im going to sleep tonight :)

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