The passenger side only has a SRS sticker if it has a passenger airbag. To get those rear head rest pins out you use a 13mm socket at the other end of them and pop them out of the hole in the metal they are pushed into.
Being a VR it only has the drivers airbag, they only ran the 1 SRS sticker on the drivers pillar, on VS that had dual airbags they had the 2 stickers on either side. This car puts some lead in my pencil I'll tell ya
im a spray painter & i will be stunned if a good cut & buff doesnt fix the roof, but what im curious about is will there be any skids done in this car? also don't ever apologise for videos not coming out, you are a 1 man band with a mrs & young son. we will watch it when u r ready to upload it.
The SRS sticker only goes on drives side if it only has 1 air bag. The spare is a Holden commodore spare. I have e VR myself and wanted everything right too. Loving the car mate. 😊
That Spare is correct.. Only VR HSV's that had the yellow alloy were the ones with brake upgrades(215i cars etc) and they got the 16ïnch yelllow VN looking alloy... everything else got just a black interceptor.
Good job mate. Just a suggestion what I did was put a tap and PowerPoint inside garage at the front. My pressure washer is permently plugged in so I don’t have to worry about hoses or electrical cords. It’s on my channel about the second video I did. Best thing I ever did.
If you want to wetvac in winter, get yourself a Humidifier. They’re unreal, throw it in the car shut the door and it will pull litres of water out of the interior. Will be dry within a couple of hours. They’re also awesome for drying clothes if you don’t have a dryer also
Common for these to have clear coat fail by now. Lovely car. Usually only 6 years on tyres. Commodores are lovely for youtube...I started following you from the VN :) . Since your a clean freak, get you products from places like Waxit or Detail Central in concentrate. Cheaper in the long run. Optimum interior cleaners or Gyeon are great. Turtle Wax Carpet Spot cleaner the best for those trouble areas. Try to stay away from Orange cleaners for interiors and fabrics and they do turn yellow after a long time. Also vehicle specific doesn't attach the backing glues or leech tannins to the top like a dirty water mark. Love your work.
The rear has air shocks. Same as my caprice. I lowered mine with standard ones. You just disconnect the compressor. You may be able to get lowered air shocks or lower the standard ones by adjusting the ride height sensor, Im not sure.
Yes you are correct, they are air operated shocks in the rear. Part of the auto ride leveling system equipped as standard in the VR Senator. Compressor mounted to the rear cross member and a position sensor on the lower trailing arm. If you put the whole family in the back seat you will hear the compressor start up to keep the ride height the same. The first thing people did was get rid of this system when lowering/upgrading suspension. Probably rare now to find one with it still still intact. Would suggest an offset bracket for the position sensor at what height you want to modify/ lower. Depending on the allowable drop in the spring etc. Great car love your channel, had one one from almost new back in the day.
I can’t post a link but I’ll post a link in the thread mentioned. I restored the b-pillar trims on my Cross8 project. I showed a lot of detail. They were flogged and now they are almost like new. You can easily do it with what you have. Maguiars plastic polish for the win.
@@cpzmelbs Yes. I’ve commented on this video about finding it. You can’t post external links in CZcams comments. So to quote myself from the other comment, “I can't post a link, but if you search " Mindie J Just Commodores forum" you'll get the link.” In that thread I’ve posted the link to restoring the b-pilar trims.
I had a vr senator, think mine was 287. Was a 185i same interior just a weird charcoal colour. My spare was a black stocky aswell. My stacker was in same location just different brand. Remember when looking at tail lights the hsv ones were different colour to stock commodore. They maybe the same as Calais I can’t remember as the senators were based off the Calais. Loving the car. Makes me wish I still had mine.
Great to see that you have the plates. I assume you will just put them away for posterity. Real shame the front one had some stone chips. I am not a huge car fan like yourself. But I always fit a number plate protector to the front of my cars. Keeping the back one as a spare, as the rear plate doesn't need it. In regard to the roof, if it was mine, I would bite the bullet and have it resprayed. Why? because even if you have it cut & polished it will still have the stain. Love your video's and great to see them hit my notification bell. Cheers
Last time I bought a set of S001's was in 2011 in Darwin $385 each! 13 year old tyres are not legal. I zoomed in on the date of the tyres also, 2 weeks ago. One of the first things I always look at before purchasing a car is the age and tread depth of the tyres. Surprised Chris missed this!
I had a genesis blue vr clubby, roof had the same issues with Bird poo. Made a claim through Shannon’s and the guy removed both rear and front windows found no rust but bare metal respray on the roof and repainted the jams for the windows to prevent future rust, Shannon’s was $500 excess. Made the car from a 7/10 to a 9.5/10
Hey Chris.. Love the new addition... now I'm no expert, but are you holding the car up just on the jack? One thing dads taught me is ALWAYS use jack stands... safety first 😉 keep the vids coming mate 👍
Had rear air bag shock absorbers on my Vb commodore in 1997. Had the valve out the back next to the number plate. Got pulled over and told off by police that the rear was too high! He let all the air out.
Get some fall out remover from auto glym if you haven’t already roof look a bit tree sappy, bird lime will come out with heat gun or if it’s stubborn when you come to machine polish car get some 6000 trizac sand the area polish out, may be worth going round with a paint depth gauge first 👍
Yes, it is the HSV level-ride system. Same as the Caprice, but Holden never fitted it to the SWB VR/VS. there’s a specific HSV harness for it, and you’ll find 2 additional fuses near the overflow bottle under the bonnet.
Those rear shocks were part of a tow package I believe that GM offered as an upgrade. Could be well off but I did fit them on VX WH and VY VZ WL as an apprentice as part of a tow package. Love the new addition mate, gives me hope that I can persist and keep my SSZ and Evo 7 in a viable state.
In VR/VS level ride was only fitted to the caprice by Holden, and later VS Statesmans as an option. HSV had it as an option or standard on certain VR/VS cars (like this Senator) and enhanced models, and it involved a custom HSV patch harness to make it work. In later models it became more readily available (and simpler with the wiring).
@@KDSCARS I had it in my VS2 Calais (HSV enhanced with a number of options including level ride). As a daily, chucking stuff in the boot, it kept it from dragging the back end down. Same when we’d load up for a weekend away - it stayed level, and it dramatically reduced the toe wear from the back end drooping. Even better was when we’d chuck the trailer on and 4 of us would go interstate on our annual swap meet runs. We tore the inside off the rear left tyre 2 years in a row in the VS statesman, but never had that issue in my Calais because it wasn’t drooping and doing the camber squat. The guys at a street commodores Dyno day didn’t listen to me, and wondered why it (the compressor) was running when they were strapping it down. They wouldn’t let me into the workshop to pull the fuses. I thought it was going to blow the shocks apart! They had to get crowbars to release the ratchet straps…... the tyre gap was like 10 inches when it shot back up under pressure. But eventually it aged enough to where it would leak around the shock body, and the compressor would cycle on & off way too much, causing the dreaded fear that it may not start on the next crank. I ended up pulling the fuses when parked overnight to stop it running on. When I fitted firmer springs I fitted regular shocks in place of them. These days people don’t use these cars as daily drivers, and from VX2 they added the toe links, so it’s of less importance, but back then it worked well.
@@commodorenut I just put two and two together of who you are and if I am correct you may have been a forum moderator many moons ago on the street commodores forum? I guess in terms of usability the level ride was good most people of todays era enjoy the 'carolina squat' ( looks like shit ). Its funny you mention you the toe wear as I vividly remember a clients VX always towing a horse float and it would always present with intact tyres every 6 months whereas a normal 6 month interval VX would present with cords or belts showing from the RE92's, so they did serve a purpose.
Making me miss my old vr senny. Tell ya what though i wouldnt bother "upgrading" the factory exhaust. The factory hsv headers and twin 2-1/4" exhaust flows plenty for a stock 5l and the factory hsv twin exhaust sounds awsome with the rear muffler removed. Ive had half a dozen 5 litres and i think the hsv system with the rear removed sounded better than a 2.5" or 3" systems ive had
Watching this video and wondering if you are leaving the senator stock or changing the wheels to hsv retro 20s of some sort or are you leaving the original wheels
Nice car mate absolutely love it. just keep doing what you’re doing you are killing it! Gotta ask you a question, Are you’re rims Genuine? Just got a set of those rims given to me in great nick. Just wondering what they are worth.
also, when tyres are driven on carbon black is brought to the surface which prevents the rubber from cracking due to UV light and ozone. If you have an old tyre that hasn't been driven on much, the carbon black hasn't been replenished at the surface and therefore it's more prone to cracking. The cracks can be inside of the tyre so you can't see them unless you remove the tyre from the wheel. The first you know about it is when it stops holding air... Old tyres looking brand new is therefore possibly even more dangerous than the same age tyres that are near bald.
I wouldn't paint it a good cut would bring it back but allso a car that age its better to keep it as original as possible being a good honest car that it is
The passenger side only has a SRS sticker if it has a passenger airbag.
To get those rear head rest pins out you use a 13mm socket at the other end of them and pop them out of the hole in the metal they are pushed into.
The SRS stickers are available from StickThis
Being a VR it only has the drivers airbag, they only ran the 1 SRS sticker on the drivers pillar, on VS that had dual airbags they had the 2 stickers on either side. This car puts some lead in my pencil I'll tell ya
im a spray painter & i will be stunned if a good cut & buff doesnt fix the roof, but what im curious about is will there be any skids done in this car?
also don't ever apologise for videos not coming out, you are a 1 man band with a mrs & young son. we will watch it when u r ready to upload it.
We will see what happens haha, nah no skids I’m all grown up now
The SRS sticker only goes on drives side if it only has 1 air bag. The spare is a Holden commodore spare.
I have e VR myself and wanted everything right too.
Loving the car mate. 😊
Swapping the engine covers over was the most satisfying part for me 👌🏻
I totally agree!
@@MindieJmy biggest pet peeve back to front covers
That Spare is correct.. Only VR HSV's that had the yellow alloy were the ones with brake upgrades(215i cars etc) and they got the 16ïnch yelllow VN looking alloy... everything else got just a black interceptor.
These videos are so cozy. Always stoked to see the notification.
Glad you like them!
Good job mate. Just a suggestion what I did was put a tap and PowerPoint inside garage at the front. My pressure washer is permently plugged in so I don’t have to worry about hoses or electrical cords. It’s on my channel about the second video I did. Best thing I ever did.
Awesome, looking forward to seeing the videos on this one Chris. Ripper start. Sweet car too nice pick 👌
Thanks Paul appreciate it mate
Such a nice unmolested senny . Looks mint after your clean . I feel inspired to go the whole Hog on my car now.
You should!
The cars looking very nice mate!! Look forward to seeing more on the car!! Love the plates too:)
Thanks 👍
Attention to detail is mint!
Thanks mate
If you want to wetvac in winter, get yourself a Humidifier. They’re unreal, throw it in the car shut the door and it will pull litres of water out of the interior. Will be dry within a couple of hours. They’re also awesome for drying clothes if you don’t have a dryer also
Happy to wait for your quality videos 🙌 keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do!
Common for these to have clear coat fail by now. Lovely car. Usually only 6 years on tyres. Commodores are lovely for youtube...I started following you from the VN :) . Since your a clean freak, get you products from places like Waxit or Detail Central in concentrate. Cheaper in the long run. Optimum interior cleaners or Gyeon are great. Turtle Wax Carpet Spot cleaner the best for those trouble areas. Try to stay away from Orange cleaners for interiors and fabrics and they do turn yellow after a long time. Also vehicle specific doesn't attach the backing glues or leech tannins to the top like a dirty water mark. Love your work.
New subscriber and loving your work mate!
@@punchbowlperformance thanks mate appreciate you watching
The rear has air shocks. Same as my caprice. I lowered mine with standard ones. You just disconnect the compressor. You may be able to get lowered air shocks or lower the standard ones by adjusting the ride height sensor, Im not sure.
Yes you are correct, they are air operated shocks in the rear. Part of the auto ride leveling system equipped as standard in the VR Senator. Compressor mounted to the rear cross member and a position sensor on the lower trailing arm. If you put the whole family in the back seat you will hear the compressor start up to keep the ride height the same. The first thing people did was get rid of this system when lowering/upgrading suspension. Probably rare now to find one with it still still intact. Would suggest an offset bracket for the position sensor at what height you want to modify/ lower. Depending on the allowable drop in the spring etc. Great car love your channel, had one one from almost new back in the day.
Happy to see another Holden my man!
You and me both
Money well spent on that car mate!!! Absolute beauty!!!!!!
Thanks man appreciate the kind words
I can’t post a link but I’ll post a link in the thread mentioned. I restored the b-pillar trims on my Cross8 project. I showed a lot of detail. They were flogged and now they are almost like new. You can easily do it with what you have. Maguiars plastic polish for the win.
Just had a flood of memories come over me after reading ya username haha.
I’m keen on that post. Is it on JC ? Cheers
@@cpzmelbs Yes. I’ve commented on this video about finding it. You can’t post external links in CZcams comments. So to quote myself from the other comment, “I can't post a link, but if you search " Mindie J Just Commodores forum" you'll get the link.” In that thread I’ve posted the link to restoring the b-pilar trims.
@@FuManchu5ltr cheers man. many thanks for all your contributions 👍
what’s your ride these days? been 5 years since I was last active
yeeea booooi always a good day when you drop a video, keep up the good work brother
Thanks! Will do!
Looking absolutely mint👌🏻
Much appreciated!
Nice work keep the video's coming ❤
Thanks for watching George 😏
I had a vr senator, think mine was 287. Was a 185i same interior just a weird charcoal colour. My spare was a black stocky aswell. My stacker was in same location just different brand. Remember when looking at tail lights the hsv ones were different colour to stock commodore. They maybe the same as Calais I can’t remember as the senators were based off the Calais. Loving the car. Makes me wish I still had mine.
Great to see that you have the plates. I assume you will just put them away for posterity. Real shame the front one had some stone chips. I am not a huge car fan like yourself. But I always fit a number plate protector to the front of my cars. Keeping the back one as a spare, as the rear plate doesn't need it. In regard to the roof, if it was mine, I would bite the bullet and have it resprayed. Why? because even if you have it cut & polished it will still have the stain. Love your video's and great to see them hit my notification bell. Cheers
I’m looking forward to the driveway/garage resurfacing video.
That’ll probably never happen
Great to see you getting stuck into the 5ltr mate 👌
Thanks 👍
Good Car good Video love to catch up with you one day when I go to Melbourne the blind man from Newcastle
Nice Senator you have i also liked the white 5.0 V8 you had.
@@francisrobinson8830 I’ve never owned a white 5L
I been waiting for this one saved for the weekend
Haha thanks Stephen
Absolutely love this hsv has made me consider one over a vy vz hsv
Everything is far more premium in the older models for sure.
Have to agree with that
Absolutely frothing on this new car!
Aaaahhhhh the nostalgia!!!
Yeh she goes alright
She's super clean, awesome purchase mate.
You're views will spike again...Ahahaha.
We shall see!
Haha, noticed the tyre date because S001s are old tech. Apparently they were still selling them up to 2021 though, who knew!
Last time I bought a set of S001's was in 2011 in Darwin $385 each! 13 year old tyres are not legal. I zoomed in on the date of the tyres also, 2 weeks ago. One of the first things I always look at before purchasing a car is the age and tread depth of the tyres. Surprised Chris missed this!
❤️makes me want to buy one even more ❤
Go for it!
Been waiting for this vid!
Wait no longer
Man if you were in qld id love to do a concourse detail and coating on this, would be so sick. Great video as usual mate
Feel free to drive down to Melb 😂
As pointed out, thats correct only the srs sticker on drivers side. Dual airbags has it on both sides
Well there ya go
I had a genesis blue vr clubby, roof had the same issues with Bird poo. Made a claim through Shannon’s and the guy removed both rear and front windows found no rust but bare metal respray on the roof and repainted the jams for the windows to prevent future rust, Shannon’s was $500 excess. Made the car from a 7/10 to a 9.5/10
Hey Chris.. Love the new addition... now I'm no expert, but are you holding the car up just on the jack? One thing dads taught me is ALWAYS use jack stands... safety first 😉 keep the vids coming mate 👍
No, always have stands
Nice buy man
Thanks mate 😏
Pump up shockers used to be popular if you towed.
Had rear air bag shock absorbers on my Vb commodore in 1997. Had the valve out the back next to the number plate. Got pulled over and told off by police that the rear was too high! He let all the air out.
Bro your car cleaning videos are oddly satisfying. Can I bring you my showroom cv8 turbo to clean and make a video ?
Had the same issue with the peeling carpet, used contact cement.
No Tiger glue?!!! 🐯
Get some fall out remover from auto glym if you haven’t already roof look a bit tree sappy, bird lime will come out with heat gun or if it’s stubborn when you come to machine polish car get some 6000 trizac sand the area polish out, may be worth going round with a paint depth gauge first 👍
Those shocks look like the level air ride thats on later statesman and adventra . Follow the lines may have a air pump somewhere
Yeh looks like it’s all factory and brochure mentioned about self levelling
Yes, it is the HSV level-ride system. Same as the Caprice, but Holden never fitted it to the SWB VR/VS. there’s a specific HSV harness for it, and you’ll find 2 additional fuses near the overflow bottle under the bonnet.
Looking good bud. Could you try a paint correction first up?. The paint kinda look's half decent, might just need a bit of elbow grease and whooska.
A bit of huck tuah
If you lower it go for bilstein shocks. It will make the car ride perfect.
And cost a shitload
@@MindieJ it's worth it. Beats old flogged out cheap stuff that 98% of commodores have
I think its worth it. Bilsteins are night and day over other brands. Beats old flogged out cheap stuff that 98% of commodores have
Those rear shocks were part of a tow package I believe that GM offered as an upgrade. Could be well off but I did fit them on VX WH and VY VZ WL as an apprentice as part of a tow package. Love the new addition mate, gives me hope that I can persist and keep my SSZ and Evo 7 in a viable state.
In VR/VS level ride was only fitted to the caprice by Holden, and later VS Statesmans as an option.
HSV had it as an option or standard on certain VR/VS cars (like this Senator) and enhanced models, and it involved a custom HSV patch harness to make it work. In later models it became more readily available (and simpler with the wiring).
This ^
@@commodorenut ahhh roger that, they were both a bit before my time with Holden. Weird option to have really as they're kind of poo
@@KDSCARS I had it in my VS2 Calais (HSV enhanced with a number of options including level ride). As a daily, chucking stuff in the boot, it kept it from dragging the back end down. Same when we’d load up for a weekend away - it stayed level, and it dramatically reduced the toe wear from the back end drooping. Even better was when we’d chuck the trailer on and 4 of us would go interstate on our annual swap meet runs. We tore the inside off the rear left tyre 2 years in a row in the VS statesman, but never had that issue in my Calais because it wasn’t drooping and doing the camber squat. The guys at a street commodores Dyno day didn’t listen to me, and wondered why it (the compressor) was running when they were strapping it down. They wouldn’t let me into the workshop to pull the fuses. I thought it was going to blow the shocks apart! They had to get crowbars to release the ratchet straps…... the tyre gap was like 10 inches when it shot back up under pressure.
But eventually it aged enough to where it would leak around the shock body, and the compressor would cycle on & off way too much, causing the dreaded fear that it may not start on the next crank. I ended up pulling the fuses when parked overnight to stop it running on. When I fitted firmer springs I fitted regular shocks in place of them. These days people don’t use these cars as daily drivers, and from VX2 they added the toe links, so it’s of less importance, but back then it worked well.
@@commodorenut I just put two and two together of who you are and if I am correct you may have been a forum moderator many moons ago on the street commodores forum?
I guess in terms of usability the level ride was good most people of todays era enjoy the 'carolina squat' ( looks like shit ). Its funny you mention you the toe wear as I vividly remember a clients VX always towing a horse float and it would always present with intact tyres every 6 months whereas a normal 6 month interval VX would present with cords or belts showing from the RE92's, so they did serve a purpose.
hey man instead of new tail-lights give restoring them a go with a headlight compound, turtlewax ones work amazing
"Not much to do".....yeah right, you'll find 300 little jobs! 😂👍
Most likely yes haha
Making me miss my old vr senny. Tell ya what though i wouldnt bother "upgrading" the factory exhaust. The factory hsv headers and twin 2-1/4" exhaust flows plenty for a stock 5l and the factory hsv twin exhaust sounds awsome with the rear muffler removed. Ive had half a dozen 5 litres and i think the hsv system with the rear removed sounded better than a 2.5" or 3" systems ive had
BUT I NEED SOUND!
14:32 Itching for you to clean up the windscreen washer reservoir 😂
Will just replace it
10b is the start of a hsv part number right or wrong for that car i cant help there but 10b is defo start of a hsv number
Great looking old HSV. What type of soap bottle do you use on your pressure washer mate?
Pretty sure it’s Karcher
Drive & enjoy !
That’s the plan 😄
Hi..would've loved to see the hsv stamp on the inside wheels,. nearly brought similar, other day..but no stamp??
No idea what the go is there not sure if there is even fakes of these
Watching this video and wondering if you are leaving the senator stock or changing the wheels to hsv retro 20s of some sort or are you leaving the original wheels
definitely not getting 20's
I’m from the mould coast up north. Dehumidifier in the car will eliminate the wet-dog smell post wet vac.
Unfortunately doesn’t help seats drying any quicker
@@MindieJ electric one, not the plastic tubs
my VN clubby and VR Clubby both had a 5th mag as spare, maybe it was an option
My VS Clubby has the 15 inch spare wheel. Having a LSD I would of thought this will cause damage when running it on the rear.
Will have same rolling diameter
Nice video mate 👌 is that a 3/8 tool pro impact? Is it strong enough to tighten them up or do you need to go over them? I like the small size
Definitely not strong enough
So much better with the engine covers on right
agree'd
That roof will polish up nicely. Get yourself a cheap DA polisher and some decent pads and have a crack. You will be surprised!
Thanks for the tip!
Pump up rear shocks. May be a valve somewhere to pump them up
Factory self levelling system
Nice car mate absolutely love it. just keep doing what you’re doing you are killing it!
Gotta ask you a question, Are you’re rims Genuine?
Just got a set of those rims given to me in great nick. Just wondering what they are worth.
No such thing as non genuine with these wheels, worth stuff all have seen sets for $400
@@MindieJ no dramas at all, Just thought I would ask. That’s all, 👍🏽
Hi mate off topic but have. You ever had to remove scratches from windows if so what did you use thanks
Scratches would need to be sanded out, few companies around that do it, about $250 per window
@@MindieJ thanks mate
Indicators could be the hazard switch mate poke around with a multimeter its a common issue
Are you going to put those HSV plates back on the car?
Nope, club permit
The srs sicker is only stuck on the pillar with an airbag on that side. No passengers airbag then no sticker
Good Info
@@MindieJ having owned hsv’s for over 20 years I know my way around HSV VR/S’s. Happy to help you out with tips and tricks or info if needed.
They have air shocks in the back by the looks of it
If you are lucky, you might even find the build sheet under the carpet
Yeh should be there, usually under drivers seat
Hey mate I've got genuine aftermarket altezza style tail lights if you're interested? Both sides are cracked
Sounds like a real deal
Hey was going to say only stocker on sod where is has air bag
Correct
Ohhhhh😮😮😮😮❤❤❤️
Oh yeeeeeeeh
I guess Ur gonna leave it stock?
Undecided
Do you still work at pp or do you have a new job what happened???
Haven’t been there since last year
OCD time
Just slightly
THE TYRES WILL BE FINE. I drove on 30 year old tyres for years
also, when tyres are driven on carbon black is brought to the surface which prevents the rubber from cracking due to UV light and ozone. If you have an old tyre that hasn't been driven on much, the carbon black hasn't been replenished at the surface and therefore it's more prone to cracking. The cracks can be inside of the tyre so you can't see them unless you remove the tyre from the wheel. The first you know about it is when it stops holding air... Old tyres looking brand new is therefore possibly even more dangerous than the same age tyres that are near bald.
That’s way too many words
@@MindieJ
As a general rule, tyres over 5 years old, are illegal.
What the other guy said, is spot on..
There water spots stains
They’re*
@@MindieJ thanks prawn head
if you got kids,,,u got got Carpet Power 👍😁
Haha most definitely
I wouldn't paint it a good cut would bring it back but allso a car that age its better to keep it as original as possible being a good honest car that it is
Car has been painted before
@@MindieJ would you do a full close door paint job or just roof