Anyone got a VE Commodore SS or SSV?
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Very pleased so far!
Paid what I think is a fair price and the car is remarkably good condition. Went with a higher miler due to condition than a lower more expensive car.
The guy had it detailed but obviously not by the best company out there as the whole thing in and out was just covered in silicon which I hate. If its cleaned and waxed properly it doesn't need silicon and you are supposed to wipe off the residue after being sprayed! ARGH!
Paid what I think is a fair price and the car is remarkably good condition. Went with a higher miler due to condition than a lower more expensive car.
The guy had it detailed but obviously not by the best company out there as the whole thing in and out was just covered in silicon which I hate. If its cleaned and waxed properly it doesn't need silicon and you are supposed to wipe off the residue after being sprayed! ARGH!
Longest week ever! Just want to DRIVE the thing now!
Have had a chance to look about at modding though....seems like an OTR and tune will cost about $1300 and yield about 30kw / 40bhp which is pretty good. More with an exhaust. Also looks like OzTrack do a tune mailorder with a logging device to follow up and tweak the map however looks like hte map is just a rip from a higher model to start with so the price is quite cheeky.
Secondly for my series 1 looks like its pretty simple with a bit of DIY modding that I can connect my iPod or video device to the front screen for playback for a few pennies, though typically a compant wants $100 for a cable I can make for tuppence (after a lot of digging) but if I want to playback video at anything over 4mph I need to spend $200 (!) for someone to reflash the EEPROM once to remove the Video In Motion blocker....now thats money for old rope and it doesn't look lie there is an alternative...
Currently contemplating a Raspberry Pi install....
Have had a chance to look about at modding though....seems like an OTR and tune will cost about $1300 and yield about 30kw / 40bhp which is pretty good. More with an exhaust. Also looks like OzTrack do a tune mailorder with a logging device to follow up and tweak the map however looks like hte map is just a rip from a higher model to start with so the price is quite cheeky.
Secondly for my series 1 looks like its pretty simple with a bit of DIY modding that I can connect my iPod or video device to the front screen for playback for a few pennies, though typically a compant wants $100 for a cable I can make for tuppence (after a lot of digging) but if I want to playback video at anything over 4mph I need to spend $200 (!) for someone to reflash the EEPROM once to remove the Video In Motion blocker....now thats money for old rope and it doesn't look lie there is an alternative...
Currently contemplating a Raspberry Pi install....
No sadly not. Buy all the gear to reprogamme the radio yourself with lots of reading/time etc or pay someone to take apart your car and do it for a bit less (no appeal for me there either) or pay more and get a 5 second plug in cable to do it automatically - Easiest but most expensive.
I may just see if I use it at all first. Got the bits to make an AV in cable for a few bucks, going to link up my PSP and see if it works then maybe think about a Pi.
I may just see if I use it at all first. Got the bits to make an AV in cable for a few bucks, going to link up my PSP and see if it works then maybe think about a Pi.
Bibbs said:
It always used to be a case of cutting a wire and earthing it. Normally near the handbrake. Is it not that anymore? 
I suspect doing that would give the BCM an attack of incessant boinging because it'd think the handbrake was on but it'd know you were moving (fairly rapidly in the case of an SS).http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HOLDEN-COMMODORE-VE-AUD...
Think this is the same company I linked to earlier. Not sure iphone 5 works with it. Not that I know anything about iphones.
Think this is the same company I linked to earlier. Not sure iphone 5 works with it. Not that I know anything about iphones.
Edited by motomk on Thursday 11th July 10:41
Edited by motomk on Thursday 11th July 10:55
motomk said:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HOLDEN-COMMODORE-VE-AUD...
Think this is the same company I linked to earlier. Not sure iphone 5 works with it. Not that I know anything about iphones.
Can buy a converter from old to new for a few bucks for the iPhone 5 connector. Think this is the same company I linked to earlier. Not sure iphone 5 works with it. Not that I know anything about iphones.
Edited by motomk on Thursday 11th July 10:41
Edited by motomk on Thursday 11th July 10:55
TAS1981 said:
I wanted something that was flexible - ie not just iphone. My DIY cable will be RCA cables and an extra USB port hidden away. I need to jail break my iPhone to get it to play anything other than movies / youtube...ie satnav.
Have you found anything that does screen mirroring?Or hide an Apple TV behind the dash.
TAS1981 said:
What's screen mirroring? As in what's on your iPod? (like the home screen?)
I gather you just jailbreak your iPhone and it works. Its a copyright thing I believe.
What i mean is, I just want the interface on the headunit to be what is on the iPhone screen.I gather you just jailbreak your iPhone and it works. Its a copyright thing I believe.
Instead of giving me a different interface, and different menus.
I've got TomTom on my iPhone, I don't need another satnav.
TAS1981 said:
Then you need to jailbreak your iPhone and I think its easy from there. Its an outpout thing from the phone rather than an intake thing from the car.
I'm JBen but it doesn't so the touch part. There is a thing called MirrorView. But it seems to only work for certain apps.
So if you have an iPhone it will link up for calls straight away. The front aux is rubbish. No bass, sounds terrible.
I hacked into the rear aux with some home made cables to avoid the super expensive options made by jhp. It now has AV in and phono white/red in and an extra USB/cigarette power point. It all hangs down neatly into a cubby under the radio, barely noticable.
I have an ipod cable which plugs into these including power. It's not a beautiful solution...i'll take a picture. But it works. You can change volume and pause/play from the steering wheel controls - you cannot change track. So if you have a playlist great. If you are stuck on a dodgy song bad luck! But the sound quality is perfect (as it can be). Its flexible in that i have hd my PSP plugged in so at stand still I can watch video too. The cables were cheap to make, not very hard if you can use a soldering iron and the trim on these cars is all on nice clips that don't seem to break / fly off.
Some of the SS don't have the infotainment screen. I think all of them have a rear aux though...but I don't have knowledge of them.
I hacked into the rear aux with some home made cables to avoid the super expensive options made by jhp. It now has AV in and phono white/red in and an extra USB/cigarette power point. It all hangs down neatly into a cubby under the radio, barely noticable.
I have an ipod cable which plugs into these including power. It's not a beautiful solution...i'll take a picture. But it works. You can change volume and pause/play from the steering wheel controls - you cannot change track. So if you have a playlist great. If you are stuck on a dodgy song bad luck! But the sound quality is perfect (as it can be). Its flexible in that i have hd my PSP plugged in so at stand still I can watch video too. The cables were cheap to make, not very hard if you can use a soldering iron and the trim on these cars is all on nice clips that don't seem to break / fly off.
Some of the SS don't have the infotainment screen. I think all of them have a rear aux though...but I don't have knowledge of them.
We looked at a few SSVs and the wife preferred something a bit different.
Notable mention :- There was a dark green SSV with the G8 front, and Walki intake/exhaust. But it was over $40k and manual. Looked and sounded the part though.
We then tested a stock GTS and it was nice, but quiet and seemed tame.
This one was the same price, half the km, has headers/exhaust and a big stereo install. Along with 20" aftermarket wheels and a few other bits.
Only the 307 as a base, but the breathing mods will help.
It's bloody comfy, sounds great, and the low rev torque is something else. Not really gone for a thrap yet though. But trying to stick to 60 is impossible.
Notable mention :- There was a dark green SSV with the G8 front, and Walki intake/exhaust. But it was over $40k and manual. Looked and sounded the part though.
We then tested a stock GTS and it was nice, but quiet and seemed tame.
This one was the same price, half the km, has headers/exhaust and a big stereo install. Along with 20" aftermarket wheels and a few other bits.
Only the 307 as a base, but the breathing mods will help.
It's bloody comfy, sounds great, and the low rev torque is something else. Not really gone for a thrap yet though. But trying to stick to 60 is impossible.
Edited by Bibbs on Tuesday 24th September 02:50
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