Holden Ute - Mid life refresh
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No idea if anyone is interested in me giving my ute a bit of a refresh?
Ill give it a go.
Its a 2003 Holden ute, that i bought new in 2003. This is the third time ive owned, having sold it and bought it back twice, so i guess i like it !
I gave it what would be best described as a very light rust proofing when new, as they are, essentially unprotected underneath. I also had a paint protection film applied when new as well.
Fast forward 23 years, and there were some bits that really needed attending to. Whilst not bad, and certainly no MOT failure, it wasnt going to get better on its own.
Sadly, along the way, i managed to delete some photos, but im sure you get the idea.
Random pic of it in one piece. Dont really have many.
The first job was to remove the now completely knackered paint protection film. This was on the bonnet, part of the front wings, front bumper, side skirts and rear bumper 1/4's. This turned out to be an utter nightmare, because, as can be seen in pics, it has crazed badly, so any attempt at peeling failed at the crazing lines
In the end, this took we 2 weeks of evening to get off. That said, its been highly effective.
With that task out of the way, and the bumpers and skirts off the car, it was time to think about underneath. This is it as it was, albeit with exhaust already off.
The plan was to remove all the running gear, but not the engine and gearbox. First up was removing the front subframe.
And on to the rear subframe. No pic of it coming out. Just on the floor in bits
Back soon with some more.....................
Ill give it a go.
Its a 2003 Holden ute, that i bought new in 2003. This is the third time ive owned, having sold it and bought it back twice, so i guess i like it !
I gave it what would be best described as a very light rust proofing when new, as they are, essentially unprotected underneath. I also had a paint protection film applied when new as well.
Fast forward 23 years, and there were some bits that really needed attending to. Whilst not bad, and certainly no MOT failure, it wasnt going to get better on its own.
Sadly, along the way, i managed to delete some photos, but im sure you get the idea.
Random pic of it in one piece. Dont really have many.
The first job was to remove the now completely knackered paint protection film. This was on the bonnet, part of the front wings, front bumper, side skirts and rear bumper 1/4's. This turned out to be an utter nightmare, because, as can be seen in pics, it has crazed badly, so any attempt at peeling failed at the crazing lines
In the end, this took we 2 weeks of evening to get off. That said, its been highly effective.
With that task out of the way, and the bumpers and skirts off the car, it was time to think about underneath. This is it as it was, albeit with exhaust already off.
The plan was to remove all the running gear, but not the engine and gearbox. First up was removing the front subframe.
And on to the rear subframe. No pic of it coming out. Just on the floor in bits
Back soon with some more.....................
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