Jafo's WH Statesman

hey just joined this forum thought id post up the ride
WH Statesman 1999
engine 3800 V6
velour interior (Grey)
mods done so far
replaced most of the interior lights with L.E.Ds
tinted windows midnight express 35%
2 1/2 cat back straight through
wheels 17" corsa special vehicle

willl do more when i can afford to but she looks nice and sounds nice for now

so here are some pics of her

welcome Jafo
the stato looks very nice indeed
as for lack of cash we know that feeling
save up and take your time to do it properly the first time
look forward to seeing it in the flesh

kim

First up Welcome to the forum Jafo I agree with Telf the stato looks very nice indeed. Keep us up to date with your pics as you you progress.
Looking forward to seeing your car parked at All Commodore Day 2009


sylvia

thanks kim and sylvia
it will be there proudly displayed

Welcome Dave

I havent had the pleasure of looking over this Stato in the flesh yet

Looks the goods in the pics

Cheers

Steve

decided i needed a new stereo so went out and bought a pioneer DEH-4150UB
and the pocket to go under it



the reason i got the rear mount USB is for my 4gig Iriver MP3 player that will be stashed away out of sight as this unit controls everything on it and keeps it charged at alll times also turns it on
to turn it off when no power supplied for 5 min turns off automatic

wont be putting it in for a while untill i get the steering wheel control module and the RCA leads for the rear sub, that will be going in (i know it has factory subs but i want more ) should be all good when everything arrives will keep you posted

G'day mate,

Looks like those pics were taken down at North Haven, is that right?

matty28 wrote:

G'day mate,

Looks like those pics were taken down at North Haven, is that right?

no they were taken at snowdens beach marina

ah yeah, im from down that way... i work in port adelaide & live at taperoo...
might see ya out & about... i throw ya a wave if i see ya...

matty28 wrote:

ah yeah, im from down that way... i work in port adelaide & live at taperoo...
might see ya out & about... i throw ya a wave if i see ya...

yeah throw us a wave as you drive by ill do the same if i see you

Does look very nice mate! Love a bit of luxury

thanks rattler
yeah cant beat luxury eh!

well finally have a sub box
specs for this box are as follows

10" venom 200w rms subwoofer
in custom box to suit speaker
out side dimensions are
400mm across
300mm high
220mm deep


all up cost $130 for all materials to build it

took approximately 6 hours to build box seal it and carpet it
just need to make edges a bit neater as this was the first time making one of these.
will just get some brushed stainless steel and make a border around front edge.

anyway heres the pics so far







and yes i need to dust the dvd player lol

well done looks good

Nice Dave some alloy or stainless angle around the edges of the box will finish that set up off nicely (glue it on, dont want to see screws)

Steve

was actually thinking of velcro for easy removal if need be

well covered the edges of the sub box today while at work
had to use polished stainless steel cause we ran out of brushed
this will do tho lol

just an update on stuff ive been doing



first of all put sub box in boot went for drive and it kept falling over so to
stop this i went to work and made a bracket



this is fixed to the rear of the seat and the sub box



now the box wont move and will be hard to steal if someone decides to try



and the other thing that was done is the new boot light 24x5mm white LED's
in the rear garnish of boot



this serves two purposes sheds light across the floor of boot
and when you raise the spare wheel floor it lights up the tyre well so you can see what your doing at night as the normal boot light is blocked when you raise the floor panel





still have one more lot of these LED's to put in the boot but this time they go in the lid so when you raise the boot they shine down on the boot floor alot brighter than the standard boot light.

well done
love the idea of the boot leds looking good
was it very hard to do

the led's came from ebay just had drill 24 holes in the garnish and wire the thing up to the boot light wasnt overly hard to do

just an update on stereo
head deck installed
steering wheel module installed
RCA cable and remote wire all run into boot
only thing left to do is run power cable
find a good spot for the amp and wire it all up
so far all good sounds nice and looks good
had to put the pocket at top or huge gap was noticeable


here are some pics

ok have set amp up in middle of boot going to run cables through the floor out of view and come out near amp
located fire extinguisher near amp just in case of fire
took a photo with no flash to see what the new light in the rear garnish does works ok

just an update amp all rigged up now
decided not to go the centre boot bit so made a false wall to mount amp
relocated fire extinguisher to side of boot
looks better now