On s e d i KILLER R Show Words / Pics - Paul Beck
In standard form, the VN Commodore is not something you’d be bragging about owning to all your mates. Let’s face it, they’re not really that exciting. That’s not to say that they can’t be made to be more appealing though. HSV certainly got the job done with their Group A Version, widely regarded as the toughest of all Group A Commodores. Then Ray Elia come along and took it way past anything HSV could ever imagine. Could this be the ultimate VN Commodore? The mundane, well-worn, Berlina-spec VN Ray started with, is now just a distant memory thanks to the team at 2SUS Custom Resprays. With the car stripped
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back to its bare bones, the pile of parts no longer required grew bigger. The old faded blue paint was quickly removed and the panels prepped for better things. With a modified Group A body fitted, the reworked body was covered from head to toe in the HSV VN colour, Durif Red. To compliment the new colour, a set of 22x8 and 22x11 chromed FR Simmons fill the wheel arches to perfection.
Forget the six-pack, it didn’t even get a look in. And the twin throttle body HSV set-up? Well, that’s been done a million times.
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