VE ute 'Sports armour' - worthwhile?

[Pookie]

Hi guys, long time since i used the old LS1 forum, after a list of small turbo cars and bikes its time to get back into something with real torque!

Imjust about to order a new SS ute and looking at extras.

has anyone used the holden sports armour for the front bar? its only $300 genuine and i think it actually looks ok and would do a good job protecting the front bar

thoughts?

http://www.holden.com.au/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1236969027073&ssbinary=true&image.resize.width=138&image.resize.height=107

[Evman]

Well I have a VY SS and the bottom of the bar is all scraped :( Sometimes you just hit those damn kerbs even though you think you've got room

[Wonky]

Looks like the S2 version of something quite a few guys added to their S1 and on them it added a bit more edginess and set them apart a bit in a good way. Bit hard to tell from that small pic and in Googling I found a bigger version but it was all blurry. :( I agree with you that it should look good on, plus provide a bit extra protection.

[brasher]

I think Holmart do it for $269.

I'm 50/50 on getting one, if I do I'll do a 3M Carbon wrap on it, if it looks shithouse (to me) it will be in the classifieds :)

Wonky some better pics.

http://www.hsvi.com.au/images/detailed/0/Sports_Armour_01_full.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2VJrhvE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mWNQc0L.jpg

[steve_t]

The carbon looks nice!

[Hi Octane]

It looks great mate, keep it.

[Smitty]

Hi guys, long time since i used the old LS1 forum, after a list of small turbo cars and bikes its time to get back into something with real torque!

Imjust about to order a new SS ute and looking at extras.

has anyone used the holden sports armour for the front bar? its only $300 genuine and i think it actually looks ok and would do a good job protecting the front bar

thoughts?
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I was the guinea pig for the S1 Version (well..one of about 6) so that was a freebie for me..

the old SI and new one at the dealer -
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/smitty1955/Car%20Pics/20120426_100234.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/smitty1955/Car%20Pics/20120426_100224.jpg


and then when i got the SII Sportwagon last July..on it went again (nice price courtesy of mate who is parts manager at a dealer)
apologies for crappy phone photo..


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/smitty1955/Car%20Pics/VE_SSv_SII_DSC000035.jpg


and yes..it sure does protect the front spoiler area :)

[brasher]

I much prefer the series 1 lip.

If only you could adapt it to fit a Series 2.

maybe cutting the big side parts could give it a more simple clean look.