Tell me about the Vauxhall VRX8

Princey · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:40

peterattheboro said:
I actually get a semi lob on when I hear the Bathurst edition whine.

How much are they now?

And are the superchargers cheap to just bolt onto a standard VXR8?

A 2007 VXR8 is around £17000-£19000 now. The Supercharger kit can be fitted for around £4500-£6500 I think.

james.miller · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:43

A VXR8 and a Carlton

Janesy B said:
Yes well done for pointing out the some old Holdens look like the Omega, which is exactly what Princey said?

yes, well done again for stating the obvious. are you always this annoying?

peterattheboro said:
I actually get a semi lob on when I hear the Bathurst edition whine.

How much are they now?

And are the superchargers cheap to just bolt onto a standard VXR8?

funnily enough i was behind one on the way home from work today. i actually turned my stereo off lol

Fr0dders · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:50

Last big thread we had on the VXR8

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18160795

Kenai · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:52

james.miller said:
obviously thats not a vxr8 but yeah, you get it lol

So what was the point in posting the old Monaro when he just told you they were talking about the VXR8 and not that car?

Janesy B · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:53

james.miller said:
yes, well done again for stating the obvious. are you always this annoying?

Yes.

Fr0dders · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:56

Foxtrot26 said:
Brakes are not anywhere near those prices

Oh yes they are. They are imported over here from a supplier in Australia.

The cars are made and sold in Australia remember, and only imported over here in small numbers by VX uk. They arent sold in continental europe by Opel and arent sold in the US. In the US its sold as a pontiac G8 with different parts.

Font Discs are £800 a pair from Monkfish, Front Pads £140 both parts only and thats 3rd party.

Rear are roughly the same.

Thats nearly £2k parts only.

Princey said:
Vauxhall charge £2700 for rear disks and pads and just front pads excluding front disks. Go read on the VXROnline forums.

If you get them from Vauxhall Front Discs and Pads were £3300 + vat
Rear Discs + Pads £2700 + vat

Crazy.

Jamous · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:57

Not a vauxhall fan but really like these and are def on my wish list, would need to order a Holden badge from Oz lol.
Love the idea of a big V8 up front and rwd, daft Aussies lol.

Bipolar Kittens · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:07

Princey said:
brakes cost £1000 a corner.

Seriously!!? :eek:

I didn't imagine it would be the cheapest car to maintain, but 4 grand for brakes is taking the michael!

Will Gill · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:07

I had one for a bit, insane car, which I actually really liked, couldnt comment about costs apart from petrol which was no worse than the other cars I had at the time. Bit of a barge round corners but straight line speed was truely brutal

Fr0dders · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:41

ibolden said:
Seriously!!?

I didn't imagine it would be the cheapest car to maintain, but 4 grand for brakes is taking the michael!

thats what shipping them all the way from Oz does to the prices.

Joshy · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:14

That is an utterly mind boggling amount of money for brakes! :eek:

Surely it works out far cheaper to bolt up a set of aftermarket brakes instead?

Fr0dders · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:34

The aftermarket ones from monkfish are £940 inc vat per pair of pads + discs

Thats still £1900 parts only for a full set of brakes, easily over 2k with labour

The cost from Vaux with official parts from VX is more like 5k !

burns · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:37

EBC pads are £45 a corner. I'm sure the discs aren't cheap but if they come to £425 each you need to try harder.

233 · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:38

please stop talking utter tripe

genuine gm discs £377 a corner for front and rear front pads £140 rears £130

all figures from walkinshaw racing

next time i'm in vauxhall i'll price them up on trade club

stop spouting widdle when you obviously dont know what your talking about

Booner! · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:40

That's around 3 times what I spent on new discs, uprated pads and fluids all around for my M!!!

Love the noise, seriously nice soundtrack to them....especially with Wortec...

233 · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:47

and to think i grumbled about brembo discs and pads costing the earth for the lcr lol

less than half the cost for the fronts on a vxr8

Booner! · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:26

I would pay for the brakes just to hear that noise though

Will Gill · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:31

Booner! said:
I would pay for the brakes just to hear that noise though

was pretty muffled to be fair, nothing like the monaro's I've heard, still quite obvious its not a normal engine under the bonnet though

Rotty · 14 Sep 2010 at 00:06

Will Gill said:
I had one for a bit,

would it not be easier for you just to tell us what cars you have not had ?

Fr0dders · 14 Sep 2010 at 06:40

Foxtrot26 said:
please stop talking utter tripe

genuine gm discs £377 a corner for front and rear front pads £140 rears £130

all figures from walkinshaw racing

next time i'm in vauxhall i'll price them up on trade club

stop spouting widdle when you obviously dont know what your talking about

Thats the prices that owners were being quoted last year

http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=48218

Walkinshaw must have found a cheap european supplier to save on the stupid import costs.