Broken suspension & killer new brakes! Roxy GTO gets some love!

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Roxy GTO (or Roxy the Holden to be more accurate!) needed some love and attention!!! She got it, and now she’s back on the road!
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@richardhill6125 Год назад

The car was actually made in Australia. It is a Holden Monaro and was exported to the US to be sold as the last Pontiac GTO. Very cool car and don't ever sell it!!! My first car (from 1969) was a 56 MGA that had seen better days. I loved it but it pooped out and became a parts car for someone else. I currently have a 77 MGB roadster that is getting sorted out for some summer road trips. Hopefully everything will work out OK!

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

That’s why I said that about the original rotors being from Australia!! I got emotional when the Holden plant shut down… 🥹 I absolutely LOVE that she’s a Monaro ❤️

@Scott-The-Great Год назад

I'm sure it's common knowledge the sedan Holden VT Commodores have a Buick 3800 V6 Series (L27) Engine!

@patrickgillespie2635 Год назад

I've still got my 2002 CV8.

@arongooch Год назад

I worked for GMH for quite a few years including when we made the LH drive GTO. I remember hearing at the time the GTO didnt do so well over in the states and never knew why because it was a really nice car I thought.

@simonilett998 Год назад

@@Scott-The-Great Every commodore 3.8L V6 from VN all the way through to VY had a Buick engine, just slightly updated for each model.🤣👍

@rcadd1ct Год назад

As a lazy home wrench spinner I put a wrench on the head of the bolt and use a dead blow hammer to break bolts loose. Kinda like an impact but you can get to more hardware than an impact. I put stuff on the same way, too.

@n.leeball3049 Год назад

Look who is stepping up and filling in for her big sister! She has grown up to a walking/ talking little lady so fast! Miss the "Kid" but her stand-in is doing a great job! Great commentary! "It smells bad!" 😂

@MadScientistGarage Год назад

I know I'm a little too goofy for some, but the low key jokes y'all make are my favorite. Glad to see this car back on the road and both of you having fun!

@ssimpalamark Год назад

I might be wrong but … thought all the late model GTOs were built by Holden in Australia.

@Bohemiahotrodandcustom Год назад

Yes you are correct, they were also sent to England , new Zealand and the Middle East.

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

That’s why I said the original rotors came from Australia!!!

@douglasarmstrong2748 Год назад

I agree, Roxy is a lifer that you never get tired of driving or just looking at. In many ways she seems to be ageless. Have fun guys and thanks for taking us along.

@gordonwalker8003 Год назад

Like the GTO Pontiac name is Roxy. Also red bronco 🎉 65 ford 👍👍from Flint Michigan Gordon WALKER

@phredmyr4697 Год назад

How did that baby become the “new kid” have i been watchin yall that long?

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Right?! She’s 3!!!

@TxHammer757 Год назад

Always use anti-seize on the hub and back side if rotor...............makes it easy to remove

@dirtyduck1947 Год назад

the car was built by holden over there and shipped to the states , holden also built the last elcaminos too

@jerrywilcox9890 Год назад

No it wasn't

@JohnWilson-ql8ks Год назад

so your 36 now wow you look great.. and a cool car. and you will love the new breaks, as 70% of your breaking power comes from the front breaks

@chappy5538 Год назад

Great look on the new brakes really enjoyed the episode can't wait for the next one

@siriustraining1774 Год назад

Excellent brake mod! Those 6-pistons & larger rotors will do wonders for decreased stopping distance! I hope you guys emptied the master reservoir, & filled with fresh fluid. I change the brake fluid in all my cars/trucks every 2 years. Easy peasy with a air pump tool on the reservoir cap!!

@TotallyHuckedGarage Год назад

HOLY CRAP! Lily is so big now! I love how much y’all have the kids involved in everything, love y’all’s channel!

@renoflames Год назад

Very good video. Thank You..

@petersleep8967 Год назад

Hi really good to see you working on the monaro again great episode thanks and hi from Tasmania Australia 😊

@shawnknight421 Год назад

Love your channel keep up the good work

@ZIGZAG252 Год назад

I'm very pleased you got back to some Roxie content. I had a feeling something wasn't right due to her not being around. Being a 2005 GTO owner since I bought mine new in 05 I enjoy your vids of work and riding so much. My car is at 622 rwhp and is a blast to drive. I'll never get rid of it. Thanks

@sargentthiccboi9333 Год назад

I’m probably going to pick one of these up. They are so beautiful

@AllPanicNoDiscoChannel Год назад

Love to see another Roxy episode. I'm surprised the rotors came off fairly easily. I changed the original rotors on my girlfriend's 100k mile GTO and it took a sledgehammer. Also I don't know if you've ever done it but polyurethane radius rod bushings are an easy job to do and make driving and stopping the car feel better. Easier to do than an oil change. I actually replaced all my girlfriend's suspension/control arm bushings, ball joints and tie rods, and her 120k mile GTO drives way better than my 60k mile GTO. Both on the same coilovers.

@jonahbones7901 Год назад

not a fan of that strut setup. firstly the rubber strut mount and strut bearing where well due maintenance @ 360000km but I would consider the failure to be the design of the spring hat and how it is loading what is a rubber isolator not a spring hat. google ve commodore front spring hat. Holden engineers where experts at building suspension for far rougher roads than Roxy would have encounter, so the oe style is worth staying with. :) D

@markgriffin4888 Год назад

Not much of AUSSIE made left on the car except for the body

@orbital1970goat Год назад

The GTO struts are fairly easy to work on. As recommended by Pedders - Justice Pete videos back in the day, you can leave the wheels on the car and use the car's weight to your advantage, unbolt the top of the struts, then jack up the car and remove the struts. Then after reinstalling the struts, drop back on tires and let the vehicle weight compress the struts. This also helps prevent the strut from spinning when you tighten the top. Good to see the old girl continuing to rack up the miles!

@robfox5892 Год назад

Roxy is one of my favorite cars on all the youtubes! I saw her in person at Cecil County Dragway during drag week in 2019. She brings all the awesome! Nice to see her get some love.

@tomcocci Год назад

Holding a phone,taking video and running a rachet takes skill and finesse😊 you go girl.

@johnmedici6655 Год назад

Roxy is a pretty awesome car for an 18 year girl to have for your first car! My first car was 56 Bel Air 😅

@_BYC Год назад

I love them GTO's. getting harder to find though.

@barrywood5357 Год назад

To make changes like that i applaud you would like to see some more flying videos and some more street runs keep em coming nice crack on

@kentuckybluegrassliving7718 Год назад

Love the GTO you’ve been a good caretaker never let her go ! Diff a prized collector! Love y’all’s channel!

@isaacpfeffervlog6958 Год назад

We love it when you work on Roxy... We have to do some work on Our GTO (We are the one from Sick week 2023 when we met you and Arron). Hope to see her running again on the track. Maybe you can enter her into Sick Week 2024.. We are hoping to have our 1988 Supercharged Fiero entered in 2024.

@glennsweet3295 Год назад

Emily, you have the most beautiful eyes in Texas

@braden5280 Год назад

You are only supposed to use poly strut mounts if you have coilovers! The spring rate doubles for coilovers compared to stock and its waaaaay to much for rubber/oem mounts, which is why they failed.

@scottpendlebury7785 Год назад

Yes mate. You are right about the GTO being built in Australia. They were a Holden Monaro in Australia. So nice to see an Ozzy build car on your channel. Cheers Guys.

@robert.brokaw3829 Год назад

Fix that beauty - see needs some love. Stay safe.

@scottraven1721 Год назад

Yep, they were branded down here as a Holden Pontiac. The engines were built in Melbourne, and the car itself built in Adelaide. The left hand drive midels were called SS Chevy, and many were sold to the middle east. They were LS engines, but built here.

@nbrowser Год назад

That throttle blip at the 2 minute mark and the blower whine...damn Emily Roxy be actin all sexy like...good to see her in the spotlight again!

@OOOGrey_Bush Год назад

Seeing Roxy get so much love really makes me jones to work on my GTO, they are even the same color!! Mine has been waiting for a new motor for a couple years now:( I can relate to this video a lot. Its great to see Roxy back on the road!

@entropy3604 Год назад

It's great that you've had Roxy that long. Some cars you just can't get rit of of no matter what happens in life. They can alway put a smile on your face every time you get behind the wheel. I've been the care taker of a 70 Cuda for over 50 years... Keep treating her right ♦

@MM_in_Havasu Год назад

You guys need to get a pressure bleeder, takes all the guesswork out when bleeding brakes! Love your replacement brakes made by Baer. Seat those brakes in well, always good to make your car stop just as well as it goes! Thanks for a good, relaxing and positive video! God bless you all.

@Biggspeed Год назад

The GTO is a Holden of Australia product underneath. GM/Pontiac had to make a lot of changes for the US market like door seals, heater mods etc. Those Rotors would be Australian because the car is Australian.

@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31 Год назад

Yes Australia. Did Collision repair on these cars in the USA. Holden is absolutely the best general motors car ever made. Extremely easy underline sheet metal construction. Far easier than any u.s. made general motors unibody.

@4Truth4All Год назад

Good stuff you two. I've got a serious case of car lift envy! As a former Pontiac owner (Tempest was my first car (4-door version of the GTO)) this installment was very satisfying to watch. Keep up the good work!

@theodoredugranrut8201 Год назад

I think many will agree M and Roxy are the perfect match. Maybe not brand new but beautiful and improved with time. Thanks Flying sparks. Central California watching

@Xpyburnt_ndz Год назад

Poor poor Roxy, sooo neglected....had to have an IV of power to her batt management system...sniff, sniff...LOL Love that car!!! 🥰

@johnlee8231 Год назад

Bigger brakes always a plus. And thank you for not using a fram filter. Glad to see her roadworthy again

@jeffwalker3768 Год назад

Glad to see Erin in better shape glad he's doing well

@ksokie63 Год назад

Hey Emily and Aaron🖐, Thanks for sharing the video. It was great to see ya'll out in the garage having fun. Have a great day tomorrow👋

@nathanshufelt6191 Год назад

Good to see Roxy getting a little needed love. I'm sure you will enjoy hoping back in the drivers seat and going for a spin. Looking forward to catching up with you in IOLA in a couple of weeks~! Take care and safe travels. See you then 👍

@earlbrown Год назад

An easier trick with your oil filters is to just jab a hole in the bottom with a bucket on the ground. Let it drain while you pop the main plug out. Then, when it's time to unscrew the filter, all the oil in there and the threaded neck had the chance to drain out.

@jddevinn Год назад

Mine failed the same way a couple years ago. I noticed not from suspension feel changes, but because the hood was starting to dent up.

@craigwarnke1715 Год назад

Oh good lord!! Finally some GTO content!

@cronson7 Год назад

when we getting an update on the 300zx? Just watched the barn find episode and hoping for more

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Aaron’s shoulders are finally ready for this kind of wrenching! We’re attacking the OBS with a bunch of Banks parts, next is the 300!!!!

@380.motorsports Год назад

How about bringing Roxy out for a little Sick Week 2024 action? It would be cool to see you get into the 10’s with her.

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Maybe soooooo!!!!

@geraldthompson2173 Год назад

Glad to see you pour the oil (710) from the container correctly!

@MidnightSmoke Год назад

I miss seeing Roxy. I now have more miles on my GTO than you have on Roxy. Here is a like and comment to help your channel grow and get you the recognition you deserve.

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Sure appreciate it GTO fam!!

@VWJawbreaker Год назад

So good to see Roxy get some love and hear her breathe once again.

@shanekennedy5243 Год назад

When you opened the doors I looked and said... That's a Monaro, then you said she was your first "lov" so glad that you are keeping your Aussie. They are a collectors item here in OZ

@thunderpants645 Год назад

Love yer vids. Excellent advice and a true Texas humility. Thank you. Don't ever change, please. I always look forward to watching Aaron and Emily's next project.

@davidcombs8458 Год назад

Every time there is a Roxy video, I start looking for a GTO around here. 😂

@Luisgarcia-uz5uk Год назад

Hi Emil, My dream car .. take care of her, I been watching your videos and always see it in that corner..it’s about time you gave her the she needs..LOVE IT!!!

@coloradoridgerunner791 Год назад

You said the GTO & the 280Z were your guys first cars did you buy them new or did they have a lot of miles on them when you purchased them.?

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Aaron bought Zen in 2000, he was 16! Made payments on $1,500, with around 75k on the odo! Roxy was almost new, bought her in November 2005 with 7k miles on it! It was 22,500 and SO MUCH MONEY TO US!! We boot strapped paying for her!! Whew. Crazy!

@josephlovell6951 Год назад

Don't feel intimated. You don't know till you know.. just keep digging in and do something with your hands. It's all about accomplishing something..

@stewiemalaburn8882 Год назад

Hi from Australia guys . And yes the washers go that way so you can see when that black rubber flogs out it will move up . Hope that explains it love the videos.

@atf01234 Год назад

The amount of vehicles in your property keeps growing it´s hillarious and awesome 😆

@N1RKW Год назад

What a car!!! I've always been a fan of Roxy GTO. She's an awesome beast.

@kimber1958 Год назад

Thank you for sharing great video good content you all do a great job

@morgansword Год назад

Next time when pulling rotors, take the outside brake pad out and use the caliper to push that rotor lose

@johnsherborne3245 Год назад

Thanks, that’s a neat trick.

@mikeybhoutex Год назад

Late, but... If you've not tossed those rotors/calipers... maybe make a lil' shrine diorama with them... I mean, how many first rotors/brakes does a car have from original? ...no wait. Bronze them! Like old school baby shoes. "Roxy's first brakes!" XD

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Oh I absolutely kept them!!!

@mikeybhoutex Год назад

@@flyingsparksgarage Right the heck on. Send 'em over to Bobby Duke Arts and see what he can do for ya maybe? I wanna say he's 'round the corner from ya.. What a collab that'd be! :D Or, y'know, don't. You guys are certainly capable of making somethin' yerselves I'm sure!

@BillB23 Год назад

Miss Lily appears to be a "Kid in training," lol. She's got the cuteness part down pat.

@johnccargill4665 Год назад

GTO of this era were based on the Holden Monaro of Australia hence the Australian brake rotors.

@sadiejustin Год назад

I just love watching people fawn over their cars. When they are special, it shows. It's fantastic. I have one that means so much more to me than it is worth on the free market. I wouldn't trade that '79 Malibu for all of the gold in Fort Knox. Great episode!

@316Autos Год назад

Love it, I miss my GTO. There's quite a few of them out this way, had a wicked sounding orange 06 revving at me over by buc-ees. Heck, if you've had Roxy on the road here recently, I might have seen her, I do recall seeing a bright red one not that long ago.

@markelliott6370 Год назад

Definitely from Australia 🇦🇺 Made just around the corner from me. Unfortunately they closed down

@dallascowboy23 Год назад

Allways love seeing the Monaro!

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

I ❤ my Monaro 🥰

@ShotByDale Год назад

If Roxy could talk, would she have an australian accent??

@chriscutajar3297 Год назад

Wow wat a car guys, now big big money in Aus.... i buy it if you ever want to sell... I Wish , i couldn't AFFORD it !!!! Keep that one sweetheart ...!!!!

@gordonwalker8003 Год назад

Well hello Emily and Aaron Reid .was to hope see you guys doing power tour of June 2023 . Vice grip garage is out, DD Speed Shop in from Canada, junkyard out on the power tour. Love the vedio of the NEW tree house 🎉

@richardturk7162 Год назад

Yep those were made by Holden in Australia. Those are really a Monaro model. Don't sell that ever. If the instructions say put the washer in this way there is a reason for it. I used to doubt instruction and thought they didn't make sense but I learned the hard way.

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

Never selling my Monaro ❤

@geriatricginger Год назад

I've always wanted a "GTO" like this. What do you use for clamping/lighting/tripod stuff for filming with your iPhones?

@TonyD5118 Год назад

The GTO and the Chevy Super Sport were produced in Australia by Holden.

@tr6scott Год назад

FYI Roxy power tour was 2021, TWO YEARS AGO!

@keithcrouch735 7 месяцев назад

Roxy (and all her sisters) were built by Holden. It's a GM subsid from Australia. Australian parts are perfectly normal.

@mikemaffeo7151 Год назад

What does Australia have to do with this car? Please explain!

@robertshatto2995 Год назад

Your car was built in Australia, along with the chevy SS....

@alancall5113 Год назад

I love the cup idea I always just punch a hole on the bottom of the filter. Let it drink keep it coming.

@jimcrowell5093 Год назад

Roxy is Foxy and I'll stop right there 😆 for my Canary mouth get chewed up. Aww y'all know the colloquialism

@scottcochran384 Год назад

I had a GTO but mine was a 1970 version... "Judge" lord I wish I still had it.. Derik from Vice Grip Garage will be mad at ya for not marking the filter with the Milage or Date.. Just sayin..

@turbotempest4095 Год назад

The 04-06 GTO's are based on the Holden Monaro. Holden is/was GM's Australian Division. (or one of) So it kind of seems plausible.

@trevoranderson2905 Год назад

Hi GUYS, Emily, it's a rule of thumb that you stick your tongue out to concentrate on the job. Have fun working on that Monaro. 😅😅😅😅

@Buses2Bikes Год назад

You should save those old rotors and make shop furniture out of them. Use them as lamp bases or camera bases or something. Maybe a base for a drill press?

@flyingsparksgarage Год назад

I absolutely kept them!!!

@krak-kingkrak3n943 Год назад

My first car was 76 280z. Loved that car.

@paulcooper3934 6 месяцев назад

I remember working security at GMH Fisherman's Bend Port Melbourne Victoria Australia using one of these to drive around the facility until it was sent to be crushed.

@Dumbass_mechanic Год назад

I surprised you didn't know, the whole car is from Australia. It's a Holden Monaro with a pontiac badge on it.

@bengone3349 Год назад

You may know the other trick for changing the oil filter. Punch a hole in the bottom, crack the filter lose a tiny bit.....drains and no spilling.

@quintlouis4697 Год назад

Chur bro"z, if you don't know,the whole car is Australian built but under the GM banner, and in your country they badge it as a Vauxhall, where as over here in New Zealand and Australia,it's badged under it's real name, Holden, look it up,chur chur, your biggest kiwi fan👌

@RowdyCM Год назад

Have you had any clearance issues with your wheels; I’m guessing 18’s? And how did the step by step bedding/break in procedure go?

@allamelrich7523 6 месяцев назад

Don't miss place the original brake calliper, trust me.

@codyster Год назад

Australia sold those cars known as a holdin and in Europe as a Vauxhall VXR. Yes useless information from watching the original Top gear episodes over n over lol Also, yes please never sell Roxy. She's a peach!!

@pidgeiam4979 Год назад

DeBoss Garage sent me here. Cool stuff you guys do 👍👍👍👍

@juanitolsx1133 Год назад

I currently have 4 pot brembo with bohman custom brackets for the front of Gto. I’m having trouble fitting my front wheel with lip. Did you get custom brackets to get your brake setup to clear spokes ? Or did they come with baer brakes already?