Chevrolet Lumina
Parts in Dubai
& the UAE

The VE Commodore was the first Commodore designed and developed entirely by Holden in Australia rather than adapted from an Opel platform, and it was badge-engineered for export as the Chevrolet Lumina for the Middle East, the Chevrolet Omega in Brazil and the Pontiac G8 in North America. Production ran at Elizabeth in South Australia from July 2006 to 2013.

Holden built the car with export in mind. The handbrake sits flush in a symmetrical centre console specifically so the interior could be converted to left-hand drive without redesign, which is the reason the Gulf cars feel factory rather than converted. It also means many interior parts cross between right-hand and left-hand drive builds, while pedal boxes, steering and dash-mounted assemblies do not.

The Lumina badge has been used in the Gulf across more than one Commodore generation, so the year alone is not enough to identify a part. The VIN is, and it is the first thing we ask for.

The VE looks like one car and is really three specifications. The 2009 model-year update replaced the 3.6 litre Alloytec V6 with direct-injection engines of 3.0 and 3.6 litres and moved them to six-speed automatics. The same update revised the rear suspension, adding a ball joint and a thicker rear anti-roll bar, so rear arms and links split across that line.

Body style matters as much as engine. The Sportwagon shares the sedan wheelbase but runs stiffer springs, a modified anti-roll bar and an extra rear ball joint to carry the load. The Ute uses the long wheelbase of the Caprice instead of the sedan's. Two Luminas of the same year can therefore take different rear suspension parts.

We hold ACDelco and GM Genuine Parts for the Lumina at Ras Al Khor: brake pads and rotors, front control arms and bushes, rear suspension links, engine and cabin filters, oil filters, spark plugs and ignition components. Brakes, suspension and service items are the families we carry in depth for this car. Larger engine and cooling assemblies we supply by request against your VIN rather than claim off the shelf.

The VE runs a double-pivot MacPherson strut front end and a four-link independent rear. It is a well-sorted chassis, and the price of that is more individual bushes and links than a simpler car has, each with its own number. Front lower arm bushes and rear link bushes are the parts Gulf Luminas come back for most, along with cooling components after a few summers.

SS and SV6 cars left the factory on the firmer FE2 tune, and later V-Series Redline cars on FE3 with Brembo front brakes. Springs, dampers and front brake parts change with those packages. Tell us the variant, or send the VIN and we read it.

Because the VE was exported under several badges, catalogues list its parts in several places. The Pontiac G8 is the same platform, and around 1,500 late Australian cars were even built with G8 front-end panels, which is exactly the kind of detail that produces a wrong order. Being the same platform does not make two listings the same part.

The long-wheelbase Caprice is a relative, not a twin. It shares the front windscreen and front doors with the shorter car and almost nothing else in the body, and it carries different rear geometry. Ordering Lumina body parts for a Caprice, or the reverse, is the most common mistake we see on these cars.

Your VIN is 17 characters, readable at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side or on the compliance plate in the driver's door opening. On this generation the build plate moved to the passenger-side strut tower in the engine bay. Australian-built cars in this family carry a VIN beginning with 6G. Send the number and a photo of the old part and we confirm the match before you travel.

Our counter and warehouse are at Warehouse #1, KAW Warehouse, Ras Al Khor Industrial Area 2, Dubai, open Saturday to Thursday from 8:00 to 18:00 and closed Friday. Dubai is the walk-in branch. Parts held in stock dispatch the same day across Dubai and next day to the other six emirates.

Workshops running a Lumina on a lift should send the VIN with the job rather than the model year. It is a two-minute check on our side and it is the difference between one trip and two. Production of this generation ended in 2013, so wear items are normal supply while some body panels and trim need a lead time. We say which before you commit.

Holden built the Lumina VE in South Australia, so its service parts carry Australian catalogue codes rather than the US-format numbers a North American ACDelco guide lists. That is why the table below reads AC088 and ACDR2026 instead of a PF- or 18A- number, and it is the first thing to say to a supplier who cannot find the part you are describing. The table is a fitment reference, not a stock or price list. Several rows are shared with the Caprice WM/WN, because a 6.0 L77 in a Lumina is the same engine as a 6.0 L77 in a Caprice, and the engine decides the part.

The Lumina VE spans three V6 engine codes and one V8 family. The 3.6 LY7 Alloytec ran in Series I cars until MY09.5. The 3.6 LLT SIDI and 3.0 LFW replaced it from September 2009. The 6.0 V8 ran as L98 in Series I, then L76 and L77 from MY09.5. The LS3 6.2 never appeared in the Lumina; that engine belongs to the WN Series II Caprice only. Spark plugs split on the LY7/LLT line. Front rotor diameter splits on the V6/V8 line: 298 mm for V6 cars, 321 mm for V8 cars.

The rear brake pad in this table is DB1766. This is an Australian aftermarket interchange number, not a confirmed ACDelco OEM code. Its sources are aftermarket brand catalogues; ACDelco's own rear pad code for this application was not confirmed. Use DB1766 as a reference where your local supplier carries it, and send the VIN to us to confirm what we hold. Open gaps: Brembo pad and rotor numbers for HSV SS/SV6 FE3 and Redline variants; and the 3.0 LFW water pump specifically (the V6 water pump listed here is confirmed for the 3.6 LY7/LLT; the LFW 3.0 shares the same HFV6 cooling architecture but was not confirmed at engine-code level during sourcing).

The PF457G oil filter is widely cited on Australian forums for this car. It fits the 2.2 and 2.4 Ecotec four-cylinder, not the 3.6 HFV6 V6 or any LS-family V8. The V6 Lumina needs PF2129G; the V8 needs PF48E. Send the VIN and we confirm from the shelf.