Boosted Falcon

Hey guys,
thought id introduce myself, 19, and recently bought my first falcon, a 96 ef futura.... Pretty stocka atm, just cam with 16' ROH wheels, which are ok as starters, better than stockies . Anyway plan to upgrade to catback exhaust, superlows all round,either 17's or 18s, and who knows what else.. car is in really good nick for its age so look forward to sexing it up
Im pretty much ready for my first mod.. ive got about 400 bucks to spend, what would you guys do, catback or springs first?

cheers

nath

springs

Nice pic. I like those rims, too bad they're not bigger. I'd go springs but for that money you won't be getting matching dampers or labour, so are you doing em yourself?

Bipolar wrote:Nice pic. I like those rims, too bad they're not bigger. I'd go springs but for that money you won't be getting matching dampers or labour, so are you doing em yourself?

cheers mate...yeah spewing the rims arent the 17 inch version, they are tough... you sure 400 wont get me labour? i mean a set of superlows wouldnt cost more than 250 right?

You kent! You stole my car!

Springs + shocks to suit will be well over $400 + labour.

Give yourself about 250 for springs, and another 250 -350 for suitable shortened shocks for the front end. rears will be ~ $100 or so each.

Its pretty easy to change the springs and shocks too, so you can save a fair wad of cash doing it yourself.

krisisdog wrote:You kent! You stole my car!

Springs + shocks to suit will be well over $400 + labour.

Give yourself about 250 for springs, and another 250 -350 for suitable shortened shocks for the front end. rears will be ~ $100 or so each.

Its pretty easy to change the springs and shocks too, so you can save a fair wad of cash doing it yourself.

ahah hey mate.. well i wish i had ur mods lol...

will just springs for now be that bad?

I have superlows all round on std shocks, its okay.
Is it a slotbox or 5spd?

I wouldn't consider any vehicle with ill matching springs and dampers safe - you need the bump and rebound dampening to match the different rate of travel in the spring. In saying that, I know not all of the members on here have always put both in at the same time. You can do it, but I'd advise against it.

Nah unfortunately its a 4spd...
just wanna get it lowered.. but dont want ride quality to turn to crap..

Bipolar wrote:I wouldn't consider any vehicle with ill matching springs and dampers safe - you need the bump and rebound dampening to match the different rate of travel in the spring. In saying that, I know not all of the members on here have always put both in at the same time. You can do it, but I'd advise against it.

Well mine have been that way for quite a few months now, while its not desirable, it is acceptable. My car handles better now than before.

Nath00 wrote:Nah unfortunately its a 4spd...
just wanna get it lowered.. but dont want ride quality to turn to crap..

Just throw the springs in, as well as a 2nd hand catback ($100 give or take) then save up for shocks later on. It'll look better and sound better. And be in the budget.

cheers mate, thats a fairly good idea..

let you know how i go and post up pics if i end up doing it.

Well its been awile but ive finally got my act togeter recently and started doing a few things to my car...lowered on superlows(although back needs further dumpage) and just today got myself some cheap cheap 18s..only got three at the moment so if anyone knows someone who can get me onto one more that would be awesome.Ive heard of a place that appareantly sources spares and such so ill be heading there soon. anyways heres some pics.







cheers
nath

hey nath, mint car! love those wheels, dunno about using 3 though, how does that go?
you should tint your side repeaters like i did

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4517&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=40

i done it in mine there is a small bit on it in that link,

but yeah great looking car!

Cheers mate, the three seems alright at the moment.. ive just got one 16 on there with the 225/50/R16 tyre so its not too bad.. but depending on how long it takes me to find a 4th i might grab a few stockies for the back.

Any suggestions for further mods?


cheers

id go with 2.5 inch catback, extractors, K&N filter and bigger snorkel to airbox would give it al little more poke,, shift kit maybe?... or ya could just forget all that and turbo it

Shift kit was mentioned. That's a great (and stupidly cheap) mod to do if you can solder a little bit.

Have a look at this -> http://www.fordmods.com/forums/shift-ki ... t2378.html

hey guys, jsut a little update, got my car dumped further in the back....looking heaps better now. On the lookout for some black stockies for the back before I get my full set of 18s.

cheers

Haha yeahh black stockies are where its at tires are cheap for em and with a lil bit of tireshine on em they can look decent haha