Boosted Falcon

picked this up tonight swapped it for my XG ute pretty good swap i think

its a 1993 ford ED XR6 its auto and completely standard and goes very well. Its had a slight tap in the front so once i pay rego i will get another bonnet and get the grill repaired and have them sprayed, i will also be putting my hot wires on for abit as it has bald tyres but once the front end is fixed i will get new tyres and refit the factory wheels.

plans: another bonnet and get grill repaired, maybe colour code the grey strips around the car im not really sure on that just yet opinions?

only daylight pic i got:


the rest





will post more after a wash and maybe some with the hot wires on depends how it looks wont be for long though.

Good stuff man! Looks like a good base for mods.

ed40 wrote:Good stuff man! Looks like a good base for mods.

thanks mate.

more pics has hot wires on it now once regos paid ill grab some new tyres and put the standard wheels back on. Also i may be able to get a bonnet the same colour.

pics.

Hey mate nice XR, I think she looks pretty mean on the hotwires!
How many kms does it have?? A new bumper and bonnet should makeher come up really nice, good luck with it.
Thanks

92EBFAIRMONT wrote:Hey mate nice XR, I think she looks pretty mean on the hotwires!
How many kms does it have?? A new bumper and bonnet should makeher come up really nice, good luck with it.
Thanks

thanks mate it looks ok on hotwires the original alloys will be going back on.
it has about 360,xxx but i suspect its had some work in the past, possibly a top end reco.
i am picking up another bonnet tomorrow the same colour it will look alot better.

update while im typing as above picking up another bonnet tomorrow same colour as the car bit faded but it should buff up ok.

also today i washed the xr and i kinda wish i didnt i found rust and a fair bit, drivers sill isnt to bad and drivers rear wheel arch (i already new about this), inside the drivers side door jam, passenger side sill is quite bad, some on the inside of the passenger side door thats all i have found at the moment. Later on i think i will try pick up another shell and swap all the XR stuff over.

5sp ef wrote:thanks mate it looks ok on hotwires the original alloys will be going back on.
it has about 360,xxx but i suspect its had some work in the past, possibly a top end reco.
i am picking up another bonnet tomorrow the same colour it will look alot better.

update while im typing as above picking up another bonnet tomorrow same colour as the car bit faded but it should buff up ok.

also today i washed the xr and i kinda wish i didnt i found rust and a fair bit, drivers sill isnt to bad and drivers rear wheel arch (i already new about this), inside the drivers side door jam, passenger side sill is quite bad, some on the inside of the passenger side door thats all i have found at the moment. Later on i think i will try pick up another shell and swap all the XR stuff over.

Wow she's been around the block a few times! And damn thats suck s about the rust mate, theres a bit on the 4Runner that we have to deal with sooner than later and it's no fun
Ah well good luck with your rust problem

92EBFAIRMONT wrote:

5sp ef wrote:thanks mate it looks ok on hotwires the original alloys will be going back on.
it has about 360,xxx but i suspect its had some work in the past, possibly a top end reco.
i am picking up another bonnet tomorrow the same colour it will look alot better.

update while im typing as above picking up another bonnet tomorrow same colour as the car bit faded but it should buff up ok.

also today i washed the xr and i kinda wish i didnt i found rust and a fair bit, drivers sill isnt to bad and drivers rear wheel arch (i already new about this), inside the drivers side door jam, passenger side sill is quite bad, some on the inside of the passenger side door thats all i have found at the moment. Later on i think i will try pick up another shell and swap all the XR stuff over.

Wow she's been around the block a few times! And damn thats suck s about the rust mate, theres a bit on the 4Runner that we have to deal with sooner than later and it's no fun
Ah well good luck with your rust problem

ill get there in the end i found some more today around the fuel flap not to bad tho, i think i will have to get stuck into it at some stage before i end up with rust holes the size of bowling balls

so a non beaten up bonnet and a polish leaves me with this.

LeMans red is the best colour for cut 'n 'polish jobs, comes up sweet.

oneredED wrote:LeMans red is the best colour for cut 'n 'polish jobs, comes up sweet.

ah lemans red i was under the impression it was monza. least now i know, thanks mate.

so its been a little while few weeks ago i decided to start body work for a respray, i had no idea what i was going to do my thoughts were colour change, leave it red or 2 tone i went into my local paint supplier a week ago to get primer etc and he showed me a few colours and found one i liked so i grabbed it, its called moody blue mica.

pics.

spray guns

thinners

primer, clear, wax and grease remover

colour


and a couple of the car




still a fair bit of work i am also going to be fitting el door handles and fuel flap. I have also picked up some parts sports exhaust (temporary my exhaust is shit), extractors, springs (free, cut and insanely low) cylinder head (free i will be sending the cam off for a regrind).

so once the respray is done its going to be fitted with some 4.11 diff gears and after that a stally and then some new wheels.

Jumping right in lol.
Are you painting it in a shed or just the carport? Have you painted before (the guns look new?)

good stuff, no better way to learn

just don't be put off when its not real glossy after its sprayed. should look mint once its done and buffed up

good stuff,you rubbing it back with 800?

nice progress, keep it up

that blue looks nice.. should come up mint

mint!

you doing the engine bay, and radiator support at the same time?

SNR wrote:Jumping right in lol.
Are you painting it in a shed or just the carport? Have you painted before (the guns look new?)

yea i studied panel beating at college a few years back i had a spray gun given to me but my old man chucked it out, i will be roping up tarps in the car port to make a small spray booth.

EFFalcon wrote:good stuff, no better way to learn

just don't be put off when its not real glossy after its sprayed. should look mint once its done and buffed up

i agree its been a good learning experience so far.

travs ea-xr6 wrote:good stuff,you rubbing it back with 800?

using 80 gritt then 320 to smooth it out with a orbital sander its coming up well.

sexyr6 wrote:nice progress, keep it up

thanks mate, just going to take my time so i get it right.

freerider wrote:that blue looks nice.. should come up mint

cheers mate, hope so i also have a set of snow flakes to put on it.

xrghiawagon wrote:mint!

you doing the engine bay, and radiator support at the same time?

yea ill be painting all that black.

aha, ok then...

also, i love the blue.. i want it now

update i tried out the spray gun today the suction? feed i am using for primer and using the gravity feed for colour and clear. at first i had it abit to thick but i thinned it abit and it came out pretty good. i have also picked up a set of (5) snow flakes for it it should look good once its sprayed and lowerd (pick up springs tomorrow)




didnt do to the egde of the bonnet it will be painted off the car also left the 2 bits on the rear 1/4 panel as i still have to finish some repairs it was more of a try out (havent used a spray gun in a while) think i did ok

can someone please move this to in the build?

xrghiawagon wrote:aha, ok then...

also, i love the blue.. i want it now

haha was my reaction when the bloke at the paint shop popped the lid and gave it a stir

update its all in primer now got a new front bar some side skirts off an au forte and also lowerd it.

pic of it all primed with new bumper and a side skirt being tried on i picked them up this morning, side skirts fit nicely (rear isnt lowerd in this pic i did that this afternoon).


and with the rear lowerd




^ side skirt is only sitting on in the pics with 2 clips on the bottom holding it on.
old springs vs new

Since you are changing the colour, are you painting all the door jambs/engine bay/radiator support etc?

SNR wrote:Since you are changing the colour, are you painting all the door jambs/engine bay/radiator support etc?

yep sure am, will paint door jams first then do the outside.

finally have some colour down i have all the doors off at the moment and the boot i will spray inside the doors and boot and door jams etc then re hang all the panels then paint the outside. engine bay is going black in a heat proof paint.


before clear

after

Looks great - lots of orange peel there though, although it's not somewhere you really look at so not an issue.

SNR wrote:Looks great - lots of orange peel there though, although it's not somewhere you really look at so not an issue.

rest of the door seems ok just that one section. may not of got it properly with the wax and grease remover.

alot of work painting car's, keep at it. nice colour, will be good to see it on a big panel.

justa6 wrote:alot of work painting car's, keep at it. nice colour, will be good to see it on a big panel.

yea your not wrong there altho i actually dont mind it i find it abit more enjoyable then the mechanical side of things, hopefully wont be to much longer hoping to have it all painted in the next week or 2 really depends on weather.

hopefully painting it over the weekend (depends if this rain fucks off)

updates firstly the compressor shit itself and someone damaged my bonnet wich is now fixed everything is ready for primer/paint but the weather is crap here at the moment so when some nice weather comes i will be hiring a large compressor to get the job done. i also purchased a daily driver for $1,000 with 4 months rego its a 1985 XF sedan 6 seater colloum auto 137,000k's the guy i got it off said the motor was rebuilt at H&M performance 5,000k's ago, its also lowerd, tinted windows and a cd player wich the buttons barely work on

some photos of the XR6


into the shed waiting for a few non cold rainy days



the XF

on snowflakes my hotwires rubbed badly on the front even after i rolled the gaurds
on the hotwires





im hoping next week the weather is good because i am working for a month just after easter wich will mean the car wont be sprayed untill after that. its not much of a problem just a pain, i have the money put away ready to go and pick up a compressor when the weather comes good.

I had an XF in the same colour as that once.

It was good at skids.

well tonight just wasnt my night i wish i could of stayed at home. coming home from town i got distracted for a second looked infront of me to see the car in front stopping wet road + no abs = bang i rear ended a late model mazda 4wd noone was hurt or i would feel even worse. I only cracked her rear bumper and chipped some paint off it the XF basically went under it it needs a bonnet, grill, head lights and right gaurd. she was ok about it we exchanged details i went to leave flat battery cops ended up stopping saying they had a few calls about the car being in a bad spot i just explained what happend they were cool about it and helped me move it off the road. before i can do anything i have to pay her excess for her insurcance then fix the XF then get back into the XR6.


after we pulled the bonnet forward to get it open

ive been in that situation, sucks. At least it didnt happen in your ED though.