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MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 8:52 pm
by rjcols
Picked up my new baby about a month ago for $20,000, only 112,000 on the clock, 5 speed manual, APS 3" stainless Steel Exhaust System, APS Intercooler, APS CAI system and APS High Capacity Injectors, Ba XR8 18" Wheels and King Spring Lows. I put mesh grilles on it to hide the intercooler and added chrome pin stripe on the front and rear bar, removed the spoiler and tinted the tail lights, sprayed the calipers red and the rotors silver to remove the rust.

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Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 8:55 pm
by Sunboost
Nice. Another Mooroolbarkian.

Did you do much research before you picked it up bud? $20k is a little steep for a 5 speed BA with over 100km.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 8:58 pm
by rjcols
i got it with a 5 year warranty and it covers everything so im still happy with the purchase

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 8:58 pm
by [Sterling]
Judging he's a P plater, No. looks good get BF tailights asap

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 9:03 pm
by Sunboost
rjcols wrote:i got it with a 5 year warranty and it covers everything so im still happy with the purchase

If it covers everything, I'd be thrashing the guts out of it. The clutch and box won't be like whatever power the APS shit's putting out - btw, how much power is it putting out? Engine bay pics?

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 9:06 pm
by rjcols
i dunno how much power it's putting out, i wanna get it tuned soon so i'll find out then, just strapped for cash atm

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 9:09 pm
by Sunboost
It's got half decent mods. If all the gear was in a BF2 or F6 it'd put down some good figures. My guess with a T5 and early BA motor it's been tuned very modestly. You should try contacting a previous owner for more info. How long till you're off your P's?

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 9:15 pm
by rjcols
the previous owner was from tassie and i picked it up from a car yard. 8 months till im off my P's. im not gonna do anything to the car until im off my P's just so its no so red hot

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 14th, 2011, 11:00 pm
by Parfrey
Looks nice and clean :)
I'd leave the taillights stock so you dont create more unwanted attention too.

20g's is a fair bit for a 5sp, I'd consider selling mine for that if i could think of anything decent to replace it with!

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 16th, 2011, 5:35 pm
by nstg8a
20k for a ba turbo manual from a dealer is pretty normal up here.

i like it, looks tough.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 16th, 2011, 6:16 pm
by NUT347
Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway :)

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 17th, 2011, 6:17 pm
by rjcols
NUT347 wrote:Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway :)


cheers for the comment, i got a 5 year warranty on the car that covers pretty much everything so thats why it cos a bit more

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 17th, 2011, 6:26 pm
by 67rce
rjcols wrote:
NUT347 wrote:Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway :)


cheers for the comment, i got a 5 year warranty on the car that covers pretty much everything so thats why it cos a bit more

:rotfl: :rotfl: Hate to say this to you mate, but that warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on!

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 18th, 2011, 2:43 pm
by Kenaz
Looks good, but I'd also suggest leaving the stock un-tinted tail lights in it to avoid unwanted attention.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 6:13 am
by Mr_4.0
I payed 23k for mine with a 4 speed auto lol

MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 8:10 am
by Ech0_
Great looking car and very nice for p's but I'm with everyone else with the fact u need to un tint your lights. If the bacon pull you over for the lights (which they will) they'll do a look through on the car and under your bonnet ain't exactly subtle. Even someone who knows nothing about cars will see the turbo plastics and you'll get done for sure.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 1:50 pm
by iCER
i paid 13k for my 2004 BA XR6T with 300rwkw ;( but had 120,000km and stock auto.


mind you the only modification the car has since purchase of the car is the 3.5" cat back. Well not even cat back as i replaced the cat too.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 2:15 pm
by Dansedgli
$13k woulda been a Pretty decent bargain back then.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 6:53 pm
by iCER
sure was!

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 8:13 pm
by rjcols
im taking everyones advice and changing the lights back to stock

MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 9:36 pm
by Ech0_
Good idea. Just until your off your p's at least.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 19th, 2011, 10:05 pm
by iCER
i got some stock BA lights in as new condition if you want em. 70$ +10$ post and they are yours for both. pm me if interested

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 20th, 2011, 3:06 pm
by rjcols
yeah im keen, just gotta get some cash together, hopefully my ef diff sells today and ill pm you.
cheers

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 20th, 2011, 4:02 pm
by kocho
looks nice boot lip spoiler and quad exhausts FTW

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: April 20th, 2011, 7:23 pm
by rjcols
kocho wrote:looks nice boot lip spoiler and quad exhausts FTW


yeah i plan on gettin a boot lip in the near future

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 6:31 pm
by rjcols
I'm buying king spring super lows and i wanna compress the rear 1.5" and the front 1"
any suggestions on whether that will be too low or will i scrape heaps?

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 6:38 pm
by Michael (HYPOEB)
Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 6:59 pm
by rjcols
Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.


you can only get ultras in the front for ba's and supers in the rear

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 7:08 pm
by Michael (HYPOEB)
rjcols wrote:
Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.


you can only get ultras in the front for ba's and supers in the rear



Not real sure where you got that info from.

Heres a BA with SSL's in the rear and SL's in the front


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Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 7:41 pm
by rjcols
i got the info off the king spring catalogue

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 7:46 pm
by Michael (HYPOEB)
Send Private9 a pm and ill sure he'll be able to help you out with some Ultras for the rear ;)

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 7:50 pm
by Dansedgli
They are SSL's but the king catalogue says they are superlows for a BA.

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 7:50 pm
by rjcols
cheers for the info

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 6:38 pm
by rjcols
i picked up some springs today off ILLF8D for $150, front KFFL-57SL and rear KFRL-68SSL, the fronts are still in the plastic wrap and the rears were used for 4000kms so im pretty stoked about that, i wanna compress the fronts 1" and if the rears aren't too low 1.5"

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Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 23rd, 2011, 10:51 am
by rjcols
Scored some new Autometer Gauges off Ebay the other day now i just need to pick up the FPV gauge pod and connect it all up! :D
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Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: May 31st, 2011, 11:15 pm
by SLO4LT
Looked pretty good the other night i saw it mate :good:

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: June 1st, 2011, 12:05 am
by shane-ed
Pretty keen on putting gauges in mine. let me know how hard they re to wire up. Your car looks shmicko btw

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: June 6th, 2011, 10:29 am
by rjcols
DaMo-RyDNLo wrote:Looked pretty good the other night i saw it mate :good:

Cheers mate, ur car was pretty pimpin too bud!

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: June 6th, 2011, 10:35 am
by rjcols
shane-ed wrote:Pretty keen on putting gauges in mine. let me know how hard they re to wire up. Your car looks shmicko btw

Yeah now worries mate, i'll post up as soon as they're done. Cheers for the comment!

Re: MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

PostPosted: June 22nd, 2011, 7:43 pm
by rjcols
some new pics up with the new springs and new shockers in! i'm loving it!
cars a bit dirty but this poo weather isn't helping!
enjoy...

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