Boosted Falcon

Hey everyone,

I had a thread about my car at the start of the year but I think it deserves a fresh one in the showroom since its almost finished. The car is a 1999 AU Fairmont which I have fully converted into a GHIA, has everything except the VCT engine and the GHIA diff. I've put a brand new sunroof along with many exterior and interior mods. The engine has Pacemaker 4499s, 100cpsi cat and a 2.5" exhaust to the back. There are too many mods to list but ill let the pictures do the talking. Its pretty much done, the last thing that remains is the turbo kit for when my P plates expire!

This is the day i got the car:


a year into the build:



2 years into the build:




now at its final stage:

Looks good mate, is that sunroof factory?

Wait sorry stupid question, didnt read, or take any notice of the first picture lol, how much did that cost if you dont mind me asking?

should look neat with the kit done.
interior looks good too

really neat, would deffently love that interior and sunroof:)

The kit will really set it off when you get the front lip! I'm assuming your staying with no wing? I reckon it looks tops on S1 kits!

Antwon wrote:Wait sorry stupid question, didnt read, or take any notice of the first picture lol, how much did that cost if you dont mind me asking?

cost me exactly $2000 on the dot, did it at custom sunroofs(highly recommended) and its the hollandia 700, top of the range. its exactly like factory sunroofs in the AU series 2 and BA. the guy did a fantastic job, looks like a brand new car inside.


i appreciate all your comments guys, the car is coming along well and i couldn't be happier with it. i'm going to get a skirt made up for the front lip 67rce and yea i would never put a spoiler on this car :p i can't wait till the tickford kit is actually on! should be on in the next coming months i wanna get the tyres whitewalled too, see how i go with that though lol.

i did a mockup with the ticky kit + whitewalls on photoshop :p

i'd go without the walls

mmm probably won't even end up getting em :p but thats why mockups are good lol. the kit is all that matters really

Looks good! Yeh Id say go without the walls too.
The lip spoiler on the front bar reeeeally makes it look better IMO

apoc wrote:Looks good! Yeh Id say go without the walls too.
The lip spoiler on the front bar reeeeally makes it look better IMO

thanks, makes the car look really fat lol ever since i was a kid i loved the XR series 1 AUs. now its all coming together :p i'm probably going to get the whole car resprayed too, i want showroom finish !

Looking good boss, this cars at my house every week anyway haha

Intercepted_AU wrote:Looking good boss, this cars at my house every week anyway haha

the legendary driveway where most of our mods have occurred :p can't wait till the respray and kit pull through in the next few months !

hey guys, thought I might drop an update. this is my car pretty much finished, i'm really happy with this look will be there for the cruise for charity in victoria at the end of this month.

Those walls ended up looking great!

haha I know hey, really set off the car. I've wanted to do them for ages so yesterday i said screw it i'm getting em done i'm so wrapped with the result

I don't like many AU sedans, but this one is very nice. You've done a great job.

InfernalTyrant wrote:I don't like many AU sedans, but this one is very nice. You've done a great job.

thanks mate, they are really nice cars but its due to the impression of most of the ones I see on the road they are treated like shit so people think they are ugly etc. they need a good owner and good TLC + good taste and they will come up as a very nice car

i thought this photo came out really good so its another one for the archives

heres a pic of my car at the auto fair with boostedfalcon in calder park:


and as for mods, working on a cold air induction kit(xr6t snorkel + metal piping) at the moment and currently saving up to get some panels resprayed. don't think ill be getting a tickford kit, i'm happy with this clean look and i think ill be boosting the car next year if all goes to plan !

Love it mate! Classy as!!

pHaT`eL wrote:Love it mate! Classy as!!

thanks mate, still adding things so shes in best shape for c4c getting paint touched up is a costly nightmare though lol

quick snap from c4c

well its been a while since my last update. gone and facelifted my AU even more again haha. compressed rear ultra lows + kyb shortened shocks, 3 inch dual dump pipes, modified fairlane chrome bottom window seals

and the photoshoot i did:

Perfect!

i'm really happy with it now, i still wanna do more! i need a daily so i can do more to this thing !!

well its been a while since an update. got a respray on majority of the car recently and bonnet bulge grafted on my bonnet. here's how it came out, tell me what you guys think. i'm really happy with it at the moment !






cheers

oh and i just realised i've never put any interior shots up, here goes:

Not normally a fan of bulges on other cars, but I think it actually suits this car. Looks mint mate, just need that Ticky kit on it

DJV8T5 wrote:Not normally a fan of bulges on other cars, but I think it actually suits this car. Looks mint mate, just need that Ticky kit on it

cheers mate! i'm still contemplating whether i want to chuck on a kit or not i'm pretty happy with the looks now. i'm also uncertain whether i would go series 1 or series 2 ticky kit. thoughts ?

This looks pretty great for an AU!

How much was your sunroof installed for? And done any performance mods?

TechXR wrote:This looks pretty great for an AU!

How much was your sunroof installed for? And done any performance mods?

thanks bud, well i put in a brand new unit, hollandia 700 which was $2000 supplied and fitted at sunroof centre in Maribyrnong.

performance wise i've got an xr6t snorkel, pod filter inside the box and just a redback 2.5" straight pipe exhaust. my intentions were to bolt on a turbo in the next month or so and run safe boost and slowly upgrade the internals as i go. i'm just wondering how much power at the rears my car would have on a safe boost. few things i've been thinking about

cheers

fearmont shot :

** Update **

I need some opinions, should i put a series 1 tickford kit on this car? tell me what you think!

my tyres on the rear might need to be swapped soon, i've got 245's at the moment. i'm wondering if i get thinner tyres would that make it seem as though the rim will tuck a little bit more and make the car look lower? I'm also planning to get rear airbags for this car soon, all in good time though

cheers.

hey fellas. Its been a long time since my last update. There has been some more major mods to the car to finish her off before the engine gets an overhaul. heres how she sits now with a new tickford series 1 kit enjoy

looks mint mate.
series 1 kit makes it look awesome.
nice colour nice wheels looks the goods.
nice work.
cheers
Daniel.

dannysebxr6 wrote:looks mint mate.
series 1 kit makes it look awesome.
nice colour nice wheels looks the goods.
nice work.
cheers
Daniel.

cheers bud !

looks alright for an AU i guess

whats the deal with the pillar gauges? is that to keep an eye on your volts,water temp and oil pressure?

Looks good, but i'd loose the wank gauges


It's actually "fresh" to see a nice Au, espesically one deviod of BA/T3 bodykits....