My BF XR8 - for sale!

by **jazza312** » January 1st, 2012, 11:34 pm

g'day guys and girls. just thought i'd show off my bf xr8... i think i do have a thread else where but it's a bit of a mess coz it has my other cars in it.
any who, i plan on getting rid of them and just keeping this.

i have had this for a year now (time flies!) i've had a few problems with it but now i plan on spending a few bucks to getting it to where i want it.

the xr has the luxury pack so it has premium sound and dual zone climate control along with leather trim seats and 18" wheels.
current mods are just 3 inch exhaust and momo woodgrain steering wheel.

only other things that are planned are lowering on ultra kings, 19" gt 335 wheels, fairmont ghia rear garnish and de-spoiled or a boot lip spoiler. a cold air intake would be nice too.
I'd ultimately love a bf2 ghia front end as well...

anyway, here are some pics. not much to look at the moment, just a plain old bf xr...

anyway, hope you like.

p.s, if anyone could photo shop my car to king ultra low height with the gt 335 wheels on them, i'd be a very happy man

cheers - Jarrod

by **nstg8a** » January 1st, 2012, 11:40 pm

bf2 ghia front would be awesome...

by **dannysebxr6** » January 1st, 2012, 11:43 pm

nice one man.
wasnt this for sale a while back?
but yeah good colour, any mods coming?
cheers
daniel

by **jazza312** » January 1st, 2012, 11:49 pm

yeah, it was for sale but haven't had any bites.
in the very near future it will be lowered and on fg 335 19's.

other things will come in time.

i would absolutely love it to be a ghia mock. lol the way a ghia should of been made, with a boss 360,,,

by **jazza312** » January 23rd, 2012, 7:07 pm

got a set of these in the mail the other day...

i ended up getting 20's because i let my brother convince me that 19's just aren't big enough for the bf shape.
it was always gunna be these wheels or the fg gs wheels. the only rims i really tend to like are ford rims. a lot of other affordable wheels seem cheap and tacky and always seem to be chrome or black, both im not a fan of. lol i use the old keep it simple stupid approach.

also in the mail i received some king ultra low rears and super low fronts. ebay is a good thing some times...

within a week or 2 i plan on having it all put together. the tyres im getting are gunna be 225 35 zr20.
i'll get some photos when its all done, i hope it looks as good as it does in my mind.

cheers.

by **falcon4life** » January 23rd, 2012, 8:55 pm

225 seems a bit skinny yeah? Or is that to keep this legal?

by **jazza312** » January 23rd, 2012, 10:35 pm

Yeah, it is fairly skinny and the tyre will have to be stretched a bit to go on the rim...
But from wat I understand to get 245s on the front I need 30 profile tyre and I dont think that's enough...
So this way the rim will stick out a bit so I have to be careful of curbs, but i'd rather that than buckle them.

by **falcon4life** » January 24th, 2012, 6:30 am

Shoulda gone 19s wider fronts phat rears and still legal, your gunna have fun with traction control in it with those tyres haha my standard bf 6 likes to munch the 225s on it now hahaha

by **jazza312** » January 24th, 2012, 8:07 am

Lol yeah, they definitely aren't very wide tyres... I'm pretty sure I could go wider on the rear but might look a bit shite compared to the front... I'll see how it goes and if I munch the first set in no time i'll look into wider rears.

by **[Sterling]** » January 24th, 2012, 8:39 am

Fat rears are a must for B-Series. It's gonna look silly on 225's.

by **justa6** » January 24th, 2012, 11:52 am

Nice car. Fat on the back skinny on the front FTW

by **EFFalcon** » January 24th, 2012, 11:54 am

theres only 5mm sidewall difference between 245/30 and 225/35
245/30 certainly looks better.

by **falcon4life** » January 24th, 2012, 9:49 pm

But that alters the rolling diameter 10mm and how different is it currently from.standard rolling diameter, if you go too far it messes with abs and tc ect plus all the legalitys

by **DJV8T5** » January 24th, 2012, 11:58 pm

The tyre profile works a 225(mm across)/30(% of width)/r19(rim size).

Should look pretty sweet with the new wheels on it, and some height taken out.

by **jazza312** » January 26th, 2012, 1:34 pm

righteo tyre guru's. now im stumped. What size tyre should i get?
what size tyre do the people running 20's have?

by **falcon4life** » January 26th, 2012, 2:16 pm

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalcul ... &reset=yes

work it out try 245/30r20 compared to stock tyre sizes i think you can legally go 10 mm smaller rollling diameter and 16mm larger rolling diameter??? in qld anyways

by **jazza312** » January 26th, 2012, 3:03 pm

thanks for that mate... 245/30r20 is only 1mm difference to stock diameter which is what i'm after i guess.

only thing is im concerned about the amount of side wall i'll have, or lack of. i'm a bit nervous that if i get that size tire i'm going to buckle the rims...

by **falcon4life** » January 26th, 2012, 4:02 pm

risk of geting 20's on a falcon sorry

if you had 19,s you can go 275/30r19 on rears

by **nstg8a** » January 26th, 2012, 4:16 pm

what sort of economy do these big girls get?

by **jazza312** » January 26th, 2012, 6:33 pm

nstg8a wrote:what sort of economy do these big girls get?

not too bad on the highway at 110, gets ~9L/100km, then around town about 14L/100km, that's with the 6 speed auto. it all depends on how you drive tho. i often find my trip computer averaging up to 19L/100km...

if you buy a v8 tho, the last thing you probably want is fuel economy...

by **jazza312** » January 27th, 2012, 2:38 pm

took this photo to try and show the difference in colour when in the sun compared to shade.

it doesn't quite show it as well as i'd hoped but in the sun the colour looks very grey, sort of a slightly lighter ego.

anyway, it's a tricky colour, a lot of people love it, some people don't. lol i'm not the biggest fan of it but its ok.

by **hamoudy10** » January 27th, 2012, 2:49 pm

gonna look immaculate on the 20s! how much you thinking of lowering it?

by **jazza312** » January 27th, 2012, 3:30 pm

i have king ultras for the rear and supers for the front. i'll hopefully have them in on the weekend, then wheels on next week.

cheers

by **jazza312** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:27 pm

i'm pretty chuffed

hasn't settled in 100% and the pics aren't on level ground but you get the general idea...

by **get_an_ea_today** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:30 pm

That is awesome man. Its made the car stand out soooo much more. I'd love the same set for my fairlane.

by **jazza312** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:36 pm

cheers mate. looks better in person. the wheels are awesome and aren't that popular and over done... yet.

u should get a set

by **nstg8a** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:42 pm

fark me, i thought they were gonna look shit, but they look brilliant. look way bigger than they look on fg's too.

good picking. perfect stance too.

by **get_an_ea_today** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:42 pm

What are they called? Are they on ebay? I prob will

or dark argents but I think there the new ba gtps and everyone has them haha.

by **wombi90** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:43 pm

Looks good! Thought about loosing the spoiler?

by **wombi90** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:44 pm

I think they are fg gt's ?

by **jazza312** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:49 pm

yeah, they are fg gt-p (the gt's have black inserts) copies in 20's.

i'm considering losing the spoiler if i can find a ghia garnish thing with the reverse lights.

pics really do look pretty shit compared to the real thing. phone camera's and shit photographer will do that though

by **nstg8a** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:52 pm : **jazza312 Likes this post**

can get all three varieties on ebay, from $1299 a set.

by **jazza312** » February 3rd, 2012, 6:53 pm

yeah, some shop in adelaide. come in 19's or 20's.

by **get_an_ea_today** » February 3rd, 2012, 9:31 pm

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/20-INCH-FORD ... em19ccd057

Found em

I'll go these ones, because my fairlane is black

Thanks man haha

by **jazza312** » February 3rd, 2012, 10:28 pm

nice work mate. i was originally looking at those, but generally not a massive fan of black on rims.

the way i finally decided was by looking at a gt-p compared to gt. i thought gt-p looked better so got the gt-p version lol

by **wombi90** » February 3rd, 2012, 10:30 pm

A local car has them on a bf xr6 I'll try get a photo off it Monday he works up the road from me

by **falcon4life** » February 3rd, 2012, 11:15 pm

It sits how I want mine to, looks like ive got my spring combo set haha looks.pretty.damn good, now rip the boat anchor out and drop a coyote in :thumbsup:

by **EFFalcon** » February 4th, 2012, 9:19 am

they look great

by **jazza312** » February 4th, 2012, 12:13 pm

poor old boss 260, it's so underrated. it gives me the kick i need... (for now)

just a couple more photos...

Warragul City Ford were having some thing on today with Steve and Jim Richards there so got Steve to sign my engine and dash and a 1/18th model of his bf v8 sc

also a photo of the stezza me and a mate installed a couple of weeks ago.

by **dannysebxr6** » February 4th, 2012, 12:54 pm

looks good mate,
rims and having it lowered looks awesome.
wheels look mint too, i was going to put them on my eb but they dont make them in that offset.
nice job on the signing on engine cover, and stereo looks pretty cool and nicely mounted.

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