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Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 10th, 2012, 7:03 pm
by URZ2NV
Looks mint man

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 10th, 2012, 7:20 pm
by kwikxr
Looks good mate! Twin 3" fits the rear bar perfectly I reckon. I went for a twin 3" rolled tip on my EF, but after seeing straight cut and staggered on your Ghia, it looks much better :cool:

Fark, I love this car lol. Such a sexy looking Ghia!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 10th, 2012, 7:33 pm
by dannysebxr6
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looks mint brad,
staggered does look good done like that though.
hows it sound now?
cheers
Daniel

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 11th, 2012, 11:29 pm
by braad
URZ2NV wrote:Looks mint man


Thanks mate!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 11th, 2012, 11:41 pm
by braad
kwikxr wrote:Looks good mate! Twin 3" fits the rear bar perfectly I reckon. I went for a twin 3" rolled tip on my EF, but after seeing straight cut and staggered on your Ghia, it looks much better :cool:

Fark, I love this car lol. Such a sexy looking Ghia!


Haha thanks for the kind words. I can't take credit for its looks, someone else did the hard work before me and other guys popularised the look long ago. I'm glad you like it. Get a ticky kit for yours and It would like awesome

Yeah i have had rolled tips before and they're a pain to polish. These are 3" but being straight cut arent obvious. I'm glad you guys like the staggered look. I was lucky the bloke just finished a BA xr8 ute with twin 3" straight cut tips, they were even but BA's have a flat bumper. From that we agreed staggered was the only way to do it

Farken so happy with how it turned out. Glad i have a decent zorst bloke!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 11th, 2012, 11:45 pm
by braad
dannysebxr6 wrote:
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looks mint brad,
staggered does look good done like that though.
hows it sound now?
cheers
Daniel


Thanks Daniel, i like your tips but you also do have 4 of them :P

It's a bit less droney through the cabin, the exhaust didnt extend far enough before.
Love the sound, but definitely think pacies give them a better sound, without a doubt mate.
Maybe that'll happen one day :D

Cheers
Brad

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 12th, 2012, 10:10 am
by icachn
ex.tips look sweet mate.

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 12th, 2012, 10:10 pm
by braad
Thanks mate, i appreciate it!

Its just another one of those little 1% items that all help the look of the car. Only 475trillion of them left

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 12th, 2012, 10:16 pm
by wombi90
My exhaust bloke doesn't have good taste I just told him to put something nice and neat on, went to pick it up and had a 4.5 inch single tip :/ apparently the twin tips don't fit in the gap, haha
I just cut it off when I got home going to see another join get similar to yours

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 11:43 pm
by braad
wombi90 wrote:My exhaust bloke doesn't have good taste I just told him to put something nice and neat on, went to pick it up and had a 4.5 inch single tip :/ apparently the twin tips don't fit in the gap, haha
I just cut it off when I got home going to see another join get similar to yours


Hahaha ahh **** hey, that sucks balls. Some people have no idea, they must struggle through life
have you got it sorted?

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 8:14 am
by wombi90
Haha yeah wasn't real happy when I picked it up, and nah haven't sorted it yet still just the 2 1/2 pipe I'll get to it soon it's starting to annoy me,

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 9:05 am
by bng
He must be retarded. Even though they do good work for you, I still won't go back them after the way I was treated straight after dad passed away. unless its for rego lol
Hopefully st George will be able to sort me out with my tips

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 4:38 pm
by braad
i'm not defending them, but we all make mistakes. I don't really deal with anyone but mario anyway, bar pink slips.

St George should be able to sort you out. richard likes them. can't be too bad


wombi, your guy is a spaz, you've gotta find a new one. bng has a single 2.25/2.5" (don't know what size) tip and it looks gay everytime i drive past it. needs big twins. not dumpers

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 4:56 pm
by wombi90
Yeah I just want twin 2.5 or something, nothing to in your face

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 5:14 pm
by braad
twin 3" straight cut staggered sounds good

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 5:27 pm
by wombi90
Get better pics of yours?

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 5:28 pm
by braad
i would but the cars dirty and its getting dark, so no point atm. i need to polish the tips up again, they've been scraped a few times :eek:

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 5:30 pm
by wombi90
Lol yeah all good I'm in no rush for the tips just yet

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 27th, 2012, 10:59 pm
by braad
Ahh **** I keep forgetting to take a pic



a small update, the car is no longer dual fuel. The LPG solenoid is being a dipshit and won't stop LPG when I switch to petrol, so it's hit & miss whether it will run on good old pet-rol. Fuckin love cars!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 5:58 pm
by dannysebxr6
Good old cars must be the color as we are now both having issues!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 6:15 pm
by braad
Haha I just posted in your thread, just found out that my pump has shat itself. Thankfully it runs well on LPG, I can still use it as a daily


Must be the colour

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 6:16 pm
by dannysebxr6
Or the engine? Lol

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 6:53 pm
by braad
Nah not the motors, Windsors sound too nice to give up on them. Yet.

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 7:01 pm
by dannysebxr6
True just did a carby clean on mine **** it sounds
good when revving it! Lol

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: August 28th, 2012, 8:29 pm
by braad
Yep, love Carby cleaner. It's the best part of doing it!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 25th, 2012, 9:59 pm
by braad
Finally polished the car, six months after buying it. Looked unreal, its the first time i have seen heritage sparkle (yes im isolated and simple)

My missus bought me some alpine components and 6.5" to replace the original torn cone speakers. What a gem!

So pump was replaced and car serviced properly. Found theres a small, slow weep from the passenger head gasket. Bugger hey.

Seriously cbf though. It drives well and i've started back on my project mini, plans for turbocharging and other fancy shit. So the Ghia shall remain as the daily driver for a long time now

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 1:56 am
by wombi90
About time it got a polish, heritage green isn't that bad if a colour if its polished and clean, only trouble is keeping it clean,

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 10:27 am
by braad
I'll have to post some pics i took once polished. They're on another computer atm.

It lasted about 26 hours until it rained whilst i met up with some PBF guys

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 11:37 am
by braad
some clean photos

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If only i could use the DSLR

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 4:17 pm
by SnipeZ
That drive ways a killer by the looks of it


Cheers

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8

PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 5:27 pm
by braad
Yeah mate it is fucked. It is fucking retarded. I have posted pictures of it in either this or my old Xr8 thread. I am actually worried about getting the mini out from down the back one day. Oh well haha

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: December 30th, 2012, 6:34 pm
by .tapeworm
The body is nice and free from shopping trolley dents. Yeah, your drive looks pretty fucked if you want to really dump your car!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: January 13th, 2013, 4:21 pm
by braad
yeah the body isnt too bad. The driveway is definitely fucked.

from top (the crest in those pics) to the lowest out back the height drops a full 2 storey brick house. That crest is inline with the roof and the back part is below ground floor level. so shit

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: January 13th, 2013, 4:50 pm
by dannysebxr6
Bout time you polished it braad.
I did the same to mine day before my wedding then
it rained the next day. Pointless I think.

That driveway is definitely a killer, if that was mine
When I bout the ef I would of got stuck at the top of the drive.

Cars looking good though. Shame bout head gasket though!
Cheers
Daniel

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: January 30th, 2013, 7:40 pm
by braad
Jeez, so it rained on your wedding day? That sucks!

Haha yeah it took me 7 months to polish. It looked great for a week, some PBF boys saw it polished and thought it was resprayed. That was nice to hear!

This has never been past that crest of the driveway. The XR8 just got down, but most of my cars have scraped. Shoo shitty

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: January 31st, 2013, 9:12 am
by dannysebxr6
braad wrote:Jeez, so it rained on your wedding day? That sucks!

Haha yeah it took me 7 months to polish. It looked great for a week, some PBF boys saw it polished and thought it was resprayed. That was nice to hear!

This has never been past that crest of the driveway. The XR8 just got down, but most of my cars have scraped. Shoo shitty



yeah every time i seem to was my car it rains that day or the next one. pointless washing it sometimes but looks awesome when its clean.
same took me 4 months before i polished it. will do it again soon but have the cbf's.
looks awesome clean though.
cheers
Daniel

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: February 20th, 2013, 1:21 pm
by braad
Thanks mate. It gets dirty bloody quick, i washed it saturday and it looked dirty by sunday night without any rain to help

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: February 20th, 2013, 7:12 pm
by dannysebxr6
yeh mines the same,
wash it then it rains though. looks so good clean but looks dirty even faster.

So hows the el going still got head gasket issues?

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: February 26th, 2013, 9:54 am
by braad
Yeah still got the head gasket "issue" lol. Theres been no change in it, so its just a case of keep calm and carry on!

Re: Brads EL Fairmont Ghia V8 new polished pics up

PostPosted: March 31st, 2013, 10:17 pm
by braad
Well i hate to say it but i will be selling the Ghia soon!
I will get a proper ad up too.

Its a shame but im moving to bowral and commuting to sydney every day, so im looking at a new Fiesta as a buzzbox/commutor. That means the Ghia will have to go

1996 EL Fairmont Ghia V8, fully optioned from factory, 168,000km - immaculate leather interior, electric drivers seat, factory sunroof, EL GT copy rims, tickford bodykit (deleted rear wing for smooth look), Pedders Coilovers, EL GT headers, high flow cats and a custom twin 2.25" mandrel bent exhaust into twin Stainless steel 3" tips (took 2 days to build from scratch at Carline Mortdale), LPG system installed in 2011 (i will check to be sure), new fuel pump, brakes replaced and frozen calipers rebuilt (new pads &fluid). I had it serviced every 5000km, so i will add everything done to it soon.

Thanks guys