Lotus's EB XR8

by **lotus** » August 6th, 2008, 10:22 pm

Have had this car for just over 12mths now so I thought it was about time i put some pics up on here.
Car has been lowered,16x7.5 CSA rims,SSV body kit, Blitz bonnett scoop, clear corner and side (AU) indicators, Genie headers , 3" exhaust, painted engine cover, AU fairmont centre console, AU/BF interior lights, TE50 short gear lever,woodgrain steering wheel and gear knob, EL boot liner, RDA slotted front rotors with ECB Reds on front and Greens on rear, braided brake lines and a sound system that's not too bad.

How the engine bay looked when I got it.

How it looks now.

This is used as a daily ride but really belongs to the wife (keeps her out of my AU XR8).
Next thing fitted will be an SSV rear GT wing (she wants it and it's her car) so it looks a bit like the neighbours Track Car.

by **lostprophet99** » August 6th, 2008, 10:37 pm

very nice XR

anymore future mods??

by **LTDHO** » August 6th, 2008, 10:44 pm

Very neat XR, I like what you'd done.

by **Bipolar** » August 6th, 2008, 10:50 pm

Something about black boxcars. Looks tuff as. Bet it sounds it.

by **ed40** » August 6th, 2008, 10:51 pm

hot as !!!
BIG FAIL on the wing though

Keep the lip!

by **lotus** » August 6th, 2008, 11:24 pm

Thanks for the comments. As for any more mods,since it's a daily ride not too worried about doing anything to the motor. If I do something to the AU I'll just put on the EB what I take off. It's just a great car just to cruise in. Will be getting the cats replaced soon with metal cats (still has origional ones) and getting the exhaust lifted as it's too low. Looking at fitting a 3.45 diff out of a XR6 just to give a bit better take off. But as I said a great car to drive. Went to Bunberberg last week, round trip of 720 klms on just under a tank.
Will be fitting some EL mirrors on soon as I've already fitted EF exterior door handles.
As for the rear wing, it's her car and like all of us she can do what she feels looks good to her.
The car is pretty low (paint bottom of front and back bars pretty regularly) but it does have a tough look about it.

by **old_mate** » August 6th, 2008, 11:59 pm

mmm i have seen this car around Brisbane southside heaps over the last couple of years i think. Uncommon rims!

by **BLCKED** » August 7th, 2008, 9:03 am

looks tough mate

black v8s are the best

by **Eb Barbie** » August 7th, 2008, 9:18 am

Your wife is one lucky gal! Love it

by **butcher** » August 7th, 2008, 11:39 am

hey love the car we still yet to get pics together. Them rims are nice lol. ive seen a few sets of them now. They make the car look tuff.

by **lotus** » August 7th, 2008, 4:44 pm

old_mate wrote:mmm i have seen this car around Brisbane southside heaps over the last couple of years i think. Uncommon rims!

It was owned by a young bloke for about 8-12 mths who lived in the Beenleigh area. Before that I think it may have been from the Gold Coast. It would of had the same plates on as they came with the car.

Eb Barbie wrote:Your wife is one lucky gal! Love it

I keep telling her that, but sometimes I think she dosen't believe me!!

butcher wrote:hey love the car we still yet to get pics together. Them rims are nice lol. ive seen a few sets of them now. They make the car look tuff.

Will have to see if we can get together and take a few pics. Recon it would look Great!!
Have see only one other set of these rims and they were on a pretty sad looking XF ute. Would have been better if they were 17's, but you can't have everything.

by **butcher** » August 7th, 2008, 4:49 pm

Iv seen the wheels on a white ef in ipswich. and on a xh ute. I think one of the other members has them a well. My wheels are going back to stock. till i can find what i realy like

by **huggiebear** » August 7th, 2008, 7:25 pm

i love the bonnet scoop... i love black cars... good work

by **EDFalcon** » August 7th, 2008, 7:34 pm

Nice looking car mate. I'd probably stick with the lip too though if you have to keep wife happy do that. Put up some pics of your AU mate.

by **lotus** » August 7th, 2008, 8:29 pm

EDFalcon wrote:Nice looking car mate. I'd probably stick with the lip too though if you have to keep wife happy do that. Put up some pics of your AU mate.

Here's a few of the AU. Will have to get a few with both cars,just getting them both clean at the same time is a problem!!

This is with a couple of mate's cars

by **huggiebear** » August 7th, 2008, 8:46 pm

i have never seen soo many series 1 AU XR's in one place.. lol looks AWESOME!!!

by **fordchick** » August 7th, 2008, 9:16 pm

Got to love black cars FORDS

by **butcher** » August 7th, 2008, 9:22 pm

The au xr6 xr8 is the only au i would ever look at buying. love the car

by **lotus** » August 7th, 2008, 9:32 pm

Like the EB it's low, loud & manual. Has about 250RWHP(178KW) from stock motor with K&N filter,unichip & pacemaker headers with twin 2.5" exhaust.

by **forbsy** » August 9th, 2008, 8:03 pm

lol seein your black au xr8 makes me sad i sold my xr6

by **eb-baby** » September 7th, 2008, 4:21 pm

nice eb.....i knew this car the second i saw the plates....seen you down the coast heaps...not so much lately...but never forget a car like that......were u contemplating selling it at one stage???

by **G3R3N** » September 7th, 2008, 4:43 pm

Bar the wing and blue mesh in the grill, it looks great.
Like the idea of painting the engine cover as well. Looks very neat this way

by **lotus** » September 11th, 2008, 10:33 pm

eb-baby wrote:nice eb.....i knew this car the second i saw the plates....seen you down the coast heaps...not so much lately...but never forget a car like that......were u contemplating selling it at one stage???

That was the previous owner. We've had it for about 18mths now (well actually the wife's car).

gerendasi wrote:Bar the wing and blue mesh in the grill, it looks great.
Like the idea of painting the engine cover as well. Looks very neat this way

Already got the rear wing,so it will be going on.
As for the blue mesh,black didn't really stand out since the car is Black Pearl and the theme is "Black n Blue",so that's why the colour change until i get some stainless mesh for the lower mouth,grill and scoop. Also some more blue on the engine cover is needed.

by **eafalcon6** » September 12th, 2008, 10:35 am

love the bodykit.. looks very niice

by **lotus** » November 25th, 2008, 10:10 pm

Got some new seats this week,so since it was my day off thought I would fit them. The driver's seat has the usual wear but it's not too bad and will do for a while until I get both front seats redone.
These were out of an EA SVO turbo 6 so I was told. Anyway here are a few pics.
This is how it was.

And how it is now

by **Eb Barbie** » November 26th, 2008, 7:22 am

Much better! Altho, those seats are cold in winter and hot and sticky in summer. Lol

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 26th, 2008, 4:58 pm

NICE just need door trims to match

by **lotus** » November 26th, 2008, 6:37 pm

travs ea-xr6 wrote:NICE just need door trims to match

I have the leather centre piece that goes around the door handles and has the wood spear on them but he did not have the door trims. What door trims can be used so I can fit these?

by **travs ea-xr6** » November 26th, 2008, 8:28 pm

ed ghia but you will have to convert your car to electric windows

by **huggiebear** » November 26th, 2008, 8:45 pm

there are others like just fairmont, and some s-pac. there was also manual window'd fairmonts

by **lotus** » January 13th, 2009, 7:25 pm

Got a few more parts this week
These arrived Friday
Have just taken the pockets off and given them a bit of a clean.
Will replace the inserts with the one's I already have as they are in better condition than these.
Will have to get some proper cleaner and do them and the seats and then get holes cut for the manual winders.

Picked this up Sunday. Now have a 3.45 out of a Tickford XR6 to replace the 3.23 that's singing to me.
Was supposed to be recond so we'll see how it goes.

by **travs ea-xr6** » January 13th, 2009, 7:33 pm

very nice door trims look like u got a good buy there.i want some :lol:

by **Shredder_LTD** » January 13th, 2009, 8:59 pm

Very nice, black manual v8 e-series.... i want one!!

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:07 pm

It's been nearly 12 mths since I have put anything up here. Just been busy with other things. Anyway this is what has been done since then.
Had the brake booster let go while driving back from the Gold Coast. Luckly it was at nite and not much traffic around so just took it easy to get home.
Pulled out the booster and got it recond (took only 1 day).so i thought I would give a bit of colour instead of the usual black.
Old booster

Getting painted

Fitted back in car

Also repainted the rail under the booster as it looked like some brake fluid has been coming from the m/cyl at some time and had not been washed off.

Primed

Painted

Not an exact match with the origional paint but at least better than the surface rust that was there before.

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:10 pm

Also got a few other things ready to go on.
Cleaned and painted the diff

Got a fairmont rear garnish

And just a pic of the rear wing that has to be painted and fitted

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:13 pm

Thought it was about time I swapped the diff over as the bearings are getting a bit louder and I have to repair the front and back bars and the left side skirt after a few mishaps by the other half!!

The old diff before it came out

Finally out

Decided to give the wheel wells and rear a bit of a clean up.
How it was

How it is now

Out with the old

In with the new (same springs)

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:16 pm

Well got the diff in and all set up

Got to put in the short shifter from the AU,clean up the front wells and paint like the rear ones, try and fit the leather door trims,other headlights and mabye the EL mirrors.
Also waiting on the front and rear bars and side skirt to be repainted and then fit them back onto the car.

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:23 pm

Have had a few other things come up and I still had to do the front brakes, rotors and wells. Got the bars,side skirt,fuel filler cover and rear garnish back from getting painted.
Just had to find the time to put it all back together.

by **lotus** » January 14th, 2010, 5:27 pm

Finally after 5 weeks I have got the car back together. Cleaned and painted the front wheel wells and painted the hub and caliper the same as the rears.

Also had to replace the gearbox mount as the old one nearly fell apart when doing the short shifter (from the AU)

Fitted the front and rear bars and right side skirt. Came up OK

Just finishing cleaning it as I was going to Willowbank for the Real Deal Disaster Appeal Day.

by **huggiebear** » January 14th, 2010, 5:30 pm

the diff looks good all painted. what ratio is in the new diff? also is that exhaust 3"?

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