Re: Wolfblass XR-GHIA - UPDATES

by **wolfblass** » March 13th, 2009, 6:36 pm

hey guys, just got my first car, its a bit stock atm but im already looking at getting 19inch dark agents and lowering it on pedders sports ryders with ultra low king springs, not to sure how it will go on the 19s but here is how i got it.

1996 Ford EF fairmont Ghia series 2 in boredox purple with the lot, sunroof, premium sound, full electrics, tickford engine, lsd and it came with 16 inch rims as well as 12 months rego, got it all for a awsome price and the body is fairly straight with a few dints but overall i love the car

after getting the road worthy done, my brother had a set of turbo blades laying around in the garage so i chucked them on as they looked more classy. We headed to wash and polish the car, came out really well

i really happy with the car but cant wait to dig into modding it:)

by **Ef_frmnt** » March 13th, 2009, 6:40 pm

sunroof is the bomb diggity.

by **ed4ltr** » March 13th, 2009, 6:48 pm

Nice lookin car mate.
Id reccomend the dark agents,got em on my heritage green el xr6, its lowered 1.5" from stock an i've had no dramas with em, thinkin of goin lower so just gotta roll the guards!

good luck with it

by **lukeh** » March 14th, 2009, 10:55 am

nice lookin car mate but ditch the turbo blades!! love them on EA-ED but they look like spew on ef's or anything newer imo

by **wolfblass** » March 15th, 2009, 1:55 pm

just an update, i turned 18 yesturday and i got a set of 19 inch dark agents with nexen 3000 tyres its already got pedders gas shocks and springs but no where near to what i want but this is how it sits, it scrape even though is not that low, i think i need to lip the front and rear guards but here are the pics i took earlier today

next on the list is to lower it with pedders sports ryder shortened shocks and possible ultra low king springs or pedders custom springs:)

by **schrc** » March 15th, 2009, 4:35 pm

i dunno if its just my eyes, but fix them yellow headlights and it will look 100% better!

by **wolfblass** » March 15th, 2009, 5:57 pm

yea they arew a bit yellow, infact i can barely see anything at night. im amazed it passed a roadworthy, would it be wise to buy brand new front lights in glass or can you pull them off and sand them back?

by **skewy_33** » March 15th, 2009, 9:16 pm

nice as car man, i have a burgandy el xr6 i was choosing outer the dark agents n the gt wheels, i got the gt 1s but looks like urs look neat as

by **schrc** » March 16th, 2009, 5:48 pm

i baught brand new aftermarket headlights (not ebay ones for obvious reasons) and they couldnt b better, love em, if u sand em and polish em bak, generally within a few months they turn yellow again.

by **ford_racing_8** » March 16th, 2009, 6:47 pm

nice looking ghia, love the color, not bad for a first car.

by **Allen** » March 17th, 2009, 12:14 pm

It is certainly a nice EF, I've seen it a few times in the driveway. Love the sunroof... I wish I had one.

I've got some ultralow rear springs for sale if you are interested.

by **skewy_33** » March 17th, 2009, 9:36 pm

Allen, im interested in buyin ur ultras how much u want for them and they are for an el yeh

by **wolfblass** » May 20th, 2009, 10:24 pm

randomly took a photo of my car as it looked good,

so far ive got my front headlights replaced and there awsome, getting gas soon and slamming it

by **wolfblass** » November 8th, 2009, 6:51 pm

cbf updating but a few things have changed. Got a mint el grill, and a set of nl cornering lamps off DCstraight, auto woodgrain surround from private9, painted calipers red and the slotted rotors black changed the usual crap ( bearings, hoses and senses) it will be on gas as of wednesday, 2.5 inch ultra flow lukey exhaust with chrome dumpies sounds pretty mint

its sitting on pedders shortened shocks, ultra lows on back and pedders super on front sits fair low, almost rim tuck when its fueled up.

The spoiler has been removed as well as a huge dint on the passenger rear, they are waiting to get resprayed but atm we haven't had time

just needs a ticky kit now, ill take some more photos as the weather has been good

by **bigdell** » November 8th, 2009, 9:17 pm

man thats cool. :cool:

by **SnyperEB** » November 8th, 2009, 9:18 pm

Looks mint as glad you took the turbo blades off it!!

by **boostedbb** » November 8th, 2009, 9:22 pm

car looks mint mate wheels look shit hot on her

by **[Sterling]** » November 8th, 2009, 9:24 pm

You dont happen to work in campbellfeild do you?

by **wolfblass** » November 8th, 2009, 10:16 pm

thanks guys, sterling i don't but i live close to campbellfield. I'm there pretty much every weekday as i travel from Roxburgh park to Preston for tafe

by **braad** » November 9th, 2009, 12:15 am

hot 'mont mate

i want your sunroof and wheels and paint and...

by **nstg8a** » November 9th, 2009, 2:43 pm

wolfblass wrote:, painted calipers red and the slotted rotors black

nice ef, but did you seriously paint your rotors?

by **wolfblass** » March 24th, 2010, 8:22 pm

well its been a while since i last updated, im fairly happy with how the car has turned out. I've put the whole tickford kit on ( taken the rear off to hack the exhaust outlet bigger for the twin dumpies) did the whole front end with new slotted and drilled rotor with new pads, sprayed the calipers red and just recently i got a pretty decent sound system in the car which consists of alpine headunit, focal 6inch spilts, focal 6inch speaker in the back, 12inch soundstream t5 sub in comp box, soundstream 1500rms mono and a soundstream 600rms 4 channel.

i also scored a defect for being to low which was a pain in the ass as it was only the exhaust hanging low at 70mm whereas the body is 105mm. i got standard springs from private9 which helped get the defect taken off.

although i changed the springs back to standard, the ass end rose to 230mm from 70mm which was quite amusing as the chick that came to inspect my car for the ride height just laughed and just signed the ticket.

in the meantime im looking to come on an eseries cruise so i guess when a fair bit of people going, ill go too:)

Ive posted this photo a couple of times but its the most best photo i have of the car atm

hope you guys like what i've done

by **[D1SCNT]** » March 24th, 2010, 10:52 pm

the wheels really suit the color nicely, you have done a great job with it. :thumbsup:

by **wolfblass** » June 13th, 2011, 3:34 am

Might as well update my thread. Car has had massive work done to it.

Engine was ripped out as it was blowing a shitload of smoke, main bearings etc all fucked. Once it was pulled out it was sent of for a complete rebuild, i had told the builder that the car will be running boost later in the future so stronger oversized pistons were put in 40 thou. Block was chemically cleaned, deck, honed, balanced, and all painted. Head was fully rebuilt and my rocker cover was sent of to get powder coated as i was sick of it chipping off. New timing cover, chain, welsh plugs, oil pump were also put on

Whilist the engine was getting rebuilt i decided to buy all the accessories new as the existing ones were farked from the sludge. New coilpack, eagle leads, alternator, water pump, powerbond balancer,thermostat housing upper and lower, full gates hoses including heater tap, idler pulley, radiator, coolant bottle and battery were all purchased. i scored a set of paceys cheap and got a ballastic 100cpsi cat put on to it too as the stock ones looked shit. Every single nut was cleaned a resprayed throttle body and BBM was soaked in degreaser as there was oil inside them all.

When i got the engine back i was told it had already been rebuilt before as it was 20thou already over, mind you the car has only done 210,000km? once the engine was home i decided to detail the engine bay and polish it all up before the motor was dropped in. The whole gas system was also ripped out as its caused nothing but headaches since day 1.

Car is now running VERY well with not 1 drama so far, runs a lot smoother and goes a lot better. Turned first go which was good no work needed to be done in order to fire it up.

Im now in the process of replacing every bush in the car as well as new steering rack, ball joints , tie road ends and 30mm whiteline swaybar thanks to justin at tuff car parts online!!, . I also scored rear venetians from a guy in geelong.

plans now are for the car to go in for a complete respray in the same factory colour but with high metallic mixed with house of kolor ultra thin flakes. Might also try whitewalls on it LEGALS of course as it gets attention already. But really im just enjoying it and im looking forward to boosting it!

Here are some pics of the car enjoy

by **icachn** » June 13th, 2011, 4:27 am

lov that color on el ghia , was a great factory color from ford, u cant go wrong with a ford like this.u hav taken som great shots of the car, fotos are excellent mate.good luck with future mods. cheers. ICACHN

by **EBOOST** » June 13th, 2011, 11:24 am

very nice car mate.
why respray the paint looks good as?
cheers josh.,

by **wolfblass** » June 13th, 2011, 12:42 pm

I want it resprayed as it will eventually become my weekender. The front end has stone chips and the car was little scratches all over it as it was a country car before i bought it.

by **kocho** » June 13th, 2011, 1:46 pm

car looks mint man i love the wheels
i am thinking of getting 19'' dark agents for my el xr6 aswell

by **superhuS!** » June 13th, 2011, 2:49 pm

Get some el moulds for it. And i'm coming down that way wednesday. Lets get together for some pichurs.

by **vegabass** » June 13th, 2011, 5:16 pm

How much did the engine rebuild cost you?

by **Tiga_EL** » June 13th, 2011, 5:20 pm

duuude thats clean! likee

by **wolfblass** » June 14th, 2011, 3:16 pm

Vegabass the Rebuild cost was pretty good majority went to machine work, balancing etc. The head wasn't too expensive either i got it fully rebuilt but didn't get any porting done that will be done when the turbo kit is ready to go on. I didn't skimp on anything and i made sure everything was done right by taking it to a proper joint who knew wtf they were on about. Every part accessory/part was not reused, new ones were just purchased as i cbf with any more problems later down the track apart from the AC compressor which was 600 bucks brand new (fark that) . After the respray is done, turbo kit will be the next thing as well as a stronger tranny + hi stall. i will be aiming for 300+ but there's still a while to go as I'm still on my p's.

Hus, i don't like the el door moulds, if anything i'll just buy chrome tape and put it on It looks more cleaner one colour anyway.

by **huggiebear** » November 27th, 2011, 12:15 pm

i heard this just got best EA-EL and had to do a search. damn nice looking car. congrats

Thanks man, shitloads of work has gone into the car to get it where it is atm, farkn wrapped i took it out!

Here are some photos from the seymour AFD and its current state.

by **ed40** » November 27th, 2011, 4:30 pm

by **CAGS** » November 27th, 2011, 5:58 pm

Congrats, car looked awesome in the sunlight :drinks2:

by **ronza** » November 27th, 2011, 6:20 pm

Mint looking mate well done!!!

by **sikwags_218** » November 27th, 2011, 8:45 pm

Well done man. The car looks stunning, I love it.
Can't wait to see boost in the future. Congrats

Scott :drinks2:

by **EFFalcon** » November 27th, 2011, 9:11 pm

very worthy winner!
awesome stuff

by **XR_Lightning** » November 27th, 2011, 9:36 pm

nice work man! cars looking mint! congrats on the win! :thumbsup:

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