EF WAGON

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 2:41 pm

Hi
I just joined boosted falcon, great forum for ford lovers
I am on my l's and i own a ef falcon wagoon, it is on gas
It is pretty straight hasn't been in any major crashes, only one minor crash in like 1997
I have started modifying it with my dads help.
I have already spent a bit on it, xr6 xr8 ef el mags, new pioneer head unit and pioneer speakers soon to be pioneer amp and sub or two
I am hoping to lower it 2" as well as adding a camber kit too it in the next month and as well as replacing the radiator
The paint of it is quite good (except for a few minor marks) for its age as it has been polished and washed quite often
If you have any ideas for, on what else to do to it
It is an auto and i wont be changing it( too much time and money to convert)

I will take some more pics of it in the next few months as i modify it
Thanks for all your support and ideas

[Sterling] · Post by **[Sterling]** » July 10th, 2009, 2:47 pm

Hey mate welcome to the forums, When you lower it take the mudflaps off.
As or future ideas, maybe a catback exhuast and dark tint would make it look and sound good.

Looks pretty clean too

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 2:59 pm

Thats what i forgot to mention, yea i will be tinting it and one day i will be putting a new exhaust on
I have just found out that i will need to replace the radiator which will delay the other mods as im still at school and on mitre 10 wages lol

Post by **Eb Barbie** » July 10th, 2009, 4:08 pm

efman wrote:I have just found out that i will need to replace the radiator which will delay the other mods as im still at school and on mitre 10 wages lol

Dont worry, everyone has to start somewhere. You are lucky to even have a car of your own on your Ls and being at school. Good luck with it, I am sure you will get inspiration from people on here, quite a few wagons popping up now.

Post by **pHaT`eL** » July 10th, 2009, 4:23 pm

Welcome to the wagon club!! If you have enough coin, get a Natrad radiator, usually around $200 for a 38mm core

I suggest taking it to Pedders, they made my wagon height mint. Also, leave the flaps on, they wear down after a while

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 4:33 pm

pHaT`eL wrote:Welcome to the wagon club!! If you have enough coin, get a Natrad radiator, usually around $200 for a 38mm core

I suggest taking it to Pedders, they made my wagon height mint. Also, leave the flaps on, they wear down after a while

About the Natrad radiator where about do you buy them from

Post by **pHaT`eL** » July 10th, 2009, 4:36 pm

look up your local Natrad dealer.

Post by **Commando** » July 10th, 2009, 5:06 pm

Hey, our wagons could be twins!

Siamese twins.

Where only one survives...

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 10th, 2009, 6:34 pm

^^ HAAAA!

hey mate, welcome to the exclusive of wagon owners! lots of stuff you can do with her. i see you've stolen my sub idea already! haha. thats probably one of the best ideas ive had, so feel free to use it! looking forward to seeing what you end up doing with it!

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 10th, 2009, 7:56 pm

nice clean wagon man, always good to see a wagon owner being loud and proud

wish i had got mine at your age, would have been able to put so much more into it....sigh

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 8:08 pm

gerbzjen wrote:nice clean wagon man, always good to see a wagon owner being loud and proud
wish i had got mine at your age, would have been able to put so much more into it....sigh

I have seen your wagon it is a nice lookin wagon , now thatn don't think ill have enough time and money to get it like that,
nice work any advise

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 10th, 2009, 11:07 pm

efman wrote: any advise

dont start, because you wont be able to stop. seriously...

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 11:15 pm

This car we will be needing to last me a while
As i will be goin to uni so i a need a reliable but a good car as well
And it is not costing me an labour costs

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 10th, 2009, 11:34 pm

efman wrote:
gerbzjen wrote:nice clean wagon man, always good to see a wagon owner being loud and proud
wish i had got mine at your age, would have been able to put so much more into it....sigh
I have seen your wagon it is a nice lookin wagon , now thatn don't think ill have enough time and money to get it like that,
nice work any advise

thanks man, Phillis's is pretty awesome also, you should check it if you haven't already. Just goes to prove that wagons can be sexy. But Phillis is right about once u start you can't stop...but a good start is lowering it, exhaust and some extractors(mine are coming soon)...pretty basic but i think it makes the wagon a nice cruiser, and you have to have a good system in it too... I mean what else are you going to use all that space for lol

efman · Post by **efman** » July 10th, 2009, 11:48 pm

Where did u come up with the design for ures mate and on the sides are they amps
Very Nice and clean design, i would do the same but i need the space
Where abouts did u get it tinted
Where did u get ure mags from
Is yours lowered 2" and do you have a camber kit for yours

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 11th, 2009, 11:58 am

The system setup was done by Phatt Audio Concepts, they are in Braeside, Victoria...so probably a bit out of your way lol.
yep they are amps on the side, the left one is a Mono Block powering both the subs, and the right one is a 4 Channel Amp that is not currently powering anything, but have been thinking about hooking one of the subs up to it to see if i cant get a bigger bass sound...not that it isn't big enough, but yeah we'll see.
I bought it tinted, very nice and dark. I'm sure there would be a place up your way that would do similar stuff. The mags are the same as yours man, 16" FTR's I took them from my previous ED Fairmont Sedan...thinking about getting something bigger though. And yes, It has been lowered 2 inches.
Good luck with yours man, so much potential with so much time

waghoonEF · Post by **waghoonEF** » July 11th, 2009, 4:05 pm

Phillis wrote:
efman wrote: any advise
dont start, because you wont be able to stop. seriously...

Oh shit, now you tell me LOL

wagons are cooool, welcome to the wagon owners club.

efman · Post by **efman** » July 11th, 2009, 4:35 pm

Thanks for the advise and support
I washed the wagon today which i do every weekend and i took some pictures(not the best)
Thats where im planning on putting the sub, probably build a sub box or buy one

The 2" Lowered King Springs i bought for $120

From the back

The tail light im hoping to replace with an el tail light or modify this one

The dash with my Pioneer 4150SD head unit- this head unit is pretty sweet because of the sd card reader and i pod compatibility, excuse the interior the power was off and didnt get to vacuum it

Side on view

Another side on

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 11th, 2009, 7:07 pm

nightshade on the tail lights

oh gerbzjen, yoyu should do that too!

MontXR · Post by **MontXR** » July 11th, 2009, 7:13 pm

waahoo another one in the wagon club LOL

Niiiiiiice lookin wagon you got there..

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » July 11th, 2009, 11:53 pm

yah wagoon getting popular

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 12th, 2009, 1:10 am

Phillis wrote:nightshade on the tail lights

oh gerbzjen, yoyu should do that too!

yeah, I have been thinking about doing that...but really have no idea how to do that lol. Does anyone>?

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 12th, 2009, 10:06 am

gerbzjen wrote:
Phillis wrote:nightshade on the tail lights

oh gerbzjen, yoyu should do that too!

yeah, I have been thinking about doing that...but really have no idea how to do that lol. Does anyone>?

1) go to autobard, buy nightshade
2) go home.
3) open tailgate, get newspaper and masking tape and mask around the entire light
4) spray
5) repeat however many times you want, depending on darkness
6) let dry
7) remove newspaper
8) close tailgate
9) drive

waghoonEF · Post by **waghoonEF** » July 12th, 2009, 10:19 am

Phillis wrote:
gerbzjen wrote:
Phillis wrote:nightshade on the tail lights

oh gerbzjen, yoyu should do that too!

yeah, I have been thinking about doing that...but really have no idea how to do that lol. Does anyone>?
1) go to autobard, buy nightshade
2) go home.
3) open tailgate, get newspaper and masking tape and mask around the entire light
4) spray
5) repeat however many times you want, depending on darkness
6) let dry
7) remove newspaper
8) close tailgate
9) drive

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 12th, 2009, 10:48 am

haha
cheers for the rundown, might give it a shot today

efman · Post by **efman** » July 12th, 2009, 4:54 pm

hey
any ideas for the interior, im planning on putting in red leds under the seats and the where your feet stay
im want some thing that is completely different but im still tryin to come up with ideas

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 12th, 2009, 7:12 pm

theres a fine line between 'different' and 'crap'. IMO leds and neons fall into the latter of the 2.

mabye a ghia interior? if you really wanna try something different put a BA or AU dash into it

efman · Post by **efman** » July 12th, 2009, 7:22 pm

Have you seen shanes ed with his leds they look good
i was gonna put some ghia interior like chrome door handles anything else?

MontXR · Post by **MontXR** » July 12th, 2009, 7:52 pm

Phillis wrote:theres a fine line between 'different' and 'crap'. IMO leds and neons fall into the latter of the 2.

I agree, Leds and Neons look crap... But if you like them well then go for it...

Im goin to be putting EL Fairmont Ghia interier into the EB as i LOVE the EL interior..

efman · Post by **efman** » July 13th, 2009, 9:15 pm

I was thinking about getting the back section where the number plate is in chrome or something like that, ive circles where i mean if ya dont get me, ive seen it on waghoonEF i think

And ive been lookin at extractors and then ill will need to get a new exhaust and im lookin for a decent set of extractors and maybe exhaust but not too much probably max like really max $250
i dont have alot of money so that y
I dont much about this stuff
any ideas for both? the number plate bit and the exhaust/ extractors situation
also wat is a high flo cat
Thanks

FOR.0EL · Post by **FOR.0EL** » July 14th, 2009, 12:26 am

nice wagon mate!!

yeah thats the rear garnish, what about colour coding it ? would look good

efman · Post by **efman** » July 14th, 2009, 7:48 am

Whats colour coding it

Post by **Commando** » July 14th, 2009, 8:07 am

Changing black bits like mirrors, side strips & bumper strips, numberplate garnish, to the same colour as the rest of the wagon

efman · Post by **efman** » July 14th, 2009, 4:55 pm

Any ideas about
ive been lookin at extractors and then ill will need to get a new exhaust and im lookin for a decent set of extractors and maybe exhaust but not too much probably max like really max $250also and wat is a high flo cat

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 14th, 2009, 5:02 pm

I doubt your going to be able to get much in the way of a full exhaust sytem (with extractors) for $250. Look to pay just over that for a 2nd hand pair. I paid just over $1k for mine.

A high flow cat is slang for a catalytic converter. its kinda like a filter right after your headers or extractors that removes all the bad stuff before your car spits it out the exhaust into the atmosphere. the hi-flow part just means its a bigger diameter or it breathes easier than a standard one.

IMO, leave the garnish as is and try some things that commando guy mentioned. getting some paint made up the same color as your car and spray side strips, the number plate garnish, side mirrors. that black strip that runs around the car- try painting that the same color as the rest of the car, or a different color all together

Post by **pHaT`eL** » July 14th, 2009, 5:06 pm

You could always keep an eye out for a Cardinal Red EF Fairmont wagon to pinch bits like moulds, garnish, mirrors etc from.

Just go for a cat-back exhaust for now, can always add extractors + cat later on when you have the money.

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 14th, 2009, 5:45 pm

yeah just stick with the exhaust to begin with like phat el said, its around the price your willing to pay, i got my 2.5"redback for $340 and im lining up some extractors in the next couple of weeks. color coding sounds like a good idea, oh and like phillis said u should niteshade the taillights, i did it on the weekend and they look pretty good

waghoonEF · Post by **waghoonEF** » July 14th, 2009, 6:45 pm

"gerbzjen"...........How does your redback exhaust sound on the wagon? I am going to get rid of my "bitsa

" 3" and get a new 2.5" but I still want to hear it.

Post by **pHaT`eL** » July 14th, 2009, 6:50 pm

Dave, we put a redback exhaust on Beths brothers EF wagon, sounded pretty good

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 14th, 2009, 6:58 pm

you reckon pete? man ive a 2.5" redback and it sounds like a fridge.