My ED XR6 and AU XR6

[hairy]

G'day guy i've been lurking around the forum for abit havin abit of a read and stuff and thought i might introduce my self.
My names Patrick and im from NSW i work in the automotive trade as a parts interpreter, ive got two XR6's and a big dirty transit van.

The ed is my daily driver, i picked it up about 4 months ago from a queensland. It was one owner and i found it hard to come by a black 5 speed to i pounced on it. Its got ssl's all around and a clarion DVD screen and a sony head unit nothing to exciting but serves me well.

My AU was my first car that i bought 5 years ago, the marjority of the car has been re-spayed and the body is pretty striaght. its got 20x8s all around with BA XR8 brakes calipers with drilled and slotted rotors all around to slow them down. Inside the seats have been retrimmed in white leather with xr embroided on the seats, the door cards, a piller trims and roof lining have all been trimmed to with all other remaining grey being painted to suit. i also modifyed the sunglass holder to fit a small screen. Underneith it all it has ssl's in the front and re-set and reverse eye leafs in the back, currently its about to go to probag to have the chassis notch completed so i can have suspension travel once again. In the motor department i lacks, it has a cold air kit on it with pacemakers and a 2.5'' exhaust, the engine bay is all detailed and is gloss red as apose to the matt finish they come from factory with and it has lots of shinny polished bits haha. The mod that im working on now is the boost side of things, ive just bought a T04Z for it and ive got a custom manifold being made up for it. Its going to be abit of a long term thing due to money constraints but i want to do it the right way the first time i guess.
Anyway i hope you enjoy my XR's


By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

By hairy161 at 2009-11-10

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-10

[M1CH437]

Love both cars, they both look mint as!

engine bay pics of au?

[hairy]

na not on this computer but ill try and grab some over the weekend. i forgot to mention the utes got a custom audio install with twin dual voice coil subs behind the seats and two response 4channel amps and an alpine headunit. I've also got 22's all around planned for next year... people say it cant be done and i plan to prove them wrong.

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

bout time you showed these off
both look great mate.

[pHaT`eL]

AU looks fkn mint!!

[EFFalcon]

22's?

22's won't clear the front suspension?

[bigdell]

but he does say he will prove them wrong so i would say that he has thought about that

[hairy]

22's?

22's won't clear the front suspension?

i know this, ive done a fair bit of homework on it this year but havnt have the funds for the wheels. But keep an eye out on the thread and i guarantee they will be on by this time next year. I've seen a local BA with 22x8's on the front already but ill be going for 22x8.5's because thats the smallest size in the wheels i want.

[Amon]

nice cars mate, ed looks mint

[XR_Lightning]

I agree with Amon, ED looks mint as

[Uncle Fungus]

Very nice ED! I'm jeallous

[boostedbb]

fark man that ute is beautiful i want it lol

[braad]

they look hot as. My old man had a S2 AU XR6 in venom, your ute is like a more awesomererer uteified 20's version. hot

i thought notching the chassis was illegal? werent they clamping down on that with all the mini-trucks with notched chassis'... or maybe im barking up the wrong tree :/

but seriously. hot ute. Makes me wanna go buy one

[Wagone]

22's?

22's won't clear the front suspension?

i know this, ive done a fair bit of homework on it this year but havnt have the funds for the wheels. But keep an eye out on the thread and i guarantee they will be on by this time next year. I've seen a local BA with 22x8's on the front already but ill be going for 22x8.5's because thats the smallest size in the wheels i want.

Hey mate both cars look in awesome condition! that ed was indeed a good buy and the ute looks tough as nice work
Been wasting a bit of time with the idea of 22's as well and yeah like you said it can definately be done, is the pic below that BA were talking about with the 22's?
I reckon if you can def make it stand out without it looking completely ridiculous then your on a winner, interested to see what your going to do with yours will keep an eye out for it!

[hairy]

thanks for the comments guys, the legal side of things with the notch im not sure but im sure ill be able to sort something. The notch i have for it is water cut and you will bearly be able to tell its notched due to it being one peice and it flows with the way the rails already go. ill throw some pics up over the weekend. and wagone thats not the ba im talking about but thats awesome, the one ive seen is from penrith ive spoken to the guys who fit the wheels up on it, dsnt seem like its going to be that much of a mission.. i just want the new wheels for it so i can put my 20s on the ed haha

[ed xr6]

put a bulge on the ute it would look mad

[EdXr666]

Love the au mate will be keen to see it with bags and 22's, au utes FTW and the ed looks like a really tidy example nice work

[hairy]

just a little update on the ED. Heres my little addition to make the daily more enjoyable.

[lawler]

Hey man Both of then look sweet man

[Kenaz]

I can't get over how mint both of those cars are!

Nice work

[hairy]

Thanks guys I really appreciate it. I take pretty good care of them. I'll keep the thread updated with any new mods. The utes gettin notched in the first week of December so I'll get some photos of that when it's all done.


Thanks


Patrick

[braad]

damnit pat! we're missin out checkin out one of these cars this weekend >.< damned shame mate, as mentioned before, im biased as, cant wait to see the ute in person once done. Looks awesome!

get some pics when they're doing the notching, it's interesting to see how they do it all, you could turn this almost into a build thread

[hairy]

So i had abit a project over the weekend and it was to fit the X'series blind to my ed. It was a really close fit we only needed to trim a little off it. Anyway here are some photos.. andd one of my van and my new while walls on my ute haha

X series blind

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

Hand friend angle grinder and tell him to start cutting so i can take a photo

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

Add a lick of white paint and bam! old man spec XR

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

andd here are my new walls, this photo gives you an idea of how low the ute is to and how tight the existing wheels are in the guards

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

andd the trusty motocross van

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

The van is abit random i know but it was a project i bought about a year or so ago. I bought it with epic blow by and it wasnt running real flash i had the intention of trying to do a 3.8L conversion but it was going to be to hard due to there only being a small amount of room unlike the old transits that had a bigger engine bay. We pulled the motor down to find a piston with a huge hole in the side of it and the inlet manifold was shagged so we replaced all the bearing pistons and did a few other things to. It was abit of an expensive mission but it came together pretty well and it worked out cheaper than going to buy a new van for motocross. I've also put a timber laminate floor in the back which is pretty cool and we made a rack for the bikes.

[marty's xr]

Love the xrs man! that is one of the hottest au utes ive ever seen and the ed is wicked. love the venetions too! wish i could come on the berry cruise. ur ed and my ef would look wicked cruising together

[SnyperEB]

Love both cars!!

[hairy]

Love the xrs man! that is one of the hottest au utes ive ever seen and the ed is wicked. love the venetions too! wish i could come on the berry cruise. ur ed and my ef would look wicked cruising together

haha indeed they would, i love your car. Cant go wrong with standard wheels and dropped on the deck.

[braad]

awesome work on the venetians. Have you got any pics of the inside of the transit? that laminate floor sounds pretty cool

[hairy]

thats where im up to with it at the moment, im going to build storage compartments over the wheel archs that will double as seats and im going to continue the laminate half way up the walls then black carpet the rest.. haha i have dramas i know but it will be cool. The bike rack is just behind the seats there, you put the front wheel between two legs that stick out and ive welded chain links to the bar and you tie the bike down to them. Heaps simple but works really well. there solid as a rock.



By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

andd hears a pic of the front of it.. and yes i know the dc sticker has to go.

By hairy161, shot with iPhone 3GS at 2009-11-29

[braad]

awesome, it's like the 70 van craze, just without naked women murals, shag pile and the bad taste lol

should look good

Is the new whitewall 15 or 18mm?

[marty's xr]

haha indeed they would, i love your car. Cant go wrong with standard wheels and dropped on the deck.

Cheers man, think il be going venetions soon too

[hairy]

i dunno how wide they are i just say wide and he goes wide haha. Scott loves me he visits to do my walls alot lol.

haha if you get an X'series blind i can make it fit! ive had practice now, there so friggin exspensive... i couldnt justify spending that sorta money on my daily.

[bng]

....

I WANT YOUR UTE... i think i jizzed alittle

if you two are cruising, ill follow in the distance so i dont interfere with class

[hairy]

Small update on what im up to with the ute. Last night i bought an XR6 turbo motor and that along with the T04Z i recently aquired i plan to build a boosted motor for it. Not sure on exactly what im going to do with it but i guess we'll see how it all pans out... I just want big HP and some go fast to compliment its good looks

[XhXr6Lover]

Hi mate. i dont know if this thread is to old for anyone to reply but i have an AU xr6 to and im just wondering what that tonnuea cover is? i would love a hard top but i think the cover you have looks just as good and probably a third of the price. so yea do you have any information to help me?

[DJV8T5]

try and check out tuff tonneaus, they are located in bayswater, vic, but im pretty sure they post to anywhere.

and both ute & ED look mad...

the 20s wont go straight on the ED either, different offset, you will need spacers to make them fit correctly, and thereby make them illegal and unroadworthy to have on the car, not to mention size issues with most states running no more than 50mm (2in) bigger diameter and 25-30mm wider (approx 1in) unless you get an engineers cert...which are damned expensive

[freerider]

love these especially the ed looks mint as

[Robertsbrock]

Id like to see more work on this motorcross van , i got a couple of mates who have vans they use for there motor bikes but none of them do them up and do anything custom its just throw ya bike in and strap it down.