Ef 5.0 + AU 4.0 + FG XR8

by **Customxg** » June 5th, 2011, 7:27 pm

That is a nice fairmont I had the same fairmont in same colour and it was a v8 to but it was stock I'm starting to wish I had of kept it good work mate

by **nstg8a** » June 6th, 2011, 4:11 pm

And it goes back to the panel shop tomorrow, to try and remove the orange peel

by **nstg8a** » July 29th, 2011, 8:21 pm

well the ghia has been gone for nearly a week now... no grumpy calls from the buyer so he must be happy with it.

i had decided to buy a cheap 4 cylinder shit box... but no. ive gone and joined all the special kids and bought an au :banghead:

by **67rce** » July 29th, 2011, 8:47 pm

nstg8a wrote:well the ghia has been gone for nearly a week now... no grumpy calls from the buyer so he must be happy with it.

i had decided to buy a cheap 4 cylinder shit box... but no. ive gone and joined all the special kids and bought an au

Now it needs a TE50 interior!

by **nstg8a** » July 29th, 2011, 8:50 pm

nah im not gonna spend any coin on this unless its to keep it running.

by **67rce** » July 29th, 2011, 8:51 pm

Damnit! I'm trying to sell the remainder of my XR8 stuff

by **nstg8a** » July 29th, 2011, 9:03 pm

what else you got?

by **private9** » July 29th, 2011, 9:25 pm

nstg8a wrote:nah im not gonna spend any coin on this unless its to keep it running.

Smart move. I service an AU once, still regret it...

by **Dansedgli** » July 29th, 2011, 9:28 pm

lol

AU's are good. They just look like arse.

What kind of AU did you get?

by **nstg8a** » July 29th, 2011, 10:01 pm

Dansedgli wrote:lol

AU's are good. They just look like arse.

What kind of AU did you get?

au3 forte. fairmont chrome bits front n rear. 180ish kays. rwc and rego'd till december i think. 3.5k.

by **67rce** » July 29th, 2011, 10:10 pm

nstg8a wrote:what else you got?

S1 XR kit minus front lip/xr lights (bar is damaged), T1 TE Interior, IRS SSL rear springs, Front and rear electric window gear.

by **nstg8a** » July 29th, 2011, 10:16 pm

hmm nothing there i need i dont think.

by **nstg8a** » July 31st, 2011, 11:04 am

heres the shitter to replace the ef...

its freakning filthy, inside and out. plus the old owner was a smoker. **** i hate **** who smoke in cars.

so ive got a bit of cleaning ahead of me. pics make it look better than it is, its got heaps of scratches and shit on it, and the fairmont panels look like theyve been sprayed with rattle cans lol.

by **EFFalcon** » July 31st, 2011, 11:12 am

not even on LPG?

by **nstg8a** » July 31st, 2011, 11:22 am

EFFalcon wrote:not even on LPG?

lol no gas on this one. pity.

but it really shows how much the lpg must have been slowing down the old ef, cos this thing would absolutely destroy the v8. wouldnt even be close. pity it sounds like ass compared to the wheezer.

by **huggiebear** » July 31st, 2011, 6:28 pm

not bad. its no kitted EF but black is good...

by **nstg8a** » July 31st, 2011, 7:12 pm

huggiebear wrote:not bad. its no kitted EF but black is good...

nope its no kitted ef, but for me thats a good thing. so far i dont have the slightest inclination to spend money on this thing, and thats what i want lol

by **huggiebear** » July 31st, 2011, 7:29 pm

i know what you mean. i just picked up a stock EF GLi Classic. so its got mags. motor and box are healthy and im happy as it is minus tint...

by **ozeford** » August 18th, 2011, 9:27 pm

yeah AU are ugly man, should of kept the EF Fairmont, I have one (6cyl though) but heck I love it (coming from a shitty 4cyl fwd haha)

by **pHaT`eL** » August 19th, 2011, 4:56 pm

AU's are an aquired taste. Some look like arse, some come out really good!

by **apoc** » August 19th, 2011, 8:21 pm

I don't mind the au. This one will come up pretty neat! Black is a good colour too

I've found the 6cyl ones to be reliable as **** if they're not messed with. My mum had a s1 fairmont on LPG, just kept putting it's hand up for abuse every day lol. Barely even serviced it

300000km with barely a problem is fair decent in my book.

by **nstg8a** » August 19th, 2011, 9:34 pm

oze-ford wrote:yeah AU are ugly man, should of kept the EF Fairmont, I have one (6cyl though) but heck I love it (coming from a shitty 4cyl fwd haha)

if i kept it i would have just poured money into it, and got nowhere. ive fucked with cars for 20 years now, and its time i gave it a break.

spoke to the new owner the other day too, hes loving it, its on different wheels now, and hes bought some alloy heads and manifold, is aiming for 350-400 hp out of it. im glad its gone to a good owner. also glad i dont have to see it driving round lol, cos i do miss it.

by **misk** » August 19th, 2011, 9:39 pm

i rekn the AU can be a good daily if you buy the right one at the right price.
i drive a beat up festiva lol!
looks quite good on the outside man, one of the nicer AUs ive seen...

but **** me the interiors are poxy as ****.
they must have been designed by KIA on a $20 hatchback budget...

by **nstg8a** » August 19th, 2011, 9:43 pm

yeah this one doesnt owe me **** all really, and as long as it doesnt cost me any more il be happy. but if it shits itself im burning it and buying an excel lol.

by **misk** » August 19th, 2011, 10:10 pm

loll
4cyl hatchbacks are fair mint as a run around, but you realllllly need a big second car (ie. a falcon of RWD descent...) to air your genitals correctly

by **nstg8a** » August 19th, 2011, 10:15 pm

ive got a bike that airs my genitals just fine lol :grin:

by **InfernalTyrant** » August 19th, 2011, 10:20 pm

What do you think of those Hyosung bikes? I was looking at one a while back and got told by a few people that they're nothing but trouble.

by **nstg8a** » August 19th, 2011, 10:24 pm

i keep getting told theyre the hyundai of the bike world

early ones are shit, new ones are decent, but still not quite the quality of the jap stuff.

2 year unlimited kay factory warranty gave me the faith to try them. also the most powerful lams bike on the market at the moment.

team moto is doing 2011 gt650's for $7800 ish ride away, brand new. thats good value i reckon.

by **nstg8a** » December 22nd, 2011, 9:05 pm

well, seems i cant help myself... was looking for a new car, but decided im liking my debt levels dropping rather than increasing, so i bit the bullet and paid the rego on the pig au. seems ive developed a grudging respect for the temperamental slut of a car. i sure it has a mind of its own, seems to play up just enough to piss em off, but not quite enough to convince me to get rid of it.

im gonna fix up a few things on it, needs brakes bad, if i can find a ghia or lane interior cheap il chuck that in, i miss leather.
do the tints and throw some better rims on it and hopefully that will do it for a while.

doesnt help when cunce keep linking up pics of this thing...

by **Dansedgli** » December 22nd, 2011, 9:07 pm

Mine have been grinding metal on metal for 2 months now.

It's an AU, it doesnt deserve pads.

Apart from blowing up engines every now and then I've only needed to swap out 1 coil pack in 3 years. AU's are good!

by **nstg8a** » December 22nd, 2011, 9:13 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Mine have been grinding metal on metal for 2 months now.

It's an AU, it doesnt deserve pads.

Apart from blowing up engines every now and then I've only needed to swap out 1 coil pack in 3 years. AU's are good!

lol, my pads are fine, its the discs, theyre more warped than marilyn manson.

i got a coil pack, oxy sensor and new leads for it off justin, but theyve made no improvement at all. so i might actually fit them over the weekend and see if that helps. coil pack looks like a pain in the arse to get to tho.

boost would be nice too.

by **ClassicAU** » December 23rd, 2011, 6:52 am

The hate continues!

I don’t understand how people hate the interior of an AU, especially the series 3, it’s mint I recon! Yes, the AU1 was a fair pig, but the rest are good. Plus reliable, I’ve had four now and not killed one engine yet, and I boosted two of them! I wish I could put some effort into what mine looks like on the outside, but daily duties forbids this.
I recon yours looks good, apart from the series 1 rear. The S3 Ghia nose is da bomb, first thing I did to mine too. I recon S3 kit, S3 boot spear, de-spoiler and nice wheels and this thing would look mint!

by **nstg8a** » December 23rd, 2011, 11:16 am

T3 all the way

by **nstg8a** » December 27th, 2011, 9:12 pm

seems i really cant help myself...

had a customer come into work just before xmas, got to chatting to him, and turns out he owns spoilertek.. fast forward all the blah blah shit and the week before xmas he drops off a full t3 kit for a price so far below retail i was laughing...

so i have four days off over xmas, so crack the toolbox, and the wild turkey at the same time.

rear bar comes off first, and i scope what i need to do. simple drill some rivets out of the old bar and transfer them to the new bar.

only using self tappers for now so i can move the mounts around if needed to get the gaps semi decent.

and mounted up, fit is pretty damned good for fibreglass, the only issues are actually caused by the selftappers :banghead:

being too bulky and being a very tight fit between the bar and rear 1/4. i guess thats why ford use rivets.

todays effort
onto the front bar...

did a bit of a search on aff (now that im unbanned) on how to remove the bumpers first, apparently theres supposed to be a row of bolts holding the front bar on, but i just had the 13mm nut in each wheelarch, and a single self tapper in the centre beneath the grill. no wonder this thing rattles.

got it mounted up fine, was drilling some holes and snapped the last of my small drill bits. so test drive time it was, 4.40pm, with supercheap closing soon and it pissing down no choice but to take the au instead of the bike.
1st issue, getting it off my driveway

looks like a good excuse for some 19s...
figured id risk it with no front plate, cops hardly ever drive round here... famous last words.

enter murphy... coming back turned into my street and wouldnt you know it, a patrol car coming straight toward me. sure enough he goes past then throws a u turn. this should be interesting.
i climb out, and say 'let me guess, no front plate?' turns out they were pretty decent ****, let me off with a warning, although they got a little sus when they saw my rego label was expired lol... i explained, they took my details and buggered off.

and thats where its at at the moment.
still need to do the sideskirts, gonna take my time after seeing how sterlings sat too far under i dont want mine looking like that.
going to the wreckers tomorrow after work to see if they have a series 3 boot spear, and some nuts mines missing.
front bar needs to come off again so i can mesh it (have black mesh for it) and see if the under tray thingy will go back on or not.
the boot spoiler is the only piece of the kit thats not black gelcoat, so i need to paint that, plus the bit of the grill that bolts to the bonnet.

by **EBOOST** » December 28th, 2011, 9:48 am

good stuff mate but yeah needs bigger wheels haha.
cheers josh.

by **ClassicAU** » December 28th, 2011, 2:18 pm

I do not agree. T3 kit should not be on anything but an actual T3, especially a shitty stock I6 auto! Like I said, S3 Tickford kit would have been perfect.

by **nstg8a** » December 28th, 2011, 6:01 pm

lol, lucky its not yours then... im just mucking round with this thing, care factor zero here.

a couple of grand thrown at this thing is better than me giving up and buying something flash i cant afford, and wont want 5 days after i get it.

on another note, picked up a decent boot spear, might get it and the bonnet piece painted up tonight.

by **nstg8a** » December 29th, 2011, 8:27 pm

little more done, got the boot spear and bonnet thing painted up last night, so fitted them up after work today. didnt get a pic of the front cos, well, i forgot i did it lol.

but the boot.. from the gay chrome series one trim

a quick spray on this one

and fitted

much better imo. the series III badge will come off, a light tint on the taillights just to make them dull, fit the spoiler and thats the back end done.

only badging will be the blue oval, front and rear.

by **nstg8a** » December 30th, 2011, 5:29 pm

bit more done, brake light not installed yet, the wiring is gonna be a headfuck to route the wiring into the boot.

plan had been to respray the whole thing in satin black (properly, not tm style) but after seeing the t3 wing in satin black im having second thoughts.

by **nstg8a** » December 31st, 2011, 12:59 pm

and 19s are on...

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