Ef 5.0 + AU 4.0 + FG XR8

wombi90 · Post by **wombi90** » December 31st, 2011, 1:06 pm

Rims look good! Love the black on black

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » December 31st, 2011, 1:24 pm

wombi90 wrote:Rims look good! Love the black on black

cheers mate, black is good i reckon

superhuS! · Post by **superhuS!** » December 31st, 2011, 1:28 pm

sideskirts asap!

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » December 31st, 2011, 1:29 pm

superhuS! wrote:sideskirts asap!

lol, theyre waiting for the weather to clear up, definitely needs them i agree.

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 1st, 2012, 1:44 pm

EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » January 2nd, 2012, 2:54 pm

wash asap lol.

looks good mate.
cheers josh.

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 2nd, 2012, 6:40 pm

yeah, might wash it. one day. probably when it gets prepped for paint.

saw this for sale yesterday and couldnt resist a 'before/after' shot

DJV8T5 · Post by **DJV8T5** » January 2nd, 2012, 9:43 pm

looking good mate, love the kit. the before/after shot looks great too

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 2nd, 2012, 10:45 pm

DJV8T5 wrote:looking good mate, love the kit. the before/after shot looks great too

cheers man, i was actually half tempted to buy the other one lol, its pretty mint, 2k with rwc and reg. only a series one though, but is a futura.

perfect daily.

ClassicAU · Post by **ClassicAU** » January 3rd, 2012, 6:01 am

Um, so you were going to buy a daily so you don't have to daily your daily?

Hawk rear wing looks shite btw!

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 3rd, 2012, 9:50 am

What hawk wing

ClassicAU · Post by **ClassicAU** » January 3rd, 2012, 9:55 am

That be a replica Hawk wing you have on there my friend.

T3 wings dont have that little cut out pannel thing on the outside of each upright like yours does. Pretty sure all knock off kits come with these. Like I said though, even if it was OEM I still wouldn't like it on your car anyway!

T3 kit on a T3, that is all.

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 3rd, 2012, 10:33 am

Lol that panel.is.to access the bolts.
Close enough to t3 for me. Its not like I'm trying to build a perfect replica.

I like the way it looks now so that's good enough for me

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 3rd, 2012, 9:14 pm

now that im home and able to use my laptop i thought id check out ev says about my boot spoiler being a hawk copy rather than a t3 copy.

i knew mine had different mounting feet, but hadnt noticed any other difference, until i had a decent look now...

i think next time the spoilertek guy comes into work im gonna have a chat to him. end of the day im not concerned about my car, imo it still looks heaps better than what it did, and i never planned to do a perfect replica, just to try and make my shitter look a little better.

good spotting ev.

ClassicAU · Post by **ClassicAU** » January 4th, 2012, 5:56 am

You know it!

Haha, nah, I actually remembered from back in my aufalcon.com days when they used to have a cry about small things like this. Pretty sure one dude started some shit back in the day when he ordered a T3 kit and got this.

xr6tjet · Post by **xr6tjet** » January 5th, 2012, 3:34 pm

t3 kit looks good, i would keep the car gloss black just get a cut and polish

black on black is definately working.

ps. black painted headlight bezels would look sweet on this !

cheers, alex

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 5th, 2012, 4:55 pm

xr6tjet wrote:t3 kit looks good, i would keep the car gloss black just get a cut and polish black on black is definately working.

ps. black painted headlight bezels would look sweet on this !

cheers, alex

cheers, and yup, painting the headlights is on the cards, i just want to get a spare set to do it too, im a bit wary about sticking them in the oven lol

xr6tjet · Post by **xr6tjet** » January 5th, 2012, 9:17 pm

yea get a set of the forte headlights (matt bezels) and when you do it just take your time, don't put them under too much heat though, that will kill em. there is a tutorial on fordforums which goes through the steps, pretty good one to follow. i'm still contemplating on doing mine but id get another set and id give it a go on them.

i'm not usually a fan on bodykits, especially t3 kits on anything other then a genuine t3 but i like the scheme so far going on this car. keep it up

cheers, alex

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 7th, 2012, 11:28 pm

so plan for this weekend was to get the headlights painted, and get the front bar meshed.

so heres some pics showing my new interior

paid $350 for seats/door cards/shifter and surround. good price i reckon.

from this

after a bit of this

seats and cards in

speed.freak · Post by **speed.freak** » January 7th, 2012, 11:42 pm

Far out. It's amazing what a bit of leather and woodgrain can do to improve an AU's interior. The stock trim pattern is so poxy.

This has come a long way. Black on black on black. Shaping up to be a tough example

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 7th, 2012, 11:50 pm

woodgrain is going, im gonna carbon wrap it all. gonna lose the chrome handles too.

xr6tjet · Post by **xr6tjet** » January 8th, 2012, 1:48 pm

nice job on the interior, i did the same in my car. keep the chrome handles as they look prestige inside the car, id just carbon wrap all the woodgrain.

cheers, alex.

kwikxr · Post by **kwikxr** » January 8th, 2012, 2:06 pm

Gotta love black everything

Looks mint as dude, it's definitely come a long way from what it used to look like. Looking forward to seeing how well the interior turns out with the carbon wrap

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 8th, 2012, 3:12 pm

xr6tjet wrote:nice job on the interior, i did the same in my car. keep the chrome handles as they look prestige inside the car, id just carbon wrap all the woodgrain.

cheers, alex.

yeah decided to keep the chrome, mainly cos theres already a few random bits of chrome in there so it helps it all tie in a bit better.

got some of that supercheap carbon vinyl, no idea what the quality is like, but i wont do it until the next long weekend.

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » January 10th, 2012, 5:41 am

**** that au looks great, remember seeing the pics on aff, didnt realise that was you.

you make me want to get a spoiler now.

black looks very good.

love the rims, too, im thinking of doing the same thing, but in opposite contrast, because mine is white i have been on and off about painting my ba 17's white for so long now.

keep up the good work

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 21st, 2012, 8:43 pm

tiny update, picked up the new plates today...

very apt. at least, for now.

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 25th, 2012, 6:45 pm

The end.

Got caught in the floods this morning

67rce · Post by **67rce** » January 25th, 2012, 6:47 pm

At Rocklea? Damn that sucks to hear!

NUT347 · Post by **NUT347** » January 25th, 2012, 8:22 pm

Fark.

Did you drive through it or was it parked somewhere?

wicksy · Post by **wicksy** » January 25th, 2012, 8:30 pm

Oh fark, that sucks, it's not looking good down your way

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 25th, 2012, 8:50 pm

Drove through it. Almost.

Had no choice traffic was backed up , zero visibility to risk a u turn. Heaps of others made it through fine but when the water rolled over my bonnet the airbox took a big gulp. Engine stopped with a big clonk.

Turns over but sounds really odd, like when you wind over an engine with no plugs.

At the moment I'm over it, going round the yards tomorrow.

Post by **Bipolar** » January 25th, 2012, 10:10 pm

That's fuct

Second in one week.

I'll let ya know if I see anything decent on the northside.

NUT347 · Post by **NUT347** » January 25th, 2012, 10:39 pm

If its not insured...

Swap ya my ea for the AU?

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 26th, 2012, 8:19 am

lol its going nowhere just yet

top side of the filter was all foamy lol,

apoc · Post by **apoc** » January 26th, 2012, 9:45 am

Nom water lol. Sucks about that man, gonna replace the motor? Or get rid of it?

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 26th, 2012, 1:52 pm

Gonna get rid of it

Dansedgli · Post by **Dansedgli** » January 26th, 2012, 2:43 pm

Gonna get rid of it over a $300 motor?

Did it fill up like a fish tank too?

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » January 26th, 2012, 4:14 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Gonna get rid of it over a $300 motor?

Did it fill up like a fish tank too?

yeah $300 for a wrecker spec engine, plus paying someone to fit it, plus getting it towed from work, plus the time to organise it all. i work 80 hrs a week, dont have the time or the inclination to spend more on it, il cut my losses on it now.

its just the last nail in the coffin for it really. im about to head down to work to see if itl start, but yeah, im over it.

water never got inside the car, just engine bay.

nstg8a · Post by **nstg8a** » February 1st, 2012, 1:04 am

holmsy · Post by **holmsy** » February 1st, 2012, 1:40 am

haha thats a funny looking au