MY PRIDE & JOY- BA XR6 TURBO

by **rjcols** » April 14th, 2011, 8:52 pm

Picked up my new baby about a month ago for $20,000, only 112,000 on the clock, 5 speed manual, APS 3" stainless Steel Exhaust System, APS Intercooler, APS CAI system and APS High Capacity Injectors, Ba XR8 18" Wheels and King Spring Lows. I put mesh grilles on it to hide the intercooler and added chrome pin stripe on the front and rear bar, removed the spoiler and tinted the tail lights, sprayed the calipers red and the rotors silver to remove the rust.

by **Sunboost** » April 14th, 2011, 8:55 pm

Nice. Another Mooroolbarkian.

Did you do much research before you picked it up bud? $20k is a little steep for a 5 speed BA with over 100km.

by **rjcols** » April 14th, 2011, 8:58 pm

i got it with a 5 year warranty and it covers everything so im still happy with the purchase

by **[Sterling]** » April 14th, 2011, 8:58 pm

Judging he's a P plater, No. looks good get BF tailights asap

by **Sunboost** » April 14th, 2011, 9:03 pm

rjcols wrote:i got it with a 5 year warranty and it covers everything so im still happy with the purchase

If it covers everything, I'd be thrashing the guts out of it. The clutch and box won't be like whatever power the APS shit's putting out - btw, how much power is it putting out? Engine bay pics?

by **rjcols** » April 14th, 2011, 9:06 pm

i dunno how much power it's putting out, i wanna get it tuned soon so i'll find out then, just strapped for cash atm

by **Sunboost** » April 14th, 2011, 9:09 pm

It's got half decent mods. If all the gear was in a BF2 or F6 it'd put down some good figures. My guess with a T5 and early BA motor it's been tuned very modestly. You should try contacting a previous owner for more info. How long till you're off your P's?

by **rjcols** » April 14th, 2011, 9:15 pm

the previous owner was from tassie and i picked it up from a car yard. 8 months till im off my P's. im not gonna do anything to the car until im off my P's just so its no so red hot

by **Parfrey** » April 14th, 2011, 11:00 pm

Looks nice and clean

I'd leave the taillights stock so you dont create more unwanted attention too.

20g's is a fair bit for a 5sp, I'd consider selling mine for that if i could think of anything decent to replace it with!

by **nstg8a** » April 16th, 2011, 5:35 pm

20k for a ba turbo manual from a dealer is pretty normal up here.

i like it, looks tough.

by **NUT347** » April 16th, 2011, 6:16 pm

Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway

by **rjcols** » April 17th, 2011, 6:17 pm

NUT347 wrote:Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway

cheers for the comment, i got a 5 year warranty on the car that covers pretty much everything so thats why it cos a bit more

by **67rce** » April 17th, 2011, 6:26 pm

rjcols wrote:
NUT347 wrote:Why am I have trouble getting 19 for a 6 speed?!?

Nice car anyway

cheers for the comment, i got a 5 year warranty on the car that covers pretty much everything so thats why it cos a bit more

Hate to say this to you mate, but that warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on!

by **Kenaz** » April 18th, 2011, 2:43 pm

Looks good, but I'd also suggest leaving the stock un-tinted tail lights in it to avoid unwanted attention.

by **Mr_4.0** » April 19th, 2011, 6:13 am

I payed 23k for mine with a 4 speed auto lol

by **Ech0_** » April 19th, 2011, 8:10 am

Great looking car and very nice for p's but I'm with everyone else with the fact u need to un tint your lights. If the bacon pull you over for the lights (which they will) they'll do a look through on the car and under your bonnet ain't exactly subtle. Even someone who knows nothing about cars will see the turbo plastics and you'll get done for sure.

by **iCER** » April 19th, 2011, 1:50 pm

i paid 13k for my 2004 BA XR6T with 300rwkw ;( but had 120,000km and stock auto.

mind you the only modification the car has since purchase of the car is the 3.5" cat back. Well not even cat back as i replaced the cat too.

by **Dansedgli** » April 19th, 2011, 2:15 pm

$13k woulda been a Pretty decent bargain back then.

by **iCER** » April 19th, 2011, 6:53 pm

sure was!

by **rjcols** » April 19th, 2011, 8:13 pm

im taking everyones advice and changing the lights back to stock

by **Ech0_** » April 19th, 2011, 9:36 pm

Good idea. Just until your off your p's at least.

by **iCER** » April 19th, 2011, 10:05 pm

i got some stock BA lights in as new condition if you want em. 70$ +10$ post and they are yours for both. pm me if interested

by **rjcols** » April 20th, 2011, 3:06 pm

yeah im keen, just gotta get some cash together, hopefully my ef diff sells today and ill pm you.
cheers

by **kocho** » April 20th, 2011, 4:02 pm

looks nice boot lip spoiler and quad exhausts FTW

by **rjcols** » April 20th, 2011, 7:23 pm

kocho wrote:looks nice boot lip spoiler and quad exhausts FTW

yeah i plan on gettin a boot lip in the near future

by **rjcols** » May 12th, 2011, 6:31 pm

I'm buying king spring super lows and i wanna compress the rear 1.5" and the front 1"
any suggestions on whether that will be too low or will i scrape heaps?

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » May 12th, 2011, 6:38 pm

Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.

by **rjcols** » May 12th, 2011, 6:59 pm

Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.

you can only get ultras in the front for ba's and supers in the rear

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » May 12th, 2011, 7:08 pm : **NUT347 Likes this post**

rjcols wrote:
Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Why not just buy SSL's insted of SL's?
SL's in the front,SSL's in the back always looks good.

you can only get ultras in the front for ba's and supers in the rear

Not real sure where you got that info from.

Heres a BA with SSL's in the rear and SL's in the front

by **rjcols** » May 12th, 2011, 7:41 pm

i got the info off the king spring catalogue

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » May 12th, 2011, 7:46 pm

Send Private9 a pm and ill sure he'll be able to help you out with some Ultras for the rear

by **Dansedgli** » May 12th, 2011, 7:50 pm

They are SSL's but the king catalogue says they are superlows for a BA.

by **rjcols** » May 12th, 2011, 7:50 pm

cheers for the info

by **rjcols** » May 16th, 2011, 6:38 pm

i picked up some springs today off ILLF8D for $150, front KFFL-57SL and rear KFRL-68SSL, the fronts are still in the plastic wrap and the rears were used for 4000kms so im pretty stoked about that, i wanna compress the fronts 1" and if the rears aren't too low 1.5"

by **rjcols** » May 23rd, 2011, 10:51 am

Scored some new Autometer Gauges off Ebay the other day now i just need to pick up the FPV gauge pod and connect it all up!

by **SLO4LT** » May 31st, 2011, 11:15 pm : **rjcols Likes this post**

Looked pretty good the other night i saw it mate :good:

by **shane-ed** » June 1st, 2011, 12:05 am

Pretty keen on putting gauges in mine. let me know how hard they re to wire up. Your car looks shmicko btw

by **rjcols** » June 6th, 2011, 10:29 am

DaMo-RyDNLo wrote:Looked pretty good the other night i saw it mate

Cheers mate, ur car was pretty pimpin too bud!

by **rjcols** » June 6th, 2011, 10:35 am

shane-ed wrote:Pretty keen on putting gauges in mine. let me know how hard they re to wire up. Your car looks shmicko btw

Yeah now worries mate, i'll post up as soon as they're done. Cheers for the comment!

by **rjcols** » June 22nd, 2011, 7:43 pm

some new pics up with the new springs and new shockers in! i'm loving it!
cars a bit dirty but this poo weather isn't helping!
enjoy...

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