Kustom wrote:
I hope you did your research on edward lee's reputation before you bought the car. It does look good and genuine though... for once.
I've got contacts in similar fields of expertise. They have done some dodgies in the past, but they are generally good importers from what i've heard. Personally I wouldn't deal through them again though, but we all have different experiences.
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:09 am
by Daniel2019
So jealous It looks great. Winning WTTC!
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:12 am
by illmotion
kiz wrote:The car was imported through Edward Lees Japanese Imports in Sydney. They have a guy over in Tokyo called Nobu. He sources a lot of vehicles for them over in Japan. He has also imported many FTOs for Edward Lees over the years.
NOBU!! i knew that rang some bells
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:33 pm
by kiz
illmotion wrote:
kiz wrote:The car was imported through Edward Lees Japanese Imports in Sydney. They have a guy over in Tokyo called Nobu. He sources a lot of vehicles for them over in Japan. He has also imported many FTOs for Edward Lees over the years.
NOBU!! i knew that rang some bells
Bingo, yea that's him. Actually never seen that video either, thanks for putting that up
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:55 pm
by kiz
I went for a drive in my FTO tonight and had the camera with, so I took some pics
Excuse the NSW plates
Also a bit dirty, thanks to the trucks on the highway and puddles...
My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:05 pm
by Sahin
f**k those side skirts go well with the lines of the fto
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:32 pm
by benrad666
Very nice mate, the white wheels look great
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:00 pm
by Astron_Boy
Pity the bonnet came from a mold that was smaller than the oem.
Otherwise looks awesome.
Forgot how high a factory FTO sits.
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:12 pm
by kiz
Astron_Boy wrote:Pity the bonnet came from a mold that was smaller than the oem.
Otherwise looks awesome.
Forgot how high a factory FTO sits.
The bonnet does sit lower, it's just a pain in the ass trying to get the bonnet catch pins in the right place, at the right height AND still be able to close it AND get the catch pin through the securing pin... Comes down to the 0.01mms, no joke. It is on my list on things to get done soon, took me 10mins to install the new catches and about 1.5hours just to get it to line up just so I could shut it..
And it was lower but due to compliancing when it came into the country it had to be raised substantially, might lower it later down the track but at the moment it is good as is
Hadn't seen that second video so cheers for putting that one up
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:42 pm
by ObsidianRadio
Ohaithere bebz, my name is Kiz and I have some fullly hectic updatez about my cute little vroomvroom car!
Because Jack is such a top bloke, he drove all the way across Adelaide in a Nissan Nomad to pick up my pretty new bumperz and shizz, because I was a silly billy and tried fitting them in my Ford Falcon!
So now mah pretty bumperz are being prepped for painting by Jack because he's done it all before and knows his sh*t and stuff, and then he's taking it to his special friend who works as a spray painter! Hopefully they will be on my white knight within the next couple of weeks!
ObsidianRadio wrote:Ohaithere bebz, my name is Kiz and I have some fullly hectic updatez about my cute little vroomvroom car!
Because Jack is such a top bloke, he drove all the way across Adelaide in a Nissan Nomad to pick up my pretty new bumperz and shizz, because I was a silly billy and tried fitting them in my Ford Falcon!
So now mah pretty bumperz are being prepped for painting by Jack because he's done it all before and knows his sh*t and stuff, and then he's taking it to his special friend who works as a spray painter! Hopefully they will be on my white knight within the next couple of weeks!
You haven't been sniffing that white powder that's been coming off my bars while you've been sanding have you??
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:09 am
by bjk
How is it even a question?
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:12 pm
by ObsidianRadio
bjk wrote:How is it even a question?
My excellence requires no explanation.
Re: My new FTO fresh from Japan
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:44 pm
by Astron_Boy
ObsidianRadio wrote:Ohaithere bebz, my name is Kiz and I have some fullly hectic updatez about my cute little vroomvroom car!
Because Jack is such a top bloke, he drove all the way across Adelaide in a Nissan Nomad to pick up my pretty new bumperz and shizz, because I was a silly billy and tried fitting them in my Ford Falcon!
So now mah pretty bumperz are being prepped for painting by Jack because he's done it all before and knows his sh*t and stuff, and then he's taking it to his special friend who works as a spray painter! Hopefully they will be on my white knight within the next couple of weeks!