FA25LY - far too sly
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FA25LY - far too sly
I am the proud owner of a 1994 FTO GPX.
I purchased the car in March/April 2010. Got it from original aussie importers, so I am the second aussie owner of this beast.
It came with:
- HKS Kansai Front Bar
- 15" Aftermarket wheels
- Rubbish aftermarket stereo system.
- Small racing aftermarket momo steering wheel.
Other than that it was stock as a rock.
I have since then learned much about these beasts, and have done the following to my ride: (from what I remember, in no particular order).
- Sanded and cleaned up the headlights
- Replaced the broken indicator stalk
- Upgraded spark plugs and leads (iridiums and 2.0mm magnecors).
- Painted calipers blue
- Painted the engine cover.
- Replaced fuel filter
- Installed a GPvR rear strut brace, and a Cusco front strut brace.
- Upgraded the air intake to UAS piping and 4" K&N pod. (for the serious MIVEC whooosh!)
- Replaced 15" mags with new 17" aftermarket mags.
- Upgraded to Falken FK452 tires.
- Reco-d the steering rack, replaced the steering column, replaced 3 droplinks.
- Installed 8000k HIDs (twice).
- Installed white LEDs in the interior lighting.
- Replaced the blown heater core.
- 2.5" Catback exhaust system with no resonators and a sports muffler (sounds amazing!)
- Tinted vinyl on rear lights
- Replaced the sound system with:
- - Rockford Power 6x9s in the back
- - Pioneer Head deck
- - Kenwood 6.5"s in the front
- RPW extractors
- Smoked side indicators
- Blue slam panel
- Leather(ette?) Seats
Repaired stereo surround by stickerbombing it:
Replaced old busted shocks and springs with KYB Excel Gs and Lovell 'Low' Springs
From this:
to this:
I purchased the car in March/April 2010. Got it from original aussie importers, so I am the second aussie owner of this beast.
It came with:
- HKS Kansai Front Bar
- 15" Aftermarket wheels
- Rubbish aftermarket stereo system.
- Small racing aftermarket momo steering wheel.
Other than that it was stock as a rock.
I have since then learned much about these beasts, and have done the following to my ride: (from what I remember, in no particular order).
- Sanded and cleaned up the headlights
- Replaced the broken indicator stalk
- Upgraded spark plugs and leads (iridiums and 2.0mm magnecors).
- Painted calipers blue
- Painted the engine cover.
- Replaced fuel filter
- Installed a GPvR rear strut brace, and a Cusco front strut brace.
- Upgraded the air intake to UAS piping and 4" K&N pod. (for the serious MIVEC whooosh!)
- Replaced 15" mags with new 17" aftermarket mags.
- Upgraded to Falken FK452 tires.
- Reco-d the steering rack, replaced the steering column, replaced 3 droplinks.
- Installed 8000k HIDs (twice).
- Installed white LEDs in the interior lighting.
- Replaced the blown heater core.
- 2.5" Catback exhaust system with no resonators and a sports muffler (sounds amazing!)
- Tinted vinyl on rear lights
- Replaced the sound system with:
- - Rockford Power 6x9s in the back
- - Pioneer Head deck
- - Kenwood 6.5"s in the front
- RPW extractors
- Smoked side indicators
- Blue slam panel
- Leather(ette?) Seats
Repaired stereo surround by stickerbombing it:
Replaced old busted shocks and springs with KYB Excel Gs and Lovell 'Low' Springs
From this:
to this:
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this forum is full of fail
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NICE... where did you get the UAS intake piping?
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Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz
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FA25LY - far too sly
I very luckily got a second hand one (I kept my ear out for a year)BUZZ_QWERTY wrote:NICE... where did you get the UAS intake piping?
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Haha, thanks man,vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz
Yours looks pretty good from what iv seen. Just need to tweak it to how you like it
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vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz
You're kidding yes? your car looked very clean!
Is that a limited edition? or just a different respray of yellow?
Brendon, good work mayne!
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i like your front bar... anyone know where they have it in sydney?
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Thanks man,FTO-BOY wrote:i like your front bar... anyone know where they have it in sydney?
Nah pretty sure they are rare as hens teeth if I remember correctly. (unless you go straight from Japan)
There are similar style ones around that you can get though.
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Yeah thats a HKS Kansai bar. Rare as rocking horse sh*t.
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FA25LY - far too sly
Extractors in today!
The Fto got to fly again:
Out with the old...
And in
I get to test it when I get home
The Fto got to fly again:
Out with the old...
And in
I get to test it when I get home
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That looks so weird...car randomly in the sky...out west...
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That can't be safe
I woul hate to seei the wind come up when he is half way into the job.
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FA25LY - far too sly
Haha nah it seems pretty safe, he's done it a couple times now and it all seems fine. (although it always done when I'm not home).aza013 wrote:
That can't be safe
I woul hate to seei the wind come up when he is half way into the job.
Oh and for the record: extractors = WIN!!!
I looove them, it's deeper, smoother, and has the much needed bottom range pickup
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*AHEM*vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz
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Nice, are they the hurricane extractors or something else?
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lawsochap wrote:*AHEM*vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz