Newbie looking to buy an FTO

Post by **WillCM** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:49 am

Hey guys, I live in Bunbury WA and have been enquiring everywhere over here for an FTO. Luckily, the car yard across from my work has a nice white one for sale and since I'm new to imports I was wondering if you guys could give me a little nudge in the right direction with this thing.

http://bunburyautos.com.au/listing/mits ... vec-coupe/

Thats the car I'm looking at, I just don't want to rush into it and thought I'd scope the scene out before I put my hard earned deposit down on it.

Thanks for any help guys

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:01 am

WTTC.

GPX, facelift bar, dcuatro side skirts and rear apron with a version R wing. Looks pretty clean and fairly stock aside from the kit and red interior bits. Not really that rare as the ad says (also says has factory alloys - those are aftermarket)

Looks pretty nice though. Possibly a touch high on the price. For an extra 2 grand you could buy Bobby which has extras worth moar than the extra $2k.

http://ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28122

If you go look at it, checking for any roof rust around the passenger and drivers side and the front is probably your main concern (and making sure it runs well, obviously)

Also only has half an air box, but that's easily fixed

Post by **WillCM** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:24 am

I'm getting it for $5k after I trade in my $500 Ford TX5. $3.5k after my tax goes into it. It hasn't got any rust whatsoever and the body is in just about perfect nick, I would give more info into the model it is but I had no clue what I was looking for before doing a bit of digging tonight and I'm taking it for a test drive on Friday to see how everything runs.

This will be my first "tuner" car, so I see it as more of an entry level buy to get me started and to give me a bit more experience with Japanese cars as I love the culture surrounding them.

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:34 am

WillCM wrote:I'm getting it for $5k after I trade in my $500 Ford TX5. $3.5k after my tax goes into it. It hasn't got any rust whatsoever and the body is in just about perfect nick, I would give more info into the model it is but I had no clue what I was looking for before doing a bit of digging tonight and I'm taking it for a test drive on Friday to see how everything runs.

This will be my first "tuner" car, so I see it as more of an entry level buy to get me started and to give me a bit more experience with Japanese cars as I love the culture surrounding them.

Ah, well there you go then. Sounds like you've got yourself a good deal there mate. I'd recommend getting an inspection done by either a trusted mechanic or NRMA/Independant vehicle inspection company of some description just in case, but either way sounds pretty good.

Go for it

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:41 am

Not much to tune on these cars unfortunately, f**k all aftermarket support. Unless you call aftermarket support eBay badges and stickers and gear gaitors.

Welcome to the club!

Post by **WillCM** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:43 am

I'm actually too excited by this car to actually function. My neighbour had one when I was about 10 and I thought it was the coolest car on the planet. I have a mechanic mate who I'm going to get to have a look at it so it shouldn't have too many dramas.

Hopefully you'll be seeing more of me around the forums

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:41 am

If you buy it, you must do one thing... get rid of that huge tacho! :p

Post by **kiz** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:04 am

Technikhaus wrote:If you buy it, you must do one thing... get rid of that huge tacho! :p

My thoughts exactly

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:15 am

lol @ the tacho comments...

But yeah, looks pretty good... Usually imports are cheaper over in WA from what I have seen ... That was where my R32 5kyline came from ...

WTTC, and I would get rid of the red mesh in the front bar... Blue or black would fit the white colour IMO ...

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:38 pm

Yep, that looks like a good one from the pics.

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:46 pm

buy it, neg down to 6k if poss

Post by **WillCM** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:00 am

Already down to 5

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:35 am

WillCM wrote:Already down to 5

Why did you even ask for help, you have all of this sh*t covered better than half of us

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:27 pm

Welcome WillCM

FTO's are a lot of fun to work on and drive.
You can mod quite a bit of the car and parts aren't too hard to find and most aren't too expensive either.
If the FTO you're lookin at turns out to be a buyer then you will enjoy the time you and your FTO have together.

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