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The First post...

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:41 pm
by SchumieFan
see heres the thing... i was gonna make a FTO forum standalone for nz... but then all the regular mitsubishi clubs only have 1 or 2 members with FTO's anyway.

so.

If your from NZ and have an FTO please post yor name etc on here so we can get the ball rolling on a NZ section, ive seen plenty of FTO's driving round and ive placed many a weblink on a windscreen for fto australia.

i base this on the fact that nz is basically parrallel to aus in the way of cars/prices/suppliers etc and all the info contained in this club would more thanks benefit any NZ member with an FTO let alone would take a sh*t load of time to recreate on another forum...

so all the help you could ever want is contained in this tiny little url called ftoaustralia.com

if we have enough NZ members showing themselves we maybe able to form some sort of cruise, even if we would have to drive 500k to meet up.

In anycase, it would be good to meet more like minded FTOers here and exchange info...

HAMISH! i expect [FTOPWR] to be apart of this!!!

I will be posting links here on various nz car forums.

Cheers steve for the forum :D
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:48 pm
by Beme007
Me me!~~~

I am from NZ too .

My Name is Craig
and I own a Silver Tip FTO for 7 years.

I am from auckland .

Will post some pic soon..
(once I found my digi cam........ )

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:01 am
by Beme007
and dont bother about finding aftermarket parts in NZ..
I try it for 7 years and most store here dont keep FTO parts.............

and kempy is too far and too expensive for me.. !~
and they never open on Sat....!~

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:32 pm
by afterburner
Here I am too!

I have just today moved from the dark side of forced induction to FTO ownership. I've always loved them, and am now pretty happy to have one. Going to be a bit of a change from a big old twin turbo VR-4, but it should be all good!

The 'other Australian state' huh? :roll: :P

Simon

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:42 am
by Beme007
2 aucklander and 1 from christchurch!~
nice...

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:05 pm
by IN_UR_AZ
Hey all,
My name is Chris, Business owner ( In Car Upholstery ). Those of you that know of Matt Sealeys EVLGSR Lancer will know of us.

Another one from Aucks..

95' GPX, manual..

Full custom retrim in cream Lustrell Contempo ( Fake Leather ) 17 inch Ultra Light weight Volk Racing Wheels, Tein HA Susp, HKS Filter, Polished Intake Manifold and Full Exhaust to a HKS Muffler..

Nice to meet ya'all.

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:22 am
by Beme007
Hey IN_your_AZ

where did you get your intake polish ? and how much it cost?

hmm.. and where you get your retrim and how much as well ?

Thank you ...
:wink:

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:27 am
by afterburner
I'd say he probably did the retrim himself. And if its anything like EVLGSR, then it will be very nice indeed :wink:

If you need somewhere to host pics, I can probably do it for you...

Anyway, about my car:

97 FTO GP Version R
White
5spd manual
Usual GPvR features (LSD, front/rear strut braces, 'pretty' seats, large rear wing)
Veilside front bar and skirts
17" Oz Racing wheels
HKS muffler

Otherwise standard

I'll post some pics as soon as I get around to taking some ...

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:44 am
by IN_UR_AZ
Yeh i did the retrim myself.. and as tot he intake manifold repolishing.. it cost $250 for it, but that was the whole thing top and bottom.. i cant remember the name.. but it in Kyber pass.. i think it Mt Eden Electroplaters aye.. good guys aye.. im happy with how it came out

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:07 pm
by Beme007
hmm..
version R..
nice....

Mod for my car.

94 GPX 4 speed tip
Ecotech thingy
FPR
K&N Air Filter
Sheep Dog Exhaust
Mivec Controller

Boss Speed Font/ Duc Side /Core Sport Spoiler

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:11 pm
by afterburner

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:26 pm
by Beme007
Cant see your pic man.................

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:45 am
by afterburner
Click on the link :wink:

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:42 pm
by SchumieFan
afterburner wrote:Here I am too!

I have just today moved from the dark side of forced induction to FTO ownership. I've always loved them, and am now pretty happy to have one. Going to be a bit of a change from a big old twin turbo VR-4, but it should be all good!

The 'other Australian state' huh? :roll: :P

Simon
MSPORT REPRESENT! i seen u afterburner... like my banners???

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:48 pm
by SchumieFan
IN_your_AZ wrote:Hey all,
My name is Chris, Business owner ( In Car Upholstery ). Those of you that know of Matt Sealeys EVLGSR Lancer will know of us.

Another one from Aucks..

95' GPX, manual..

Full custom retrim in cream Lustrell Contempo ( Fake Leather ) 17 inch Ultra Light weight Volk Racing Wheels, Tein HA Susp, HKS Filter, Polished Intake Manifold and Full Exhaust to a HKS Muffler..

Nice to meet ya'all.
nice job on EVLGSR, matt(and the missus) chose well on his list of suppliers, id be proud to have my name on it...

im getting my interior done through paul on the nz honda site... im sure ud know (of) him, hes also in chch.

GOOD to see the feedback guys... keep it comming, who knows, we might take over! muhuahahaha... and theres a kiwi at the helm... *points at steve*

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:38 pm
by afterburner
Arrrrrggghhhh!!!

Now my car looks like this:

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A pox on people who open their doors without looking into traffic! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:27 pm
by Beme007
Man.. that look really bad.......... :(

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:24 am
by Slither
OUCH!!!!!!!! 8O

Damn that looks painful, hope someone is paying to fix that!! :x

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:31 am
by afterburner
They bloody well better be! My insurance company is now fighting it out with his, and we're confident that he will have to pay...

Not going to be easy to find a replacement Veilside bumper though ... and since it's Christmas, I'm not getting the car back for a month 8O

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:31 am
by Beme007
Not that hard to find a VS bumper in NZ. Everyone here is selling VS Bumper only.. take me a while to find my Boss speed bumper.....

But if you are looking for a genue VS bumper.. that will be hard and costly...

and by the way need to find a good quality VS bumper.. I heard that they are hard to fit.