Earthborn's Fto GR
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- Earthbornseven
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Earthborn's Fto GR
Hiya!
A sort of disclaimer:
I'm not a mechanic, nor a professional. My father was though and he wanted me to be into cars. I reckon he got more than he expected And not to mention I felt like one hell of a challenge.
This "build" is me doing as much as I possibly can myself, the budget for the car comes from very close to minimum wage. I will fail some things, I will get some things right. Sometimes I'll have to do things over again and again
All of the work I do is in the little secluded parking lot next to the house - no garage, no special equipment, just a trolley jack, couple of stands, some basic tools and loads of patience and swearing in every known language
The "build" I will try to do is pretty much "Make it useable as a daily driver and casual track car, make it feel as new and modern as possible, make it look nice to myself". But it's mine, I like it without even having a chance to drive it and will not hesitate to spend where I think it matters .
Details:
Model:FTO GR-sport (Pre-facelift)
Colour: Silver
Year:1996
Transmission: Auto
Work Done:
-New piston rings.
-New spark plugs
-Auto Transmission serviced (Looks like it had not been done in its lifetime )
-Larger battery
-New sound system (Kicker 12" sub, 2 rockford 6" speakers, 2 rockford 6x9" rear speakers, 2 alpine amps.)
-Ultra racing front and rear strut bar
-Carbon Fibre Evo style Bonnet
-Slotted and dimpled RDA rotors & Gpx Brake upgrade
-Headlight housing replaced
-Body kit repair
-Performance Air filter
-Replaced stereo surrounds
-Side mounted licence plate
-17x7 Rims
-Slam panel, Dial surround, Maf cover, Gear surround, Fuse box top cover.
-Timing belt kit replacment
And if all things are good financially in a couple of years... engine swap
A sort of disclaimer:
I'm not a mechanic, nor a professional. My father was though and he wanted me to be into cars. I reckon he got more than he expected And not to mention I felt like one hell of a challenge.
This "build" is me doing as much as I possibly can myself, the budget for the car comes from very close to minimum wage. I will fail some things, I will get some things right. Sometimes I'll have to do things over again and again
All of the work I do is in the little secluded parking lot next to the house - no garage, no special equipment, just a trolley jack, couple of stands, some basic tools and loads of patience and swearing in every known language
The "build" I will try to do is pretty much "Make it useable as a daily driver and casual track car, make it feel as new and modern as possible, make it look nice to myself". But it's mine, I like it without even having a chance to drive it and will not hesitate to spend where I think it matters .
Details:
Model:FTO GR-sport (Pre-facelift)
Colour: Silver
Year:1996
Transmission: Auto
Work Done:
-New piston rings.
-New spark plugs
-Auto Transmission serviced (Looks like it had not been done in its lifetime )
-Larger battery
-New sound system (Kicker 12" sub, 2 rockford 6" speakers, 2 rockford 6x9" rear speakers, 2 alpine amps.)
-Ultra racing front and rear strut bar
-Carbon Fibre Evo style Bonnet
-Slotted and dimpled RDA rotors & Gpx Brake upgrade
-Headlight housing replaced
-Body kit repair
-Performance Air filter
-Replaced stereo surrounds
-Side mounted licence plate
-17x7 Rims
-Slam panel, Dial surround, Maf cover, Gear surround, Fuse box top cover.
-Timing belt kit replacment
And if all things are good financially in a couple of years... engine swap
Last edited by Earthbornseven on Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:11 pm, edited 12 times in total.
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Re: Earthborn's Fto
Nice good luck with the project.. Will keep an eye on this thread..
I just had to add it ......
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Nice!
Great to see one being restored and not stripped for parts like a lot here...
Looking at you Sahin and Dstocks :p
Great to see one being restored and not stripped for parts like a lot here...
Looking at you Sahin and Dstocks :p
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Sahin woulda been pissed $100 lpl
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Nice pickup!. Welcome to the club as well
In my defense, ive only wrecked the ones that weren't worth fixing. Sidds, Daniel, Lawso, Kaz and Long are among the examples of ones ive bought that have been resurrected (and there are at least 3 or 4 others).Great to see one being restored and not stripped for parts like a lot here...
Looking at you Sahin and Dstocks :p
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Yup, mine is a dstocks car.
I fix cars.
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f**k what a name
Wttc maytey
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Because nothing is faster than a p plater in a commodore.....
except maybe a p plater on a unicorn
except maybe a p plater on a unicorn
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Re: Earthborn's Fto
26/04/2014
It also appears that i completely suck with a camera lol
Painted over the seals around the window for now to give it a cleaner look until i end up replacing them for better quality seals.
Before:
After:
New battery installed:
Started install of headunit and soundsystem
Broken the surrounds of the head-unit :/
Next the install of the sub.
Its not that pretty but it does the job, 1x 12" kicker sub, 6x 6" Rocksford speakers, with amps all around.
It also appears that i completely suck with a camera lol
Painted over the seals around the window for now to give it a cleaner look until i end up replacing them for better quality seals.
Before:
After:
New battery installed:
Started install of headunit and soundsystem
Broken the surrounds of the head-unit :/
Next the install of the sub.
Its not that pretty but it does the job, 1x 12" kicker sub, 6x 6" Rocksford speakers, with amps all around.
Last edited by Earthbornseven on Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Wttc, keen to see how it turns out and good work so far!
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I think that negative battery terminal is upside down
But good work.
But good work.
I fix cars.
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- Earthbornseven
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Re: Earthborn's Fto
It works just the same so im not too worriedDaniel2019 wrote:I think that negative battery terminal is upside down
But good work.
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Veil side gr autos aren't worth much to begin with and I only part the ones that are pretty bad! Haha
Tylar would be e worst with the GPvR he parted haha
Nice pick up though mate welcome to the club
Tylar would be e worst with the GPvR he parted haha
Nice pick up though mate welcome to the club
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I think I'm the one that sold you that indicator switch to be honest! Lol
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Well hopefully when im done with the car it would be a FTO Gr Turbo, with a manual conversion but all in due time, have to get off p plates first.Sahin wrote:Veil side gr autos aren't worth much to begin with and I only part the ones that are pretty bad! Haha
Tylar would be e worst with the GPvR he parted haha
Nice pick up though mate welcome to the club
What?Sahin wrote:I think I'm the one that sold you that indicator switch to be honest! Lol
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I sold an indicator switch to some guy in WA and had to post it, thought it might be you
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No sorry it was not me, i had it well at home in NSW before i ordered anything for it. I think though you are however the one who im buying some headlights from...
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Black wreck with gold rims? That'd be me
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Yes I do believe that's it.
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WTTC, congrats on the epic find. Should get plenty of looks in Tamworth, my old home town never had much to offer as imports go, but these days they are everywhere.
Keeping an eye out for more pics.
Keeping an eye out for more pics.
- Earthbornseven
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Re: Earthborn's Fto
While I wait for a shipment of parts to arrive, thought I would try a bit of cleaning.
Cleaned the rims and had my first attempt to clean the engine bay I dont think i did a bad job for my first time.
Rims Before and After:
Engine Bay Before and after:
Anyone of you experts have any tips to help me out with cleaning the engine bay?
Cleaned the rims and had my first attempt to clean the engine bay I dont think i did a bad job for my first time.
Rims Before and After:
Engine Bay Before and after:
Anyone of you experts have any tips to help me out with cleaning the engine bay?