FTO AUSTRALIA

Hi all! This is my manual '99 Version R - just ticked over 82,000km

Thought I'd start a build thread to keep track of how the car progresses and also to become more involved in the club rather than just lurking


Modlist at the moment:
• Stainless steel extractors, front pipes & a 2.5” mild steel cat back exhaust + Apexi cannon
• ARC air intake box with induction pipe to HKS pod filter
• Cusco adjustable coilovers w/ camber plates
• Mivec controller
• 17x8.5 Wedsport SA70 wheels

Pics:









Now that HSC is done and gone I should make progress to move it along the path of how I vision it - albeit nothing too drastic.

keen to hear people's opinions

Yep seen this car in person at the MCM meet. Real clean car. I suggest putting something between your ARC pipe and battery, or getting a slim battery/using something else to tie it down, otherwise you may scratch your pipe like I did mine.

But aside from that, nice!

Fuuuaarkk that engine bay is clean!

Also, get rid of cannon ASAP please.

Very nice!

Very nice!! why does everyone have an ARC intake except for me?? i want one!! lol

Well u don't even need to get bigger swaybars, maybe renew your existing bushes and pop on a H brace

silverGPX wrote:Well u don't even need to get bigger swaybars, maybe renew your existing bushes and pop on a H brace

wut

Very Nice. And I hear a change is on the cards soon......

Daniel2019 wrote:I suggest putting something between your ARC pipe and battery, or getting a slim battery/using something else to tie it down, otherwise you may scratch your pipe like I did mine.

The metal tie down has a rubber tube around it at the moment. Not sure if that'd be enough, I'll have to keep my eye on it and potentially put something in between.

bjk wrote:Also, get rid of cannon ASAP please.

But I'm a P plater? I have to have one don't I? Sounds too good to ditch it atm, but I can definitely see where you're coming from.

dstocks wrote:Very Nice. And I hear a change is on the cards soon......

Sure is! Excited to see how it will turn out.

Daniel2019 wrote:

silverGPX wrote:Well u don't even need to get bigger swaybars, maybe renew your existing bushes and pop on a H brace

wut

Not much of an update but a few little things I've done just to tidy it up more to my taste.

Had a go at respraying the callipers red. Reckon it came out alright especially cause I didn't trust myself to be taking the callipers off at this point.





Also did a really ghetto exhaust tuck to prevent it scraping and wobbling using hose clamps to tighten up the rubber exhaust hangers.
Which took it from this (10cm of clearance):

To this (13cm):


Restored the headlights:



Also, replaced a peeling door cup and resprayed the wipers matte black as they were bubbling and rusting..

Careful your exhaust doesn't whack your rear bar or sit up against it.

Nice work!

Daniel2019 wrote:Careful your exhaust doesn't whack your rear bar or sit up against it.

Nice work!

Yeah its a bit deceiving in that pic, but its well clear and much more rigid now so it doesn't bounce around anymore.

Looks the goods!

Needs less cannon

Sahin wrote:Needs less cannon

Your shout?

I got a full exhaust I'll sell you lol

I like the cannon!

silverGPX wrote:I like the cannon!

Finally, some cannon love!

Sahin wrote:I got a full exhaust I'll sell you lol

As tempting as that is, I just spent all my dosh

And on that note, majority of my orders arrived today!

Ooooh, goodies!!

Gotta love it when you see the courier truck turn up outside your house