Finallly pics of my finished "TS50" haha

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by TwistedEL

Looks good
My opinion (and that's all it is): Lose the tickford badge (I'm a believer that you put tickford badges on tickford cars, and chevy badges on a chevy), tail lights and wheels. Get the headlight bezels painted. I'm not too hot on the wing either but I guess it's true to the original.
The overall package looks good. You'll never get 13k for it, you never get money back on mods, so don't bother selling.

haha yeh i shuold take the badges off but meh i like them on even tho it aint a tickford lol. im thinkin of getttin new deep sish chromies or some FPV 19" typhoons. the car looks sooooooo without the wing anyway cos i left it off for a few days till it got painted.

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by myts

No you don't.

Go and get a real TS50. You will never look back. :eclipsee_

haha i would if i had the money, damn part time jobs.

[Zed7fiddy]

Car looks awesome mate, its the best kit for a AU and oddly enough the wheels suit well.

Looks a million times better when i last saw it for sure ;)

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by fordman_01

haha yeh i shuold take the badges off but meh i like them on even tho it aint a tickford lol. im thinkin of getttin new deep sish chromies or some FPV 19" typhoons. the car looks sooooooo without the wing anyway cos i left it off for a few days till it got painted.

Why spend the extra $$ if you are wanting a BA? unless you swap the rims over that is...

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by BLUEPRINT

Why spend the extra $$ if you are wanting a BA? unless you swap the rims over that is...

o ill only get new rims and stuff if i keep it. and ill probably convert it to a manaul and do more engine work to it.

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by 84RGE

Car looks awesome mate, its the best kit for a AU and oddly enough the wheels suit well.

Looks a million times better when i last saw it for sure ;)

haha tru that, thanks mate

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by fordman_01

o ill only get new rims and stuff if i keep it. and ill probably convert it to a manaul and do more engine work to it.

Well in that case, dont think about selling it for sometime then... get some good use out of it.

[WoodysXR6]

Go the manual and don't sell it. It looks like a nice car with a few mods you'll have a quick car in your hands in no time.

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by WOODYS_XR8

Go the manual and don't sell it. It looks like a nice car with a few mods you'll have a quick car in your hands in no time.

yeh i probs wont unless i get something unrefusable lol, but yeh man conversion and chip and other stuff should be

[StAndArdAU]

sell it and buy a T3

i hear its the trend these days!!

[FTE217]

Why would you want a BAFXR6 ? no major upgrade imo and lose more $$ again.....
I'm with others, rid of the tail lights, she's no real T take the badges off and the blingbling wheels otherwise have fun ! at least you arn't with the rest of the sheep P platers. T3 kit suits the AU shape perfect.

[TheSneakiness]

Looks good mate...

IMO don't sell it, you've spent too much cash on it to get it to this stage, hang onto it.

[RUKIDN]

Looking good mate.
I rekon keep the wheels unless you dont like them.. just lower it more and she will look nuts, debadge it looks cleaner in this case, another one for the tail light change :hihi: and yeah then get into some power mods and you will be glad you kept it! :

[rayner22]

Originally Posted by StealthAu

Sorry, but yes. Said as it is but adding spoilers, stereos, exhausts and mags to a series 1 povo pack (or any car) doesn't push the value up.

I wouldn't bet on it, I got 13500 TRADE for my AUII on my BF XR6, it had TS50 kit, 18's etc etc (read my sig) and was the same colour (monsoon blue) but it did only have 115000 klms on it and was in mint condition. That was a trade in thru Ford and if regretfully I pushed them a bit more over changeover etc I probly would have got more out of them.

Some dealers (especially Gold Coast ones) are starting to realise they can offer ridiculous prices on modded cars these days (my AU sold for nearly 15000) because most younguns would rather get everything at once then have to do it all themselves.

[StAndArdAU]

i think your dealer based his tradein price solely on your km's. if you have a look around you can find a lot of dealers selling AUII's and III's for still close to and above $11K because of km's around the 100k mark.

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by StAndArdAU

i think your dealer based his tradein price solely on your km's. if you have a look around you can find a lot of dealers selling AUII's and III's for still close to and above $11K because of km's around the 100k mark.

People are selling BA XR6's for that sort of coin... and with less than 150,000kms on it...

[amisupposed2b]

See bluey, I didnt know you guys dont have silver service around there!

Im lookin out for a few right now.

fordman_01,

Blueprint and I wanted to do the exact same thing to our cars....

[fordon]

keep the nice light balance good to drive AU,the BA isnt that :-p
TS50 kit looks so hot on the AU's :-D

[TwistedEL]

Originally Posted by fordon

keep the nice light balance good to drive AU,the BA isnt that :-p
TS50 kit looks so hot on the AU's :-D

Yes the TS50 kit would look a bit wierd on a BA...

[StealthAu]

Originally Posted by TwistedEL

Yes the TS50 kit would look a bit wierd on a BA...

I've seen a ts50 front bar on an ED (less the grille), it was unpainted and held in place with half a dozen 12mm gal bolts, looked like crap but the shape suited it well. In my opinion it would have looked great if and when it was finished.

[fordman_01]

haha thanks fro the comments guys, just a few questions..... why do u's want me to change the tail lights and rims?? is it beacuse they dont suit or it will look more like a real TS50 lol

just curious

cheers neil

[RUKIDN]

Originally Posted by fordman_01

haha thanks fro the comments guys, just a few questions..... why do u's want me to change the tail lights and rims?? is it beacuse they dont suit or it will look more like a real TS50 lol

just curious

cheers neil

For me (and most likely the same for most others) i just think the clear/chrome altezza type lights are tacky.. they look real rice and dont really suit the ol' falcons IMO

[daniel_rossy]

i like. I dont usually like TS50 bodykits on nonTS50 cars but i like this..
*lower* lower *cough*

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by daniel_rossy

i like. I dont usually like TS50 bodykits on nonTS50 cars but i like this..
*lower* lower *cough*

mate trusssssst me i really want to get it lowered ey, but i dont know what springs to get. i was thinkin lows cos it would be low but not too low so that it would touch everything....my drivway and speed humps and chermy.

[rayner22]

Originally Posted by StAndArdAU

i think your dealer based his tradein price solely on your km's. if you have a look around you can find a lot of dealers selling AUII's and III's for still close to and above $11K because of km's around the 100k mark.

naah, they told it was only cos of the mods, and the fact that what i had done didnt make the car look "unstandard" was the term they used lol, but the kays would have been part of it too

[Dark Horse]

Oh dear! Another non-Tickford car that's got bits raided from the ever decreasing Tickford spare parts bin, that the rest of us genuine Tickford skippers have to fight over lol. Ah well, each unto their own, out of my hands just like the weather.

I'd suggest hang onto it. You've done too much to it to give it away for a pittance.

I might suggest with your exhaust tips - go for a squarish shape with the twin outlets offset to follow the lines of the rear bar and the edges of the tips rolled/tapered in.

[kcej]

Man, thats a seriously nice bonnett........j/k
Car looks GREAT

[TwistedEL]

Originally Posted by fordman_01

haha thanks fro the comments guys, just a few questions..... why do u's want me to change the tail lights and rims?? is it beacuse they dont suit or it will look more like a real TS50 lol

just curious

cheers neil

Both look tacky - I think you should get some fairmont / series 2 taillights and a good set of 5 spoke rims.

[fordman_01]

Originally Posted by TwistedEL

Both look tacky - I think you should get some fairmont / series 2 taillights and a good set of 5 spoke rims.

yeh i was thinking the series 2 tail lights and maybe some typhoon rims but i like the tail lights cos it looks "tough" with the rims lol

[FTE217]

I agree with TwistedEL but if you like the taillights keep them but get rid of the Transformer/Autobot rims, they belong on Silvia/Rex/Lancer, Oh yer the exhaust tips are again getting with the above, OTT but man it's your wheels and at least you are in a Ford, imatation is flattery and you'd get more looks instead of having a BSeries LOL....