What are your plans for your AU in 2013..?

[XR27]

Get a set of these

[auIILTD]

Originally Posted by xr 27

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Get a set of these

Nice. What are they called?

[XR27]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

Nice. What are they called?

Simmons fr19

[Deecaf]

Wow those are nice rims
I know its pretty standard but im hoping to get a fairmont leather interior conversion

[XR_6falcon]

New steering rack, new diff, new front wheel bearings, cut and polish, fix fuel surge issue, new rear bumper, lower, rims, fix bonet cable, de-spoiler, sell it and buy and v8 or turbo lol

[leonbray]

Looks like a new stereo unit now the CD stacker decided it doesn't want to play music any more

[crdave]

The list for this year

Starting this weekend with trying to resurect negelected paint. Going over it with the quick clay then a cut & polish and see how she comes up. May look at a respray some time this year.
New headlights and grille
New cowl panels
New windsreen
New rear window
New tint on all other windows
Fix rear bearing
Fix VCT unit oil leak
Get 2 wheels rerolled and all 4 polished.
Get the side bolster on drivers seat retrimmed.

Pretty much covers it for now.

[FTE217]

Drive her a few times this year.

[FAT245]

Originally Posted by FTE217

Drive her a few times this year.

Mine ... is to Drive a V8 Fairlane! and stop stop running up the **** of people

[KR1STO]

Originally Posted by FAT245

Mine ... is to Drive a V8 Fairlane! and stop stop running up the **** of people

LOL..!!

Good luck with the hunt for the V8..!

[HeeTSynC]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AU-xr6-xr...-/271251119457

Hopefully gonna get these ^^ ... I'm missing the 6 on the drivers side door and some of the other ones are faded in some places.

Deffs gonna replace the alternator (in the process of)
Hopefully will get around to replacing the coolant overflow bottle
Would like to get some footwell LEDs in before the year ends

Probably all I'll get done this year

[nstg8a]

Fit lower suspension
Fix exhaust
Darker tint on
Sunroof (but not really likely this year)
Find rims I like, and that suit the lane... Not easy
Investigate Bodykits options

[Ride]

Originally Posted by Ride

- Get car registered and on the road
- Drive it

Funds permitting:

- Build a Dart based motor and whack a Kenne Bell on it, 302/347/363 not too worried
- 3.7 or 3.9 diff gears

Probably a good time as any to provide an update (for those that aren't watching my build thread):

- Car was registered in mid Jan
- Car has been driven plenty, although it's my weekender I've clocked up 12k on it so far
- Kenne Bell purchased and will be fitted later on this year
- Diff gears will be fitted after above point

[HeeTSynC]

Hmmm... Does anyone know where I could get a DECENT bit of boot liner? I've tried wreckers (haven't been to all around adelaide yet but a decent few) and haven't found any worth taking... When I got my car it had none. Which obviously I knew about, but I'm starting to want some now xD

[Uncle_Ken]

Buy One
UK

[HeeTSynC]

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

Buy One
UK

From... ... ...?
Thats what I was asking lol
Ford dealer? Dismantlers?

[Dauphin]

I achieved something - got new tyres. They are AusTyre Sport 19s.

Took a gamble with a brand I was unfamiliar with. Most people said they have a bit of noise (true). I got them from a shop a month before The Tyre Factory started pushing them, so that made me feel a bit better. I think they hold fairly well for a cheap tyre.

[SantoAU]

plans are to keep Monty running.

[Bushbasher]

For the wagon:-

new sway bar bushes
New shocks all round
new front bearings
complete trans flush (it's only 335k and 12yrs old )
new diff oil (see above )
new drivers side seat base foam
wash and polish (every year whether it needs it or not!)

For the Fairlane:-

A sister to keep her company and share her clothes. (if it passes the KR1STO test )

Bushbasher

[Uncle_Ken]

Originally Posted by Uncle_Ken

Buy One
UK

I'm finished got one this weekend
UK

[Polyal]

Well I got it in March and the only mod I am doing as such will be the Koni Yellows that will go in over the next couple of weeks.

Otherwise just keep it in top order and enjoy...maybe try and find a way to get more than 300kms out of the tank? Unfortunately 95% city driving does that I guess.

Ive got a small list of interior things, bulbs, steering wheel retrim etc..nothing major.

UK what did you end up getting?

[HeeTSynC]

I need to get around to replacing my (i think its called) map light?
Also keen to clean out the gutter rash on my rims, hopefully won't need any bog!
At the moment I wanna get the sensible stuff out of the way before I do the fun stuff.

And Uncle Ken, what is the point of the backfire valve? I've seen that how-to in the tech sub section but haven't actually worked out what its for. And a google search hasn't been useful lol!

[2002au]

Originally Posted by 2002au

Sensible stuff:

Replace all cooling hoses.
New spark plugs (iridiums?)


Fun stuff: (hopefully lol)

Finally put on my ba falcon brakes I have.
New window tint, maybe 20%
Coil overs
Respray roof maybe
HID's

Maybe ambitious but oh well haha

so far this year:

NGK iridiums, 20% window tint, s2 xr8 sideskirts, touchscreen headunit...repaired broken firewall and gained a healthy clutch again.

new tyres aren't far off haha, and I brought the new hoses. not on yet

[SantoAU]

Found the carpet in the RH passengers footwell soaking wet. Now I need to find out where it's coming from.

And inspect my IRS mounts

[Uncle_Ken]

Originally Posted by HeeTSynC

I need to get around to replacing my (i think its called) map light?
Also keen to clean out the gutter rash on my rims, hopefully won't need any bog!
At the moment I wanna get the sensible stuff out of the way before I do the fun stuff.

And Uncle Ken, what is the point of the backfire valve? I've seen that how-to in the tech sub section but haven't actually worked out what its for. And a google search hasn't been useful lol!

With my dual fuel set up in my old AU, if you backfire on LPG it tends to blow off or apart your air box. So the popper valve on the box is designed to release the backfire without destroying your air box. Worked for me
UK

[sly]

Originally Posted by sly

Now planning to trailer the car to Sydney for CMS to slot in a BF XR6T donk and wire it all up for me. Get it engineer certified and add an SVI underbonnet kit. Change the diff back to the stock 3.23 or maybe 3.08 due to the high proportion of highway miles in my daily commute. Keep the LSD centre. Quieten the exhaust down enough to pass the EPA test... aiming to keep near-stock noise levels with a conservative 250RWKW tune. Stealth FTW

Get the car to an upholsterer to fix the usual driver's seat worn patch on the backrest frame and falling headlining. Probably get both front seats retrimmed, new foam fitted and bolstered a bit more on the sides.

Let's see how long that lasts...

Well the first paragraph is largely ticked off... see new sig. Joe and the boys did a fantastic job. Still have to get the upholstery done, but have slotted in a nice shiny new head unit that does everything except DAB.

[mcfly94]

Should probably upload a thread of my new au for my list!
Hopefully for the end of 2013 my AU3 Forte will have the following:
2.5 Exhaust and Extractors
Wide mouth intake
Trans service
ba xr8 wheels painted gloss black and new tyres
guards rolled
lowerd on kings
stainless straight angle dual tips
interior chrome handles
whiteline front sway bar
and Bluetooth kit for headunit and steering wheel controls! that should just about complete my falcon to my standards!

[auIILTD]

Originally Posted by sly

Well the first paragraph is largely ticked off... see new sig. Joe and the boys did a fantastic job. Still have to get the upholstery done, but have slotted in a nice shiny new head unit that does everything except DAB.

Awesome. I hope you know the rules around here? Photos, or it never happend!

I would love to see pics.

Originally Posted by mcfly94

Should probably upload a thread of my new au for my list!
Hopefully for the end of 2013 my AU3 Forte will have the following:
2.5 Exhaust and Extractors
Wide mouth intake
Trans service
ba xr8 wheels painted gloss black and new tyres
guards rolled
lowerd on kings
stainless straight angle dual tips
interior chrome handles
whiteline front sway bar
and Bluetooth kit for headunit and steering wheel controls! that should just about complete my falcon to my standards!

Make it so mcfly. We cannot have too many AU build threads!

Well done guys.

Stu

[TheInterceptor]

Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

Fix freaking oil leaks!
New radiator and system flush.
Fresh diff oil.
New coilpack and leads.
Install more power outlets.
UHF radio.
Maaaybe a HD towbar.
And depending on where i will live and what job, i might begin the RTV project

Well well! ive completed most of this list, and more.
New radiator and flush, ive done that twice since i posted the above haha.
RTV conversion should hopefully commence at the months end..

[sly]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

Awesome. I hope you know the rules around here? Photos, or it never happend!

I would love to see pics.
Stu

Coming soon Stu... eventually.

The Photophucket app on my phone is being a rooster and richarding me around. Keeps uploading stuff, my bucket is full. Mostly with duplicates and triplicates of stuff, even the graphics and anims that install with Android.

But here are some I prepared earlier...