FTO AUSTRALIA

Hi guys... brought myself a fto last week.
Its a black gpvr. love the shape of the fto.
I'm from sydney so hope to c some of you guys on the street soon

welcome to the club!

PICS!!!!

wanna see the red seats!

congrats and welcome to the club. Upload some piccies for us!

WTTC fut80

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hello

Pics will b up soon. But not sure how to upload onto the post yet.
Will do some research on how to do it soon.

But guys... having abit of a problem with my fto now. been hearing small knocking noise under the floor. only at low speed.
i took the car to pedders n they said bushes and links have to b replaced. quoted me $1400 for them.
cv-joint boot $368
play in steering rack $830
front n back disc n pad $1200
plus bit n pieces

total $ 3862-

does this sound too much???

i don't think i have any problems with my steering except for the some knocking sound i mention.
and also my brakes r great. not making a sound at all.

are they trying to rip me off??? or i have brought myself a lemon???

also what is a resonable price to fix bushes and links.
and any recommend workshops for the job???
in hurstville area.

thanks guys.

fut80 wrote:Pics will b up soon. But not sure how to upload onto the post yet.
Will do some research on how to do it soon.

But guys... having abit of a problem with my fto now. been hearing small knocking noise under the floor. only at low speed.
i took the car to pedders n they said bushes and links have to b replaced. quoted me $1400 for them.
cv-joint boot $368
play in steering rack $830
front n back disc n pad $1200
plus bit n pieces

total $ 3862-

does this sound too much???

i don't think i have any problems with my steering except for the some knocking sound i mention.
and also my brakes r great. not making a sound at all.

are they trying to rip me off??? or i have brought myself a lemon???

WOW that is stupid price !!

It will be
-drop links $100ish fitted
-Control arm bushes $300ish fitted
-swaybar bushes $100ish fitted

if you need rack end or tie rod end replace around $50 each plus half hour labour to fit for steering

brakes around $5-600 for disc/pads bleed and fitted if needed

CV boot if needed $30-50 plus half to hour labour

For all that even if needed which I doubt (search pedders for their rep here)

Total around $1500 worst case

And no that doesnt make it a lemon for the FTO ages now its all fairly normal things to start to wear

HTH

vipfto wrote:WOW that is stupid price !!

Are you suggesting that Pedder's are FOS and would over quote or say that things that are fine are broken. That would be preposterous.

thanks vipfto for the quick reply.
feel much better now knowing it will not cost me a fortune.

and guys... here's a pic of the car.



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Hey you got the same wheels as me.

never seen one of these GPvR before , i mean with red seats

welcome

did the seats come stock with the car? hows the car going minus the problems

034346 wrote:welcome

did the seats come stock with the car? hows the car going minus the problems

Yes the black VR's came stock with the red seats, white VR's with blue and red well they just got the black seats .

Are you suggesting that Pedder's are FOS and would over quote or say that things that are fine are broken. That would be preposterous.

Im prepared to say that (and yes, realise the comment was sarcasm). They did it to me as well a few years back. Paid $1100 to rebuild steering rack to get rid of a knocking noise and not only did it not fix the issue, but I didnt get any money back (they wanted it in advance). The only thing you should use pedders for is the FREE safety check.

^ even that is bogus sometimes.

spency wrote:^ even that is bogus sometimes.

big time....

i went in and they said i needed to buy a complete rear hub assembly for both sides...

fut80 wrote:thanks vipfto for the quick reply.
feel much better now knowing it will not cost me a fortune.

and guys... here's a pic of the car.



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Hope it worked!!!

Wow! A black versionR with a sunroof! Gorgeous!

mr_andersen wrote:

vipfto wrote:WOW that is stupid price !!

Are you suggesting that Pedder's are FOS and would over quote or say that things that are fine are broken. That would be preposterous.

Unheard of hey

am just jealous of the seats lol. who is the genius that thought to give the red ftos black seats