FTO AUSTRALIA

Well, stage one complete and I must say im wrapped. Eveything is going to fit together. Anyway, ill let the pics do the talking. Still need to use a little imagination at this stage:




Ill post more when it progresses

Looking good!

great to see some progress!

Looking good
I have to say that it is going to make the front nice and low

don't make it too low, or I won't be able to get it on my car...

The stock bar is 40cm from the floor to the top at the centre of the bar (measured it before I hacked it up). I measured that last night just before i took the picture and its sitting at 45 cm. Not sure if it is sitting quite straight there, the middle might have to come up just a tad. If I do that, itll be about 7cm lower maybe. Happy to hear opinions as to how much lower it should be. Ill be takingit to the fibreglass shop tomorrow with any luck.

Oh did you have to cut up a red one? i would have taken that

Imported it from Japan especially. It got cut in half before it left Japan. Had to get it joined again when it got here. Im eyeing off a couple more over there that are really cheap at the moment. Want to get them over here WITHOUT having to cut them though. It might be shipping container time.....

dstocks wrote:The stock bar is 40cm from the floor to the top at the centre of the bar (measured it before I hacked it up). I measured that last night just before i took the picture and its sitting at 45 cm. Not sure if it is sitting quite straight there, the middle might have to come up just a tad. If I do that, itll be about 7cm lower maybe. Happy to hear opinions as to how much lower it should be. Ill be takingit to the fibreglass shop tomorrow with any luck.

dwayne i'd watch how high or low you go especially if your putting skirts on your car. you would want it to match as much as possile to either stock sideskirts or aftermarket.

ive got a set of DCuatro sides going on. I think they lower the side by about 5cm as well (some sort of confirmation would be good), so should be about right im thinking. Good point though. I might have to arrange a trial fitting before the bits are blended.

i'd be interested to see how much the guy charges you for the moulding job ...

would be very hard to mould around those facelift foglights

Hes already said if I get 10 people buying bars, the mould is free!!!

Can standard series 2 bars go onto a 95 model without too much insanity? If so then what damage am i lookin at for one appx?

wow i like this front bar... as much as i love my stock series 2 front bumper, im looking forward to the final product!

FTO84 wrote:Can standard series 2 bars go onto a 95 model without too much insanity? If so then what damage am i lookin at for one appx?

i was reading a guide on installing a series 2 bumper on a prefacelift model at completefto.com.au under guides>body

im reading that page as i want to install foggies in my bumper as it did not come with the factory option foggies.

Gholdwayne wrote:

FTO84 wrote:Can standard series 2 bars go onto a 95 model without too much insanity? If so then what damage am i lookin at for one appx?

i was reading a guide on installing a series 2 bumper on a prefacelift model at completefto.com.au under guides>body

im reading that page as i want to install foggies in my bumper as it did not come with the factory option foggies.

??? wheres the answer??

it fits fine. only thing is you have to mod your wiring. my oem series II indicators dont just plug into the sI indicator plugs. you have to cut the wires and solder the new indicators -> stock wires. same applies for fog lights.

then theres the dilema of park lights. seriesII has parklights in the headlights. so if you buy a sII front bar you either will have to buy SII headlights OR run no parkers OR buy seperate parker lights and mount them somewhere on your new facelift bar.

price for sII bars are roughly $300+ from carmate.

First time i've looked at Carmate - you've just made me a very pleased - and potentially broke - man.

Thanks heaps for the run down.

Remember the carmate ones dont always fit so good. There have been complaints. Has anyone had good experiences with them???

dstocks wrote:Remember the carmate ones dont always fit so good. There have been complaints. Has anyone had good experiences with them???

yes, i bought my wing and sideskirts from them and they fit perfect eddie also got the same skirts as mine from carmate with no problems

Tippin wrote:

dstocks wrote:Remember the carmate ones dont always fit so good. There have been complaints. Has anyone had good experiences with them???

yes, i bought my wing and sideskirts from them and they fit perfect eddie also got the same skirts as mine from carmate with no problems

warning on carmate.
everyone in my lancer forum has had bad experiences with them.
Howevera few with good experience, so really buyer beware

Yeah a few people have had some good experiences but far more have had shocking ones.