FTO AUSTRALIA

I am the proud owner of a 1994 FTO GPX.

I purchased the car in March/April 2010. Got it from original aussie importers, so I am the second aussie owner of this beast.

It came with:
- HKS Kansai Front Bar
- 15" Aftermarket wheels
- Rubbish aftermarket stereo system.
- Small racing aftermarket momo steering wheel.
Other than that it was stock as a rock.


I have since then learned much about these beasts, and have done the following to my ride: (from what I remember, in no particular order).

- Sanded and cleaned up the headlights

- Replaced the broken indicator stalk

- Upgraded spark plugs and leads (iridiums and 2.0mm magnecors).


- Painted calipers blue


- Painted the engine cover.


- Replaced fuel filter


- Installed a GPvR rear strut brace, and a Cusco front strut brace.

- Upgraded the air intake to UAS piping and 4" K&N pod. (for the serious MIVEC whooosh!)


- Replaced 15" mags with new 17" aftermarket mags.



- Upgraded to Falken FK452 tires.

- Reco-d the steering rack, replaced the steering column, replaced 3 droplinks.


- Installed 8000k HIDs (twice).


- Installed white LEDs in the interior lighting.

- Replaced the blown heater core.


- 2.5" Catback exhaust system with no resonators and a sports muffler (sounds amazing!)


- Tinted vinyl on rear lights


- Replaced the sound system with:
- - Rockford Power 6x9s in the back
- - Pioneer Head deck
- - Kenwood 6.5"s in the front

- RPW extractors




- Smoked side indicators


- Blue slam panel


- Leather(ette?) Seats




Repaired stereo surround by stickerbombing it:


Replaced old busted shocks and springs with KYB Excel Gs and Lovell 'Low' Springs

From this:

to this:

Winning

this forum is full of fail

Story Updated!!

NICE... where did you get the UAS intake piping?

Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz

BUZZ_QWERTY wrote:NICE... where did you get the UAS intake piping?

I very luckily got a second hand one (I kept my ear out for a year)

vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz

Haha, thanks man,
Yours looks pretty good from what iv seen. Just need to tweak it to how you like it

vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz

You're kidding yes? your car looked very clean!

Is that a limited edition? or just a different respray of yellow?

Brendon, good work mayne!

i like your front bar... anyone know where they have it in sydney?

FTO-BOY wrote:i like your front bar... anyone know where they have it in sydney?

Thanks man,
Nah pretty sure they are rare as hens teeth if I remember correctly. (unless you go straight from Japan)
There are similar style ones around that you can get though.

Yeah thats a HKS Kansai bar. Rare as rocking horse sh*t.

Extractors in today!

The Fto got to fly again:


Out with the old...

And in


I get to test it when I get home

That looks so weird...car randomly in the sky...out west...

That can't be safe
I woul hate to seei the wind come up when he is half way into the job.

aza013 wrote:

That can't be safe
I woul hate to seei the wind come up when he is half way into the job.

Haha nah it seems pretty safe, he's done it a couple times now and it all seems fine. (although it always done when I'm not home).


Oh and for the record: extractors = WIN!!!
I looove them, it's deeper, smoother, and has the much needed bottom range pickup

vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz

*AHEM*

Oh yeh, I forgot to update this with my smoked indicators

Nice, are they the hurricane extractors or something else?

lawsochap wrote:

vandit wrote:Nice i like this .. man you guys all have nice ftos mine looks like a pce of shitzzzz

*AHEM*