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Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:41 am**

hello fellow ftoer's
Club Name: Bartman
Real Name:Wayne
Age:27
Ride: 95 GPX
Location: Southport/Labrador(GC)
I've finally managed to get a pic on here! This is a pic of my ride the day i bought it from a wholesale yard for $9k & 83,000km's, yes thats right $9k the guy at the yard didn't really do his homework untill after i signed a bill of sale!!(smuck)
Mods: 18" rims, apexi air filter, front strut brace, Veilside type 1 kit(minus the wing." ATM") 3' exhaust system,autotechnica steering wheel, Project f tail lights, pioneer sound system with sony 12" sub going in soon!
Future Mods: set of extractors & maybe a set of chromes for some BLING!!
MORE PICS COMING VERY SOON!!
[img][img]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/184/ ... irtto8.jpg[/img][/img]

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:16 am**

$9K, #$%^ing hell, man good work!!

I'm jealous lol

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:58 pm**

Hey Bartman thats n awesome deal!! is it a manual? haha bet the car dealer is fuming

looks tidy! u'll have to show it off on the next cruise!!

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:51 pm**

were the project f tail lights and the vs body kit an added extra, cos i don't see either on that picture

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:53 pm**

First off, congrats on the buy and WTTC.

However, the thing I'm a tad bit worried about is the fact that you bought your car for $9k.
Now nobody will "accidently" sell it to you for that amount, especially not a car yard, plus the fact that it was a kit on it, it would suck people into buying it without thinking too much about how well the car runs, since the looks just attract you. "look can be decieving"

I suggest you get it checked out, even though I think this should have been done before you actually bought it, as I'm sure you'll agree with me when I say, that nobody will "accidently" sell it to you for that amount without doing their homework.

The cheapest I've ever seen a car yard sell an FTO is about $13k, and things with body kits usually go for a bit more. Don't mean to worry you but I hope you can see I have a valid point.

Posted: **Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:04 pm**

lol great sublime, u come along and ruin everything

JK

yeah actually sublime has a point there, get it checked out by RACQ, do a master/s check, i think its $170. well worth the read, but keep in mind that they are very very picky with every little single thing, they'll give u a very long list of things wrong with it, but only some of it will be important

Posted: **Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:10 am**

also, those arent project Fs, they're stock fto taillights.

Posted: **Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:39 am**

yeah welcome bartman hope to c ya round the goldie soon

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:32 pm**

yeah the veilside kit & altezzas(from the UK) i've put on since that photo, that was just taken the day i bought it. yeah had the car fully checked over by a mechanic, only probs were a rear wheel bearing($350 genuine unfortunately!), new windscreen wipers($12) & a strut tower plate($150), o & this annoying short with brake fuse!. I was wondering why it was so cheap as well! But i suppose thats why the car dealer wanted to change the price even after i'd already made a deposit on it! (yeah right)

But will have pics up in next few days of what it looks like now.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:05 pm**

bartman wrote:yeah the veilside kit & altezzas(from the UK) i've put on since that photo, that was just taken the day i bought it. yeah had the car fully checked over by a mechanic, only probs were a rear wheel bearing($350 genuine unfortunately!), new windscreen wipers($12) & a strut tower plate($150), o & this annoying short with brake fuse!. I was wondering why it was so cheap as well! But i suppose thats why the car dealer wanted to change the price even after i'd already made a deposit on it! (yeah right)
But will have pics up in next few days of what it looks like now.

ah ic, btw the altezzas are diff from the Projct F, they only ever made a 100 project F taillights but altezzas area bit diff. How much did the Altezzas cost u btw?

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:28 pm**

i thought that the altezzas were made by project f

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:46 pm**

Welcome mate

But for 9k...its a bargin mate. Don't trust the KMs..have it sussed out.

But I have seen a few around for 10k stock.

Since you only piad 9k...you might have to fix stuff up but if you do at leasy you know its brand new...

Nice buy.

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:05 pm**

bartman wrote:yeah the veilside kit & altezzas(from the UK) i've put on since that photo, that was just taken the day i bought it...

...But will have pics up in next few days of what it looks like now.

Posted: **Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:52 pm**

yeah their project f lights, the logo is inside the casing.Sublime i called them altezzas in the prev post coz thats what style their modelled after.

Posted: **Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:00 pm**

to clear up any confusion heres a pic of what they looked like when they arrived

[img][img]http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2333/p ... htstf1.jpg[/img][/img]

Posted: **Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:13 pm**

FTO-101 wrote:i thought that the altezzas were made by project f

nope, Altezzas are made by a company called Altezza in taiwan and they're fairly common for most newer cars, u see them on lancers etc but they're just not readily available for the FTO which is why they're so costly

but they're a lot more common than Project F taillights, they look similar but are definately different types.

Btw why are they purple bartman

anyway they look nice, i just got my altezzas today, so happy (thanks WILL - I'll send u a case of beer and nachos via fed x

)

Posted: **Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:36 am**

yeah man why r they purple........sorry just tryin to catch up

Posted: **Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:44 am**

bought them from some lass in the uk & her fto was purple, so yeah had to paint the edges.

Posted: **Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:36 pm**

They r very nice how much they cost u?

Posted: **Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:29 pm**

$1400 with p&h

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Bartman saying hi to all fellow clubmates

Bartman saying hi to all fellow clubmates