Hype Member 77 Member For: 10y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 02/09/13 03:36 AM Share Posted 02/09/13 03:36 AM New member here from the ACT.I happened to stumble across this site while googling for some mods that people have done to their cars and decided to sign up too!I picked up my first xr6 turbo after owning countless crappy jap cars (well not crappy but not ballsy). Went down to Melbourne and broke her in driving back to Canberra. Also picked up my new track bike! WheeGave her a good tub when I got back and started looking online to modify bits I disliked about the car.The first mod I did was to get rid of the sports bar and tonnue cover in favour of a hardlid. The boys at HSP looked after me and their colour matching was spot on.with the new hardlid!Next the car was sitting a little high for my liking. So off to Capital Steering and Suspension to try to support the local businesses.After the boys were done with the ute. Lovells sport front spring and Koni shock coupled with a reset rear leaf, added an extra leaf to the pack and again Koni rear shock.The rear sits slightly higher than the front as I put heavy equipment in the back and trailer my two race bikes around.Noticed tiny imperfections so decided to spend a weekend detailing the car.Future mods include upgrading the lighting system as they aren't the best lights in the world when you're driving at night. I also want to upgrade the brakes to get a little more bling and possibly different wheels as well as the rear wheels don't fill up the guards and it looks ordinary.Following visual mods then perhaps look into some power mods. Bigger intercooler, injectors, fuel pump and a decent dump cat and exhaust. 300+ would be my ideal for an twice a week driver and tow machine.You guys seem to have a great community and I'll be happy to be a part of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briancdennis Donating Members 23 Member For: 12y 3m 30d Posted 02/09/13 06:26 AM Share Posted 02/09/13 06:26 AM (edited) Very nice. Is next on the list a tow bar and trailor for the bike or does the cover remove easily? woops just read the bit about the trailor, silly me. Cheers Edited 02/09/13 06:28 AM by briancdennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 13y 6m Posted 02/09/13 07:11 AM Share Posted 02/09/13 07:11 AM Looks good mate! Jump in the ACT thread and introduce yourself, always looking for more ACT members to have cruises etc with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 23d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 02/09/13 09:06 AM Share Posted 02/09/13 09:06 AM Looks mint mate doing a great job looking after her. Enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellybrett Member 5 Member For: 10y 7m 15d Posted 05/09/13 02:58 AM Share Posted 05/09/13 02:58 AM hey mate, looks good! im pretty much in the same boat as you, im about to sign the dotted line on my new xr6 ute. one question though, did yours come with the soft cover? the dealer is trying to slug me another $700 for it when the brochure says its standard...? id like a hard cover but 3.5k from ford is a bit far fetched for me. are the aftermarket hard covers better priced?im surprised to see your r6 has to be on an angle to have the tail gate up. only reason im buying a ute is to cart my zx636 racebike. and the dog.looks nice anyway will post pics of mine when I pick it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hype Member 77 Member For: 10y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 05/09/13 03:02 AM Author Share Posted 05/09/13 03:02 AM Soft cover was standard on my ute. I believe its all standard for every ute even the base model so the dealer is definitely trying something dodgy there.I only picked up my R6 just after I picked up the ute hence no trailer cuz I didn't have a car to tow with before. I now have 2 bikes that I race around with.What tracks do you go to? I might see you out there or maybe at the races even.Hard covers from Ford can be gotten from as low as $2300ish.I paid $1500 for my HSP hardlid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 05/09/13 04:54 AM Share Posted 05/09/13 04:54 AM Nice colour choice dude. Looks like a sensible list of plans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellybrett Member 5 Member For: 10y 7m 15d Posted 05/09/13 05:15 AM Share Posted 05/09/13 05:15 AM sweet, ill use this dealers lies against him then. muahahaa...I live in darwin so the only track I get too is hidden valley.thanks for the info on the hard lid too. ill look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 05/09/13 06:35 AM Share Posted 05/09/13 06:35 AM My motocross bike had to be angled to close the tail. And every other bike for that fact that's been on it.With having a BF though I could leave bikes straight and tie tail up at about 30-45 degree angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 30d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 05/09/13 07:04 AM Share Posted 05/09/13 07:04 AM I've had 2 Harley's in my BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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