Everything posted by phantom ute
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N/a Intake
Its worth a try, it shouldn't get too heat soaked without a heat shield and with a heat sheld it shouldn't get any heat, on older cars the inlet and outlet mainifolds are on the same side,
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Road Trip Pics 2006 Phantomchic And Tab
looks like it was a goood trip I want to do a trip to perth and go to ayres rock as well must have been in a high drug area, the doors open if someone has O D, they the same as in king cross right next to the cop shop
- Tranny To Be Dyno,d
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Help! Whats Wrong With The Car?
Dont be too sure, as said we are a pack of bastards! bttt ← we r at page 30 only 20 more to go
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Team N/A HQ
we should have a N/A cruise this sunday I am down form coffs atm we could do a run from the old toll gates/weigh station at berowra we could cruise up the old rd and back down putty rd
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Bf Bird Eater
That was a phesent not a chicken, not sure which is bigger but it made a mess that's for sure. ← a Phesent is usally bigger than a chicken and they can do a far bit of damage ahitting them at about 80ks when I was in the uk in 03 saw someone hit a phesent at about 80ks and it busted the front bar and Lh head light it was about 18 inchs round
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Bf Bird Eater
Bloody Birds they are pests when it comes to cars they fly into them when your driving or s#!t on them when u have just washed it. I have taken out a magpie it hit my driver's side fog light and knocked it back out of place and I have had 2 other birds at driffant times, that hit the window and bounce up into my ladders, 1 of them bounce off and ended on the side of the road the second 1 bounced back off the ladder to end up on top of the wiper bleeding over the wind screen one of the cats got a good feed from that bird cause it happened about 200m form home I just pulled the bird off a threw it in the garden for the cats
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Xr6 Front Suspension
Go to pedders or someone like that don't go to a tyre shop they wouldn't know what was wrong they (bob jane @ hornsby) told me my tie rod end was stuffed because they couldn't get my alignment stright and to go back to ford for them to look at it.
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No Morning Glory
best thing to do is take it to ford sounds like its a bit sick
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Help Needed
I got the bonet to pop, did the same cave it a good tug with pilers my mate whos a mechanic had a look and thinks that the cable has stretched. thanks for the help.
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Help Needed
that's what mine has done but it did that cause I pulled it a bit to hard when the bonet didnt pop up and I have tryed to pull it with pilers that's why I think its stuck at the latch
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Help Needed
need help can't pop the bonet, The latch or cable has stuck under the bonet and cant reach or get to latch from under front bar. going to ford is last opition as I have no warranty
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Making Wood Tray For My Tornado
a better timber than Jarrah to use is Quilla when polished looks the same as Jarrah but it is a tiffer timber and last longer in th weather it is the same timber used to make jetties. my parents have a jarrah table and the chairs are Quilla they were oiled at the same time and the jarrah table needed polishing again before the Quilla chairs.
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Top Speeds
I done about 210+ in my ea wagon speedo stops at 200 165 in the wifes old car a mirage and 185 in the ute
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Making Wood Tray For My Tornado
a timber tray is the way to go it's on my to do list 1 thing to make sure you do is the soak the timber in a tray of lindseed oil or similar that way the timber gets a really good coat of oil and there is less change of the timber bowing.
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Best Tyres For A Budget
I run sumitomo's on my ute they were $750 with wheel alignment and I have found them to be better then the dunlop sp3000 that come on the ute
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Unbelievable - Outrageous Water Bill
that's just f@#ked up at least they are letting you find out what is happing to the water Ok gizmo can flush but can gizmo go in the toliet?
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Tranny Got His Licence Back
You're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you? Congrats on getting your license back.. Lets hope you learnt a very valuable lesson.. ← I was just young and dumb most of that was when I was 18-19 I've only been done speeding in the ute 2 times and that has been in the last 3 years
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Tranny Got His Licence Back
I lost mine for a month for 46ks over got caught driving lost it for 12 months had to redo l test to get my licence back because it expired while it was disqualifed. 6 month after getting it back lost 6 points in one go speeding and a burnout which used my last 5 points and ment 3 months with no licence or a 12 month good behavier licence with 2 points which I took and bought my ute when I was on that all the fines and licence losses were in my ea and ef wagons. tranny bet your as happy as larry to be back on the road again I know I was,
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ute register
from coffs harbour dec 03 phantom xr6 n/a
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Road Noise Bf Series 2
I have nakang ns2 on 20's on the wifes xr6 and they are a quiet tyre, the standard dunlop tyre for the 17's are a noisy tyre that's the only thing I did'nt like about them. Sumitomo's are a nice quite tyre I run them on the ute.
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Its Here
Nice ute, bet you can't sleep at the moment dreaming about getting it. good to see more utes on the forum.
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Why Idiots Should Be Shot
I saw another story on this and it had said that this guys had been doing to other cars as well over the last 3 months. Just guess that they had to drop a maserati not a s#!t box, serves the owner right for lending is Maserati to his sister while O/S it would of be safer if he left it at home.
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Speed Cut?
the turbos and xr8 utes are limted to 230ks the N/A 6's are limted to 180ks but I have hit 185 then had to slow down in my N/A xr6 ute I'm not sure what the 220kw v8 are limted to in the utes
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Police Cars & Undercover Cars Spotted Thread
there used to be a suzuki sierra with surf boards and the radar was hidden under the boards going around the northern beaches about 5 years ago. And the hornsby cops had a taxi for about 2 weeks which they did all sorts in radar, drug busts and what ever they could with it