Hey guys,

As the title says,

I'm chasing a T and would like to mod it a little bit - nothing huge...Up until needing o rebuild anything to handle power...I may even leave it stock for a while...

There are two cars I've seen...

1) 2004 BA XR6 T

29,000 Km's

Full Leather

4 spd auto

18" BA XR8 Rims

Immaculate condition

Stock standard

2) 2007 BF II XR6T

100,000KM's

Cloth seats

6 speed auto

17" XR6 Rims

Looks to be an ex chaser

Stock as well

I'm really stuck as which way to go...I don't want a car with heaps of KM's, but I've heard the BF's are much better...

Any advice would be really appreciated...

Cheers,

Dan

I would go the BA the BF has massive kms for its age and if its an ex chaser its been flogged to the sh1thouse! BA sounds better optioned too and if your only chasing 300 odd rwkw the BA will be fine u will just need to change valve springs and toughen the 4 speed auto up a bit. With the sort of treatment cars get from the cops I rekon u would have issues with it after not too long and if they're issues with the ZF auto it aint gona be cheap to fix.

you need to clarify if it's an ex-chaser or not... if the BF isn't an ex-chaser, then I would get that. the kms would be mostly highway kms, which would mean sitting at 1500rpm all day. The BF has a much stronger auto and bottom end then a BA, so 100,000km in a BF would probably be the same as 40,000km in a BA

plus for 330rwkws, all you'll need is injectors, "hi-flowed cat", 'cooler and a tune.

otherwise if it is an ex-chaser, then go with what DOSE said.

What about the rest of the driveline and suspension that has traveled 60,000km more..

yeah, as I said, if they're all highway kms, then there should be a problem...

But how do you know if they are all highway kms, you think they are and a lot probably are but you just don't know. And what about resale value?

I would get neither of these two.

Wait it out for a month or two until a low klm BFII comes along. Then buy that one!

There are plenty of low km BFII's for sale, but I'm guessing EGOBFXR6 is looking in the mid 20's rather than the low 30's where they are

I sold my GT (2yrs old) for stuff all, as it had 60,000 on the clock...

And mostly highway km's...

Was contacted by the potential buyer (now owner) when he was looking at the car in the car yard (found my details in the log book) and asked... Told him it was a lot of Highway km's...

He replied he thought so, as the car looked near new condition still... Told him that it was going from Sydney to the border a few times and that family was there... He ended up with a serious bargain for about $32K...

Ask the owner, and they will tell you, then take a look, check where its been serviced... check for little things like car park dints, and wear and tear on rims, bumpber etc... not going to tell u if its 100% true if it was/is highway driven but may help a little... Could have also been serviced in 2 or more different places, ie. Sydney and somewhere interstate... also a possible indicator or this..

In the end, if the BF had less Km's I would say BF... but 100 thousand in 12 months is a tall ask... maybe look for another with less km's even if it is going to set u back little more...

What are they asking for these two cars anyways?

There are plenty of low km BFII's for sale, but I'm guessing EGOBFXR6 is looking in the mid 20's rather than the low 30's where they are

Yeah you're right, but those BFIIs aren't moving too well at the moment either, now that the new model is out.

As I said, wait a month or two. People will adjust their prices if they are motivated to sell. Not into the low 20s , but I can certainly see them being available in the high 20s real soon for something with a reasonable amount of klms.

In real terms a lower klm BFII in the high 20s will be a much better value buy too as less money needs to be spent when the mods begin.

In the mean time there is another couple of months to save the extra moola!

Edited June 7, 200818 yr by craiginmackay