Looking At Buying This...

[mitch179]

Just after a bit of advice, I'm looking to buy an XR6T ute and I have found one that I'm quite fond of, but the only thing concerning me would be if it's going to go 'bang' a short time after I purchase it.

Might look familiar as I saw it for sale on here mid last year I guess it would have been:

2005 Ford Falcon BA Mk2 XR6 Turbo Ute 329RWKW! - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 12-Jan-10 13:03:11 AEDST)

Is that power level ok for a ba mk2? Would I be better finding a BF ute and doing the mods myself? I'm kind of in two minds about it, I really do like this one and it already has all the mods that I would do.

Any opinions / advice would be appreciated

[sensoryamusia]

I'd get the price down a bit, 28,500 is a bit too steep for a BA.

I don't think it's too likely to go "bang", it does have a T56 and good strong clutch,

also appears to be tuned by Nizpro which have a great reputation.

Best bet would be to get it checked over mate, like all modified cars theres risks to take!

good luck, its a good looking ride!

[mitch179]

Definitely going to try my best at getting the price down, don't want to spend more than 25k, so I'll see how I go!

I will get it checked over thoroughly for sure. I know there are risks just trying to minimise them as much as possible

[berzerker]

The guy is on these forums, cant rememeber user name but someone will know.

From what I remember he keeps it in A1 condition. I would buy this in a second. All good quality parts. Top brakes. The lot.

[linmup]

mate try buy one standard and do the work yourself slowly at least u know what your doing and get it tuned to how u want it.you dont know what that things been threw trust me dont rush it.u will get bored of it as your gonna want more power.tuned by nizpro I wouldnt trust it well that's my opinion.good luck dude

[mitch179]

sounding pretty good so far. I know it might be a bit of a gamble buying already modified but as a result, if all goes well, I stand to save a lot of time and money by going down this route.

Also is there anything you should particularly look out for on the utes?

any more feedback would be good also!

[tig]

Haggle the price if you are keen on it , seems overpriced for BA MK 11, ended up selling my old MK11 ute for around 16k, with plenty of mods and 310rwks. Looks a nice ute and the main problems with them (brakes, gearbox, v/springs) have been addressed. All the best with it Mitch.

[mitch179]

What would you consider a fair price for it?

[Maximus]

Dude contact Qikshift as that used to be his old car and I am 100% sure the guy paid $26500 for it over 9 months ago.

If you could get it for around $22K would be a good buy as long as they guy who bought it has treated it like Mark did and not trashed the crap out of it.

I think the guy selling it might be in $$$ trouble as he sold his bike not long ago either and I know the sh1t he had to go thru to get a loan for it.

Anyways, Contact Qikshift and have a chat to him and see if he can look the car over for you to see if it is the same as it was when he sold it.

Cheers & Good Luck.

[mitch179]

Ahh! the plot thickens, thanks maximus!

I have send qikshift an email, I'll see what he comes back with, failing that I might try giving him a call since I see his number is still in the old FS post.

It's a really nice ride so hopefully it all checks out and I can get the guy down on the price.