amazing4litre New Member 2 Member For: 10y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Bankstown Posted 17/11/13 12:49 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 12:49 PM Hi guysSo I test drove a FG XR8 ute over the weekend because I am looking to upgrade to one.To be honest it handled like a sack of potatoes, it actually scared me.Is there any way to make them handle half decently? Considering a VE now..Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cizzink11 Member 352 Member For: 11y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 17/11/13 01:43 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 01:43 PM 4 link rear with coilover fronts lol 305 rear tyres with 275 fronts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verve Donating Members 126 Member For: 15y 13d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 17/11/13 08:23 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 08:23 PM To be honest it handled like a sack of potatoes, it actually scared me.CheersIt's a ute, what did you expect........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 13y 6m 14d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 17/11/13 08:43 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 08:43 PM Buy a VE, far better ute, looks better, and at least they handle. And not as noisy as a Falcon ute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/11/13 09:14 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 09:14 PM The fg xr8s are really slow as well unless You do a lot of work to em. Like marginally faster than an n/a xr6 slow. Buy a turbo instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenf6 Member 84 Member For: 10y 7m 12d Gender: Male Posted 17/11/13 11:50 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 11:50 PM Buy a VE, far better ute, looks better, and at least they handle. And not as noisy as a Falcon ute.yer ... not really.... actually no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 3m 7d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 18/11/13 12:06 AM Share Posted 18/11/13 12:06 AM Lowering them slightly can actually help a lot. I talking about a BF series but surely it will cross over.I remember my BF ute would try and 180 you in the wet for no reason then once lowered its fine. Handles much better. Of course it won't handle like the Expensive Daewoo as they have an IRS setup whereas the Falcon is still Live Axle. But the falcon can take a lot more load in the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 18/11/13 12:18 AM Share Posted 18/11/13 12:18 AM But the falcon can take a lot more load in the back.Not as much as freakys mum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,403 Member For: 14y 4m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/11/13 07:00 AM Share Posted 18/11/13 07:00 AM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosshair New Member 6 Member For: 10y 8m 12d Gender: Male Location: Rochedale South Posted 15/12/13 10:13 AM Share Posted 15/12/13 10:13 AM Just made my day. LOL!!I just recently fitted coilovers + ultralow kings leaves and it has improved my handling immensely.. Best money I ever spend :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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