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I love it, but as you said, the rear needs discussion. In regards to your driveway, if you got the red car down easy enough, then you can afford to go to that height, but no more. If your not going to be carrying loads that much you can go a little lower. If it was my car, it'd be slammed full stop, lol. However, becasue its not mine, i suggest another 1 to 1.5 inch in the back. You should be ok at that height, and it'll look good.
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at least it dosent sit like my wagon Ben .
rofl your driveway , at least you got 1 
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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
Lookin good Ben. I don't know if I would go much lower in the rear, wagons don't look bad with a little rake. That extra bit of room could be handy when you have your 2 big monsters in the back with some tools etc.
Cheers RD
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Coming along very nicely.
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Without hijacking Ben's excellant thread here I'd like to point out that yes, wagons do look better lowered like any other car although getting it right can be hard. I haven't got it right but it did get a little better after I converted it to LPG with the 100L gas bottle in the back.
Standard Fairmont height with the new tint job after we bought it back in 2003: 
Lowered but before the LPG conversion: 
Finally with the LPG tank in the back: 
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looking damn sexy ben... where is this XR lip??? should have been on ages ago lol
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You mean this Lip?
I got up this morning after a nice sleep in and as the weather was not too bad went out and removed the Sprint Front Lip from the Red EB and after a quick sand, hit it with some of my favourite Satin Black paint and fitted it up. Came up a treat I reckon. Then I went for a shopping trip to Pick N Payless and came away with a Roof Lining from an EF Wagon, but only for the Passenger Area. Still need to find a Cargo Roof Lining in good nick. While I had the Roof Lining out, I thought it was an opportune time to also swap in the NL Fairlane Dome Light. Then I remembered I had some AU map lights, so they got installed as well. This Pic is not the best but you get the idea. 
I wil get some better pics tomorrow. Re the Rear suspension height, I crawled under the back and measured the height of the Lowering Blocks. Would have been much easier if I measured them BEFORE I installed them. Anyway, the end result is that the blocks are 1.5 inches. I think the rear needs to come down another inch, so will place an order for some 2.5 inch blocks soon. Cheers BenJ
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hmmm
looks like you had a productive day today to ben.. its looking sweet!!! |
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looking good there cuz. Bring on the rest of the body modifications!
And au map lights are indeed a handy little feature. I should know lol.
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Love all the lights- much better like that, huh? You got yourself some solder, some LED's, and converted them all to LED's yet? Only ones worth keeping standard are the map ones really. Doesn't run ya battery down when you forget to shut the door properly is an added bonus.
Once again, very good work with the car BENJ. Remember lowering blocks of about 2.5 inches, the top spring from standard wagon and the rest of the leaves from a one tonne - ended up with a good handling ride. Funnily enough, it doesn't actually look that high in the rear end in person, maybe it was the way the ground was off camber or something? http://www.fordmods.com/forums/uploads/ ... in_113.jpg Last edited by fiend on Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:51 am, edited 1 time in total. |
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TROYMAN and XPFalcon170 - Cheers Fellas.
Fiend LEDs will come later, when I decide on what colour to use. Re the rear suspension, I am using the standard leaf springs with the Load Helpers and will add Heavy Duty shocks. I think the Ute Springs will be overkill for my application. I am keeping an eye out for a rear swaybar, but they are pretty thin on the ground from factory. You got lucky with yours. I will probably end up buying Whiteline front and rear swaybars. Cheers BenJ
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BenJdude wrote: ..... I will probably end up buying Whiteline front and rear swaybars..... Yeahp, although I was quoted about $400NZ for the rear one alone. Which is four tenths of what the whole car cost! Got lucky getting it for around $10NZ in the end, yeahp. Keep your eye out, you'll find one eventually - either that or sell all your other cars, parts and first born for the whiteline system! My wagon needs to move up to a fatter front sway bar and some nicer front shocks, but since it's still a daily driver / work wagon and is only masquerading as a wannabe drifty boy racer weapon there's a whole heap of other things that probably need the attention and money. It will be jealous of your front end when it's done for quite a while.
By the way - did I miss you telling us what springs are in the front now? Guess they're from the red machine, but what are they again? |
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The springs and shocks in the wagon now are from the Red Sedan. They are King Super Lows and BOGE struts.
For some reason though, the wagon sits higher in the front than the sedan did with the same setup. Oh well. BenJ
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Now, I wouldn't have thought that was possible... Eur --- Leave it alone and lower the back... Or --- Humour me --- Measure the rear wheel arch from TDC to the ground. Take the rear wheels off. And put axles on blocks so that the measurement from wheel arch TDC to ground is 1" less (your increase in block height). Now stand back and have a look at the front again. For some reason (which could be gone into in great detail and would require Einstien like computations) this should make the front appear lower too. Try it. Take photos. Just for the curiosity and science of it.
And hey --- Having a low car is good, but with the extra wheel base of the wagon you gotta remember to be a little more careful with those driveways and speed bumps..... Have you chopped the sideskirts in half and added 70 or 80 mm to the middle yet?! |
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Sounds like FAR to much HARD work there Fiend.
Lets do it the easy way. Here is a pic of the Sedan and a pic of the Wagon taken at the same place from similar angles. 
It is only 15mm or so difference, but it is different none the less. BenJ
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