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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:02 pm 
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I think they were imported by a company Ash. They have a surprising amount over there, Xr6s and Xr8s too.
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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:34 am 
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heres mine. 17" rims, a superchip in the ECU and mild tints on the windows. another UK car so parts aint that cheep to get. its a 2000 AUII Forte that was imported in 2002. sold new in SA
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it came with the large tailpipe on the exhaust not something i care for
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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:12 am 
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Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary
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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:34 am 
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I had heard of AU's in the UK before but hadn't seen any other then some hire/funeral cars.

Was yours sold there or was it imported privately?


Hi, Mine was imported privately when it was new but there was a company importing a lot of LPG utes and changing the name to 'Verte Tempest'
Unfortunatly there isnt much infomation on what happened to the company but plenty of motors still come up on ebay every now and again.

Strange how its mostly AU's over here! I have seen one BA ute on ebay at the moment but they want £11,500 (roughly $15,000) for it :x

 

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:41 am 
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Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary


Gary your XB looks awsome!

did your AU come with them rims? I'm struggling to find some that fit without spending a small fortune!!

 

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:49 am 
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Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary


Gary your XB looks awsome!

did your AU come with them rims? I'm struggling to find some that fit without spending a small fortune!!


the rims came with the car. i just sprayed the centres as they are pretty rough

look on ebay for 5x114.3 surprising how many cars use this pcd
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:55 am 
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Its the backspace I'm struggling with, I tried some Mustang wheels but they rubbed on the suspension at the front! might have to reluctantly use some spacers

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:16 pm 
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this is my pride and joy...

 

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:14 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:21 pm 
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67RCE i think your ment to put more stuff on the car when your moding it not take parts off...

 

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:36 pm 
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I know, just got stuck in a 3 car pile up. I was the middle car.......

 

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OO0Y4 - BA2 XR6 Turbo, Nizpro Plenum, Process West stage 3 cooler, 4” dump, 3.5” exhaust, ID1000’s, ZF Auto - 11.8@116

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:48 pm 
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Only just stumbled onto this thread so I'll add the ute to this one aswell!! :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:09 am 
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They are pretty flash tail lights and rims for a sleeper.

Here's mine.

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Haha looks all inconspicuous and s**t until you open the bonnet then BAM! Small bird eater under the bonnet.

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just a random question, how was the blue done/ or was it like this when you aquired it?
love the look and wouldn't mind persuing a look similar to that?


possible too help>??
cheers Jars (Ben) :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:49 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
I had heard of AU's in the UK before but hadn't seen any other then some hire/funeral cars.

Was yours sold there or was it imported privately?


Hi, Mine was imported privately when it was new but there was a company importing a lot of LPG utes and changing the name to 'Verte Tempest'
Unfortunatly there isnt much infomation on what happened to the company but plenty of motors still come up on ebay every now and again.

Strange how its mostly AU's over here! I have seen one BA ute on ebay at the moment but they want £11,500 (roughly $15,000) for it :x


That's great, I honestly had no idea at all there were that many. I have a handful of AU's myself. You can see my 5.0 ute in my sig plus I buy quite a few and part them out, I have 3 of them at the moment.

I know you guys love your LPG like we do here in Aus so I can see why the dedicated LPG ute would be a big seller. $15k for a BA ute didn't sound that bad considering its an import. Here decent BA utes still get around the 10k mark, XR's more obviously. But if you were to buy something like a Chevy ute here that had been imported and it may sell for around 10k in the US, then you would expect to pay about 40k here. I know the R/H conversion costs a lot but looks like you guys get a sweet deal on imports compared to us.



Why do we do it to ourselves? imports?? nothing but expence and hassle! that said if I had the money my garage would look quite similar to your signature 8-)

 

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 Post subject: Re: Show Us Your A Series
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:41 pm 
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I know, just got stuck in a 3 car pile up. I was the middle car.......


damn that sucks, i hate seeing a nice AU destroyed considering theres not many of them around....

 

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