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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
Well I've finally upgraded from my old EB wagon to a 94 EF Futura
Heres what I got    As you can see the engine bay is really clean, might be trying to hide something only time will tell 310k on the clock Pacemaker extractors and some sort of exhaust It has been lowered but I'm not sure by how much or what springs its got Interior is in good nick Now the not so good things The door seals on the drivers door and passenger rear door need to be re-attached Few shopping centre dings some doors aren't 100% but that will soon be fixed The drivers power window wouldn't go up smoothly (fixed now thanks to MadMatt) Air-Con needs to be re-gased Spare Tyre is bald bald It needs a wash  The CD player was wired up wrong and it can stay on while the cars off Only has steelies (have rims to go on as somepoint) Rooflining isn't the best again soon will be fixed Price $1200 Things to do: LPG Conversion Better Stereo Replace Roof Lining Aftermarket Head Lights Replace some doors and rear bumper Maybe a Climate Control Conversion to T5 conversion Any comments or suggestions on what I should do will be appreciated 
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| SLO247 |
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Wash, polish and factory hubcaps!
Then start checking for leaks. Looks tidy, headlights dont look yellow either so thats a score. You can add the rear power windows easily enough to go with the fronts. |
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| fordfreak ef |
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pace makers... good head lights.. lowered?? -score!...
colour code the door mirror... /wax cut and polish the paint job.. better rims.. clear side indicators... limo tint.. to start off with... |
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| basstrom_dave |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
Have got some Fairmont I think rims but he tyres are completely bald just need to replace two of them and swap the front ones over, the passenger side light needs to be replaced as the mounts for it are broken
 might pop off to u-pull-it tomorrow or sometime when it cools down.One slight thing is that I seem to be missing a gear, won't shift manually when going from D to 3 but it will from 3 to 2. Any ideas why this would be happening? The box seems really stong shifts great and there is plenty of fluid. However I'm planning a manual conversion in the nearish future, need to rebuild the box first because the Synchro's are gone. Once the heat comes down I'll get to giving the outside a good clean. Cheers for the idea's guys |
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| basstrom_dave |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
Right after finally getting some new tyres for the front (Bridgestone ER300 205/65/15) on the EF Fairmont rims I got off MadMatt and SimonL a while ago, originally destined for the Wagon, have now fitted these to the Futura.
This is the rim  Now on the car  Also doing this gave me a good oppotunity to see what suspension I was riding on in the front, as it turned out there was still a sticker on the drivers side spring which told me I've got Lovells FFL-47 Springs, are according to their website these are "Sport Low" springs, will find out whats in the rear soon Heres what they look like with Tag still on  Now this shocks I've got no idea on here are a few pics if someone is able to help me out with identifying them that would be great    Also the car has had a wash since these, got too dark to give it a cut and polish but that will happen when it cools down and there is still light |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
Ok update time, the car has had a cut and polish but still needs another one (and a wash now that it rained last night), also have done the blue LED conversion, was a pain in the backside but i'm happy with the results and have also installed my CD player from my wagon, already a better sound.
Pic of the car looking better  Now during the LED conversion I was putting a bulb in i had the lights on at the time, needless to say i somehow I think managed to short it out and smoke started rising from the hole for the bulb, not good. Also in this process I lost half the lights so I though have to take it apart and find out whats wrong and sure enough I had blown a circuit  About 5 minutes later and some solder and it looked like this  AND was happily working again Next stop getting LPG put on, then when the rebate comes in upgrading those damn awful front stock speakers. |
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| SLO247 |
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Looking good
BTW, thank you. I finally know exactly which springs I need. Ride height is almost perfect for me, just needs to be slightly lower in rear. Cheers! |
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| basstrom_dave |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
No worries and thanks,
the fronts are part number FFL-47 have a look here http://www.lovells.com.au/catalogue/200 ... on_web.pdf thats got their entire listing |
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| Kennyken |
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Lookin good mate. Good to see you have a list and are working to it. The $900 will certainly help the mods and fix her right up for a good weekender!
_________________ Old ride: 1998 Series 1 AU Futura. |
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basstrom wrote: Next stop getting LPG put on, then when the rebate comes in upgrading those damn awful front stock speakers. Kennyken wrote: The $900 will certainly help the mods and fix her right up for a good weekender! I think Dave might have been talking about the $2000 you get back from putting gas on. Nice car there Dave, looks alot better with the polish and the mont rims. Do the T5 conversion, it will be sik Josh |
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Hey Dave, If your looking for a cheap gas install go to hillers ford on o'sulivans beach road in lonsdale there. I got a system from him for $500 had it installed for $1000 and when I got the rebate back I made $500. that was 2 years ago and the gas is still running fine.
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
joshie007 wrote: Hey Dave, If your looking for a cheap gas install go to hillers ford on o'sulivans beach road in lonsdale there. I got a system from him for $500 had it installed for $1000 and when I got the rebate back I made $500. that was 2 years ago and the gas is still running fine. Josh Cool PM me some details and i'll get hold of them, i can get a tank without any problems, was one that was in my mates R31 before we decided it weighed too much for drifting lol Thanks KennyKen should be a good weekender once shes done will take a while but it will worth it And Josh my left foot is itchy for the clutch pedal lol I can't wait |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
well time for an update
Most of the Adelaide members might have seen it at the bushfire appeal cruise, Now I have the rear spoiler installed and gas is going on on Friday, Sprint Gas system for $2200 cash. Also some of the doors have been replaced with better condition ones What else have I done on it? Slowly polishing it up and getting it looking good, still need to respray the bonnet and bumbers. After the rebate for the gas comes back, might start looking around for parts for the manual conversion. Still to come: Manual Conversion Upgrade Speakers (Sub and Amp) Replace Rooflining Tinting Then I can start looking at things like: Engine Mods Changing interior around a bit |
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Need to see some pics mate..... When are you doing your manual conversion? Im getting a J3 chip in a few weeks and will be using it in my Auto ECU so I will have a EF manual ECU there if you are interested.
Josh |
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Age: 37 Posts: 410 Joined: 27th Jul 2005 Ride: Mazda CX-5 & 96 EL Falcon Location: Adelaide |
Will get some up once it has been polished again, and its daylight
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