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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:45 pm 
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i just thought ill post up some pics of my car..
here are the before pics..

it has been a work in progress since mid 2005

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:54 pm 
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here are some of the progressive pics..

first was the wheels,tinted windows then the eb rear garnish and tail lights and the eb c pillar covers
and then came the red eb rocker cover,extractors and 2 1/2" redback exhaust..
also the bonnet was replaced with a smick one and the guards had a home re-spray..

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:02 pm 
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next was the side skirts,front lip spoiler,lowered king spring lows with koni adjustable shocks.kmac castor kit,nolathane bushes ect
also the ed xr front made its way onto the ea.
and the ea side mirrors were replaced by some colour coded eb ones.

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:13 pm 
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now i replaced the crappy ea interior with the ed fairmont ghia leather seats,door trims,power windows,trip comp and i painted the dash facia and surrounding plastic in metallic grey and added a eb gt gear shift boot....

also a fake woodgrain stearing wheel and gear knob made there way into the picture..
i also changed the cluster dials to white..

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:14 pm 
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great work troyman.. always looks great in person at KK's or on cruises or shows.. BTW.. what model front lip spoiler is that?? i have a fibreglass replica at home doing nothing atm... (looks the same as yours)..
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:19 pm 
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its a ed sprint lip spoiler..
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:19 pm 
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Wow! Looks nice Troyman - great job. The the pieces have come together nicely and it really looks the part.

Congrats!

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:21 pm 
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TROYMAN wrote:
afaik its a ed sprint lip spoiler..
genuine?? or fibrelass?? mine is the fibreglass one.. also have a GENUINE sprint bootlid rubber spoiler i will looking at gettig rid of..

Pick n payless most of the parts troyman?? like wise mine.. :lol:
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:28 pm 
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next came the au engine.. the old neglected 3.9 could not take anymore abuse..lol

the engine was first fitted with the log manifold and ea acessories..

there was a tech doco made on what needed to be done...
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/AU-4L-En ... n-d85.html

there are other things like ef radiator and thermo fans and a ed xr8 diff had been fitted.
but i dont have pics and you all know what a diff looks like :lol:

and there is more to come

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:29 pm 
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fordfreak ef wrote:
TROYMAN wrote:
afaik its a ed sprint lip spoiler..
genuine?? or fibrelass?? mine is the fibreglass one.. also have a GENUINE sprint bootlid rubber spoiler i will looking at gettig rid of..

Pick n payless most of the parts troyman?? like wise mine.. :lol:


the lip spoiler is a factory plastic 2 piece one..
yep pic n pay less have supplied alot of parts..
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:34 pm 
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ok next up was the bbm/el ecu conversion..and the rocker cover got a lick of gloss black paint.and the au hp cam was installed..
also a home made cold air intake was made from a std au snorkle..
and the std snorkle was replaced with a ba xr6t snorkle..and a pod filter was thrown into the air box with a extra flex hose joined to a 60 deg bent piece of pipe..

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:53 pm 
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next was the tailights i carefully pulled them apart and removed the orange lense from inside and then the rear garnish was replaced with a fairmont ghia one and that was also pulled apart and the orange was painted grey to match..
also the red s pac strip that runs all the way around the car was painted black!

and.. i replaced the old black outer door handles with el handles painted to match..

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:00 pm 
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being a crazy modder lol
i decided to replace the old cracked dash top with a fresh ed one and repaired the manual pedal box which most of you know will crack at some time in the cars life..

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:11 pm 
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hmm lets see??
what was next lol..........

oh yea i fitted a rear after market boot spoiler,au clear side repeaters and black el xr6 guard badges
then i got the sprint rear bumper lip..

now it was time for a change i got myself a set of nl fairlane door trims.

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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:23 pm 
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and me not being completly happy with the interior i pulled the dash out again :roll: to change the lower section of the dash from ea dark grey to ed light grey. and i painted the steering column shroud light grey and changed the steering wheel again. and replaced the console to match..

once this was done i got myself a set of el ghia chrome door handles to give a little more!

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