Vanilla Fitment - '95 FTO

[white out]

Looks very good.

[bjk]

Love it on the RPF1's!

As do I! I'm torn though. The black rims on the white car are alright, but I'm not particularly partial to them and I'll probably move them on. I'd really like to try fitting some 18x9.5 +15 RPF1s, but in some ways I feel it's a bit of a waste to buy the "same" rims again. There are a few other options that are affordable, but not sure what I'll do at the moment.

That's a nice booty

It's pretty fine. Just wish it was a tad lower at the rear. You need a different rear bar or skirt to get it closer to the ground (unless you're doing major work like _sanchez_)

[paulinations]

That's a nice booty

[GTOguy]

Love it on the RPF1's!

[bjk]

excellent. when you swap the headlights, take the foggy one to a detailer and have him buff it out. or do it yourself. also, please for the love of street boxing kangaroos, do not swap your front bar off the gray car onto this one. it was right ugly.

Haha, a fan of the prefacelift bar, eh? It will stay like it is for a while at least, because getting a good paint job on body kits is expensive. Final plan will be to have the same bar though. It's the best option that isn't the regular facelift bar. (which I will also be acquiring. I'll be swapping the bar on the silver car with a mate's facelift).

In the interim of swapping parts I'll be polishing the headlight like you suggested. Be a lot easier when it's out of the car. Having said that it is tempting to just take it to a detailer and get them to tidy up everything else like the faded rubber and whatnot. Depends on cost.

[Miroteknik]

excellent. when you swap the headlights, take the foggy one to a detailer and have him buff it out. or do it yourself. also, please for the love of street boxing kangaroos, do not swap your front bar off the gray car onto this one. it was right ugly.

[bjk]

Movin' on

So, had a good run with this car. Will probably be close to two years by the time it's gone, but it's onwards and a step to the left so to speak!

A member on FTOAustralia bought a 2008 BMW 135i, and can't afford to keep two cars, so he's moving on his FTO at such a good price that the more I thought about it, the more tempting it was. Ironically, it was a conversation with my partner that convinced me it was an idea with merit (she has since changed her mind, lol) so come January 6th it'll be in my hands! But enough of the narration, here are the pertinent deets.

1995 FTO GPX in white (same year as mine current hah)
5 speed manual with a Cusco LSD
Rebuilt Engine done 40xxx KMs
Hurricane extractors + straight through to muffler
Custom intake pipe
324x30mm 33GTR front rotors with WRX STi 4-pot Brembo calipers
BC BR coilovers
18x8.0 Advan Racing wheels
Poly bushes
Megan Racing camber + toe arms
Front Version R strut brace
Larger rear sway bar
Battery (new) relocated to boot
Replica Recaro bucket seats
Interior pieces: suede steering wheel, carbon gear knob, new stereo surround plastics
Clear side indicators
Facelift Factory Ts front bar unpainted (same as I have on my current car)
Dcuatro side skirts unpainted
And basically a years worth of registration that I can get refunded once I have the car registered in my home state.

All for the handsome sum of $4600 (I paid $4000 for my silver one with just lowered springs and a front strut bar!). The parts alone are probably worth more than the car. The big positives with this is that I can swap all the goodies from my car; the facelift headlights, rear strut bar, and wheels (if they clear the Brembos! Fingers crossed). And sell anything I have doubles of; intake, extractors, sway bar. I'm keen to finally have a manual (and LSD to boot, not cheap or easy to come across in an FTO), though it will be hard to let go of the silver colour I've become fond of.

Updates in the meantime will probably be pretty sparse! Here's some pics.

[bjk]

I live and breath for FTO's, ever since playing Forza when I was a kid. I'd love to have them in the US!!!

Someone should sneak one over!

[bennkishh]

I live and breath for FTO's, ever since playing Forza when I was a kid. I'd love to have them in the US!!!

[bjk]

Finally got damage fixed from hitting a kangaroo, just over 11 months on. New left headlight is both fortunately and unfortunately significantly clearer than the right haha.

[bjk]

Cheers. It's part of the reason I like it that they're not very common, even though there's a few here in Australia.

Well, he saw me, decided to follow me since I'm a sports car, then pulled me over as my rear tyres were bald (oops), and then had a look inside the engine bay, saw it was a bit wet, and had a look under the car and noticed it was dropping fluid.

It's a bit of misleading rule, really. Because basically if you are dropping any oil onto the road it's considered excessive. I was fortunate to get it past inspection really, haha.

[DER E30]

Pretty neat car! I had no idea such a car was made!

I don't get how the cop got you for excessive oil leaks? Was he just being a dick?

[bjk]

Got a new gear knob, fixed a starting issue which turned out to be an expired o ring near the fuel rail that was letting petrol leak out and not keep pressure.

Leaking oil like a bitch, haha. And took some pics.

[bjk]

Just go coilovers. Do it right the first time otherwise you will kick yourself in the dick for not buying them.

Yeah, looking more tempting as I weigh up my future pipe dreams; i.e. upsizing to some 18x9.5 +15 RPF1s in future, or perhaps something completely different. Would also love to do some bolt on flares for a bit of a difference, but filling them out would also require the advantages of coilovers.

[Thom]

They're pretty nifty. Love every time I get into it (when things aren't broken and it starts lol). Weighing up between adjustable shocks and coilovers probably for next year, coilies are looking tempting but I sigh at the outlay.

Just go coilovers. Do it right the first time otherwise you will kick yourself in the dick for not buying them.