Ash1

XA-MONT, Sounds the good mate, thanks for getting a clip! I am really looking forward to getting my ute. Not sure what sort of visual mods I am going to carry out, except for, a dark tint, rear section of the exhaust and swapping the 19" rims for a set of factory 18"s but I think that will be about it. Cheers, Ash.

Name: Ash Age: 22 Sex m/f: M Location city /state: Townsville, Queensland Occupation: Air Force Soon to be taking delivery of: Ego FG Turbo Ute

XA-MONT, Is there any chance that you may be able to post up a sound clip of your exhaust as it sounds now without the rear muffler? I am looking forward to picking my ute up in the next week which is almost identical to yours, and an exhaust mod to get more sound from the exhaust is first on the list. Also have you had any issues with droning or anything similar after replacing the rear muffler with straight through pipes? Has there been any warranty implications by your dealer at all? Cheers Ash.

Being leaf sprung, there is little that can be done apart from a shock absorber change to something more compliant, and removing a leaf from the spring pack. Which almost guarantees you will lose carrying capacity but gaining some ride comfort. I would recommend speaking to Fulcrum Suspension to discuss your needs as they have already done some development into the XR utes. They have set up the V8 Supercar pace ute for this years series. Also with the FG having monotube shock absorbers, suspension work needs to be carried out carefully as the car and its electronic systems have been calibrated to work inside certain parameters that the existing suspension provides. Cheers, Ash.

I was under the impression that FG mk2 would hit the streets around mid 2010, to coincide with Euro 4 regs.

I was in the same situation not three weeks ago. I was weighing up an SS and the XR6T. And in the end, the XR was the go because of a number of factors, biggest of which being the spread of torque that the turbo serves up, the seamless ZF auto and the better interior. Even though the SS sounded good and went hard, the transmission just wasnt up to par compared to the falcon and as a ute which I intend to tow a trailer and load a tray up with, the IRS of the Expensive Daewoo just didnt stack up. Those things said though, and I have to admit, the SS still looks horn, and has the sound, the whole sleeper jet thing the XR6T carries with it is very very big drawcard for me. As for pricing, they were almost 5k apart in favour of the Expensive Daewoo including on roads when similarly specced. One thing I strongly suggest, is that you shop around and look hard for the right car, as XR6T utes are fairly thin on the ground at the moment especially if you want an auto or any options such as the lux or sports packs, the one I managed to snap up was the only one available at the time that was an auto and was covered under the friends of ford pricing scheme, that wasnt pre sold, I am extremely lucky that it just happened to have the tech and lux packs!! As for the unpredictability in wet or bad road conditions, I believe that it comes down to many factors, biggest of which is the driver behind the wheel, if you drive the thing carefully in poor conditions you will be just fine, whether live rear or IRS, poor judgement cant result in incidents. Good Luck and happy hunting!