bugster70

You're not impatient are you, Simon? Good luck mate, sounds like you well and truly deserve a new toy!

Great stuff guys, that's a very, very nice looking ride you have there. It's been a long time coming, you must be chomping at the bit to get your paws on it by now Simon! I look forward to following your progress modding your new toy. Have fun!

When you get any tunes (generic or custom) you will need to specify what you car is ie. confirm it is an XR6T, manual or auto, etc. Remember these same boxes can be used to edit XR8's, etc, which obviosuly require completely different programs to the XR6T! CAPA upgrade their generic tunes reasonably regularly and you can always ask them to flash in the latest version for your car. Even if you are using a generic 8psi tune, trust me, you will NOT be disappointed with the result. As others have said though, if running the 10psi map, make sure your plugs are gapped and, if you're in the least bit worried about how the car is running, get your AFR's double checked on a dyno, just to be safe (again remembering that you may not necessarily hear detonation unless it's quite severe). Of course, custom tuning is the way to go but I reckon the generic CAPA tunes are pretty good these days (you may have heard stories about surging with the old 10psi generic tunes but that seems to have been sorted out now). Good luck, and let us know how you go!

That's all well and good, but these days you get pretty badly stung financially if you don't have it - by paying extra Medicare levy at tax time either for being over 30 and/or for earning over a certain amount (and that limit is set so low that pretty much everyone would get hit ).

Those deals can be had off eBay , and that I/c's also known as a Wogcooler.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I didn't take before and after measurements, but I reckon the front's dropped by about 2-3cm and the rear by about 5-6cm. Some people like a REALLY low look, but for me this is as much as I would want to lower the T before I thought it looked too ricey.

Can't speak for the Whiteline stuff (although I've heard they're a very good product) but I do know that you certainly DON'T need new shocks with the King Springs setup (and I suspect the same would hold true for the Whiteline springs). I'm running King Springs SL/SSL front/rear, as a lot of other members are, with no problems re ride. Sure, it's a little firmer, but definitely not harsh and perfectly acceptable to my fussy wife. I was also lucky in that I didn't need a camber/castor kit for the front to get a proper wheel alignment, although I understand that this varies from car to car and some have needed this fitted as well. Shocks would obviously help the car handle even better, but they can be quite pricey compared to the springs and it all depends what you're aiming for, how much you want to spend, etc. Hope this helps.

Can't remember exactly how I did it now, but I know a) I didn't have too many issues squeezing the snorkel under the headlight and b) I reinstalled the bottom bolt without losing skin. I THINK I may have slipped the snorkel in place first, then slipped the airbox in and used the newly cut snorkel hole to fit a spanner through to refit the bottom bolt, then mated the snorkel back up to the airbox. The snorkel's a pretty flexible little item, so it wasn't a hassle manipulating it into it's new home in the airbox with everything in place.

Are the Walbro's a straight fit? I thought I read about people having issues fitting them to the stock cradle? And what about the in-tank Bosch 040 - is that an option?

There should be an official warning on this site that a) the mod bug is deadly contagious and b) it'll end up costing you a LOT of money!!

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My money's on the valve springs mate.

Are you serious? Mate, if you like the lights then keep 'em, who cares what others think?!

What sort of prices are people paying? I'm planning on getting mine done too (but I'm in Canberra) and just wanted a rough benchmark price to make sure I'm not getting taken for a ride.

I changed both sides to Philips 50+ (or whatever they're called) globes and had the airbox and battery out. Lotta hassle to change the globes, but not as much hassle as trying to change 'em with those items in place!

I'm not into stripes at all and have seen plenty of terrible applications, but what you've done looks pretty damn good, and that's about as big a compliment as you'll get from me!

Yes Nesh the 968 are a direct replacement and fit straight in. All up the job should take you approx 30-60 mins ← Really? Won't he require a custom tune after the larger injectors go in? I would have thought it'd run way too rich otherwise?

Ross, where did you have it fitted mate? And which cat did you get, the 4" or 5"? And has the car been running okay since installation? No overboost/limp mode issues? I was just under the impression the factory ECU program may not be able to cope with the additional flow such a cat would provide - thought an Edit was needed?

Don't wanna be antagonistic mate, but I'm with the majority of posters here - not a fan of huge wheels and not a fan of chrome at all. I've got 18" on mine and love 'em (but I guess you must think they're waaaaay too small!!). If money were no object I might consider 19" at the most, but I'd be upgrading my brakes so they didn't look silly! I think the advice to trade 'em in on a 'decent' set of rims is a good one, IMHO.

I've read a lot of debate on the merits of the Metal Cats vs the Magic equivalent, but does anyone know for sure if the Magic Performance ones are legal? If you're to believe the hype on the Metal Cat website, the Magic cats are illegal (along with the XForce/Chinese cats). Metal Cat claim that their products are marked with a CA stamp to verifiy their legality. Anyone have any more info/knowledge about this please?

Get 'em to rectify it mate, and fast.

Hey Chooka, bite me.

MG, how difficult was it to tint your rear lights? Did you do it on the inside or outside?

I don't mind a bit of woodgrain but that's waaaay too much and the rest of the dash doesn't compliment it at all. Somehow I think the Fairmont Ghia's with the more subtle bit of woodgrain they have are able to pull it off, but in this case, definitely no cigar!!

Amen!!