TURBOXR I miss her... Donating Members 703 Member For: 20y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/04/05 07:52 AM Share Posted 15/04/05 07:52 AM Gday all. Just thought id ask anyone out there with a ute some questions. My mates just bought a red 2004 XT ute. Hes already lowered it, chucked on a set of rims and it came with a ford hard cover, looks nice. (still...it aint no xr6t!) Went to ford to get the plastic covers so he could get rid of the ugly black tonnea cover plugs down each side, 30 buck no dramas. Went to a panel beater, asked him to paint and install. Also while he was at it, asked to color code the black strips along each side and the mirrrors, XR style. Panel beater reckons that to do it he would have to repaint the sides of the tray because the black plastic clips will leave marks on the paintwork. Also have to buy new mirrors and strips, because he cant remove without destroying them. Quoted 2 G's. Im pretty sure the mirror covers come of without needing new ones?! Anyone know if his story is true? Because I walked out quickly.... And also, anybody know if there is a foglight option for XT? Im sure ive seen XT's with small rectangular ones, like the cornering lamps on a Ghia? Local ford dealer says im seeing things... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka'sxr6t Member 1,480 Member For: 20y 11m 14d Location: Mildura Posted 15/04/05 08:10 AM Share Posted 15/04/05 08:10 AM take it to another panel man for a second OP.I see no reason why the mirrors can't be removed with out breaking them. macka Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW XR6T UTE Member 129 Member For: 22y 6d Location: Brisbane Posted 15/04/05 10:31 AM Share Posted 15/04/05 10:31 AM My ute came with the black plugs, & Ford removed them when they put on the hardcover with the colour coded plugs. There are no marks or swirls on the paint work, I just think you have to carefull removing the original plugs to not dint or flare the sheet metal holes. Have you asked your Ford dealer to do this? , they'd have the right tools & experience, as they do them all the time. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauies Member 209 Member For: 21y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 15/04/05 11:29 AM Share Posted 15/04/05 11:29 AM LUGS ARE EASY TO REMOVE DID IT TO MY T IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.ALL YOU NEED IS:-A CHAIRSHARP DRILL BITS ROLL OF MASKING TAPEPAIR OF PLIERS TO STOP LUGS FROM TURNING WHEN DRILLING OUTA VACUUM CLEANER TO SUCK UP THE BACK OF THE POP RIVETS OUT OF THE TAIL GATE Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOOT Member 1,201 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Location: Birkdale Posted 15/04/05 08:50 PM Share Posted 15/04/05 08:50 PM Ford did all mine, removed, painted and installed for $200, plus $1700 for the hard cover But being on a black car, I got swirls around the tabs, but the hard cover isn't any better. Black paint on Fibregalss Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMPee Member 247 Member For: 21y 2m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 16/04/05 12:55 AM Share Posted 16/04/05 12:55 AM I asked my ford dealer about the fog lamps as seen on the fairmonts. he said they dont make them anymore let me know how u go because I would also like to fit them to my car Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 22y 3m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/04/05 01:24 AM Share Posted 16/04/05 01:24 AM Yeah I did the black plastic lugs myself too. I painted them phantom cause I have some spray paint for them. I lost one though and I couldn't be bothered getting the spray gun out for 1 plastic plug so I just painted it with the little bottle of touch up paint from Ford and I'll be stuffed if I can notice the difference. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-242908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashie Donating Members 663 Member For: 22y 3m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 16/04/05 11:24 AM Share Posted 16/04/05 11:24 AM Here is a topic I started on removing the hooks.Hook Thread Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/16972-ute-questions/#findComment-243011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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