*Sloxr6* Member 81 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Posted 22/04/12 02:42 PM Author Share Posted 22/04/12 02:42 PM Well I have been visiting here a fair bit latley so I thought it was about time I started a thread on my wagon.I will give it a quick run down to where it is now. This is how the wagon started out when I first purchased it. Was just a stock base XT wagon.I started out lowering it and after trying out a few different wheels found a set I was happy with.Also had blue angle lights for awhileThen came the biggest improvement. I ripped out the old N/A donk a replaced it with a nice XR6 turbo one. Also replaced the gearbox with a turbo one and chucked in a Xr8 ute LSD diff. I am just running around on a generic 10psi flash tune. A fair bit after the conversion I also had a LPG injection kit installed.So I ran around like that for awhile and the tint on the windows was looking crappy so I replaced that with some nice dark tint.Then I decided to tackle the plain jane interior. So I ripped all the seats and carpet out and chucked some black carpet in, anything I couldn't get black I sprayed black (mainly all the rear wagon section). Also while I was there I did the rear electric window conversion, picked up some leather door trims and leather covers off ebay and also chucked XR seats in the front.So basically that was where I was up to with the wagon till about a week ago when I decided to give it a birthday and finally put my XR front on, custom bonnet with XB flutes grafted into it and give her a full shut door re-spray.So I picked her up yesterday and a very happy with the results. I left it the same color as it was only going to be a shut door spray to tidy everything up but I got Dave to chuck a bit of prizmatique in the clear just to make it look just a little different.Here is a quick pic I took on the way home but it really doesn't do the car any justice look so much better in person.So I need to chuck my 19's back on her and go take some decent pics.A big thanks to Dave (waghoon on BoostedFalcon) for the paint job and a great price.So that is the up to date run down of my wagon. Future plans are to chuck my 42lb injectors and Walbro fuel pump I have lying around here and take it for a tune and eventually pull the whole dash out and replace it with an Xr oneAnyway better stop typing before this turns into a novel. I hope you guys like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 22/04/12 02:53 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 02:53 PM Was going great until you posted "xb flutes"Otherwise well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sloxr6* Member 81 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Posted 22/04/12 02:57 PM Author Share Posted 22/04/12 02:57 PM (edited) Nah it looks great on there. Breaks the front up and makes it look different.Thanks. Edited 22/04/12 03:00 PM by *Sloxr6* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 4d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 22/04/12 03:08 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 03:08 PM Was going great until you posted "xb flutes"Otherwise well done mate.Agree, bonnet lets it down. Can't mix old school with new school. Its like putting DRLs onto an EF.XR8 bonnet would look 1000 times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sloxr6* Member 81 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Posted 22/04/12 03:13 PM Author Share Posted 22/04/12 03:13 PM Nothing worse than putting an XR8 bonnet on a 6cyl. I hate that.The picture doesn't do it justice it looks heaps better.I had it parked next to the wifes Fairlane which has a XR8 bonnet on it and even the wife said mine makes her's look plain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVK Silver Donating Members 751 Member For: 18y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: North West Hot Hell,VIC Posted 22/04/12 08:15 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 08:15 PM Nice job from what it was std,youve got to be happy & good write up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 1m 1d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 22/04/12 09:19 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 09:19 PM I'd vote for a stock bonnet and black cooler for sleeperness, turbo wagon = sleeperalso get it tuned as soon as you can afford it, generic will be doing you no favours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21220 Silver Donating Members 27 Member For: 15y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 22/04/12 09:45 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 09:45 PM Good work mate, that looks really good. I know how much effort that would have taken. This will be great to show my wife, our wagon is very ordinary looking. This will give her an idea of what a wagon should look like and hopefully plant the seed for the next round of mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sloxr6* Member 81 Member For: 14y 5m 21d Posted 22/04/12 11:08 PM Author Share Posted 22/04/12 11:08 PM Thanks guys yes it has taken alot of time and a few tantrums along the way but it is finally coming together.Yeah I was always going to keep the front stock with a black cooler but I just got sick of the standard front looking at me all the time it was time for a change and something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 4m 6d Gender: Not Telling Posted 22/04/12 11:23 PM Share Posted 22/04/12 11:23 PM Good effort there. Something that you may consider if you haven't already is the tail shaft. I believe that they are only rated to 190km/h in standard I6, so the extra torque may possibly cause it to fail. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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