Ba / Bf Question....

[scoutxr6t]

Hey guys, just became an '05 xr6t owner today. Very happy about that. Awesome, awesome car.

But I do have a question, and this may sound very newbish.... When I picked up the car today, I was talking to the salesman as I was leaving, and mentioned that I had a friend who has an 07 BF XR6 and what a wrap he gave me about getting an XR6T even though it was the older BA. To my surprise the salesman told me my car was a BF as it has the 6spd ZF sequential auto, and only BF's have them. The cars rego states BA mk2 and the vehicle ID label on the inside of the drivers door states trim BA. Even their website had it under BA mk2. I'm not mad either way, just curious.

Do I have a BA mk2 or a BF?

Edit: The forms I have from the dealer have Prod date as 01 OCT 2005.

Edited 02/07/10 12:51 PM by scoutxr6t

[Snaps]

not sure mate, but my old man has a xr6 BF which is stamped BF its a december 05.

[Worm]

What does the build plate on it have??? And the front bumper? Is it ba or bf???

[EvilDaifu]

You may be one of the lucky ones to get a ZF 6 speed auto put in your BA? Oct 2005 was the rough change over date from BA Mk 2 to BF Mk 1 - know because I was waiting for my BF T about that time and was one of the first on the forum to get the new BF. However, sounds more like it you got a BF Mk1 but for some reason your engine bay stamp was incorrectly stamped with BA? Have a look at the color of the plastic making up the ICC. On the BF Mk1 they introduced a goldy satin color plastic whereas the earlier BAs had ... well it wasn't a satin color (I'd have to go and check for sure). And as was said previously, an obvious give away is the front bumper - BFs introduced a different front bumper (but that's not such a good clue with a 2005 car as that may have been changed by the previous owner over the past 5 years).

[scoutxr6t]

Thanks for the replys guys. The build sticker on the inside of the drivers side front pillar states trim BA. Attached are photos of the front bumper and rear tailikghts, as I read somewhere the tails were different between BA mk2 and BF mk1.

[XF Falcon]

That's a BF GT front & rear bumper and rear spoiler on your XR6 Turbo so that doesn't really help us to decide Looks good though

Also the rear lights are BF ones, but that could easily be swapped over.

Give us a photo of the interior (seat trim and radio..etc). Hopefully that hasn't been changed/upgraded as well and it should give us a good indication.

Edited 02/07/10 11:50 PM by XF Falcon

[scoutxr6t]

Ok here are some more snaps of the inside......

[XF Falcon]

BF interior for sure Can tell from the seat trim pattern, door trims/handles, the silver in the radio and surrounds..etc.

Unless its had a complete swap over from a BF, I'd say you have a BF there mate

[scoutxr6t]

Ah, good good. Not that I was gonna be unhappy either way. So when the rego is due, do I need to have that changed (rego sticker says a ba mkii). When I did the insurance last night I have it insured as a BF.

So, what was the major differences (good and bad) between a ba mkii and a bf? just cosmetic or was there different engine internals. Just incase (inevitably) I want to add some mods. I also noticed, when looking for a plate inside the engine bay, it has an upper snorkel attached to the airbox that sits on the top front right hand (looking front on).

[Rosie]

The good thing is you got the Six speed!

Much better and stronger than the Four speed.