tom93 Member 17 Member For: 12y 6m 30d Posted 21/04/12 03:18 AM Share Posted 21/04/12 03:18 AM hey guys been following this forum for a while now, doing a bit of research and looking around and decided to join. at the moment I am looking at buying a ba xr6 turbo, and im not sure about how many km's is too many. I am looking at one that's 2003, done around 130000 and has a few mods like tune, injectors and cold air intake, its an auto aswell. im not sure if this is too many kms and im going to look today to see how it drives.any help would be goodcheers tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 5m 27d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/12 03:36 AM Share Posted 21/04/12 03:36 AM 130,000 kms is pretty good for an 03 model. How much is it?There are quite a few things to consider when purchasing a nearly 10 year old car. Have a look at some of the threads on here.I'd say suspension and diff bush would be near the top of the list. If it's an auto you might want to put a tranny cooler on it too as soon as you start making power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom93 Member 17 Member For: 12y 6m 30d Posted 21/04/12 03:41 AM Author Share Posted 21/04/12 03:41 AM its $14000 and been serviced every 5000kms, well so it says, yeah ill check everything out and ive been reading a bit about tranny coolers lately aswell and will definately be looking at one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 5m 27d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/12 03:52 AM Share Posted 21/04/12 03:52 AM Hmmm for $14,000 it'd want to have a full service history, be clean and well optioned.Got any links if it's online?Do you plan on doing many mods to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom93 Member 17 Member For: 12y 6m 30d Posted 21/04/12 03:55 AM Author Share Posted 21/04/12 03:55 AM (edited) yeah that's it and as for mods im not too sure yet mate, I want to do a bit more research first Edited 21/04/12 03:57 AM by tom93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossnall Bronze Donating Members 72 Member For: 12y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Bundaberg, QLD Posted 21/04/12 07:34 AM Share Posted 21/04/12 07:34 AM I had a good look around and did a bit of research before I bought mine last week.That seems pretty typical and what I was looking at. Shmick ones were about $15K stock with those sort of kms. I ended up finding one in the local paper for what I consider a good buy. $13K for a BF MK I with 135K km, but needs about $2K spent on it (gearbox service and a few other little things). Just FYI.They are around, but if you are happy for the money, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom93 Member 17 Member For: 12y 6m 30d Posted 21/04/12 08:17 AM Author Share Posted 21/04/12 08:17 AM yeah that's quite good. I drove that one today its nice man I want it haha I think ill get it hopefully sometime next week if it doesnt sell, but yeah was really clean inside and out receipts for everything an rac check from last year and bloke was really honest told me that is should have upgraded valve springs if I do any more work to it so that's the first thing ill be doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossnall Bronze Donating Members 72 Member For: 12y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Bundaberg, QLD Posted 21/04/12 08:47 AM Share Posted 21/04/12 08:47 AM Don't trust RAC check totally. I had an RACQ check on a hilux I bought a few years ago and they told me there was a stain on the vinyl seat but missed the fact the chassis had been rewelded in the front. They also said they wouldn't be buying it as it had too many kms. 239,000 on a 15 year old diesel.I said if they could find me one in better kms in as good nick for the same money I'd buy it. Ended up selling it 3 years later for more than I paid.Point is, get a mechanic you trust to look over it. They'll also make you aware of what things they'd recommend fixing/upgrading for what you plan to do to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarks85 Member 15 Member For: 12y 8m 14d Posted 24/04/12 02:56 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 02:56 AM If you can buy from a dealer. You'll be able to get a warranty with it. Otherwise make sure you take it to pedders and get the 21point check. If the car hasn't already had all underside replaced at some point you'll be spending a few to do it sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 24/04/12 07:38 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 07:38 AM Where abouts do you live tom93?I am trying to get my BA turbo sorted to sell asap and was thinking of putting it up for under $15k which going off everyone here seems ok now especially for Townsville. Has just on 85000km and has most mods done except for the turbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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