Which Xr6T To Buy? (Merged Topic)

[TomT]

It's his car lol

[HI PSI]

I purchased my 2005 BA II in 2006, with 8,500km on the dial. It has now done 205,000km.

I guess that my usage may not be classified as normal, as I regularly do around 1,300km a fortnight, as a round trip from home to work. In this time, the car has never left me stuck on the side of the road, other than when I lunched a few engines. And those were caused by a generic tune and a bit of abuse.

Given the large amount of km's done in my car, it has had parts replaced due to normal wear and tear (And I drive it hard too). I replaced the wheel bearings at 140k, rebuilt the centre at 180k (due to pinion bearing noise), CV shafts at 180k. ball joints and few sets of rear upper control arm bushes, replaced the King springs and standard shocks with Pedders coilovers at 160k, A centre bearing, an alternator and a Mal wood option 3 clutch. Keeping in mind, the large amount of K's the car has done, my stepfather (Owner/proprietor of a Auto Trans business for 35yrs) drove it the other day. he could not believe how well it drove. He stated, "it drove like new".

Obviously I do regular servicing :

Engine: Mobile 1 Synthetic every 10k

Gearbox (6 Speed manual) - Castrol Transmax Z - 40k

Diff - Castrol SAX-FA Synthetic - 40k

Despite the K's, I still love the car to death. It still serves me well and I would be more than comfortable to drive form QLD to WA tomorrow.

Regular servicing is where it's at.....

Edited 22/02/14 08:52 AM by HI PSI

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

I was told over the phone by a Ford dealer my 2006 with 83k on it would get me 10k trade-in and 28k changeover on a basic xr6 turbo.

[Iconic Bionic]

VF Bogan special redline.

I.B.

[Stevebag]

Hi Guys,

Whilst away on business - I couldnt help but stop through a ford dealer for a bit of a look.....this dealer was chock a block full of new and demonstrator (with low km's) turbo's - both XR6T and G6ET....and not bad prices on road for 2013 plated I reckon....I even took some happy snaps for ya......my favourite is the Mars Red example - of course!

[damo6]

must have stashed them away, none available (turbos)off the floor anywhere, mates after one, I know that yard might send him there.

[50thturbo]

Hi All,

First time poster... great forum!

I am looking at buying my first FG XR6 Turbo but the price I can afford is around the $19-$20k mark which leaves me with a few to choose from years 2009-2010 on Carsales (VIC) however all of them have between 100,000-155,000. The few that I've inspected have been well looked after, great service history etc. Most say the kms were 'freeway' but there is no way of knowing for sure. Can anyone give there opinion on purchasing an XR6T with such high kms? should they be avoided ?

Thanks guys

Cheers

wondering if they were stock or had work done to them,,,, as I think 20k is not to bad a price ,, but if stock then if u want mods u will need to spend up to 6k maybe or more ,,,,,to get it to a reasonable power out put as they are about 230rwk stock depending on the dyno ,,,,,also are they 50th anniversary ones or just stock turbos also changes the price me thinks cheers

[xr6newbie]

Hey all,

looking at purchasing my first xr6 turbo this tuesday.

2008 FG model 100,000 kms. with a full log book

I have a few questions regarding some concerns and price before making the purchase.

Part 1

looking at redbook they estimate the average price Private Price Guide$$16,600 -14,500

With Average Km 90,000 - 150,000 . Now when looking on car sales the lowest you can find an FG xr6turbo

is about 19,000$ with 90-100,000KM but according to redbook it should about $17,000 for them. Do you think

that redbook have under valued the car or are people asking too much? ( not taking into consideration factory extras )

Part 2

My seconed question on the topic is the car im looking at has had the Turbo core replaced due to a bent a blade.

All work was carried out by http://www.gcg.com.au/ with a recipt and was fixed under warranty, Is this a common issue

that poeple have with any of the turbos, or is it due to over use/thrashing of the car?

[gsd112]

Seems to be the going rate but just remember its a buyers market so haggle hard. Just make sure it has a good service history.

I don't think bent blades are a common issue it must of sucked something through to damage a blade as far as I'm aware but I'm not a mechanic but have had 2 turbos without any turbo issues on either car. GCG are a well known turbo repairer so shouldn't have any issues with the repairs.

Edited 28/03/14 01:07 AM by gsd112

[Bellato]

As said not a common problem if regular maintenance and the like, probably blocked oil feed line. GCG do good work so they should have it all running well now.

Yes redbook is wrong but fee free to haggle. I wouldn't be paying more than $18k for an 08 with 100,000kms. If you can't find one that cheap in good enough condition wait a bit longer. I paid $20k for an 08 2 years ago with 78,000 and it had tech pack and sunroof.