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** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:46 am
by gotboost
Hi all!

I thought I might as well join up to the Irish FTO forum along with FTOOC.org and ftoaustralia.com! You can never have enough info!

I've had an FTO for about 4 or 5 months now and I've already had some ups and downs... In general, I really do enjoy driving it though.

So far, I've fitted Apexi springs, a new intake, JVC 7" motorised screen, carbon fibre centre console and Koyo radiator.

It's been a work in progress and I've gradually cleaned it up to where it is now.

Future mods will likely be a HID headlight kit, LED dash lighting, uprated leads and plugs and new tint. :D

Anyways, I've noticed that this forum is a fantastic source of information and I hope to contribute some more of my own.

Here's some pics I've taken so far... ENJOY!

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Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:58 am
by StewyD32
:wel Very tidy FTO. is the pre facelift FTO yours as well. Its front bumper is coming into one photo.

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:03 pm
by gotboost
Thanks! :D

The pre-facelift is someone else's.

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:32 pm
by Sebastian
that's a very nice looking FTO

What code of silver is it ? it's very shiny , I love the way sun shines in OZ :)

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:33 pm
by gotboost
Not totally sure... I think there's a possibility that the car may have been resprayed, even. I'll check tomorrow.

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:05 pm
by colm_mcm
Looks like a normal prefacelift silver. Presume its a prefacelift 4 speed with facelift bumper?

There's a guide to fitting aircon leds somewhere in the knowledgebase

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:06 pm
by gotboost
Nope, not the normal silver. Look at the colour difference between mine and the other one.

Also, went to a club meet and mine was a different colour to two others. Apparently there's a couple of silvers...

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:57 pm
by Mitsubishi-Mental
Nice clean FTO

Welcome to the club :)

Carbon centre console is a nice touch

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:09 pm
by gotboost
Cheers! :D

I have to say, the centre console is my favourite mod so far!

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:13 pm
by Kace
Nice looking motor. Next cosmetic for you should be replacement of the nineties orange side indicator lenses.

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:49 pm
by gotboost
Hahahaha! Yeah, you do have a point there...

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:21 pm
by optical illusion
Welcome to the club!!

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:27 pm
by richardc9052
Welcome! I actually like the wheels a lot, chrome doesnt normally do it for me :D Carbon centre is sweet :D

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:02 am
by gotboost
Yeah, when I heard it had chrome wheels, I was thinking "oh god... this thing sounds atrocious!" Imagine my surprise when they actually looked good! :lol:

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:00 am
by elaine
Nice car and Welcome, :wel :smt006

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:58 pm
by gotboost
Thanks! :D

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:13 pm
by Myfeckin FTO
I've been to Australia 3 times now and its always struck me over the years that it'd be a great place to own an FTO. Good roads, nice dry climate and a motoring public that appreciate that cars don't have to get binned after 6-8years.

You living in Brisbane (think I recognise those shops)?

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:21 pm
by gotboost
Yeah, I do live in Brisbane! :D

You're right about the climate, however this summer has been absolutely MENTAL!! Soooooo hot.

The only real disadvantage for the average FTO owner here is the lack of parts we have compared to you guys.

Luckily, I import JDM parts as a bit of a hobby, so I have fairly good access to extra bits and pieces. :D

Re: ** New FTO owner from Australia **

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:39 pm
by Muad_dib77
Welcome to the club.. so nice to see an FTO in proper sunshine, we rarely get that here these days!

Well wear!