The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:46 am

Mines pretty heavily modified alright, even won FTO of the show at jae last year, what it has for starters is Core sport rear spoiler (also know as topmix one now) ducutro combat side skirts (also known as topmix aswell) veilside front bumper, 18" league tantrums Mongoose twin 3" exhaust lowered and full red/black leather interior and a few other bits and peices aswell

Dave wrote:it looked well, what kit have you got on it?? don't see many around now with kits on em...

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:56 am

nice

i've the top mix kit on mine, and 18" dynamics, i've still to get it lowered and the exhaust done, shane recommended a place in mullingar, so i'm looking into a 4.5" each side!! was the leather on it when you got it or did you get it done yourself??

dave

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 10:00 am

Mine was completely standard when i bought it and i have since spent 000's getting it to look like that, as for the leather the best quote i got was in Dublin for 3,500 yo yo's but i ended up getting it done in England it was cheeper that way including the ferry over.

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 10:05 am

i thought as much, it's only 850 sterling, excluding club discount!! i was thinking of taking the trip but how did you manage getting your car on and off the ferry if it was lowered?? did you get a lower deck??

by CJ » Wed Apr 23, 2003 10:33 am

Right Daz, get the camera out and show us some pictures!

Ciaran

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:32 am

Yea i got the lower deck but it still was very tight i still managed to scrape the bottom of the bumper but hey i do that on some of the roads here

Dave wrote:i thought as much, it's only 850 sterling, excluding club discount!! i was thinking of taking the trip but how did you manage getting your car on and off the ferry if it was lowered?? did you get a lower deck??

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:37 am

so when are we going to see some pics??

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:38 am

I have no new pix's will be waiting till i get the money together till i fix the cracked bumper after the steering rack went and i hit a kerb, but i have an old one or two if you wana see them

CJ wrote:Right Daz, get the camera out and show us some pictures!

Ciaran

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:42 am

yeah give us a look!!

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:03 pm

Sent on a few pix's to ciaran to put up

Dave wrote:yeah give us a look!!

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:24 pm

can you send me on a couple??

by CJ » Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:52 pm

Check out the Gallary page Dave, theres a few pics up there since this afternoon.

Ciaran

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:16 pm

sweet

by **Daz** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:37 pm

[quote="CJ"]Check out the Gallary page Dave, theres a few pics up there since this afternoon.

[/quote Dave]sweet :twisted:

Thanks for the comments lads, Dave now that there on the site just right click and keep

by **Dave** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:55 pm

exterior wise mines pretty much the same apart from the front bumper but i had a look at a few kits and i prefered the top mix lip rather than a new bumper! but i must say the leather is the dog's danglies! that is still in my list for mods...

by **soc** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:35 am

Daz wrote:I have no new pix's will be waiting till i get the money together till i fix the cracked bumper after the steering rack went and i hit a kerb

what happened here? did you lose steering? what part of the rack went?

by **Daz** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:54 pm

what happened here? did you lose steering? what part of the rack went?[/quote]

Well what happened was that after i had replaced my tip box i was driving slowly breaking it in and i hadn't even done 10 miles when at 20-25 mph i lost the steering coming round a slight bend towards a roundabout tried to stop but it wouldn't it just went stright into the trafic island at the roundabout, A linkage on the tie rod went, theory is that on one of the many trips it had on the back of a tow truck (going from the time the tip box went to all the garages that said they would do it but didn't and i ended up replacing the box myself) that on one occasion it must have been lashed (secured) via slings around the steering rack instead of the wishbone and it was bent or strained which inturn put to much strain on the joint, just happy it happened at such a slow speed and not while doing 70 on the motorway, not happy about cracking the bumper and kerbing the alloys

by **soc** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:37 pm

Daz wrote: just happy it happened at such a slow speed and not while doing 70 on the motorway, not happy about cracking the bumper and kerbing the alloys

sounds like a lucky escape in one way - pity about the alloys and bumper.

by **Ivan E** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:23 pm

I like the leather seats alright.

Noticing a few fto's around these days. There's a grey one in Parkwest Business Park I think being used by someone in the evenings using the Jackie Skelly gym in there. I pass it leaving in the evenings.

Spotted a red one at the Spa Well roundabout heading away from the M50.

And unusual to see but saw a nice green Fto in Dun Laoghaire in one of the back streets on tuesday evening.

by **Daz** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:49 am

shane wrote:sounds like a lucky escape in one way - pity about the alloys and bumper.

Yep it could have been nasty alright i guess i was lucky thou it doesn't feel like it sometimes

by **Daz** » Tue May 06, 2003 10:08 am

Hi All

Well i went to killarney for the rally this wknd it was fun thou it p*ssed rain for most of it, anyway it was a poor showing of FTO's there all i seen myself was 1 white one coming out of the town as i was going in (anyone here????) but a mate of mine saw a standard black one at one of the stages. so was anyone here down there at the wknd?? Also i saw a silver/grey one with a slightly damaged rear bumper in mitchlestown anyone here??

by **Daz** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:19 am

Was in Dublin on the rip at the wknd and on my was into the city from Maynooth i saw a red FTO on the chapellizod bypass at aprox 8pm on saturday nite (was in a taxi so couldn't flash) then on my way home sunday evening i saw a black FTO on the moone bypass at aprox 7.30pm and he acknowledged my flash

Anyone on here???

by **Bullitt** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 7:52 pm

Black '95 parked up outside the veterinary hospital in Athy, later heading into Athy 11.00am 'ish. Anyone?

by **Dave** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:25 am

spotted at micheal tynan's on friday (i think) red FTO with ducatro skirts and front splitter? any one on here?

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