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Makeover complete. AC wheels,exhaust and steering-wheel. (white centrecaps to be replaced with gray)

When the hotel I stay at gets a new owner and the corporate rates go up. DONT YOU KNOW WHO I AM

Recents: Z3 Rack swap, New tie rods, boots. M3 Offset Lollipop CAB's and new Control arms. Front end is ALOT tighter now and handles awesome. Steering is very responsive. Still on the hunt for a rear end to re-bush at some stage... One day. Here's a few extra shots from a couple months back with Andy's Vert. I really need to get my rear bumper resprayed too...ffs.

They look better, the transmission is not a bad thing, the V8's are grunty as is the turbo six. They are mechanically reliable and cheap to maintain and fix. They handle well vs a SUV of the same retail cost. The Australian and New Zealand auto journalists still give them a good rating, perhaps with a bit romantic empathy to the past. Unfortunately they are still built poorly, a mate runs new XR6's in his company and has had a few interesting warranty claims, one involved a complete respray, another a re upholster. They are cheaply built, O.K in the 90's but you can't offer that crap these days. Hence my British comment, they are like the last of that sort of quality. The driving position is still bad and the chassis still has far too much flex for a modern car, for example, it flexes more than a 20 year old BMW E39. On the upside, he has a large car that can comfortably fit 5 adults, leather seats, decent media system, nice 19" wheels, a tow ball with a capacity to tow his large boat, and the fleet discounts on buying a few of them are phenomenal, at what they cost him there really was no competition, even Commodores equivalent SV6 was over 10k more. With the likes of the new Mustang launching in NZ in factory RHD and priced very well, and other stuff in the range like a Focus, Modeo and fiesta, all world cars and class leaders, I can't see anyone missing them that much at all... bar the morbidly obese people who still need something they can roll in and out of. Falcon what??

How very British sounding. That paragraph sums up Ford Falcons of the last couple of decades. If people are going to buy them, they need to be better than that, they need merits of their own, a good reason to buy. The truth is, they are no longer relevant and can no longer compete when the competitors products are superior in almost every way (almost, discounting the performance bargain these cars are) if you want a large family car you buy a SUV or crossover or switch to cars like the Mondeo, a fantastic car in its own right. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Ford fan, grew up in a ford family, my parents both drive new Fords and have owned many generations of Falcon.. but, thats a fond childhood memory, looked back on through an instergram filter. Dads XF Fairmont Ghia had cigarette lighters for the whole family with one in each door, now thats what they need to bring back, nothing says luxury like multiple cigarette lighters.. TBH, it would be handy for charging multiple devices.

Hello guys! I'm thinking of selling my beloved E34 540i. Details below, ask if you would like more information. NZ New 190kms Grey leather Electric front seats, memory driver Motorsport bumpers ACS 17" wheels ACS exhaust ACS spoiler M5 mirrors Alpine headunit Full service history Great car, I've owned it coming up two years with many road trips to the Coromandel, Taupo and Hawkes Bay. Boot can fit 3 bags of golf clubs and still overtake with ease when the car is loaded up. Towed our small tin boat with it a couple times too. Performed amazingly. I've recently replaced the drag link, sway bar links and tie rods in the front to fix the infamous 80kph shimmy. Also had her serviced at Jerry Clayton. I am the 5th private owner, previous guy had it for 11 years. Finding it difficult to price so open to offers and discussion but roughly looking for around $7500ono. 021 811 423.

haha thanks man. Yes its coming along nicely now with having afternoons off to do some fabrication. And its always great motivation having positive feedback from fellow forum members, because sometimes it can seem that weeks go by and there hasn't been much progress, so the motivation is good

Your a machine dude. I cant believe how quick this is coming along. About every 7 weeks I get a run of nights on my roster. Luv dropping in on your thread to see how it's coming alonng. Awesome work your doing.

New Bilsteins all round and had the rear coils reset finally, now sits nice and even. Need bigger wheels, someone sell me their Alpinas!

Slightly used. Here

My yummy push start security system arrived today. A few wires that will need to be connected.

Put very simply, cost. They cannot produce a car in Aussie, and ship it around the world to sell at a competitive price and still make money. Whole list of reasons why, from the costs of production in Aussie, the exchange rates, declining "large car" markets, strength of competitors, etc. When I first arrived in NZ I had a couple of Falcons as company cars, and realistically, on a global scale they were nowhere near the mark. I haven't driven the latest version, but it would need to have come on in leaps and bounds.

Pics or didn't happen...

When my laptop gives me bad news. EDIT: Snooze that sh*t!

Well, another 6 months passed! Apart from take it for a WOF (passed straight through as usual), only thing I have done to it is buy a new battery for it. Original BMW one buggered out about 18 months ago, so had an old temp one i had sitting here, but was already at the end of its life. New Yuasa battery and shes golden. Would love to have an OEM BMW one in there, but the price... and what is probably new old stock on a battery, i didnt want to take the gamble. Oh and also fitted new brake light switch, so thats probably a good thing! Picked up two very nice Clarion units as well over my time and need to fit one of them into this car too, the sony that is in there is quite in the eye sore in the dash! John and I just recieved some pics from a shoot we did in January, he has posted more in his thread, here are a couple of mine. Big thanksto Jessy Penelon for the photos!! also heaps more on this link: https://imageshack.com/a/dck4/1

wrecking 2004 e46 318i automatic 86*** km m spec front bumper, rear bumper and side skirts m spec sill covers in excellent condition m spec rear boot lip full leather interior with sports electric front seats front seats are electric (with memory on the drivers side) leather interior is in great condition apart from the drivers seat, which has wear on the outside cushion Leather arm rest ( is worn on the drivers side of it) carbon type inserts in door cards, dash board and center console car is located in Christchurch ask for what you want and we will give you a price or make a REASONABLE offer All parts available and will ship at buyers expense you can pm me or contact me on 0221952364

Looking for some aggressive fit 18 inch wheels, will look at any width - but would like something between 8.5-10 inch wide. Thanks!

Moving house need these bits gone. Have 1x Quaife lsd centre that was in my 318iS turbo. Giant jack. 4 x wheel dolleys M20 flywheel Haynes e28 manual Pics http://imgur.com/iHdZaZH Free to a good home. But I need it all gone together.

Pic if the wheel

sh*t..i have seen the pics,now i am tempted

Suspension and brakes done! Also test fitted the rear wing. Only the motor left to swap across now. Running a shitload of camber in the front to get the RK's to fit.

Bloody love it, yes I'm a Star Wars kid from back in the day, pretty much ramping up the hype, can't wait! Would have to say some people have to much time on their hands, still bloody good laugh

Even worse when the new manager doesn't know how to hide your pay-per-view porn movies on the damn invoice.. Allegedly.

Still a bloody stunner. Beautiful.

Looks great Andy. Nice to see something a bit different than another Mtech2!

Passing a WOF isn't the issue. Plenty of places will pass them, the issue will arise if you have to make an insurance claim. The tinted lens will void your insurance. Angel eyes won't.

Both cars look awesome!!

i guess i should put some on my thread too lol

I have done a similar conversion to my E36 but I went with an E46 325i setup. This involved replacing the carriers on the front as the caliper is the same but the rotor is 300mm vs 282 stock. On the rear I run E46 325 I brakes that just bolt up. Brake bias seems fine.

fixed.

Yeah, learned the hard way when i had my m62 valve covers acid dipped. They're made of magneseum and go all flakey.

The effort required is pretty low, but this is probably the best looking Falcon that Ford has made: Disclaimer: not saying this is an "awesome car", I just think they've done a good job and look better than any other Falcon and the current Holdens.

Started work on the body mods. Big thanks to the guys @ Quest Fabrication for the time spent measuring,cutting welding the front gaurds. Sacrificed new oem M3 gaurds and FLift sedan/touring gaurds to make M3 Touring `Concept` ones.

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Photo Drop inbound And these ones from Hard Park