New Envi 04' BA XR6T Ute - Buy my 20s cheap!

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 18th, 2012, 8:21 pm

Nah its cool man looks expensive and a bit pointless its no OTR

braad · Post by **braad** » June 18th, 2012, 8:59 pm

someLS1 wrote:Plans are to get rid of the hardlid (i know they look good but they make a practical car not practical!! my previous ute i woulda been screwed with a hardlid), get a bigger cooler, i really hate ba series 1 rims so i wanna do something about that... maybe cheap deep dish 18s/19s like starcorp etc see what comes up no rush has brand new tyres, and the put my slimline sub etc in, prob a tiny drop in suspension on the back and that will be it mate. Spend as little as possible its already good just drive it and enjoy it. I cant stand blowing money on mods on 2 cars so ill be on ebay as i always am if i see some bargains ill grab em always wanted an fpv wheel too and just the fpv dash gauges.

Also ill prob kit it out for camping a bit more run some power to the tray for a fridge, just little things like that.

Cheers Justin and Damo.

Nice plans, it'll end up a great allround ute. There's lots of common sense there only modding one car too. Do you use the ute for work at all? You AU+ blokes are lucky, good cheap wheels pop up often!

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 18th, 2012, 9:08 pm

Well i worked on site all of last year and it was loaded up to the brim multiple times a week. Now im back in the office so not sure how much hard work itll do. But always looking for the next project with family so wont be long till it gets worked hard again. Part of the reason i dont want it dumped om 20s and all that rubbish... aside from driving like ass with all that stuff.

Yea mate ive seen a few interesting looking sets very cheap.. one set of deep dish rims had massive tyres on the back too but they are all the way up in canberra cbf sorting out shipping etc no rush.

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 25th, 2012, 7:23 am

Well got the new ute home finally yesterday! Love it compared to the old one goes fairly well too compared to the old one. Found out it pulled 236rwkw not bad really more then enough for me.

As any car has a few little issues need to do the front brakes they are shuddery heard its a common problem with these and i suspect a noise wheel bearing cant think what else it could be. Sort those 2 out and illl be happy for a while.

braad · Post by **braad** » June 25th, 2012, 9:18 am

Nice kw figure. Great for a daily!
Your driveway's mad too. So much flat concrete & paving

dcstraight · Post by **dcstraight** » June 25th, 2012, 9:28 am

braad wrote:Your driveway's mad too. So much flat concrete & paving

Appearances are deceiving - it's actually quite steep IIRC.

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 25th, 2012, 10:19 am

Yea it does have a slope to the garage.. but then its fairly flat after the garage door and that fits another 3 cars. Steve we also concreted half the front yard since you last visited haha but the boat takes up pretty much all of it.

Post by **needfordspeed** » June 25th, 2012, 10:37 am

Looking good man, hope it serves you well!

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 25th, 2012, 9:24 pm

needfordspeed wrote:Looking good man, hope it serves you well!

cheers man! i hope so too! need another dodgy dyno day like last time!

braad · Post by **braad** » June 25th, 2012, 9:58 pm

dcstraight wrote:
braad wrote:Your driveway's mad too. So much flat concrete & paving
Appearances are deceiving - it's actually quite steep IIRC.

i guess, but i am comparing to my driveway which disappears completely. Thats a 2 storey house, not single storey as it looks :/

Anyway, goodluck with it. Love houses with heaps of parking areas!

dcstraight · Post by **dcstraight** » June 25th, 2012, 10:29 pm

braad wrote:i guess, but i am comparing to my driveway which disappears completely. Thats a 2 storey house, not single storey as it looks :/

Fark

I feel for you mate!

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 11:29 am

Yea that looks nasty mate!! i dont mind mine i can still get the calais in even if its on bumpstops!!!

Post by **EFFalcon** » June 26th, 2012, 11:35 am

that concrete section a new addition to your driveway max?

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 12:07 pm

Yea mate new concrete/retaining walls etc was a little bit of work i have construction pictures somewhere! will post makes a big difference!

dcstraight · Post by **dcstraight** » June 26th, 2012, 12:24 pm

someLS1 wrote:Yea mate new concrete/retaining walls etc was a little bit of work i have construction pictures somewhere! will post makes a big difference!

Boat looks like anyone could rock up and tow it away

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 1:19 pm

How can you tell mate you cant see the front of it haha... nah has plenty of security measures on it from that.

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 6:38 pm

Heres a construction pic of the bigger concrete area cant find finished pics but eh you get the drift... old ute hard at work

Quite proud of all the concrete! Shaping up the way i want it... now just need the old to hurry up and move out and get a mortgage!

bng · Post by **bng** » June 26th, 2012, 6:44 pm

dcstraight wrote:
someLS1 wrote:Yea mate new concrete/retaining walls etc was a little bit of work i have construction pictures somewhere! will post makes a big difference!
Boat looks like anyone could rock up and tow it away

thats what happened to that boat in the pic... it was mine

braads pic

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 6:52 pm

sorry to hear mate was it insured? cut off your lock bracket thing did they?

bng · Post by **bng** » June 26th, 2012, 7:01 pm

yea they cut it off. they had balls though. did it on a friday night with my brother home. he went out and confronted them. they knew me as they knew my name
yea it was insuranced for $19000, and has of yesterday it got finalized, $18000 coming in a few days

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 7:04 pm

**** mate thats full on! what happened when your brother confronted them and they knew you? that is scary good to hear youre getting the payout and it was insured! Try keep the next one down the steep driveway?

bng · Post by **bng** » June 26th, 2012, 7:08 pm

didnt even blink twice. ive had mates pick it up before but that was at like 6/7 at night, not 12. they convinced him they knew me and they took it
it wouldnt get down. was an 18ft bullet ski boat. when it was on the trailer, from tow hitch to prop it was about 22ft. that 18g will go towards a 2008 bf xr6t 6 speed. should put a deposit on it tonight/tomorrow

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 7:19 pm

bng wrote:didnt even blink twice. ive had mates pick it up before but that was at like 6/7 at night, not 12. they convinced him they knew me and they took it
it wouldnt get down. was an 18ft bullet ski boat. when it was on the trailer, from tow hitch to prop it was about 22ft. that 18g will go towards a 2008 bf xr6t 6 speed. should put a deposit on it tonight/tomorrow

oh fark so your bro didnt even know it was getting stolen thats crazy. Good to hear it all worked out for ya mate enjoy the new car!

bng · Post by **bng** » June 26th, 2012, 7:26 pm

nar he didnt, i only found out the next morning. i was pissed off with him but i would of done the same thing so meh. not his fault.
thanks man.
back to yours now haha
looks awesome, such a nice colour. you worried about using it as a work truck so to speak?

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 26th, 2012, 8:20 pm

bng wrote:nar he didnt, i only found out the next morning. i was pissed off with him but i would of done the same thing so meh. not his fault.
thanks man.
back to yours now haha
looks awesome, such a nice colour. you worried about using it as a work truck so to speak?

Yea well theres the negative really... with my old ute i never gave a fark just loaded it up threw materials in. Loaded it up with rock ran into things on site all the time did a far bit of cosmetic damage on it really. Im back to riding the desk atm so bit easier to keep this clean. But yea come next stint on site/just doing work around the house im going to have to be alot more careful as i dont wanna mess this one up. Will still load it up, but doing shit like loading tray full of pebbles/rocks etc will be a thing of the past as that fucked my rear skirt, bumper tailgate etc when your cleaning it all out i dunno your tired lazy and end up chipping the **** out of it.

But in the end it is a ute so will be loaded up just smarter

braad · Post by **braad** » June 27th, 2012, 7:48 am

Easy on. You'd drop your boat off at random times and i was half asleep. It's not my fault i dont understand dodgy wogs. They didn't even look twice at our cattle dog straining at her collar. Balls
I got my parking spot and you're getting a XR6T. Everyones happy.

bng · Post by **bng** » June 27th, 2012, 10:55 am

I had the shits as everyone would of but I would of done the same thing in your situation

Would suck scratching that colour but yea, it is a ute haha. If you were serious you could get it clear wrapped that's meant to protect the paint? The new fgs have them on the front?

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 27th, 2012, 1:32 pm

Yea im not gonna go to that extent.. in the end its not a brand new hsv fpv. Ill just be careful if it happens ill curse but yea. I dont like that clear stuff my cousin plastered it all over his car you can still see it. Meh

Doing a big trip this week to falls creek will see how she copes in the snow!

bng · Post by **bng** » June 27th, 2012, 3:12 pm

I've seen it on a Gtr35 as well but only half the bonnet and you could see the ridge where it ended. Didn't know how a whole car would look but seems a cool idea

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » June 27th, 2012, 3:46 pm

well when i said all over his car think its guards bonnet front mirrors might be it... dunno if anyone would do the whole car. not sure seems pointless to me its a car its meant to be used... takes looking after a car to a whole new extreme dont really see the point of that on any car really unless your taking your ferrari for a track day and dont want to get stone chips lol!

braad · Post by **braad** » June 27th, 2012, 4:46 pm

sounds interesting. Just lube the front of the ute up and shove a rubber on it. safety first

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » July 1st, 2012, 8:10 pm

Well the ute survived the first snow trip! and what a trip been a while since ive gotten caught in this sort of blizzard! Hardlid was frozen on and the locks frozen shut much drama!

Just got it up in the air atm has some rear noise figured its bearings so got the rear axles out and gonna press some new bearings tomorrow fingers crossed its all gone when i put it back in.

Also anyone know what the go is with fitting bf front discs? anything else need changing to put em on? mine are shuddery and i figured id just go bf ones

[D1SCNT] · Post by **[D1SCNT]** » July 1st, 2012, 8:24 pm

looks like it was blowing a gail up there. was it that bad the hole w/e. btw my ED had heaps more snow on it when i took it up there lol

id say base model brakes would be the same from ba to bf.

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » July 1st, 2012, 8:33 pm

yea pat it was blizzard spec i went with the missus on thurs was no snow then fri was snow and wind that bad that the lifts all got shut down at like 2pm. Yea my prado had more snow that year but this was like it rained car got wet then snap froze so like my locks were like ice blocks lol

Well ive seen bf front discs on another ute and they looked heaps bigger i heard to fix the constant easy to shudder ba brakes can be fixed to some extent by using bf front discs but i cant find any information on it.

[D1SCNT] · Post by **[D1SCNT]** » July 1st, 2012, 8:39 pm

someLS1 wrote:yea pat it was blizzard spec i went with the missus on thurs was no snow then fri was snow and wind that bad that the lifts all got shut down at like 2pm. Yea my prado had more snow that year but this was like it rained car got wet then snap froze so like my locks were like ice blocks lol

Well ive seen bf front discs on another ute and they looked heaps bigger i heard to fix the constant easy to shudder ba brakes can be fixed to some extent by using bf front discs but i cant find any information on it.

yer thats the worse kind of weather up there, rain, low temps, ice = aid's.

ahk
i did my old man's brakes in the BA when they had that deal on at autobarn for 90 buck disk and brake kit's
they havent started shuttering yet thats after atleast 5months ago now

dannysebxr6 · Post by **dannysebxr6** » July 1st, 2012, 8:42 pm

i wouldnt bother with bf discs man, they still shudder specially with heavy braking. my misses territory does it and its a 06 model.
id recommend dba or rda or something like that, that can handle some heavy braking.
as at work we machine the discs to a sepc but they do reoccur reguarly.
but each to their own.
cheers
Daniel

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » July 1st, 2012, 9:34 pm

I believe to run the 326 or 328mm or whatever they are fronts that calipers need changing too.
And of course 17 inch plus rims are required.

Ef_frmnt · Post by **Ef_frmnt** » July 1st, 2012, 9:39 pm

Yeah same calipers basically but the cast mounting brackets are different, they are a heavy car so the brakes are always going to get a workout, don't skimp on cheap rotors and ensure the caliper slides are adequately greased. The territory/turbo/xr8 brakes are a bit better but shudder also depends on how you drive

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » July 2nd, 2012, 9:44 am

Cheers guys... well yea sounds like maybe ill get the calipers from a wrecker and maybe get brand new bf discs dba ones or something.

Cars already got the 17s so no worries on that.

ClassicAU · Post by **ClassicAU** » July 2nd, 2012, 11:52 am

Holy crap, that’s a lot of snow! That fist pic is awesome though, looks like a model train set of something, makes your car look die-cast!