AU XR8 Ute

[slo351]

well thanks to Philstoj i now own a nice Xr8 ute with some Herrod goodies or two
first things will be dyno run, to see what figures it's putting out, then onto an CAI, edit, diff gears and stallie

[philstoj]

Its a nice ute mate, was a shame to see it go, but im sure you will give it a good home.

Happy motoring!!!

[b2tf]

have a look under the seat, phil was complaining he couldnt find his "best of slim dusty" cd

[Jez]

hey mate nice ute you must be chuffed with the purchase.
i dont normally post pics of my car in other ppls car threads but i thought u might appreciate seeing these.
series 2 also with herrods bits, ripshift manual, bigger brakes, custom leather and stereo









be interested to hear how you go with the dyno

[slo351]

Originally Posted by b2tf

have a look under the seat, phil was complaining he couldnt find his "best of slim dusty" cd

didnt find the cd, but i found his hand bag :P


dang.. i like those brakes wanted to upgrade to bf xr8, but the bank acc is squealing abit atm

[b2tf]

some nice pics there, Jez did you buy that from Ebay? And do you still have the Kahn Wheels?


Mine's a Herrod Ute too, with mods as listed in my sig. Had the interior done in it before I bought it, but was put back to standard. Spewing.

[Jez]

Yes that's where I found it, was browsing for bits for my old AU and ended up with a new XR8! It didnt make reserve on ebay but I contacted the owner directly, bought it, flew to melbourne and drove it back to perth

Cant see whats in you sig, might need to change the settings but im interested to see your ute.

[KOUPE76]

Originally Posted by Jez

Hi Jez,
Mate, that is the cleanest ute I have ever seen for an AU, it was a club members car and have seen it in the flesh. Not 1 fault on the super smooth, clean and tidy ute.
I think you purchased a brand new ute considering the k's it had on it and that interior is to die for.
Pics don't do this ute any justice at all.

Mick

[KOUPE76]

Very nice slo351, being owned previously by Phil, I'm sure you would be over the moon with your purchase as Phil is a picky bugger.
Now, enjoy your time and $$$ once the mod bug hits you. :

Mick

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by Jez

Yes that's where I found it, was browsing for bits for my old AU and ended up with a new XR8! It didnt make reserve on ebay but I contacted the owner directly, bought it, flew to melbourne and drove it back to perth

Cant see whats in you sig, might need to change the settings but im interested to see your ute.

Mine is Build Number 73, AU3 XR8 Ute, came from Herrod with:

Suspension and Camber Kit
330mm brakes (same as yours)
Interior (was removed before I bought it :()
Full Exhaust, Cats and Headers
Unichip (removed, had Herrod edit it earlier in the year)
Intake Pipe (same as yours)
CAI system (big widemouth snorkel and filter in factory airbox)
YT 1.72 Rockers
TS50 Dash
70mm Throttle Body

pics here www.aufalcon.com/b2tf

So there's now 3 members of "Team Black AU Herrod Ute" on the forums :hihi:

[slo351]

wow cool more herrod utes than u can poke a stick at hahah went looking at CAI today but after the dyno run on the weekend i will use that as a base and start modding from there booked in on friday for my stereo install alpine deck focal splits, 2x P2 12 subs, and 2 alpine amps.. gauranteed to boom then bring on the edit

[Jez]

Originally Posted by slo351

wow cool more herrod utes than u can poke a stick at hahah went looking at CAI today but after the dyno run on the weekend i will use that as a base and start modding from there booked in on friday for my stereo install alpine deck focal splits, 2x P2 12 subs, and 2 alpine amps.. gauranteed to boom then bring on the edit

hell yeah, focals! nice one ;) that system is going to CRANK
i got focal splits & a 11" sub
powered by audison amp, goes pretty hard

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by slo351

wow cool more herrod utes than u can poke a stick at hahah went looking at CAI today but after the dyno run on the weekend i will use that as a base and start modding from there booked in on friday for my stereo install alpine deck focal splits, 2x P2 12 subs, and 2 alpine amps.. gauranteed to boom then bring on the edit

Should come up well, let me know how you go with it. I'm keen to put some Alpine splits into mine.

[chief]

Very nice utes pictured above.

[JefXR8]

Nice utes there,if anyone is after another nice looking ute mine is for sale!
You can see it in the 4 sale section in the forums

[b2tf]

why selling already Jef?

[JefXR8]

all i use the ute for is driving to work and back i feel its wasted,im going to buy a motorbike as i travel near 200 ks a day so the utes ks are getting hight real quick so its time to sell it while its still in imaculate cond

[51OAU]

u guys with ya splits, where are your tweeters and crossovers located?

[slo351]

im going to leave the tweeters in the pillar, although people say to have them pointing at you, i just dont want to cut up the car... i would prefer it to look stock, than ricey! and with the crossovers, if i can squeeze them in behind the door trim, or actaully in the door, i think that would be the nicer option..

[KOUPE76]

I mounted my tweeters where the factory premo. sound tweeters are and the crossovers in the glovebox.

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by slo351

im going to leave the tweeters in the pillar, although people say to have them pointing at you, i just dont want to cut up the car... i would prefer it to look stock, than ricey! and with the crossovers, if i can squeeze them in behind the door trim, or actaully in the door, i think that would be the nicer option..

same thing i want to do, i was surprised when i bought it that it came with the bits for the tweeters in the A pillar.

[superroo]

My tweeters are in the factory position (well i put them there the covered the with the a pillar), as for the crossovers, the one for the left speakers is located just to the left of the passenger airbag (take the cover off that side of the dash and it's in there between the cover and the glovebox.
As the the right side speaker, it's behind the dash, just to the right of the center facisa (center facisa has to be off to access it), it was the only place close that hade enough room to mount them for me

cheers

[Sledgehammer]

Originally Posted by Jez

hey mate nice ute you must be chuffed with the purchase.
i dont normally post pics of my car in other ppls car threads but i thought u might appreciate seeing these.
series 2 also with herrods bits, ripshift manual, bigger brakes, custom leather and stereo









be interested to hear how you go with the dyno

For memory, I think I awarded this best ute at Tickford day a few years ago, very, very clean.

[Jez]

sure did, Paul mentioned that to me when we were picking it up. Dont suppose there are any pics from that show?

[slo351]

just got back from the dyno day ute pulled 159rwkw's abit down on what i expected, so i will be throwing a flash tuner on it and cai..

[slo351]

[slo351]

well we started my stereo install today.. got my deck in, and focal splits aswell as putting dynomat on the doors.. still have to figure out how to mount the 2x 12's subs in somewhere and my amps
but i now have a cabin tidy and 6 stacker 4 sale if anyones interested ?