XR Conversion Complete!!!! PICS!!!!!

[Inferno]

Well it's done. Finally!

Apart from the XR bar, I added EL chrome moulds all round, kept my fairmont lower bar, removed the pin stripping, added clear side repeaters, bagded the tickford and ghia logos and added a BF Fairmont badge, sequential scoop and of course the custom plate.

Before:


And now:








Camera is quite old, the pictures really don't do it justice.
I"ll post better ones in show and shine once I've got the better camera.

[EFFalcon]

awesome work mate.
been looking forward to seeing it done

[needfordspeed]

Looks good as! Transformed the looks of the whole car, well done!

[ROOSTA]

Looking really good mate..

Cheers,
Nik

[dcstraight]

Looks very well done mate - I like

[EDXR6T]

look's awsome man!

front look's shweet as with the fairmont lower bar

maby a bit more dumpidge is in order

[Inferno]

Cheers guys, A lot of effort and even more money went into it. I'm very happy with the results.

Originally Posted by EDXR6T

maby a bit more dumpidge is in order

I'm looking into superlows at the moment

[Kryton]

looks really good.
dont mean to be picky but is the front bar a different shade of white or hasnt it been repainted to suit yet?

[Inferno]

The whole front was re-sprayed. It could be the camera. Its not very good, pictures look very dull on it.

[niko]

i thought u were just whacking on a xr front, not making it from a fairmont setup! lol looks mad

[Damo]

where did you get the scoop thingy ? Looks pretty good mate, deffinately needs to be lowered though.

[EF302]

yeah looks good with the fairmont lower, the driving lights really suit.
top job

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Damo

where did you get the scoop thingy ? Looks pretty good mate, deffinately needs to be lowered though.

Guy off Ford Mods.
E-mail him here
Guys name is Radek. Costs around 100 dollars.

[Dezza]

Looks great. Well done. Just one small thing, I reckon instead of using an EF XR scoop alongside the sequential scoop, you should replace the EF one with an EL one.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

Looks great. Well done. Just one small thing, I reckon instead of using an EF XR scoop alongside the sequential scoop, you should replace the EF one with an EL one.

That's in the works, Ford wanted 650 for 2 EL bonnet vents. I got EF ones from FTG for 150. They didn't have any EL ones at the time.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Inferno

That's in the works, Ford wanted 650 for 2 EL bonnet vents. I got EF ones from FTG for 150. They didn't have any EL ones at the time.

$650! Gee Ford certainly know how to rip off people.

[vegabass]

Well done on the conversion, its a little different seeing the XR top with the fairmont bottom. I can see the time and money you have invested in that. But Its not my cup of tea.

[TUF_302]

Very nice mate, looks wicked tough!!

[Kenaz]

That looks really good. Nice work!

[HSVETAR]

Fat as man.... Great job on the XR/Fairmont hybrid. Looks sweet.....

[ON_DUBS]

thats phat without a doubt.

plates are sick too.

[-jjM-]

mate car is looking good, those eb gt wheels look awsome on it too

yea probly drop it alot more, from the before picture it looks alright but the rest looks rasied

bloody awsome mate, youve done well

[crannersEL]

Looks great mate, how long did this take you to complete, i may have to add this to the mods to come list..

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by crannersEL

Looks great mate, how long did this take you to complete, i may have to add this to the mods to come list..

All in all, it was at the panel beater for about 2 and a half weeks. He did do other jobs in between mine. The conversion itself is very costly. I spend around 6000 dollars. I bought a lot of new parts, like the bonnet, moulds, headlights and incidators. Just how I am.

Overall it took a few months to get together, the tutorial on Fordmods helped a lot. I lost a bit of money restoring the wrong bonnet thou, which added to the costs. But it's worth it.

[EF302]

whooaaa, 6 grand!, could of bought another monty

[Tiga_EL]

Looks really good.. BUT $6000!!!!!!!

[BJ]

Thats a really nice looking car there fella. Just goes to show what a little hard work can do. Bj

[Inferno]

I should say the 6000 included

- XR Bonnet ($500) (New)
- XR Front Bar ($520) (Used)
- XR Headlamps ($1300) (New)
- XR Indicators ($200) (New)
- Front, side and rear chrome moulds ($600) approx (New and Used)
- The two bonnet vents ($250) (New and Used)

Total in parts was 3370. New means purchase from Ford directly.

I wasted $1000 in the purchase and repair of an incorrect bonnet which I am trying to sell at the moment, there was also chipping in the front left mud guard which was repaired, not to mention little things like bagding and of course labour on top of all that. All in all, it was worth it. You could probably do it cheaper thou, if you bought second hand parts.

[NC_GHIA]

I didn't half expect that for it to be that much... I would cost me about $4500 just for a GT body kit painted

[BlueXr8]

look trick as mate good job now dump it