If you had your time again

[Bucknaked]

As the title suggests, if you were to mod your car from the day you first got it, what would you do different. I am interested to see whether people have changed their mind over the years.

For me I would

Stay with the stock body kit
18" Pursuit Rims
Lowered
Tint

I would keep the stock exhaust and make the car more agressive in subtle modifications. I would also have done some work to the interior. Not to the extent of painting any parts of it as I mich prefer the standard look, but things like DVD screens and maybe a retrim. Things like that.

Stripes I would probabbly do again as they are the best part I think to my car. I love it as it gets looks.

So what would you do. Exactley the same you have, or go down the road of different changes.

[The Monty]

Would have gone 19's, and a turbo, and not gone Monroe GT's, but something a little more expensive. Other than that, although it is all in the pipeline, nothing else. But all that will happen in the end.

I would have stayed to purely performance mods, leave everything standard in the looks department, and tried to get everything out of the engine possible... Much different to the path I have chosen...

[GK]

I would have bought a S2 75th Anniversary Ghia in Meteorite, loaded with goodies, V8, sunroof and whacked it on gas!

Oh the regrets!

*GK sighs very heavily, and once again makes his destination the cry corner, to contemplate yet again, what could have been!*

GK :

[HLC]

i would have bought a Holden :

[Casper]

Changed my mind, I cant complain, I've had a damn good run with the car. I'd change nothing.

[JeffAU1]

I would have bought a Series 3 Fairmont...... If only i knew falcons before i bought one !!!!

[Stav]

I wouldnt change a thing!! The good and bad have made it alot of fun and great learning curve.

[ClassicAU]

I would have saved all the money i spent on the Classic, sold it and put all the money together and bought an AUIII XR8 5-speed manual!! I probably still would have had some money left over for an edit and exhaust!

Evan

[The Monty]

Originally Posted by JeffAU1

I would have bought a Series 3 Fairmont...... If only i knew falcons before i bought one !!!!

Yeah, I probably would have went series2/3 as well.

[mattp]

Got a manual XR8 with the 220.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by mattp

Got a manual XR8 with the 220.

Did that no complaints here :nutsycuck :

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

Originally Posted by mattp

Got a manual XR8 with the 220.

Should of look around alot more for one these. But hay my current goes great.

[au2sw]

not let the wife drive the s1 sedan i had:( she wrote it off and it looked far better then the wagon does. on the plus side, the wagon is a clean slate.....for now....

[onfire]

Im happy with the appearance of the car, but I would have waited a little longer, saved more.. and bought an AU Xr6. But it wouldnt take much effort to get a XR front bar banged on.

Im not overally concerned with getting high performance out of the Six.. Im planning on keeping the Forte for as long as possible, so the next step might be adding a leather interior.

[GlennBA]

The only thing i'd have done differently with my old AU would have been to keep a standard clutch in it instead of a heavy duty clutch. Other than that, i had it just how i wanted it.

[XR6-VCT-2000]

I haven't really changed much on my car , just changed the interior lighting and added the usual k&n and larger cai as everyone does ..lol. Im actually thinking of giving my xr6 to my woman and updating, i would love a typhoon ! .

[JC]

I should have kept my AU2 V8, and stroked it.

[Bucknaked]

When i bought mine there were 3 cars that I looked at.

My XR6
Blueprint Series 2 XR8, manual with about 60,000 on the clock, no leather, no sunroof, no premo sound or premo brakes for the same price as mine.
Series 3 Venom Havoc. I think thats what it was. Rebel rear Bar and side skirts, with stock front bar. It was $2,000 cheaper, but it was E-gas

Then I took the Mrs to look at the cars. Red as a colour, she dislikes. Saw the leather and the sunroof and the black and decided that was it. I showed her the XR8.

[BFD83]

I would have deff got an XR8 220 had i realised the insurance isin't that much more on the v8's anyways! As much as i love my car i just wish she had that V8 grunt!

[5L]

no regrets yet. only one thing i need to stop its thrashing it, but its so much fun.

[auvct]

As there arent too many mods for a vct i would gone for a sportsman fully optioned or an ltd in meteorite or black.

[Mechan1k]

Should have gone a V8 in the first place. A Pursuit would have been perfect.

Other than that ... an S1 TE50 front bar would look nice on the ute though.
More engine mods for the I6 ... S/C for my application would be the way to go.

[Gianz]

Although i can see the positives and enjoyment from every modification i have done, here is what i would have changed.

# never put in a ceramic button clutch, instead i should have put a good std clutch with a improved lightened flywheel - the ceramic button is not user friendly although it does hook up very nicely.
# never do cheap exhaust repairs or replacements - simply sounds shite and hummms like a whor?
# save burning rubber and the cost of new tires so i can afford an edit and tune!
# not wasted my money on expensive $60/litre redline (shite) transmision fluids

apart from those minor changes everything i have been wrapped with and would never look back, its all part of being a enthusiast.

[S3SR]

it was all a learning experience, which i wouldnt change just make the next car purchase alot smoother

thing i would change is find FF.com.au BEFORE buying the car, but i would have said i found an AU3, venom, 5sp SR for a good price compared to most other places and you lot would have said go for it......i hope?

[jimmy_c]

I would have not brought it at all. I would have sunk the money into gold or something. Oh well this makes good noise.

[TheSneakiness]

If the circumstances were different, I would've bought a Falcon without LPG...

[FTE217]

Bucky ? what are you doing ? more of your deep thought process having a AUI6 but wanting a BAF8 ! LOL......sorry back on topic.

Nah wouldn't change what I have done. Anyway whatever I do if it doesn't look right gets changed in a matter of weeks lol....

and JC, yes you stuuufffed up big time getting rid of the Meteorite V8 : that was nice.

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Bucky ? what are you doing ? more of your deep thought process having a AUI6 but wanting a BAF8 ! LOL......sorry back on topic.

No nothing like that. I was in getting the front tyres done the otherday and while I was waiting, i started looking at the wheels on display and some other cars in the workshop. Then on the way home I spotted a few nice AU's and I started to think what would I have done if I started again. So it's all come from the black hole in my head :

Just a thought process.

Actually, the thread is about the car you have and what you would have done differently. Not whether you would have bought a different car. : We all know my answer on that :nutsycuck

[OzJavelin]

Vehicle in question: AUII XL 1-tonne V8.
1. Should have bought an XLS non-1-tonne
2. Would have installed proper twins
3. Would NOT have installed LPG
.. simple in hindsight