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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:33 am 
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G'day guys,
About 3 months ago i got rid of the "XH4LTWEPN" and bought a 1999 XHII XR8 ute. Upon purchase it was bog stock XR8 with the only mod being a twin 2" exhaust with one 12" hotdog per side. Standard height, std wheels, std tonneau, std everything with 5spd man trans and 108,000k's.

Since then i have swapped a few things over from the other ute and begun modifying the exterior a little. I started by swapping the wheels and the tuff lid over. Then i got sick of the std ride hieght and bought a pair of lovells XSL springs and havin them fitted along with resetting the rear leaves. I had the windows tinted with 5% tint(nice and dark). Changed tail lights to an all clear smoked type lense and fitted NL fairlane side repeaters.

There is a bit of paintwork to be done to the front bar and bonnet(ex country car) and to the tailgate and around the recessed part for the tonneau to sit flush on the side. The tonneau had rubbed the paint away all the way around where each strap was.

All in all im pretty happy with the way it looks now untill i get the paint work done. Unfortunately i dont have any pics of it the day i got it (stupid me :? ) Anyway heres a few pics of it now so let me know what you guys think and any suggestions are always welcome. Plenty more mods to come, will keep it posted.

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:48 am 
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Very nice dude, very nice ride.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:51 am 
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Wow...I agree with brett here...though I don't like much bling it still looks great :D.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:58 am 
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mmm thats fantastic!!
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:56 am 
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nice rims! not too big on the taillights though.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:59 am 
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awsome ride...i love that blue....rims set it off.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:35 pm 
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LOWER!!!

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:36 pm 
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very nice xh there!! the tail lights dont look to bad either -love the rims with that colour looks sweet!! good stuff
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:36 pm 
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very nice and clean. the rims and tail lights look smick and makes the ride very nice

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:19 pm 
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thats an awesome ute! great colour, you've done well with the rims and stuff too. only thing id add is a chrome sports bar, but thats just me

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:08 pm 
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Mash85 wrote:
thats an awesome ute! great colour, you've done well with the rims and stuff too. only thing id add is a chrome sports bar, but thats just me


I think that would be very cool. 8-)

I'm not a fan of the factory red stripe - I think it would look better blue. Are you planning to remove the strap hooks around the tray body? That would smooth it out nicely.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:34 pm 
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chrome sportsbar ftw!
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:43 pm 
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Love it man!!! But (and everyone knows I am gunna say this :lol: :lol: ) rollbar, spotties and save some money on repainting the front end and fit a five poster!!!.

No seriously I like it. Getting rid of the hardtop is a good idea too. Creates too much greif when you actually use it as a ute. :evil:

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:54 pm 
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Looks bloody nice mate, when's it gettin painted,

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:42 pm 
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looks f**k hot mate....

 

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