El Xr Front On Eb2

[Kenno]

HI has anyone done this or seen it done?
i really want to do this as i have to get new guards and bonnet anyways.
i have seen a photo once before, dunno whether it was photoshop or anything, but it was dark green and looked ssssseeeeeeeeeeex.
i'm pretty sure all e series doors are the same, but was wondering if there is any extensive mods needed to fit the panels etc.
any help would be appreciated.

[snypereb]

dont think it is possible the shapes of the two are very different!!

[EFFalcon]

its doable.
required parts are
bonnet
guards
front bar
lights
radiator support

i'm not sure the extent of the mods required to anything else, but its deffinately doable.

[snypereb]

oh ok cool do we know of anyone who has done this?

[Kenno]

thanks ef i didn't think of the rad support.
i had a look at an el and where the guards bolt to the inner guard at the top along the bonnet line, it's different cos the bolts are driven toward the outside on el's, and on the eb's they are driven downward if you get what i mean. i think that could be a problem.

[XR Martin]

Yeah I did hear the inner guards have to be swapped. Dont forget the boonet latch is different too
And I think you'll find the two (as far as I know) people who have done it was due to fact the inner guards were accident damaged anyway.

One of the guys who had it done said it cost $5k and that was a few years ago now.

[Kenno]

aww ИИИИ, my bubble is bursting, how much work to change inner guards? any welding?

[XR Martin]

Yeah welding, whole front end from the firewall has to be removed.

[NZ]

I nearly bought an eb fairmont that had an el xr front. Theres an EA GL near where I live with an ef gli front end on it. I'll have a look for the pic i got of it.

[need psi]

seen an xf with a xh xr front on it, i think it was in cobalt blue, montyv8 has a pic of it, looked alright. on an ea-ed would look hot.

Ehab

[FRDXR6]

There was an ea turbo with an el xr front end getting around a few years back, depends if you can be ИИИИИ mucking around with it though

[Polyal]

yeah to much pain for something that wont look any good anyway. You will ahve a sloaping bonnet with a flat boot. It will look to weird IMO.

Ive seen the pics and it aint pretty, it was blue I think...

[EFDream]

Just buy an EL Xr for the same price and save alot of time!

yep, ive seen it done.

they guy had to weld the whole EF/EL support panel and about 15-20cm past that on to the front of his EA. it did look pretty weird though. i wouldnt do it.

[niko]

vz front on a vl, nuff said. lol

[snypereb]

yeah seems like a hell of alot of work just buy an xr

[niko]

im guessing its atleast aroun 6k cheaper?

get front for 2k+panel beating 500?

whats going rate of an el xr. 8k?

[hornet]

Originally Posted by need psi

seen an xf with a xh xr front on it, i think it was in cobalt blue, montyv8 has a pic of it, looked alright. on an ea-ed would look hot.

Ehab

I saw something very similar to that in Adelaide, I didn't like it though, too square to have a tapered front. Looked too "frankensteinish".

[Polyal]

niko...el xr's are holding their value well, which is good for owners but bad for people like me who might consider buying one.

Minuim a half decent example would cost you is $9k for a I6 and $11k for the V8.

[niko]

ye my point, thus cheaper to put el xr front on and eb than to buy a complete el xr...

[Polyal]

its not the price thats the issue, its the fact that it would look like an abortion gone wrong...

better off getting a GT kit, or something that was designed for the car...lol

[Kenno]

Originally Posted by Polyal

its not the price thats the issue, its the fact that it would look like an abortion gone wrong...

better off getting a GT kit, or something that was designed for the car...lol

have you seen it done? i have and in my opinion it looks tops, eb rears look better than an el rear anyday. as i said the doors are the same so there wouldn't be any issues with blending it in.

[HOON69]

buy the parts cheap
its fair bit of work but not as hard if you know what your doing

the above parts are needed and its doable

my mates xf wagon has a ef/l shape front end on it..

[apolloxbgt]

You'd want to at least change the mirrors and door handles to ef/l one's aswell I reckon.

[Dezza]

I reckon it would look really weird, like a VN Commodore I saw fitted with a VS front and a modified VX HSV bodykit. The EA-ED have a very different style to the more rounded EF-EL. No offence, but I wouldn't do it.

[EFFalcon]

do it, looks good.

[niko]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

I reckon it would look really weird, like a VN Commodore I saw fitted with a VS front and a modified VX HSV bodykit. The EA-ED have a very different style to the more rounded EF-EL. No offence, but I wouldn't do it.

funny that its practically the same body...dont even have to modify the doors coz ea-el had same front doors...lol

you have hardly modified your car, so commenting on someone that does want to modify means u got a tad more bias :P

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by niko

funny that its practically the same body...dont even have to modify the doors coz ea-el had same front doors...lol

you have hardly modified your car, so commenting on someone that does want to modify means u got a tad more bias :P

Well. I do want to modify my car, It's just that I don't have the money to do it! Whether or not I've modified my car, I still have plenty of idea of what looks good and what doesn't :P As for being the same body, besides the doors, there aren't too many similar panels. Even the roof was changed. Ford did an excellent job of making the EF look completely different to the ED. I just don't reckon the car would look right.

[TIKFD6]

It actually looks very good, i did contemplate doing it when i had my front end done after my Winton Experiance.

There was an EB getting around Wagga a few years back woth an EL XR front, looked tuff as.

[sven]

cant say i've seen it but i reckon do it coz your car will definately be more of an individual. go for it IMO!