Stripes And Bulge Stickers On Non Gt's

I noticed this unique looking "GT" today and thought, nice colour and stripe combination..

Then I opened the bonnet..

[Dez]

what actual car is it? just an XT or an XR or what?

putting the stripes etc is 1 thing, but its gone to far when the stripes have GT cut out of them etc...

no bulge either, probably ran out of money after the kit:P

the color combo isnt bad....would be very rare to see a real GT in that color, if its even available.

It's an XT.

[svo347]

I dont actually mind it hey....
Shame it wasnt a turbo version..

[Dez]

Originally Posted by RATT

It's an XT.

the GT in the stripes is going to far imo....then no bulge? no V8? no performance model what so ever. :

the color itself is ok though. lol

[Twisted]

Thats just ridiculous really isnt it. I mean its not even any sort of performance model. Its also made 100% worse by the fact the the stickers have GT cut out of them.

[cogdoc]

That's it. I'm joining the dark side. Earn your stripes.

[cogdoc]

Originally Posted by FPV GT

There is a BA XR6 getting around with a GT body kit front and rear spoiler/ bumper, stripes (with GT6 stencilled in) and power bulge.
:

This is a family site, I can not type my thoughts and comments here.

Understand fully, but you do have a shaker.....which to me puts you in a similar controversial boat .....

[Soundwarp]

I was discussing deals on a new GT today...
It had the bulge sticker and i wanted it off....
Side stripes you could probably get away with, i saw a white XR6 ute with blue side stries and it was ok!

[Soundwarp]

I saw a car in that colour today....
"Menace" is the name...
Look better i person too!

[Jamie XR6]

I love my stripes (thanks for putting up the pic Twisted). I had the turbo sticker placed over the top to make it stand out a little more.

As for someones comment that stripes on an non GT is trying to be a poor man's GT. My car with it's options, costs the same as a GT. I chose the Turbo as I've always been a fan of the 6. V8's have never interested me.

I've had nothing but great comments about the car since adding the stripes. I often have people come up to me on the street and beside me at the lights to talk about the car.

It's only been on here that I get the occasional sook mumbling something about should only be on GT's. Just because I chose to ignore them it doens't mean that they are intitled to their own opinon.

What it comes done to in the end it it's my car and I'll do whatever I want to it.

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Dez

the GT in the stripes is going to far imo....then no bulge? no V8? no performance model what so ever. :

the color itself is ok though. lol

Didn't notice the GT in the stripes till you mentioned it.

The phoon has no bulge or V8.

[Soundwarp]

Originally Posted by Jamie XR6

I love my stripes (thanks for putting up the pic Twisted). I had the turbo sticker placed over the top to make it stand out a little more.

As for someones comment that stripes on an non GT is trying to be a poor man's GT. My car with it's options, costs the same as a GT. I chose the Turbo as I've always been a fan of the 6. V8's have never interested me.

I've had nothing but great comments about the car since adding the stripes. I often have people come up to me on the street and beside me at the lights to talk about the car.

It's only been on here that I get the occasional sook mumbling something about should only be on GT's. Just because I chose to ignore them it doens't mean that they are intitled to their own opinon.

What it comes done to in the end it it's my car and I'll do whatever I want to it.

*Squeel* You don't like 8's???
Just playin...
I agree with you, stripes on your car are deserved and cool!

[FASTXR]

Originally Posted by FPV GT

There is a BA XR6 getting around with a GT body kit front and rear spoiler/ bumper, stripes (with GT6 stencilled in) and power bulge.
:

This is a family site, I can not type my thoughts and comments here.

I saw that at Eastern Creek and nearly :

The stock XR 17" rims were a bit of a giveaway...

[The Mighty Red]

I say do whatever you like to your car, if you go puttin rice all over it people like me will look, shake my head, have a laugh at you and your car, and then carry on.

As for puttin GT stripes and badges and so on, if you do a good enuff job of it i dont see the problem,
If it weren't for replica GT xw and xy's we would hardly ever see a GT on the road

[Jamie XR6]

Originally Posted by Soundwarp

*Squeel* You don't like 8's???
Just playin...

LOL that's not to say I didn't seriously consider the GT. I didn't say I didn't like them, nothing beats the sound of a well tuned 8. They just don't appeal to me like the thought of the turbo'd six does.

[FASTXR]

Originally Posted by our_blue_xr6

If it weren't for replica GT xw and xy's we would hardly ever see a GT on the road

Agreed, but at least those replica's are (mostly) V8's and not 6's... :togo:

[Dez]

Originally Posted by FASTXR

Agreed, but at least those replica's are (mostly) V8's and not 6's... :togo:

regardless, the majority of people that dont mind those, shudder at the thought of a BA XR8 with a full GT kit AND GT badging/stripes etc....its odd really...

bucky, the phoon doesn't have stripes either as far as i know...but my point was that it was a base model 182kw engine with full GT kit, and even GT markings in the GT stripes, but they didnt get the bonnet bulge. lol

[FPV GT]

Originally Posted by cogdoc

Understand fully, but you do have a shaker.....which to me puts you in a similar controversial boat .....

Hi Greg;

I disagree that I would be in the same boat. The car is not being made out to be something that it is not. Sure I have thrown back a GT to a previous GT model (note: Previous GT model).
Far be it for anyone to object to ones artistic license, but seriously........

Adding spoilers, bumpers, power bulge and marking it as a GT 6, is....... No comment (it's still a family site) _2:

But chomping a hole in the bonnet for a gadget that does give some performance benefit, is far from even entering the boat.

Regards
Paul

[cogdoc]

Not trying to **** you off Paul, and I hear you totally. Hell I just need to get back to minding my own business, that red 6pack with the full kit was a bit too much. Shame on Ford for supplying the parts!

Um no they are not Ford parts.

[Quasi]

Seems there are a lot of the upper crust have gotten their satin knickers in a twist because a few peasants dressed up their poverty pack V8s.

Who really gives a toss if an XR8 owner puts a stripe kit on his bonnet bulge, as long as it says 'BOSS 260', or something non-GT.

Just because an XR8 owner dresses up his BA doesn't mean he is trying to pretend it is a GT, just a BA XR8 with stripes....cause they look good.

SHIT! I have an EBII Tickford Fairmont GHIA with ED XR nose, cold air mods, XR instrument cluster, and an XR8 decal on the back, but I haven't copped any crap over it (don't start now....I know where you all live). Mind you, I don't tell everyone it is an XR8, I actually point out what it really is. The badge I put on to finish the transformation someone else started.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Quasi

Seems there are a lot of the upper crust have gotten their satin knickers in a twist because a few peasants dressed up their poverty pack V8s.

Who really gives a toss if an XR8 owner puts a stripe kit on his bonnet bulge, as long as it says 'BOSS 260', or something non-GT.

Just because an XR8 owner dresses up his BA doesn't mean he is trying to pretend it is a GT, just a BA XR8 with stripes....cause they look good.

SHIT! I have an EBII Tickford Fairmont GHIA with ED XR nose, cold air mods, XR instrument cluster, and an XR8 decal on the back, but I haven't copped any crap over it (don't start now....I know where you all live). Mind you, I don't tell everyone it is an XR8, I actually point out what it really is. The badge I put on to finish the transformation someone else started.

but in this case its a bloddy stock 6 with GT badging. just think of the commodore drivers blowing this thing away, and what they'll think of a GT. lol

[Jamie XR6]

Originally Posted by Dez

but in this case its a bloddy stock 6 with GT badging. just think of the commodore drivers blowing this thing away, and what they'll think of a GT. lol

But who really cares? It's his car, he can do what he likes.

So what if it gets blown away by a Commodore?

If the Commodore driver doesn't realise it's a 6 by the lack of V8 exhaust note then he is a bigger fool than the Ford owner.

I agree with Quasi, there are too many precious people out there who need to worry about other things than what someone does to their car.

[DOC]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Quasi

Seems there are a lot of the upper crust have gotten their satin knickers in a twist because a few peasants dressed up their poverty pack V8s.

Upper crust ? Peasants ? Poverty Pack V8's ?
A low blow there.

[Jamie XR6]

Originally Posted by DOC

Upper crust ? Peasants ? Poverty Pack V8's ?
A low blow there.

LOL yes he has managed to upset every demographic in one sentance.

[bathurst77]

You own the car. Do what you want with it.
I dont mind stripes bulges n stickers on "lower spec" models. It can look real nice. If i was going to do it i would rather do something original tho.

I do think that putting badges claiming to be another model (GT on a XR or XT) is a bit dumb. I often wonder what these people say when asked

"Geez mate IS that a real GT, must of set you back a bit, how does it go?"
"Yeh mate its a real GT cost me heaps goes like the clappers" (Lies and damned lies, tosser)
or
"no mate is a XR with stripes and a warmed 6/8 in it, i jsut put Gt Badges on it, coz..." (actually why did you?)

Mind you, nobody seems to think twice about every second XW/XY now carrying full HO badges and tricks, even if it left the factory as an auto 6 taxi pack. SAme with every granny's Toranas.,they all XU1, SLR5000 or A9X, now even the Sunbirds! There are more HOs and XU1s tooling around the suburbs now then the factorys could have hoped to make in their dreams.

[Quasi]

Originally Posted by Jamie XR6

LOL yes he has managed to upset every demographic in one sentance.

I do my best

Originally Posted by Dez

but in this case its a bloddy stock 6 with GT badging. just think of the commodore drivers blowing this thing away, and what they'll think of a GT. lol

I agree that putting GT stuff on a stock 6 is **** material, but I won't lose any sleep over it (or create a thread and poll about it for that matter).

'tis much a do about nothing really.

However, where do you draw the line at what's cool, and what makes the owner a flog (in some opinions)?

For instance, I know some people who own an XR6T with a carbon fibre XR8 bonnet and GT kit, minus wing. Everybody who sees it loves it. Yet, if they had done that to a BA XT 6 cylinder it would be a different reaction.

[The Mighty Red]

Originally Posted by Dez

but in this case its a bloddy stock 6 with GT badging. just think of the commodore drivers blowing this thing away, and what they'll think of a GT. lol

yeah, lol, I read in another thread last nite about some guy who blew away a fpv-gt with his holden I6, maybe it was this one