Project illmotion

[illmotion]

Hi I'm Steve a proud GPX owner in Western Australia
after buying it as a unlicensed uncompleted project car, the inside ripped apart looking nothing like a FTO. After all my money going toward my fto and a lot of hard work I couldn't have been happier

V6 Mivec FTO GPX 1996 (Manual)

2011

1. Lukey Perfomance exhaust
2. Front Sway bar
3. Air Pod
4. Audi R8 style LED strip in headlight
5. Speedometer cluster, clock and voltmeter EL glow dials
6. Exedy Heavy duty clutch

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1. Timing belt
2. Water Pump
3. Car battery
4. All 4 disc brakes rotors, pads
5. Platinum Spark plugs

2012
1. Blue Carbon Fibre Interior Wrap
1.5 Blue NRG Steering Wheel
2. Veliside Front Bar (To be fixed,painted and fitted) (Damaged via TNT Post)
3. Rim Re-Spray + Blue Nuts
4. Front Windscreen Replacement ($300)
5. Alpine Amp + Sub
6. Double Touch Screen Din (with all those fun features)
7. Slim HID Kit 8000k
8. 17" Brand New Rims + 4x New Low Profile Tyres
9. Version R Carbon Fibre Spoiler (Waiting for postman pat)
10. Interior Re-trim/Painted
11. K&N Panel Filter (Removed Air Pod)
TBC....

Day 1... After putting the interior back together and a nice cut and wax





Who need a convertible when you got no windscreen (Windscreen Replacement to pass pits)

EL glow dials



Veilside Front Bumper finally arrived but Damaged by TNT (not shown in this photo)

Blue Carbon Fibre Wrap (DIY)



Repainted front bumper + Headlight Restore (DIY)

Installed Blue NRG Steering Wheel (DIY)

Installed 8000k HID's (DIY)



Good old car wash with mates

Updated blue interior

New 17" Rims Arrived

Blue Leather Door Cards/Insert (DIY)

illest badge right next to the FTO logo



Carbon Fibre Version R Spoiler on it way so will have picture of that soon and many more to come......!

[illmotion]

Carbon Fibre Version R Spoiler came in yesterday

had some trouble with the install but got it to work in the end.

[Chris_Heilong]

Really nice work mate, very tasteful.

[Sebastian]

why so much BLUE inside ?:)

and also those flames on the seat covers ... meahh

[optical illusion]

Those lights... It's an FTO not an Audi, you would have been better off with some HIDs.

[Sebastian]

Are those refurbed Volk wheels ?

[goz_83]

There is a hid kit on the car. You can see in the pics and in the description. I kinda like the lights, although I wouldn't have gone with all the blue on a black car. I know the fto is boy racer(ish) anyway, but the flame seats do add to that tatty look and I would have to change em.

[illmotion]

Their were the cheapest blue/black seat covers (i think it a blue tribal dragon?) i could find at the time haha, i don't exactly like them myself but the old seat were pretty worn out, was thinking of getting blue recaros but atm bit tight on money

and sorry i wouldn't have a clue on what those wheel are came from the previous seller

[goz_83]

the dvd player is the cheapest on ebay. i bought one and gave it to my brother a few days later, because i thought it sucked so bad. I got a meos model instead, which is not much more expensive, but is much better quality. I really like the "illest" badge you have though. Is that a custom badge? If so, where can I get one?

[Kace]

I really like the "illest" badge you have though. Is that a custom badge? If so, where can I get one?

Complete opposite for me on this one I'm afraid. I know that it's 'stuck on' but it really does look as if it has been 'just stuck-on' as an afterthought. Reminds me of the Jetta / Passats that have the Turbo badge stuck on the back (normally crooked). Tasteful piucture of it though, with the close-up of the raindrops. A similar simple silver rear window decal of same would look much better IMHO.

Car looks much better but my top priority mods if I were you would be tinted red rear clusters to rid yourself of the 90's orange look and also some lowering springs to avoid the car appearing as if it's on stilts - like our friends the Pumas.

My €0.02

[Sebastian]

they look like RAYS Volk Daytona Speed , had them on one of my fto's a while back



they look like a replica tho

[goz_83]

I would get "goz" written

[illmotion]

I got my badge from http://fatlace.3dcartstores.com/Motorsports_c_139.html

but i am pretty sure there should be some place that would do custom badging or you could even buy the lettering separately it would look something like this http://www.ftooc.org/forum/showthread.p ... **********

hmm yeah they do kinda look like your RAYS, most probably tho... got it off a seller on ebay haha..

yeah i love everything about the dvd player like the gps, aux, usb, sd, ipod connection, blue tooth audio but apart from that the INTERFACE is HORRIBLE look so ugly

Kace yeah look at springs after my wheels a on, but tinting the rear cluster you mean the orange part on the indicator? i might have to double check if that legal in Australia cause it quite strict and annoying over here

[Kace]

Doesn't appear to be a problem for some of your countrymen.

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/v3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21810

[goz_83]

The only requirement for lights, is that they function properly, with a minimum amount of visible light (usually above 80% of unobstructed factory level) and the right colours being displayed. I find the flyeyes kits to be excellent for this, because a light reader will show the original percentage of light through the tiny little fly eye holes.

[illmotion]

Thanks for that! boost my confidence a little bit more, i hope don't get pull over to fast tho haha cause apparently some stupid cops can get you for not having your reflectors shining since their pretty much inside the middle of the red part.

but ill get some of that stuff and see how i go