The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

got a 95 fto and loving it, however insurance is such a problem.my front normal lights are always blowing anybody got any sugestions on one of the clips where i place my new bulbs on looks a little burned.
thanks all and lookin forward to meetin y'all.
also who owned 95 ts fto before would like some specs from it

Are you using high wattage bulbs?, these have a tendency to blow.
You're better of using standard wattage or better yet, upgrade to HIDs.

Welcome to the club by the way, get some pics up when you can.

Bernard wrote:Are you using high wattage bulbs?, these have a tendency to blow.
You're better of using standard wattage or better yet, upgrade to HIDs.

Welcome to the club by the way, get some pics up when you can.

i hve just got bulbs for 10 to 15 euro standard watts i think

trying to post pics... i am using standard bulbs if thats any help

Is it silver?

Spot it a lot on the M50 if so.

Welcome I have a '95 also. GPX, some sort of green/black colour.

yes its a silver one. i love blastin down the m50 in my wee fto...

95TS ? didn' kaysersosey had that car before? well before ''donna'' the girl who i suppose you bought it from .
how much did you get it in the end? i remember last time i saw that was advertised for 14oo ?.

Happy driving & posting .

afaik (if it's the same car ) it's a 95 FTO GR , manual with some nice add-ons ( hid's,quad exhaust ,induction kit and a nice set of wheels) .

Sebastian wrote::smt006
95TS ? didn' kaysersosey had that car before? well before ''donna'' the girl who i suppose you bought it from .
how much did you get it in the end? i remember last time i saw that was advertised for 14oo ?.

Happy driving & posting .

afaik (if it's the same car ) it's a 95 FTO GR , manual with some nice add-ons ( hid's,quad exhaust ,induction kit and a nice set of wheels) .

thats the one diddn even know i have hids thaanks, you know loads you proper brite spark is you

Welcome along.
Nice car from pics the previous owner put up.

dubspartex wrote:

Sebastian wrote::smt006
95TS ? didn' kaysersosey had that car before? well before ''donna'' the girl who i suppose you bought it from .
how much did you get it in the end? i remember last time i saw that was advertised for 14oo ?.

Happy driving & posting .

afaik (if it's the same car ) it's a 95 FTO GR , manual with some nice add-ons ( hid's,quad exhaust ,induction kit and a nice set of wheels) .

thats the one diddn even know i have hids thaanks, you know loads you proper brite spark is you[/q i was looking out for one for a while too and in the end i took the started my final journey to my fto. do you know what was done wit the engine etc... it hs a twin blueflame exaust. i've got some greenstuff pads and drilled and groved front and rear discs gonna get some braded cabels amd do a job pn the calipers. also lookin at a new front bumper and maybe even a respray i hope.... new wheels. think i will have to change the plates and do a bank b4 i get ll tht

Dragonheart wrote:Welcome along.
Nice car from pics the previous owner put up.

where are the pics of it?? they are well into there fto's i n NZ you got one there?

If you have HIDs, standard bulbs are no good to you.
You'll have to replace like with like, first thing is to find what colour temp. you have.
Replacements are easily gotten from ebay, unless it's the ballast that's gone...

whats colour temp how do i find out?? don't even know what hids are really seb said its hid so do you have any idea wht bulbs i need pkease

whats the ballast?

Have a read of this: http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10700&hilit=hids
Colour temp would be on the bulb, but if you've changed both of them already...

The ballast is just under the air filter in this pic.


You'll always tell a car with HIDs, they tend to take a few seconds to warm up...
HIDs From Youtube.com

dubspartex wrote:

Dragonheart wrote:Welcome along.
Nice car from pics the previous owner put up.

where are the pics of it?? they are well into there fto's i n NZ you got one there?

Theres pics somewhere all right, do a search for kziesorsky (I think thats how its spelt), hes the owner, or one of the previous ones anyway, and see his posts then for pics.

No FTO for me here I'm afraid, had to settle for a little 300zx instead. FTO is safe and sound back home waiting for my return.
Theres lots of them here all right but only a few really modded ones, dont get the same looks as they do at home at all. Shame.

ah hello guy's i see some one got my old fto???????? just before i congratulate him, it has ordinary bulbs no hids just those exion type bright blue bulbs, how much did ya get her for? best of luck with it dubspartex...............

kizersozey wrote:ah hello guy's i see some one got my old fto???????? just before i congratulate him, it has ordinary bulbs no hids just those exion type bright blue bulbs, how much did ya get her for? best of luck with it dubspartex...............

than.ks a mil love the silver center console pity its cracked now.. such a fun car!!

I put in xenon bulbs into my last car, they were a different colour, shone a shade of purple, thing is they kept causing the lights to malfunction too, dont know what the reason was but I thought it was the stalk yet when I changed the bulbs back the ordinary ones worked fine.

dubspartex wrote:thats the one diddn even know i have hids thaanks, you know loads you proper brite spark is you

got fooled by the looks of the blue bulbs , seen the car @ Japfest there , Jason can give yea more details .
peace

yeah those exnon are a curse ive bought lots for different cars beamers mostly, and one allways blows in few weeks, there expensive in some shops and usually good brand but dont last at all, quailty is'nt a great factor, ive the genuine bulbs for it if you want them, probably not worth your while but if your about galway i' have them there for ya dubspartex......................also ive a load of documents from japan that came with it and handbook, i forgot to pass them onto donna when she bought it then,

The standard bulbs are 55W if memory serves me correctly, speaking from experience, high wattage bulbs (anything above 65W)have a tendency to melt connectors.

CJ

the exnon bulbs i put in fto where 55w yes, as its not recomened to put higher wattage in as cj stated, can melt connector plug and possible wiring damage.