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I`ve got it finally!

Postby Mitsumaniac » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:01 am

Hi everyone, a bit of news in the morning :)

Ladies and gentelman.... I`d like to introduce you my new candy.

It`s one of 160 produced in year 2000, and one of the very last of the factory as it is from June 2000.
Even more, it is an official UK import by Ralliart in 2001, and first registration ever is from Sep 2001!

Passion red, manual GPX!!! :P
Just brought it over from the UK yesterday.
The car has every MOT from new, every service, piles of original documentation etc.
Milage is 64700, and the most of it was done in last 4 years as MOT from 2005 states 14000 miles !!! :shock:

It`s a spotless example, with just very few stonechips on the front and nothing else!
The only thing I`m wory about are the tappets and clutch... tappets will need adjusting and cluth will have to be replaced probably in 6 months or so.

The car is completely standard apart from aftermarket exhaust - not sure about the make, 17" OZ alloys, front brake discs and red stuff. The only bits I want to replace on her is exhaust (bought quad decat blueflame) and springs (apex), plus some minor things like dial rings+cups and carbon kick plates

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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Sebastian » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:41 am

:ll :ll :ll
very good Tomek .
the car looks mint.

you know what you have to do :wink:
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby karlf » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:42 am

Looks very nice. Congrats on the purchases and well wear as they say.
Mitsumaniac wrote:plus some minor things like dial rings+cups and carbon kick plates

There are some carcon kick plates on sale on ebay at the minute, see here:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Mitsubishi-FTO-Goki-Carbon-Door-Sil-step_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1301Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ef5ef5441QQitemZ270414074945QQptZUKQ5fCarsPartsQ5fVehiclesQ5fCarPartsQ5fSMQQsalenotsupported
I was reading a thread on the uk site about these and the guys on there found the sils cheaper in Japan/China (cant remember which). But as the seller pointed out the price you pay with him is including VAT etc, if you buy from asia you have to pay extra in taxes, import duty etc plus you wont have any come back on them should any thing happen. Where as he was english based and would look after you should anything happen to them during transport etc. Might be worth the few extra quid for piece of mind. They are made by epracing so do a search for that and see what you come up with.
Also if buying the dial rings make sure you get the deep dial rings. The deep dial rings are better as you are not left with the black ring on your clocks as can be seen in this pic:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/MITSUBISHI-FTO-SET-OF-6-CHROME-DIAL-CLOCK-VOLT-RINGS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1301Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem45ec5e1993QQitemZ300318333331QQptZUKQ5fCarsPartsQ5fVehiclesQ5fCarPartsQ5fSMQQsalenotsupported#ebayphotohosting
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:54 am

very nice indeed... congrats!
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Kace » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:28 am

Mitsumaniac wrote:The only bits I want to replace on her is exhaust (bought quad decat blueflame) and springs (apex), plus some minor things like dial rings+cups and carbon kick plates


Nice one - but you gotta get it lowered. Looks like it's on stilts ;-)
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:30 am

I assume this is the only 01 FTO in Ireland?
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Mitsumaniac » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:59 am

colm_mcm wrote:I assume this is the only 01 FTO in Ireland?


High probability colm :D

Kace - Apex will lower 25mm rear and 45 front ;)

Thanks all for your appreciation :) I post more pictures when I finish with her :D
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:27 am

Are you DirtyLopez that was on here before?
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Mitsumaniac » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:37 am

colm_mcm wrote:Are you DirtyLopez that was on here before?


Yes, that`s me :lol:
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Kace » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:50 am

Mitsumaniac wrote:
colm_mcm wrote:I assume this is the only 01 FTO in Ireland?


High probability colm :D

Kace - Apex will lower 25mm rear and 45 front ;)

Thanks all for your appreciation :) I post more pictures when I finish with her :D


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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby TopCat » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:19 pm

Looks very clean. Well wear! :smt023
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby ftolam13 » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:35 pm

very nice, congrats!
if you still had control, you haven't been fast enough 8)
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby optical illusion » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:26 pm

That is schweet!
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Bernard » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:39 pm

Cracking car alright, well wear :smt023
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:23 pm

pretty upsetting for owners of 00 models I'd say...
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Bernard » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:47 pm

colm_mcm wrote:pretty upsetting for owners of 00 models I'd say...


Yes Colm, I'm particularly bitter.
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:25 pm

should've gone for the 02 reg while you had the chance :|
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Mitsumaniac » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:09 am

:lol: but If it was black like Bernie`s I`d be in seventh heaven :smt002
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Bernard » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:45 am

81 GPX FTOs produced in 2000, not sure how many of them were manual but we've four on the forum now (three in Ireland).
Not bad going...

I wonder if any of them were on the line together?

There used to be more info on http://www.mitsubishi-fto.net, but the site has changed.
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:15 am

ye should start comparing chassis numbers :roll:
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Bernard » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:21 am

colm_mcm wrote:ye should start comparing chassis numbers :roll:


Sorry to bore you Colm.
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Dragonheart » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:34 am

Actually, I think thats a pretty interesting thing there, if you got onto mitsiclub, ftooc, ftoaustralia, see how many of those 00's you could track down, reckon you'd make over half of them?
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby colm_mcm » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:43 am

Bernard wrote:Sorry to bore you Colm.

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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Mitsumaniac » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:02 pm

Dragonheart wrote:Actually, I think thats a pretty interesting thing there, if you got onto mitsiclub, ftooc, ftoaustralia, see how many of those 00's you could track down, reckon you'd make over half of them?


I wonder how many of them has been crashed or not in owners clubs...

The guy I`ve got it from was some computer programer, completly lame about what he had :smt047
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Re: I`ve got it finally!

Postby Kace » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:55 pm

Dragonheart wrote:Actually, I think thats a pretty interesting thing there, if you got onto mitsiclub, ftooc, ftoaustralia, see how many of those 00's you could track down, reckon you'd make over half of them?


You could even set up your own little exclusive private members club :lol:
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