Hi all.... Put this up on the Ozfirestorm forum and thought id share with everyone..

Mostly stalk on here but have been doing a few things to the storm the last few weeks (Holidays) and decided to give my rear end another go.. First off i did the usual trim of that ugly thing that could fit 3 number plates and was happy with it.. I got around to it again and decided this time to cut once and think later....

I cut into the under tail and remade a few brackets to hold the blinkers in place.. I will be glassing the under tail underneath to seal it all up and of course relocated the key for the seat. As it is now its all just sitting there and nothing is bolted up.. Pics to come of the finished product in the next few days.

Any comment's welcome good bad constructive please! Cheers, Tony.

*edit* Bafflectomy also present for anyone interested...

This is my first attempt..


This is the work in progress... Everything is just sitting in place and not bolted up..







Hope it helps other and people like it. T.

 

Where's your lock?

 

I like it. I look forward to seeing the finished product and where you put the lock.

 

I have the same set up. I relocated the lock to the underside of the under tail (just in front of the plate since there is a nice and flat spot). The lock now faces down so to seal it I attached a rubber flap over the lock to keep the dirt out. I am also thinking about cutting out a portion of the non clear horizontal bottom of the tail light and sealing it back up with a clear plastic to provide light for the plate. I know that when you step on the brake the license plate "light" will intensify, but I think I can live with that.

 

The thing about the non-US bikes is that they have a clear lens on the bottom of their taillight. DOT requires US bikes have to have a separate light. There are folks out there who have cut the bottom red part and replaced it with clear lexan to get the same effect. I doubt there are any pics though, since it's been a while since this was last brought up and we've had a server crash since then.

 

Ive seen the same thing on here somewhere before so i will be doing the same... Works good and is still functional. Cheers, Tony.

 

Looks nice and clean Storm. How 'bout a few pics & some info on that car? Gotta love the Australian musclecars

 

Thanks mate!! That's the plan, to do as much as i can while i get some cash together and go for braided lines, high mount pipes and a jet and so on... Just improve on it as i can... As for the car.... Where would be a good place to post pics up and put a bit of details down?

 

Tony,

I am on my second hawk. The first one got SS brake lines for around $100 US (Galfer, I was not very happy with the fit of the kit, they should have called it universal kit, also one of the fittings had metal burrs which I had to remove prior to install, this was about 4 years ago. Next time I will try Spiegler, little more money, but I think the quality will be better, and I like the idea of being able to eliminate the twist during install). The lines only improved the soft feel of stock set up, the brakes were still weak. On my second hawk I did the entire F4i swap for around $30 US. I am very happy with the front brakes now. There is little grinding that is required, no big deal. In my opinion, the F4i swap is the most bang for your money when it comes to the front brakes.

 

I don't think anyone would mind too much if you posted up a few car pics here since I asked. Otherwise you could post them in the "everything else" section.

 

Thanks for the info there mate. There's a company here called "Hel" that most people go with and seem to get good feedback about there products so i think i will give them a go and see.. Cheers mate.

 

Ok here we go!!

Its a Ford Falcon XA 1973 model.. 393c.i Stroker Cleveland, Holley 1050cfm, C.H.I Manifold, C.H.I Alloy heads, Scat stroker kit.. Engine mate 670 on vp 109ron race fuel and 650 on pump gas.

C4 3speed Auto. Manualised shifting 5200 Converter.

Ford 9 inch diff. Custom length axles with all "Strange" gear

















And you think your super hawk seat is stiff?? Hope everybody likes it.

 

me likey much!

 

Very nice!

 

Yo, happy new year all. Newbie here, lookin to mod my 98 hawk. I saw someone with vtr1000 sticker on the fairing, anyone know if they sell em like that or he possibly customed it? Also, is sharksins the only place that sells bottom fairings, id like to pick a set up.