It's finally arrived!!!! :-)

rich_1979

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Well almost 4 months after I decided to buy the car I am happy to say I collected it on Saturday from the compliance workshop and I haven't stopped smiling since! As the Melbourne owners know I didn't sleep a wink on Friday night and was up at 5:30am to head off and collect the car at 7am. I've put a picture below but will get some better ones once I have had chance to clean the dust off (those ships must be very dusty places!).

Initial thoughts apart from WOW are that the car is fantastic, it will be heading in for a professional detail just to get rid of some shipping dirt and a minor scratch but will then be like new! I covered almost 700km over the weekend which was a great way to get to know the car, and even had the top down thanks to the glorious Melbourne winter we are having at present.

Next steps are to get the exhaust upgraded to really free up that engine noise. I test drove a car with Tubi back boxes and loved the sound so I will likely go down this path, (any tips for the cheapest place to buy as they cost a fortune over here in Australia?). I'll probably also get the FD DBW module as well but that might have to be a Christmas present to myself :)

Rich Spyder 2.jpg
 

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Parisien

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The luckiest guy in Oz at the minute Rich......well done, why not go to a decent exhaust maker and get a set of S/S straight throughs as I did......sound as good, quick and a lot cheaper than off shelf named brands


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2b1ask1

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Looks great even before the detailling; enjoy it and keep moisturising the cheeks to reduce the ache from the fixed smile!
 

dickygrace

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Looks great Rich, it's a belter so I'm sure you'll enjoy. Marios does backboxes, straight throughs, which are superb and £550 a pair, reckon he'd be happy to send you some and postage is around £40 to Aus.
 

rich_1979

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Hi Richard - would you happen to know if there are any sound clips or videos of the ones Marios supplies? Im after the low, burbling sound rather than the higher pitched "Ferrari or F1" sound?
 

VMSRTI

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Congratulations Rich. Now you can join us for breakfast next meet!


Looks great Rich, it's a belter so I'm sure you'll enjoy. Marios does backboxes, straight throughs, which are superb and £550 a pair, reckon he'd be happy to send you some and postage is around £40 to Aus.

Dicky what else can you tell us about Marios backboxes? Do you have any pics? Audio files?
 

rich_1979

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Thanks George - I'm looking forward to the next meet, I have so many questions it might have to be a full weekend meet :)
 

rossyl

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Looking brilliant pre-detail, it may be blinding after!

Enjoy it and definitely get the exhaust. I debated for ages, Tubi, Larini, Mij etc. I then went for straight-through's.

The sound is just incredible. It is loud, but it is a low loud rumble that builds to an excellent scream at high revs. I would not say it was like a Ferrari as that's more rasp like, where is this is more growl.

You could definitely get an exhaust fabricator in Oz to make them for you. It is extremely simple. "Straight-thoughs" mean just what they say. It is just a piece of pipe without any magic to it. A single piece of steel that then flutes out to two exit holes so that you keep the quad exhausts.
 

Ewan

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I have Tubi on my QP - partly because of the sound and quality, but also partly because they are built in Modena. Which when you have a Maserati or Ferrari, adds a little something IMHO.
 

Parisien

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Congratulations Rich. Now you can join us for breakfast next meet!




Dicky what else can you tell us about Marios backboxes? Do you have any pics? Audio files?


Hers a series of pics.........plus one before and after in situ....must hunt out my homage thread so you can hear them


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EnzoMC

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congrats on the car - looks very clean and like the side vent - hit the sport button and enjoy, the smile will never go