As a closeted Magna fan I struggle to put in to words how happy it makes me to see that “Magna-ing Box” is finally happening. I am GENUINELY looking forward to seeing this project progress and see this beautiful swagna returned to its former glory
i can email the manual if needed, im sure ya know it can be done 2 x different ways. ya dont need to pull the whole dash out, but you have to recharge the ac gas so people pull the dash, its not that hard, but takes 6-10 hours the 1st time
I have had my Ralliart for 18years. Got it back today from a 300,000kms service. Compression is all even and still good, couldn't be happier with it ❤️. Ready for more thrashing 👍
3.5 TH here, 220k. Absolutely zero blowby. Thing gets beat around all the time, has been rear ended, stat write off and a hovering headliner. I was put off by the 4spd chrysler box but it's actually a really good trans.
I owned a TF Magna and then went to a KJ Verada. Both fantastic cars. Also worked for a major car rental company that went from a large fleet of Commodores, then in the early 2000s we introduced the Magna. Absolutely no issues with a huge fleet of them. My favorite car in the Magna family from that era is the Verada GTV. That thing was stunning.
@@MotoringBoxTV Controversial I know, but I reckon that TL front end looked good. Then again, I quite liked the original AU Forte… Interesting designs always look good :) I think the TJ with that weird beak is the least attractive version…
@@froggy0162 I'm gonna disagree with you Froggy, the TL was the ugly duckling of the third-gen Magnas. That said, I have one. The used example I found was otherwise immaculate and had all the right options fitted. The only downgrades from the TH Altera it replaced was the lack of a tape player (the Altera had tape and CD), pov-spec courtesy lighting and that nose. Mine was driven by Hubnut.
Took on a bit of a job mate Good to see someone else that’s thorough when it comes to cleaning the interior of a car😊 Looking forward to seeing your progress Sean
find yourself a backseat for some useable material to refurbish the front seats if you can't find new material, I'm putting Recaro sr3 in my xr6 and the center material is worn so I'm going to use ba xr6 black with ef xr6 Luna mist for the center, use a scrubber on a drill to agitate and save your back
Actually dude you're spot on with the cleaning procedure. Personally, I stopped using upholstery cleaner liquids & used washing machine detergents instead. I found they clean better from my recent experiences. Make sure you use a fabric protector like 3M Scotchguard or 303 Aerospace so they the carpets & seats stay fresh.
The seats came up great Sean. I got my Ralliart seats professionally cleaned, they came up exactly like yours. Big difference for sure. If the seatbelts don’t retract well. Taking them out and washing them with warm soapy water makes them retract properly. It’s the grim build up that causes it
Would love to see those original wheels back on and also the original rear tail lights as those aftermarket ones looks a bit ugly. This series is what owning a second hand car and making it newish again is what its all about, super impressed!
Im a Ralliart Magna/Diamante owner and it good to see what u have done with urs and how u compare it to other cars u have owned.They are really nice cars and im totally happy with mine
As an owner of a eb Fairmont 323 Mazda and gc8 Wrx. There is something so satisfying about cars that are cheap being reviewed in detail and cleaned and everything. I basically have a set up like you. I have my 300kw Wrx which is mint. Like your xr6 My 323 Mazda which is my daily like the au And the eb Fairmont which is what I’d say was like your nc but now the Magna. Can’t wait for the review. It inspired me to do my own
Beautiful! Very satisfying watch, it's great seeing the Ralliart getting restored. I have Mitsubishi Magna Ralliart #476, another Sable Black manual like yours. My partner and I just ordered a T-shirt and sticker off your shop. Definitely keen on a Ralliart T-shirt once the current ones sell out 😁!
Hey Sean. Little tip since this isn't your daily driver, and you're in QLD. high pressure those seats! Don't even bother with the Bissell (As much as I love my little unit) Swing past bunnings and get a drill brush set for about $20. Some orange Agent by Bowdens Own from Repco/SCA. Soak the seat in orange agent and aggitate with the drill brush, and then blast it with a high pressure cleaner. Will be done in about a tenth of the time and it'll come up INSANELY clean
@@MotoringBoxTV You wont be disappointed- ended up buying 5L of the stuff and use it everywhere. Do try the pressure washer method at some stage. I recall one seat I did took me over an hour with a bissell and was STILL sucking out crap. 3 minutes with the gurney looked like new!
Currently doing the same with the my 07 CH Lancer. Stripping all the interior out and while I'm at it, sound proofing the lot. Not wrong with the look and feel of the interior material after a good deep clean. Bunnings wet vac did wonders and now the car feels a bit more like mine and not to mention a bit nicer and hygienic too.
I’ve bought a couple of cars with seats like that, and I’ve found the best approach is simply clothes washing liquid, a scrubbing brush and the garden hose. The trick is you need to have a couple of really hot days to do it because you soak the seat foam all the way through and it will never dry out on anything less than a couple of 35 degree days. A summer only job. But that deeply embedded filth like simply needs a lot of water to flush it out….
I used to work on one of these back in the day (3.5 litre 5 speed)... The thing used hammer... The lady who owned it was called Mrs Palmer 🤣... It was funny one day at work when the boss asked me if I could drop Mrs Palmer home 🖐️ 🤣🤣🤣... It was so hard to keep a straight face... One thing these cars had was two different types of spark plugs fitted to them... They had standard spark plugs in the front bank and platinum spark plugs under the intake manifold in the rear bank... You used to do the front plugs as required and you would change the rear spark plugs every 100,000kms... It wasn't a bad job... While you had the intake manifold off you would clean the throttle body and intake manifold etc... If it needed a rear rocker cover gasket you do one of those as well while you were in there... Keep up the good work Sean and🖕the haters.
I like the 'Law & Order' approach to the operation. Excellent viewing, my OCD limiter is redlining. Just a thought, in most cases, simply swap the passenger & drivers seats over as the passenger is generally better. Also, if you pick up a seat from a wrecker, the seat base and back rest seperate, allowing you to create the best option, keep or sell the spare. This process has afforded me excellent quality bucket seats in many of the older Falcons I have owned. I'm sure this is no secret to you, but it may help a few viewers.
Hey Shaun i heard in the first video for the magna u were looking for vs commodores i actually recently bought one myself couple months back series 2 equipe a limited edition model that came with 3000$ of added value for free and i saw it on marketplace and how clean it was and only 195ks on the clock i thought it was too good to be true well it was true beautiful car to drive ans and in almost immaculate condition apart from paint peel on front right guard its a silver with light blue tint to it and apart from some issues with the ecotec being a little mistreated got it fixed feels like new no electrical failures anywhere it has to be the next project for u shaun and mind u i only got it for 4250 really cheap but it still feels new power steering also like new abs system like new and only a 2 owner car how lucky could i have been anyway sorry for the long comment shaun keep it up mate love to see what the magna got in store next vid👍
And tbh i think the bloke was selling it too cheap so it was pretty much an absolute steal wish i could send you a photo of her best first car ill probably ever have had
Top job Sean. I think those original wheels are pretty good. I have restored worse. My mistake was I wish I had put more clear coat on them. So if you do them yourself don’t spare the clear coat. Also obviously get rid of the wheel weights and get the self adhesive ones. Nothing worse than restoring wheels to have a tyre fitter bang weights onto them chipping the paint. Grrrrrr. Love your work. .
I’m really loving this resto.. my dad had a veradah limited back in 96. Didn’t I think I was the boss hog in that! Your channel is so good, so honest..no fluff. I’ve seen plenty of rubbish remarks from some people with too much free time. Forget them. The rest of us are cheering you on. I myself am a Holden man through & through..but again the Mitsubishi is nice trip down motoring memory lane. My HQ premier was considered low brow in 96…hence the flogging of dads veradah. Keep up the great work. I see this channel going only in one direction. UP!
while i will miss the Falcon content, I'm really looking forward to this new chapter on the channel! the seats immediately looked better even wet after that clean too!
I think the wheels will be fine! Loving the content as always. Mum had a TJ executive for the last 8 years and it finally died this year. Will miss that car so this is coincidentally fitting content!
6:45 honestly my first thought was an elephants condom. Also about the shampooing, I remember having the best luck at a dealership I worked at for a while where we would take the seats/carpet out of the used cars the dealer was getting ready to put on the lot. And we would use a pressure washer before shampooing. Spray some high quality all purpose cleaner or upholstery friendly degreaser, and then spray the seats/carpet with a lower pressure as to not damage the material. Afterwards I'd recommend taking the seats to some kind of detail shop that has access to high quality shampoo machines, It really does make a world of difference using an industrial sized machine with a high quality steel extractor. I think you'd be shocked at how good the seats would look after that
It's all the little things that will make a big difference on this car. Looking forward to more! P.s those bissell units work well. Be careful of any stagnant water under the cleaning solution container, it caused the sprayer motor to seize on mine. I've since cleaned it up and freed it (was easy enough to access) but I thought it is worth a heads up
good job on the seats they look brand new out of the facttree! I have a TL AWD; red it is the best car, love it! When the AWD Magna came out Ford and Holden were going to also bring out AWD Commodores and Falcons.
Amazing video, only just discovered your channel from the previous one. Been looking at picking up a VR-X TJ Magna myself at some point, I like how you're mentioning common faults they have as you go. Excited to follow on with the rest of this series, keep up the great content.
It's all one big learning exercise. I knew the car was going to have a few hidden problems and I was prepared for it. For example, I didn't know about the heater core issue until after I bought the car! But if the car is cheap enough in the first place, a few $$$ thrown at it is well worth it.
Nice work! For what it's worth I love the stock wheels. If you do consider the roof liner down the line I had mine redone in black and it was such a cheap mod that made the car feel so much cleaner. Please use Amanda's songs for the rest of the Magna series 😂
I'm a massive old Falcon, later Commodore bloke.....I have bought a Veradas & 380VRX and I think the Mitsi's are a great car with plenty grunt....not forgetting to mention their A/C is the coldest.
Another great video of this cars journey with you Sean. I havent read all of the comments, but i hope you havent had any negative comments from you know who. All the best mate.
Me and my mate just recently had to do the heater cores in both my magnas, definitely not a fun job but definitely worthy of a video! Great video as usual mate
AC fan resistors often go on these too, if your AC is only cold on max fan that’s the problem, steering racks can leak too, check your brake fluid too, mine boiled coming down my tambourine
Peter Anderson pulls the seat covers off and chucks them in the washing machine. It seems like a ton of work, but he gets good results. If you still end up with residual staining that might be an option. As long as there's no airbag in the seat side bolster that is. If you did that you could even get some red dye from spotlight and try to recolor the seats. Excited to see where this car ends up. I'm sure you'll do a good job.
I love my Bissell Automate. Agitating the fabric or carpet with a drill mounted brush before extracting will make a world of difference. Pay special attention when shopping for them as there’s different brush stiffnesses- soft is good for interiors whereas firm works well for cleaning oxidation off of tires.
Very inspiring video mate. I’m going to follow this one closely. I think the change of brand is refreshing. It good to see how the other manufacturers did things.
I had a 2000 midel Verada, best car I ever owned. Clocked up 300000klm in it. Only did 2 timing belts and a few oil changes. Never broke down and I was getting 7.8l per hundred out of it on the hwy.
@jimmynoodepickle. Great stuff, he also inspired me to finally buy an NC Fairlane as my first "classic" earlier this year, so he's doing a great job. Cheers!
Those interior plastics are so easy to replace on those things. Fitting stereo equipment is also easy as, and the factory speaker wires are quite beefy so adding an amplifier is no issue. I'm sure you would find factory tweeters to replace the missing ones but I'd recommend aftermarket speakers because the original ones are just paper. (Stereo fitter of 22 years here!)
Great video. Looking forward to the next one. You are inspiring me to get another project car. Just sold a BA Fairmont Ghia which I purchased in a sad state but after lots of elbow grease and a few trips to local dismantlers I had a tidy weekend cruiser. Didn’t want to sell it but too many cars and not enough time to look after them all.
I'm excited. Nothing like cleaning the previous owner's dead skin cells and body fluids out of the interior so that you can touch surfaces without wearing gloves 😄. Those seats looked a bit like pub carpet before you attacked them! ✔😊
Looking good mate. I'd go with the stock Enkei wheels. If its just the lip thats damaged it's an easy fix. I had a set of Evo 9 Enkei wheels that just had a little lip damage so I stripped the tyres off and carefully blended the damage out with a file and dremel tool. Went most of the way around to stop the scalloped look so it looked good and factory...(Could even get them professionally machined too but if you want to save a few $$) I masked them up and painted and clear coated them (just the lips too not the whole wheel as they looked great still. They still look great 8 years later on my daily drive. Seats look a million times better... woah they were filthy. Keep up the great work.. this beast deserves some love! Heater core isn't a hard job just time consuming. take heaps of pics as you go. shame as the orings are a couple of bucks each and that's generally why they fail. You don't need to degas the aircon either... you'll see. :)
When it comes to resto work on a car, I've always been a fan of the unmodded stock daily driver type resto. Basically the way it was, within reason of course, when bought new. As such I'd say sort out and use the original rims, and keep the rest as stock as possible.
The only other issue with the Bissell is that the intake fan is on the bottom, so it's not good to sit on flat surfaces. Milk crate comes in handy as a stand
Just about to purchase a FG XT tomorrow from someone from my workplace. Going to do before and after pics on it. It's literally been neglected. Also have a my Magna VR-X that's had similar treatment so will be cleaning that up too. Keep up the good work mate 😌
the wheels look great! touch em up and keep em! all in all the magna kind of reminds me of my e34 bmw 535 - it was a nice long sedan with a wing, 6cyl, and similar wheels.
While I never knew about these Ralliart magnas, I knew of the 6 cylinder engines which is V6 in these specific body style cars had many issues with cooking and seizing. My Dad has a 1st generation Pajero with a similar engine format/layout in which it would cook as a result of a tube in the water pump. These engines are great when they work, but are difficult when they fail. Note the Pajero to tune it and time it requires earthing a wire or else the timing advance kicks in.
I have been around magnas for 20 years at least now - And i have never known of the 6G engines in the Magnas with major issues of cooking and siezing. Poor maintenance from owners contributes, remember, $1000 cars attract $1000 owners, and they all get run into the ground.
@@dodgeviper89 Neighbor down the road had a V6 Magna and he told me the engine overheated and seized. He also said he was on a road he could not pull over on at the time. To some extent I know he looks after his cars. To another, he doesn't know enough. Then I saw heaps of stories of those Magna V6's cooking and from the experiences, with the 6G72 it's not far from the truth and It could be just a lack of knowledge of repairing, tuning, and some bad design choices from the manufacturer. I don't know if you know about the Valley Pipe in the 6G72, but ours now has a hose and a tapped fitting inside of the water pump. The problem was every time we put the seal in and used high-quality silicon, the seal would inevitably leak again and again and again. An inescapable issue no matter what we did right. It just was not sealing. and always at the bottom of the pipe did the leak reoccur. Since the V6 is similar with some slight differences between parts, I know about potential weaknesses. And I'm guessing based on the video of the car, the heater core could be a key area and point for why these cars cook.
@@michaelthemekhanical 6The engines used in this series of Magna, the earlier 6G72 SOHC 24v and this, the 6G74 SOHC 24v, had no major engine flaws. They were put under incredibly punishing tests at MMAL during inception to prove reliability. One of the engineers who developed this Ralliart Engine is in one of the facebook groups I'm in and posts a whole bunch of data sheets from when he worked there. I know these can take a flogging, and with multi layer steel head gaskets, to actually cook a 6G7 motor is a decent feat. RE: your issues - I've done a ton of water pumps and valley pipes on magnas and NEVER had one leak. Then again I always, ALWAYS use OEM Mitsubishi seals/parts. So something is certainly not right there. Heater core plastic pipes go brittle and snap off, a stupid design in my opinion and really, should have been designed with access to those pipes from the engine bay. Alas, every car has it's small flaws.
@@dodgeviper89 Maybe will try and push for my Dad's 6G72 to get some MLS gaskets. I mean your right, they are really good gaskets, I rebuilt my 4D56T and used a MLS gasket because it was just eating head gaskets before I fully reconditioned my engine from top to bottom. Cost me about $10,000 in all the little things as well as bigger things, but I've never cooked it once, not even under load. The weakness with an MLS is in some spots it's difficult to get a perfect seal. Mine did leak under load but running at temperature, it wasn't much and it's never leaked again. Eatting head gaskets in the 4D56T diesel were attributed to faulty injector spray pressure and patterns surprisingly. But the addition of a new head, valves, and springs helped significantly.
Love your work and motivation, it certainly helps me find my own motivation to work on my car. That steam/water cleaner you have is pretty nifty I might have to indulge in one myself
Great work Sean. Love a Magna since I learned to drive in Mum & Dad’s a long time ago (it was one of the first ones with the 2.6 Astron). Refit the original wheels, I reckon. The black wheels thing has been over done, and silver matches the car perfectly.
The Bissel spray isn’t really meant to be used from a distance like that. You can apply the solution like that, but then you spray as you go so that it is almost immediately extracted providing a strong rinsing action. Also, Bissel Little Green spot cleaner is much more durable that their consumer range. It’s what’s used in Vic trains. Hose is short though, but better short than split!
As a closeted Magna fan I struggle to put in to words how happy it makes me to see that “Magna-ing Box” is finally happening. I am GENUINELY looking forward to seeing this project progress and see this beautiful swagna returned to its former glory
Thank you mate! Copped a bit of flack for this one, but really looking forward to bringing this car back to life.
Big job mate. I’m sure you’ll do an awesome job with it. I prefer the OEM wheels, for what it’s worth.
i can email the manual if needed, im sure ya know it can be done 2 x different ways. ya dont need to pull the whole dash out, but you have to recharge the ac gas so people pull the dash, its not that hard, but takes 6-10 hours the 1st time
Yep. Stick the OEM wheels back on. They'll look schmick once restored.
@@Roo0ooD 10 hours the first time lol
Yep the original wheels are perfect. Genuine Enkei - how can you go wrong?
I have had my Ralliart for 18years. Got it back today from a 300,000kms service. Compression is all even and still good, couldn't be happier with it ❤️. Ready for more thrashing 👍
Nice one, you must have really maintained it well 👍👍
@@MotoringBoxTV oil n filter every 10k and 100k belt services. That's it. Been a God send for us 👍
3.5 TH here, 220k. Absolutely zero blowby. Thing gets beat around all the time, has been rear ended, stat write off and a hovering headliner. I was put off by the 4spd chrysler box but it's actually a really good trans.
It's amazing how a clean can transform a car...
Can’t wait for you to put the stock wheels back on! Good job mate
i have 4 x new enkies 2 new in the box and 2 spare wheels never fitted, i also have 5 x 2nd hand ones with rash/tyres
@@Roo0ooD why aren't we neighbours? 🤣
I owned a TF Magna and then went to a KJ Verada. Both fantastic cars. Also worked for a major car rental company that went from a large fleet of Commodores, then in the early 2000s we introduced the Magna. Absolutely no issues with a huge fleet of them. My favorite car in the Magna family from that era is the Verada GTV. That thing was stunning.
I would have loved a GTVi AWD, but I think they were only offered on the TL onwards.
@@MotoringBoxTV Controversial I know, but I reckon that TL front end looked good. Then again, I quite liked the original AU Forte… Interesting designs always look good :)
I think the TJ with that weird beak is the least attractive version…
@@froggy0162 I'm gonna disagree with you Froggy, the TL was the ugly duckling of the third-gen Magnas. That said, I have one. The used example I found was otherwise immaculate and had all the right options fitted. The only downgrades from the TH Altera it replaced was the lack of a tape player (the Altera had tape and CD), pov-spec courtesy lighting and that nose. Mine was driven by Hubnut.
@@steved3702 I guess it’s subjective. I like them.
Hanging to watch this project unfold. 👌
YESSS!!! been constantly checking the Motoring Box channel all week for the next vid, it's finally here and couldn't be keener! Love your work Sean💯💯💯
Looking great already, those enkeis will really lift the exterior
The Konis can be revalved by Koni themselves
Took on a bit of a job mate
Good to see someone else that’s thorough when it comes to cleaning the interior of a car😊
Looking forward to seeing your progress Sean
the way you filmed the cleaning of the seat was oddly satisfying
find yourself a backseat for some useable material to refurbish the front seats if you can't find new material, I'm putting Recaro sr3 in my xr6 and the center material is worn so I'm going to use ba xr6 black with ef xr6 Luna mist for the center, use a scrubber on a drill to agitate and save your back
This is awesome, I prefer the OEM wheels too. Amazing the results already in this first stage of the Magna!
1:27 Dinner of champions right there.
This restoration is gonna be insane , can't wait for the final results
Actually dude you're spot on with the cleaning procedure. Personally, I stopped using upholstery cleaner liquids & used washing machine detergents instead. I found they clean better from my recent experiences.
Make sure you use a fabric protector like 3M Scotchguard or 303 Aerospace so they the carpets & seats stay fresh.
Hi my name is Mal, and I endorse this video.
The seats came up great Sean.
I got my Ralliart seats professionally cleaned, they came up exactly like yours.
Big difference for sure.
If the seatbelts don’t retract well.
Taking them out and washing them with warm soapy water makes them retract properly.
It’s the grim build up that causes it
Yeah, exactly right. It worked for me.
Would love to see those original wheels back on and also the original rear tail lights as those aftermarket ones looks a bit ugly. This series is what owning a second hand car and making it newish again is what its all about, super impressed!
Im a Ralliart Magna/Diamante owner and it good to see what u have done with urs and how u compare it to other cars u have owned.They are really nice cars and im totally happy with mine
As an owner of a eb Fairmont 323 Mazda and gc8 Wrx. There is something so satisfying about cars that are cheap being reviewed in detail and cleaned and everything.
I basically have a set up like you. I have my 300kw Wrx which is mint. Like your xr6
My 323 Mazda which is my daily like the au
And the eb Fairmont which is what I’d say was like your nc but now the Magna.
Can’t wait for the review. It inspired me to do my own
Interesting isn't it? The XR6 is great, but I often find myself enjoying the AU or the drive home in this thing a lot more.
Ok that Mad Max Interceptor keyring is SICK
I’ve got the same car here in New Zealand done 140km manual and it’s mint condition so entertaining watching these videos
Beautiful! Very satisfying watch, it's great seeing the Ralliart getting restored. I have Mitsubishi Magna Ralliart #476, another Sable Black manual like yours. My partner and I just ordered a T-shirt and sticker off your shop. Definitely keen on a Ralliart T-shirt once the current ones sell out 😁!
Hey Sean. Little tip since this isn't your daily driver, and you're in QLD. high pressure those seats! Don't even bother with the Bissell (As much as I love my little unit) Swing past bunnings and get a drill brush set for about $20. Some orange Agent by Bowdens Own from Repco/SCA. Soak the seat in orange agent and aggitate with the drill brush, and then blast it with a high pressure cleaner. Will be done in about a tenth of the time and it'll come up INSANELY clean
OEM seat frames are bare uncoated steel. They will rust.
@@PhillipMikeHunt so get under with an air blower afterwards.
I might try orange agent with the bissel to see if I get any more gains.. but yes probably not the pressure washer for this one!
@@MotoringBoxTV You wont be disappointed- ended up buying 5L of the stuff and use it everywhere. Do try the pressure washer method at some stage. I recall one seat I did took me over an hour with a bissell and was STILL sucking out crap. 3 minutes with the gurney looked like new!
Currently doing the same with the my 07 CH Lancer. Stripping all the interior out and while I'm at it, sound proofing the lot. Not wrong with the look and feel of the interior material after a good deep clean. Bunnings wet vac did wonders and now the car feels a bit more like mine and not to mention a bit nicer and hygienic too.
Wow that maccas ad! What a throwback hahaha
Oooh go the magna shirts!!!
Wow! You saved the seats, great job.
I’ve bought a couple of cars with seats like that, and I’ve found the best approach is simply clothes washing liquid, a scrubbing brush and the garden hose. The trick is you need to have a couple of really hot days to do it because you soak the seat foam all the way through and it will never dry out on anything less than a couple of 35 degree days. A summer only job.
But that deeply embedded filth like simply needs a lot of water to flush it out….
I used to work on one of these back in the day (3.5 litre 5 speed)... The thing used hammer... The lady who owned it was called Mrs Palmer 🤣... It was funny one day at work when the boss asked me if I could drop Mrs Palmer home 🖐️ 🤣🤣🤣... It was so hard to keep a straight face... One thing these cars had was two different types of spark plugs fitted to them... They had standard spark plugs in the front bank and platinum spark plugs under the intake manifold in the rear bank... You used to do the front plugs as required and you would change the rear spark plugs every 100,000kms... It wasn't a bad job... While you had the intake manifold off you would clean the throttle body and intake manifold etc... If it needed a rear rocker cover gasket you do one of those as well while you were in there... Keep up the good work Sean and🖕the haters.
I like the 'Law & Order' approach to the operation. Excellent viewing, my OCD limiter is redlining. Just a thought, in most cases, simply swap the passenger & drivers seats over as the passenger is generally better. Also, if you pick up a seat from a wrecker, the seat base and back rest seperate, allowing you to create the best option, keep or sell the spare. This process has afforded me excellent quality bucket seats in many of the older Falcons I have owned. I'm sure this is no secret to you, but it may help a few viewers.
Only problem is the Ralliart seat coverings are rare
The seat foams seem to be unique for each side. One of the bolsters is bigger than the other unfortunately.
@@MotoringBoxTV
Bummer
@@MotoringBoxTV seat belt stalks may not be able to be reversed also.
Hey Shaun i heard in the first video for the magna u were looking for vs commodores i actually recently bought one myself couple months back series 2 equipe a limited edition model that came with 3000$ of added value for free and i saw it on marketplace and how clean it was and only 195ks on the clock i thought it was too good to be true well it was true beautiful car to drive ans and in almost immaculate condition apart from paint peel on front right guard its a silver with light blue tint to it and apart from some issues with the ecotec being a little mistreated got it fixed feels like new no electrical failures anywhere it has to be the next project for u shaun and mind u i only got it for 4250 really cheap but it still feels new power steering also like new abs system like new and only a 2 owner car how lucky could i have been anyway sorry for the long comment shaun keep it up mate love to see what the magna got in store next vid👍
And tbh i think the bloke was selling it too cheap so it was pretty much an absolute steal wish i could send you a photo of her best first car ill probably ever have had
Sounds like you got a great deal mate. I do love VP - VS's they were great cars!
I have a 2002 kj verada 5 speed manual converted things awesome. Such underrated cars. Awesome to drive
Loving the new car content. Got to wear my tshirt to the big motor show in Melbourne last month.
Loving this resto so much! I've always wanted to get one of these, I'll be living it through this channel :D.
Top job Sean. I think those original wheels are pretty good. I have restored worse. My mistake was I wish I had put more clear coat on them. So if you do them yourself don’t spare the clear coat. Also obviously get rid of the wheel weights and get the self adhesive ones. Nothing worse than restoring wheels to have a tyre fitter bang weights onto them chipping the paint. Grrrrrr. Love your work. .
Wheel choice is perfect 👌
Hey Shaun,
Best of luck with your next project. Can’t wait to see when you get the radio fitted and get some tunes happening 👍🏻
I’m really loving this resto.. my dad had a veradah limited back in 96. Didn’t I think I was the boss hog in that!
Your channel is so good, so honest..no fluff. I’ve seen plenty of rubbish remarks from some people with too much free time. Forget them. The rest of us are cheering you on. I myself am a Holden man through & through..but again the Mitsubishi is nice trip down motoring memory lane. My HQ premier was considered low brow in 96…hence the flogging of dads veradah.
Keep up the great work. I see this channel going only in one direction. UP!
Thanks so much mate... you gotta have a thick skin in this game...
Cleaning the interior is very satisfying mate. Love the OEM wheels.
You are the George St-Pierre of aussie car RUclips!!! Love the content 👌🏻
I don't know who that is, but thank you 😁
Hoping that one day this ends up as a tribute to the concept car and ends up AWD and supercharged. That would be unreal!
Haha, I don't think we'll be doing either of those - the AWD is a huge thing by itself. From factory you couldn't have manual + AWD.
while i will miss the Falcon content, I'm really looking forward to this new chapter on the channel! the seats immediately looked better even wet after that clean too!
I think the wheels will be fine! Loving the content as always. Mum had a TJ executive for the last 8 years and it finally died this year. Will miss that car so this is coincidentally fitting content!
It's also a great way to get to know your car thoroughly 👍
6:45 honestly my first thought was an elephants condom. Also about the shampooing, I remember having the best luck at a dealership I worked at for a while where we would take the seats/carpet out of the used cars the dealer was getting ready to put on the lot. And we would use a pressure washer before shampooing. Spray some high quality all purpose cleaner or upholstery friendly degreaser, and then spray the seats/carpet with a lower pressure as to not damage the material. Afterwards I'd recommend taking the seats to some kind of detail shop that has access to high quality shampoo machines, It really does make a world of difference using an industrial sized machine with a high quality steel extractor. I think you'd be shocked at how good the seats would look after that
Good stuff Sean, Car is going to look mint after you get through it. 👍
It's all the little things that will make a big difference on this car. Looking forward to more!
P.s those bissell units work well. Be careful of any stagnant water under the cleaning solution container, it caused the sprayer motor to seize on mine. I've since cleaned it up and freed it (was easy enough to access) but I thought it is worth a heads up
Thanks for the tip!
Those wheels are gorgeous!
Oh man, I am so down for this resto series!! OEM wheels all the way! See if you can tart them up as much as possible! Keep up the great work!
good job on the seats they look brand new out of the facttree! I have a TL AWD; red it is the best car, love it! When the AWD Magna came out Ford and Holden were going to also bring out AWD Commodores and Falcons.
The factory Enkei wheels definitely look better👌
Amazing video, only just discovered your channel from the previous one. Been looking at picking up a VR-X TJ Magna myself at some point, I like how you're mentioning common faults they have as you go. Excited to follow on with the rest of this series, keep up the great content.
It's all one big learning exercise. I knew the car was going to have a few hidden problems and I was prepared for it. For example, I didn't know about the heater core issue until after I bought the car! But if the car is cheap enough in the first place, a few $$$ thrown at it is well worth it.
Awesome video! Big job so far, can't wait to see the end product.
Nice work! For what it's worth I love the stock wheels. If you do consider the roof liner down the line I had mine redone in black and it was such a cheap mod that made the car feel so much cleaner. Please use Amanda's songs for the rest of the Magna series 😂
One of the many things I loved about my vrx magna. So easy to pull apart
Get yourself a drill brush attachment for your cordless drill. Best thing for cleaning!
I'm a massive old Falcon, later Commodore bloke.....I have bought a Veradas & 380VRX and I think the Mitsi's are a great car with plenty grunt....not forgetting to mention their A/C is the coldest.
Loving these vids on the Magna. Keen for more
Another great video of this cars journey with you Sean. I havent read all of the comments, but i hope you havent had any negative comments from you know who. All the best mate.
Had someone that sounded suspiciously familiar. They're not here any more.
Me and my mate just recently had to do the heater cores in both my magnas, definitely not a fun job but definitely worthy of a video! Great video as usual mate
Another brilliant video, the original wheels do look the best and I have no doubts you'll bring that interior up to factory fresh.
AC fan resistors often go on these too, if your AC is only cold on max fan that’s the problem, steering racks can leak too, check your brake fluid too, mine boiled coming down my tambourine
Dunno how true this is, but I once heard that something like 85% of used cars have old french fries in them.
Probably more haha
Peter Anderson pulls the seat covers off and chucks them in the washing machine. It seems like a ton of work, but he gets good results. If you still end up with residual staining that might be an option. As long as there's no airbag in the seat side bolster that is. If you did that you could even get some red dye from spotlight and try to recolor the seats. Excited to see where this car ends up. I'm sure you'll do a good job.
I love my Bissell Automate.
Agitating the fabric or carpet with a drill mounted brush before extracting will make a world of difference. Pay special attention when shopping for them as there’s different brush stiffnesses- soft is good for interiors whereas firm works well for cleaning oxidation off of tires.
Very inspiring video mate. I’m going to follow this one closely. I think the change of brand is refreshing. It good to see how the other manufacturers did things.
Thanks mate! Interesting so far, with lots to come.
This thing will look great with beautiful red brembo calipers front and rear when complete.. Oh and ABSOLUTELY keep those awesome factory ENKEI'S
I had a 2000 midel Verada, best car I ever owned. Clocked up 300000klm in it. Only did 2 timing belts and a few oil changes. Never broke down and I was getting 7.8l per hundred out of it on the hwy.
Great video dude! Any vid you make will be interesting mate it doesn't have to be a Holden or Falcon. Top stuff my friend
Love this car, you inspired me to buy an AU fairmont ghia for my first car. It's going great so far!
@jimmynoodepickle. Great stuff, he also inspired me to finally buy an NC Fairlane as my first "classic" earlier this year, so he's doing a great job. Cheers!
Great choice mate. They need their fair share of maintenance to keep them ticking, but they're good fun 👍
Those interior plastics are so easy to replace on those things. Fitting stereo equipment is also easy as, and the factory speaker wires are quite beefy so adding an amplifier is no issue. I'm sure you would find factory tweeters to replace the missing ones but I'd recommend aftermarket speakers because the original ones are just paper. (Stereo fitter of 22 years here!)
Haven't investigated the tweeters yet - would you happen to know which model or size they are?
This is a really high quality channel, your shots are great, you host it well and you deserve a butt load of subscribers
Great video. Looking forward to the next one. You are inspiring me to get another project car. Just sold a BA Fairmont Ghia which I purchased in a sad state but after lots of elbow grease and a few trips to local dismantlers I had a tidy weekend cruiser. Didn’t want to sell it but too many cars and not enough time to look after them all.
Nice Job mate.....Keep the good work up !!!
Used to have a TJ wagon. Was an ex WA Police forensic vehicle. Very nice car and enjoyed every minute driving and working on it. Enjoy!
Ex forensics. 😳 Geez, that would have been interesting ‘Carcology’.
I'm excited. Nothing like cleaning the previous owner's dead skin cells and body fluids out of the interior so that you can touch surfaces without wearing gloves 😄. Those seats looked a bit like pub carpet before you attacked them! ✔😊
Looking good mate. I'd go with the stock Enkei wheels. If its just the lip thats damaged it's an easy fix. I had a set of Evo 9 Enkei wheels that just had a little lip damage so I stripped the tyres off and carefully blended the damage out with a file and dremel tool. Went most of the way around to stop the scalloped look so it looked good and factory...(Could even get them professionally machined too but if you want to save a few $$) I masked them up and painted and clear coated them (just the lips too not the whole wheel as they looked great still. They still look great 8 years later on my daily drive.
Seats look a million times better... woah they were filthy.
Keep up the great work.. this beast deserves some love!
Heater core isn't a hard job just time consuming. take heaps of pics as you go. shame as the orings are a couple of bucks each and that's generally why they fail. You don't need to degas the aircon either... you'll see. :)
Hey Sean, you should invest in a brush for your drill, saves the arms in the long run. Can't wait for further episodes mate.
I can see the value starting to increase on this Magna as you start cleaning it.
When it comes to resto work on a car, I've always been a fan of the unmodded stock daily driver type resto. Basically the way it was, within reason of course, when bought new. As such I'd say sort out and use the original rims, and keep the rest as stock as possible.
I like the unmodded look, but with a few little surprises hidden away.
I've used the same Bissell machine on my head liner and it worked pretty well.
I am going to try that!
the oem wheels look good! resto
The only other issue with the Bissell is that the intake fan is on the bottom, so it's not good to sit on flat surfaces. Milk crate comes in handy as a stand
That would explain why it sounded different when I moved it, I didn't really think about it. Seemed to work ok!
Looking fantastic mate, should definitely throw some insulation down before putting the carpet back in will truly ad a real level of luxruy
Might do - I am leaning towards keeping this car nice and light though. We'll see!
Love your vids man .
Just about to purchase a FG XT tomorrow from someone from my workplace. Going to do before and after pics on it. It's literally been neglected. Also have a my Magna VR-X that's had similar treatment so will be cleaning that up too. Keep up the good work mate 😌
Id do an oem+ style resto personally. Just a major clean up and put the oem wheels back on and then add some minor touches
Great job and good choice on the Magna, original wheel’s I reckon
Try a couple of drops of ucalyptus oil in the cleaning solution
the wheels look great! touch em up and keep em! all in all the magna kind of reminds me of my e34 bmw 535 - it was a nice long sedan with a wing, 6cyl, and similar wheels.
When I first got my Verada. The sellers cleaned the car for me😂
While I never knew about these Ralliart magnas, I knew of the 6 cylinder engines which is V6 in these specific body style cars had many issues with cooking and seizing.
My Dad has a 1st generation Pajero with a similar engine format/layout in which it would cook as a result of a tube in the water pump.
These engines are great when they work, but are difficult when they fail. Note the Pajero to tune it and time it requires earthing a wire or else the timing advance kicks in.
I have been around magnas for 20 years at least now - And i have never known of the 6G engines in the Magnas with major issues of cooking and siezing. Poor maintenance from owners contributes, remember, $1000 cars attract $1000 owners, and they all get run into the ground.
@@dodgeviper89 Neighbor down the road had a V6 Magna and he told me the engine overheated and seized. He also said he was on a road he could not pull over on at the time. To some extent I know he looks after his cars. To another, he doesn't know enough.
Then I saw heaps of stories of those Magna V6's cooking and from the experiences, with the 6G72 it's not far from the truth and It could be just a lack of knowledge of repairing, tuning, and some bad design choices from the manufacturer. I don't know if you know about the Valley Pipe in the 6G72, but ours now has a hose and a tapped fitting inside of the water pump. The problem was every time we put the seal in and used high-quality silicon, the seal would inevitably leak again and again and again. An inescapable issue no matter what we did right. It just was not sealing. and always at the bottom of the pipe did the leak reoccur.
Since the V6 is similar with some slight differences between parts, I know about potential weaknesses.
And I'm guessing based on the video of the car, the heater core could be a key area and point for why these cars cook.
@@michaelthemekhanical 6The engines used in this series of Magna, the earlier 6G72 SOHC 24v and this, the 6G74 SOHC 24v, had no major engine flaws. They were put under incredibly punishing tests at MMAL during inception to prove reliability. One of the engineers who developed this Ralliart Engine is in one of the facebook groups I'm in and posts a whole bunch of data sheets from when he worked there. I know these can take a flogging, and with multi layer steel head gaskets, to actually cook a 6G7 motor is a decent feat.
RE: your issues - I've done a ton of water pumps and valley pipes on magnas and NEVER had one leak. Then again I always, ALWAYS use OEM Mitsubishi seals/parts. So something is certainly not right there.
Heater core plastic pipes go brittle and snap off, a stupid design in my opinion and really, should have been designed with access to those pipes from the engine bay. Alas, every car has it's small flaws.
@@dodgeviper89 Maybe will try and push for my Dad's 6G72 to get some MLS gaskets.
I mean your right, they are really good gaskets, I rebuilt my 4D56T and used a MLS gasket because it was just eating head gaskets before I fully reconditioned my engine from top to bottom. Cost me about $10,000 in all the little things as well as bigger things, but I've never cooked it once, not even under load. The weakness with an MLS is in some spots it's difficult to get a perfect seal. Mine did leak under load but running at temperature, it wasn't much and it's never leaked again.
Eatting head gaskets in the 4D56T diesel were attributed to faulty injector spray pressure and patterns surprisingly. But the addition of a new head, valves, and springs helped significantly.
Great job Sean, looking forward to this series.
Love your work and motivation, it certainly helps me find my own motivation to work on my car.
That steam/water cleaner you have is pretty nifty I might have to indulge in one myself
If you can justify the price, it's a good thing to have!
Nice work, loving this series
Great work Sean. Love a Magna since I learned to drive in Mum & Dad’s a long time ago (it was one of the first ones with the 2.6 Astron). Refit the original wheels, I reckon. The black wheels thing has been over done, and silver matches the car perfectly.
The Bissel spray isn’t really meant to be used from a distance like that. You can apply the solution like that, but then you spray as you go so that it is almost immediately extracted providing a strong rinsing action.
Also, Bissel Little Green spot cleaner is much more durable that their consumer range. It’s what’s used in Vic trains. Hose is short though, but better short than split!
Eddy wreckers in Adelaide stock mostly mitsis, I work at a dealer here and anything we need, they have got
Subbed for some magna love!
I think the stock wheels and lowered on some quality coilovers will be mint. The original suspension will be flogged.