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by **knuckles** on Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:02 pm

Didnt wanna bother ya mate. Bought my own - as im not a tight git lol :lol:

by **heeman10** on Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:47 am

Car's looking good! Good work on the bumper!

What paint did you use? Looks like a very very good match! Is it? Can be hard to tell in photo's sometimes :-?

Gutted for you seeing the rust :cry:

You've done the right thing just preventing it for now. We're into summer, so it won't get worse as quickly as it would in the wetter months, here's hoping you can have all that rot cut out and replaced with fresh steel

by **Ghost** on Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:34 am

the painting was done in a bodyshop

used standard radiant red i think, also the bonnet was done a little while ago so thats why it may blend in a little better.

it is a slightly different colour to the rest, but i dont think its too noticable.........he may tell you otherwise because he likes it to be perfect

oh and i am a tight git

by **heeman10** on Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:22 pm

Had a PM reply from him yesterday thanks! I thought he'd found a spray tin that what such a good match, so I wanted to go and buy that and finally attack mine. No such luck!!

by **knuckles** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:27 pm

Ghost :the painting was done in a bodyshop

used standard radiant red i think, also the bonnet was done a little while ago so thats why it may blend in a little better.

it is a slightly different colour to the rest, but i dont think its too noticable.........he may tell you otherwise because he likes it to be perfect

oh and i am a tight git

Yes both was done in local sprayers using ford radient red. It is a little different to the rest of the car as my car has had a respray at one point in its life by a previous owner.

How do i like to be perfect ?

I just like things done a certain way to a certain standard.

by **xr2imetalhead** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:37 pm

starting to look really nice mate real shame about that hole in the floor though dude hope you get it sorted soon or at least get some krust on it for the time being!

by **knuckles** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:28 pm

xr2imetalhead :starting to look really nice mate real shame about that hole in the floor though dude hope you get it sorted soon or at least get some krust on it for the time being!

You wanna pull up your carpets and hope yours aint got the cancer too

No worries i got a mate with a welder who aint too busy

by **Ghost** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:34 pm

knuckles :
xr2imetalhead :starting to look really nice mate real shame about that hole in the floor though dude hope you get it sorted soon or at least get some krust on it for the time being!

You wanna pull up your carpets and hope yours aint got the cancer too

No worries i got a mate with a welder who aint too busy

whos that then?? charles will make you pay a fair bit, you no that :bonkers:

by **xr2imetalhead** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:36 pm

i dread pulling the carpets up on mine :lol:

i have had a good look under it when it was on the lift on the last mot never been welded looked solid as hell

by **knuckles** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:55 pm

xr2imetalhead :i have had a good look under it when it was on the lift on the last mot never been welded looked solid as hell

Thats what i been teling myself since i got the car :lol:

by **xr2imetalhead** on Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:15 am

oh well

the mot guy must have been telling porkies :lol:

by **knuckles** on Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:17 am

Bit of an update.

Got round to changing over my Efi unit to the reconditioned one i been working on for the last few weeks. Big thanks to ghost for getting his hands dirty too :bonkers:

I basically took my old efi unit off my dead engine, took it apart , renewed all the gaskets, renewed the fuel injector o rings. While it was apart i gave it a clean and used a wire brush drill bit and got it back to gleaming metal. Tcut metal polish made it nice and smooth too.

Pics

Before i started

Stripped down and cleaned

Refurbished

Fitted

Looking good

Also drained and flushed the coolant, used speedflush to remove limescale and blockages, Renewed the thermostat temperature switch and soldered a new fan wiring connector on as my last one melted.

I have noticed that it runs smoother now i have done all the following. When it idles it is alot better. The coolant was virtually yellow and smelt so bad.

Few more latest pics... :oooh:

by **rickyuk** on Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:21 pm

(insert ghey rap term) (insert ghey rap term) knuckles started to clean my interior today see the link http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/viewt ... p?t=129101

by **Ghost** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:41 pm

yup, was a Bic™ to do just to have a clean EFi unit :rolleyes:

runs very nice now though with the clean injectors!!

by **muz** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:55 pm

Looking very clean mate

Think you need a proper black surround on the filler cap though.

by **Ghost** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:57 pm

muz :Looking very clean mate Think you need a proper black surround on the filler cap though.

would be nice, but the gammon slipper before him seems to have repaired it funny, and there is no way that the little black piece will go in :cry:

i agree though, and that is the only thing letting down a great car

by **Max M4X WW** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:58 pm

Get some new plates! Looks nice

by **knuckles** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:13 pm

Cheers for the comments guys.

Yeah filler cap does let it down

- maybe when i know a decent welder , hint hint , i may get it done.

New plates are on the adgender but not as important as getting it running right. May even look up setting it up on the rolling road since i will soon be adding a superchip with the camshaft kit.

by **Ghost** on Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:15 pm

knuckles :Yeah filler cap does let it down - maybe when i know a decent welder , hint hint , i may get it done.

dont hint hint me

by **adz** on Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:28 am

lookin good matey, what chip are you getting? will have to see how it goes for you on the RR as its something i might be doing soon

by **knuckles** on Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:13 pm

All i know is superchips is the make of the chip and it has a blue cover.

Aparently just plugs straight in, i aint got any specifics on it but its for xr2i cvh. I got it for £50 just waiting for it in the post.

Does anyone know somewhere local to me (Enfield) that does rolling road setups ? And how much it may cost ?? :-?

Cheers

Knuckles

by **Ghost** on Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:29 am

power engineering up in uxbridge and it costs £50 for the rolling road and can get up to around £250 for a setup

by **heeman10** on Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:51 am

I love this thread

So nice to see someone putting in the thought and time to bring an ugly duckling (so to speak) up to the standard it is now, you're doing a really good job of it all

Remind me how old you are again? There seem to be some sub-20s on here with very good taste these days, makes a nice change!! Inlet looks very good!

by **Ghost** on Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:10 am

he' 21

by **knuckles** on Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:26 pm

Cheers heeman

correction - i am 22 now - cheaper insurance too :wink:

by **knuckles** on Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:02 pm

Update for july.

Can you guess what i have done ?

Looks like a normal mk3.5 mirror ?

Wheres the adjuster ?? :-?

Ahhh .....

Electric mirrors fitted to the mk3 XR2i.
The mad scientist at fiestaguides has once again come up with genius loom making. I wont give away too many trade secrets but the guide for doing this will soon be on www.fiestaguides.co.uk

All Fitting was plug and play - No soldering.... Putting the loom through the door grommet was a bit of a nightmare but the end result is well worth it. Also it means i wont kerb my rear wheels anymore while reverse parking

The mk4 inner trim pannels had to be cut to fit with the mk3 door card. Leaves a little gap on the drivers side... :rolleyes:

And a bigger gap on passenger side :cry:

I basically purchased some mk4 electric mirrors on ebay then swaped the electric motors from the mk4 mirrors to the mk3.5 outer case.

The adjuster switch came from a mondeo which is same for all fords with electric mirrors.

They are heated too

Will be useful in the winter season.

Comments as usual.

Knuckles

by **XRMike** on Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:36 pm

Nice little mod, i love these sorta mods that make the car nicer to own in a sense.

by **adz** on Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:27 pm

proper tidy mate

nice one

by **NeoMagic** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:16 pm

Ba da bub ba daahhh, im lovin it

by **AW3K** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:18 am

Looking nice mate

nice to see the new stuff on

Andy

by **richard_p88** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:22 pm

Cool mod. I like stuff that modernises the fiesta, might give it go once guide is up

by **rich_frst** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:50 pm

looks sweet knuckles!!!

is that guide for the mirrors up and running yet?? any links to it?

rich

by **Rhinopower** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:37 pm

mk6 escort electric mirrors will also do the same job

by **purple_fiesta** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:00 pm

Looking very smart now man, Some nice alloys really would set it off!

by **heeman10** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:46 pm

Good mod

I think your next project should be to make the inner trims fit as factory

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