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[RS rob]

small update, had my calipers back from being shot blast,
as you can see a massive difference,
no rust or dirt and grime lol

few pics below to show the difference,
dropped them off to the platers today aswell, so should be having them back on friday
their being nickle plated, should have a nice finish to them

[chris-fiesta]

calipers look ace m8, nice and clean... thought you uprated the brakes before you dropped the 1.8 in??

[rich_frst]

[chris-fiesta]

is the car still in the bodyshop m8?

[RS rob]

got my brake calipers and carriers back from the platers,
really happy with the result
only a quick pic from the camera fone at the mo, but you get the idea



the car is basically done, except i've dropped some fiesta turbo rear quarter opening windows off to be put on aswell,
also the exhaust still needs to be extended, rear number plate lights to be sorted,
(mk 3 fez only comes with one single light, mk5 fez which the bumper is from has two lights with totally different connectors to my original)
and also the bodyshop wants to give it one more good cut back and polish

seems like i'll never have it back lol
but no point rushing quality.

pics soon

[fiestamk3.5]

any updates mate ?

[DaveMCMkIII]

Great to see all this work, ive always been a fan of doing everything at once, as the final product is so much more impressive.

The bodyshop work is superb, after having work done at a bodyshop that said the right things and looked good, they rushed the work and now the sideskirts and arches are paying for it Great to see such pride in their work and everything is being done at the right pace to ensure the best quality. Who and where are they based?

Cant wait to see the finished product, will make all that waiting and money spending seem worth while

[Max M4X WW]

How much was the plating? Was thinking about having mine done but never got round to it!

[RS rob]

well she's home thanks to the great help of ben, really reccomend his services

not in any order as the progress has been thick and fast since she's back
firstly the engine looking really manky, but also old bonnet stay


a new chrome item to update, my first bit of (insert ghey rap term) for the engine


nice bare interior :bad:


new insulation for under the carpet as the old one was wrecked after an accident with oil in the rear footwell,


ah thats better, fresh carpet lol, steam cleaned it to get the oil out, came out really good



new ford wipers to go with the new windscreen


got the sunroof out for a good clean, full of dust etc


sneek pic of the new seats to be going in

[RS rob]

mainly cleaning and putting things back together in this update

half cleaned, half not just shows how dirty it got in the bodyshop etc



the dirty side



the clean side lol



the fiesta turbo rear quarter opening windows, really love these,
big improvement on the fixed rear window with big chunky seals



the interior starting to look normal again but a bit cleaner aswell



heres a pic the c pillar trim, obviously with the rear opening windows in the hinges would stop this going on,
but on the back of it, was how to cut it to give the hinges room,


heres the back of it


heres the seats back in for the mot, then i'll put the new front seats in after



big thanks to my mum for helping with the cleaning as i was putting the interior back in
:bb:

for the mot i've bought a brand new cat and lamda sensor,
went to change this over to discover i've been given the wrong cat by the factors
the hole for the lamda sensor is on the wrong side so the lamda sensor wont go in as the alternator is too close,
so this means i wont be able to mot the thing on tuesday morning like planned,

[RS rob]

How much was the plating? Was thinking about having mine done but never got round to it!

i paid £15 for the calipers and carriers to be nickle plated

[Max M4X WW]

[chris-fiesta]

looking mint m8, get some more exterior shots up!!

[RS rob]

i'll have some good pics from trax

[Rhinopower]

erm, bonnet pin is in a dodgy place mate, whose idea was that? otherwise really nice

[MarkRS2K]

what did you use to clean the inside of your roof mate?

[MarkRS2K]

what did you use to clean the inside of your roof mate?

[heeman10]

Looking good Roberto, though what do you say to pulling the rear seat backs apart and respraying them black? Small touches like that all really add up The carpet looks bloody good, and new soundproofing Your mum looks a bit suspicious of you

[RS rob]

Looking good Roberto, though what do you say to pulling the rear seat backs apart and respraying them black? Small touches like that all really add up The carpet looks bloody good, and new soundproofing Your mum looks a bit suspicious of you

sounds like a plan,

cleaned the interior with stuff from halfords called "groom"
foams up when you spray it, rubb it in, then wipe off with wet cloth

rhino, pm me and advise me about the bonnet pin
did'nt do it myself

[PaulFRST]

Who's the bodyshop?

[MarkRS2K]

might try that then

[RS rob]

Who's the bodyshop?

called oldskoolengineering,
very big into rallying,

[PaulFRST]

Who's the bodyshop?

called oldskoolengineering,
very big into rallying,

where are they too?

[RS rob]

it passed the mot friday afternoon so went to trax as planned!

right its the monday morning after trax, got quite alot of updates to show
so i'll start at the beginning, the last few things i did before trax, after the mot,

ever since i've had the car, the rear drums were badly painted red,
something i've been meaning to sort for some time,
so took the wheels off and had a wire brush on a drill,
couple of mins later they looked like this


then with a spray of some black paint as in pic below,
(notice the cossie on the paint can and my new cossie wheels in the backround llama)


the end result, alot more tidy, subtle and does'nt stand out,
job done



the next thing was the aerial, looked very dated etc and did'nt go with the rest of the car's styling,
so keeping with the ford theme, i bought one from a mk5 fiesta
in the pic below shows comparison of the old one on the left and new one on the right


and on the car


next to do was the brakes and new front spots and fogs

[RS rob]

the brakes were done after the mot and tax,
few of the lads from bridgend massive came over for assistance
or actually did it for me lol


jacked up, wheels off, boys get started


dan the man getting stuck in! lol


heres the bad part, only now we realised i had the wrong disc's,
cossie disc's are 278mm, these were sadly 260mm
still better than my 240mm disc's currently on the car,
so will be abusing the lad who sold my the brake setup including these wrong disc's
a pic to show the small difference, still better tho :dntknw:


the brakes before


the brakes after
you can see how the disc's are too small for the calipers, but will do for now


next up drain the old brake fluid out, it was blacker than black,
when its supposed to be a "wee wee" colour as
told by mr wolze (diff forum) lol


new 5.1 brake fluid as provided by mates dinky dave and wolze (diff forum)


hmmm new fluid


all the brake fluid was bleed completely until it was only the new 5.1 fluid inside,
a quick shot to show the brakes behind the wheels, even tho their the wrong disc's,
i'm still happy with the improvement visually, also still much better physically braking
cant wait to see the difference with the proper disc's


by the time we finished it just started to :censored: down, so cant show the pics the new lights on the front aswell

[RS rob]

finally some proper pics taken at trax with my local club (sw-cc)
dont really know any of you fiestaturbo lot, even tho i've been on here for years
maybe i should make more of an effort next time, bit shy though





still got loads more to do so will still be updating

[bakewell001]

Absolutely love it! Its just how i want my car to look in the next year or so. Its already imperial blue, and i want the zetec s rear and mcr front, its just finding the funds!

Love it

[chris-fiesta]

looks mint m8, needs to go a touch lower on the rear tho

[Xr_Dub]

fliping nice


we want more pics.............

[XRMike]

Perfect looking car mate, id love to have one looking as good as that

[PMK3]

that looks s.hit hot mate,stunning motor.but its the little things as well like the nickel plated calipers and disks and them wheels .the whole car is a real credit to the bodyshop.

[Max M4X WW]

I knew i recognised this I nearly stole your front fogs! Are they new? How much

[purple_fiesta]

looks awesome that dude!

[joe boy]

i want cossie wheels now

looks stunning mate, brakes look aswesome

[adz]

tidy mate.

congrats on it coming out as good as anyone could have hoped, and muchos respect 4the guys at the bodyshop!

looks ace