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by **Sphinx** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:38 pm

That bodyshop is doing a daaamn good job!!
The little touches like copying the mk5 rear vallence with the angled sides and the fact they've rolled a little lip in it too just, to me, show thier doing a bloody good job!

by **Tweek** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:39 pm

Who's buying the rims? I want them :cry:

Very nice looking car so far

by **RS rob** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:12 pm

Becks :Smart looking Si..

Am i being particularly dense...have you got a 2.0l in that?
If not how did you get it up to 129bhp when it was rolling roaded....???!!

Im sure someone is going to tll me something thats going to make me look incredibly stupid...but hey!

sorry if i have'nt said properly in the earlier post's
its currently a 1.8 escort si block with rs1800 cams, throttle body and ecu

by **RS rob** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:13 pm

Tweek2k5 :Who's buying the rims? I want them

Very nice looking car so far

your welcome to them mate,
will take some proper pics of them for you tommorrow

by **Tweek** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:43 pm

PM'd

by **heeman10** on Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:20 am

New panels are sweet!

Looks like they take some pride in their work, it's moving on well too

If only I'd had an electric sander to do my bumper! :lol:

:lol: Looking damn good Wobby

by **Jur** on Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:10 pm

Hi there..

briefly read thru the project..

nice one mate..

starting to look like mine :-p with the front XR2i + MCR smoothed.. and the ZS rear :-p

remember to extend the exhaust.. as the ZS bumper is different to the XR2i one

by **Tweek** on Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:53 pm

Can you PM me a price on the wheels please?

by **RS rob** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:34 am

yeah dont worry dude will sort it today,
(my first day off in 5 months lol)

a few more quick pics
firstly my bumper when i got up there, having some fresh filler on there, but can really see the shape coming now and workmanship being put into it

then it was rubbed down after looking around the car while i was there

panels in primer and flatted back (felt like glass fair play)

here she is in the spray booth, with wheels off on axel stands
she's had some primer all over and sprayed inside the doors and boot,
its only had some base sprayed on it, so this is'nt how the colour will look when finished

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by **RS rob** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:40 am

Jur :nice one mate..

starting to look like mine :-p with the front XR2i + MCR smoothed.. and the ZS rear :-p

remember to extend the exhaust.. as the ZS bumper is different to the XR2i one

i've wanted to do this for years, but money was'nt there
so i know your probably tamping like i've been when people have done what i wanted sometime ago,

theres lots of things that will make it my own fez so dont worry :lol:

by **rich_frst** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:51 am

by **Jur** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:10 pm

bridgend_boy :
Jur :nice one mate..

starting to look like mine :-p with the front XR2i + MCR smoothed.. and the ZS rear :-p

remember to extend the exhaust.. as the ZS bumper is different to the XR2i one

i've wanted to do this for years, but money was'nt there
so i know your probably tamping like i've been when people have done what i wanted sometime ago,

theres lots of things that will make it my own fez so dont worry

It wasn't meant offensive.. so don't worry ..
i myself borrowed the ideas from others.. appart from some of my own..

starting to look great (-:

by **RS rob** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:45 pm

Jur :
bridgend_boy :
Jur :nice one mate..

starting to look like mine :-p with the front XR2i + MCR smoothed.. and the ZS rear :-p

remember to extend the exhaust.. as the ZS bumper is different to the XR2i one

i've wanted to do this for years, but money was'nt there
so i know your probably tamping like i've been when people have done what i wanted sometime ago,

theres lots of things that will make it my own fez so dont worry

It wasn't meant offensive.. so don't worry ..
i myself borrowed the ideas from others.. appart from some of my own..

starting to look great (-:

ok

really getting excited now wish it would just happen now lol

by **chris-fiesta** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:49 pm

looking really good m8, cant wait to see the final product

by **RS rob** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:14 pm

cheers chris mate,
will have to catch up on msn soon,

:lol:

by **adz** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:32 pm

lookin sexual

this is guna be one sweeeeet lookin car. still intrigued to what wheels you have

by **chris-fiesta** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:33 pm

bridgend_boy :cheers chris mate,
will have to catch up on msn soon,

definatley

by **Tweek** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:06 pm

Ok cheers. Sorry for pestering, there's a set of 14s I've got my eye on too so just seeing which is the best deal

by **Sphinx** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:16 pm

Awesome! just awesome!

by **festa-1.3** on Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:05 pm

Looking good matey!

by **Xr_Dub** on Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:08 am

by **fiestamk3.5** on Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:50 am

looking good mate glad everthing with spoiler was ok

by **richard_syko** on Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:19 pm

Someones been splashing out on their toy

Where abouts in the plant do you work?

Just a quick question, is your manifold off ebay (US)?

Theres a few on there that I was thinking about too.

Looks good but hard to tell quality from there pictures.

If you dont mind me asking, how much was it?

Hope I get to see it when its finished!

by **ant pittaway** on Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:24 pm

amazing project mate well done, cant wait to see it finished

by **chris-fiesta** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:53 am

anymore updates m8?

by **RS rob** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:13 pm

more updates

had my grooved disc's zinc cadium plated,
basically the parts which wont touch the brake pads wont rust,
really happy with how they look,

now the more interesting updates lol

heres the bumper finished and in primer, really happy with the outcome, the workmanship is awesome,

heres a random pic of the sideskirts and arches which have been rubbed down and sprayed in primer, the jacking point covers have been glued in so they wont be going anywhere lol,

was originally going to have them smoothed in, but time has gone on and it would make a things awkward as they would have be smoothed once on the car because the kit flex's alot/maybe crack,
also the boys wanted new paint under the kit,
so that explains why only the front wing has been sprayed, because i decided to forget the idea, on the plus side the colour is bloody lovely and i could'nt be more pleased as these are only rough coats of paint,
can already see the pearle and metallic in it, not really captured in my pics

a shot of the front showing the colour

a close up of the arch, most of the lip has been cut back for the big wheels, also the frst arches are cut back the same, a little more towards the front is to be taken off, meaning i'll be loosing the top bumper mount point totally, so going to make a new mount further inside the bumper

heres some more pics around the car

tried taking a pic to capture the flake etc, just does'nt do it justice

also i've got seats coming soon, its nearly there, CANT WAIT hehe

by **heeman10** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:47 pm

Smoooooth

That bumper looks might smooth too, you've clearly picked a good bunch to do this work!

Did your dad use an especially hard cutting tool to groove your discs? I wanted to do mine at uni but the CNC machine specialist said the discs would be too hard to use conventional tools on :-?

by **adz** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:57 pm

soooooooooooo tidy, what wheels are you having! haha

by **RS rob** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:58 pm

not sure what tool he used, i know he shaped an existing one for a better groove, i would of thought aslong as you use new disc's it should'nt be a problem,

obviously used disc's are a pain as the heat thats been through them makes them much harder,

if you dont sort anything jimbob, gimme a pm

also thanks for the comments, so chuffed with the car i cant describe it :lol:

by **RS rob** on Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:59 pm

adz :soooooooooooo tidy, what wheels are you having! haha

i'll leave the pics do the talking lol

by **mickylee** on Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:19 am

looks gorgeous, cant wait till mines at this stage!!!

just gotta get my finger out!

colour looks really nice mate, its definately coming along now....

by **chris-fiesta** on Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:44 am

very nice m8, colour is soo deep bet you cant wait

by **heeman10** on Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:26 pm

Rob - Ok thanks for that

by **paradox** on Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:36 pm

coming along very well mate

by **RS rob** on Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:48 pm

heres my brake calipers from an escort cosworth 4x4,
these are the same calipers that came on the sierra 4x4 aswell
unlike the 2wd sierra cosworth which has 4pot caliper but they dont fit apparently on my fez

although the escort/sierra 4x4 cossie calipers are only single pots, the pistons are larger than normal,
obviously being able to stop a standard 200+bhp cossie
heres a few pics of how mine are currently looking before stripping them down for a refurb

in this pic you can see i've got the piston out and carrier off,

heres the dust seal off

heres the piston seal, all coming off though

looking to have the calipers shot blast back to a nice clean metal, then i'll have the calipers plated and then put back together with new seals etc, hopefully looking alot better

well update on the bodshop side of things aswell,
its all painted except for the door handles, mirrors and spoiler
side skirts and arches are on aswell,
currently being flatted back and polished

the finish from the gun is amazing and i'm suprised their even flatting and polishing it at all,
theres no bits in the paint and feels amazing, also no orange peely effect,
but nevermind all adds to the big respect i have for the bodyshop

no pics on here tho, will wait a bit

great work lads

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