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[jonyb4]

no offence, but id not of thought a mk3 1.3 is gonna be worth much more wether it has 60k on the clock or 130k, they aint worth that much to start with


all im saying is, a cars for driving

[fezza89]

my fiesta did about 1500 miles last year and in no way do i feel its a waste of money!

Mate, if you keep your fiesta low miles, you never know, years down the line it could be one of the last decent mk3's and worth a bob

here here

[Ratspeed]

no offence, but id not of thought a mk3 1.3 is gonna be worth much more wether it has 60k on the clock or 130k, they aint worth that much to start with

15 years ago mk1 escorts were worth a few hundred quid, 10 years ago you could get a mk1 fiesta for about 80!

youd be looking at 3-4k for a 1100 escort at the mo and if you can find a decent fez youd be lucky to get one under a grand.

If you had a very nice un welded ,low mileage ,rust free 1 or 2 owner mint box, povo spec ( ) your lookng 1500 plus.
Dont get me started on xr's and SuperSports

[jonyb4]

maybe yea, but were talking years here

[fezza89]

this whole milage thing is ruining morrette day for me

[Ratspeed]

maybe yea, but were talking years here

It still doesnt matter how long we are talking, if no one ever preserved the milage on their car, there would be no low mileage minters about today:rolleyes:

[russ-RST]

lets see what the morrettes look like

[fezza89]

ill try and put them in tommorow if i have time to see what they look like, wont see the full beauty of it because the bumper aint painted but should still get an idea

[fezza89]

stuck one of them in today to see what it looks like,

try and imagine the bonnet and bumper ash black

[jonyb4]

lol its extremal hard to imagine it lol

looks good

[fezza89]

cheers dude, might stick the old bonnet back on for now and hopefully paint the bumper next week if the weather aint too bad

[jayrs]

get that stip out the bumper before painting

will come up fine mate

[fezza89]

yep will do jay, should start looking abit more respectable soon

[jayrs]

all in good time mate

[jonyb4]

i could never use a wrong colour panel, not even in primer

[fezza89]

the car aint left my garage since the bumpers been rubbed down, i couldnt do it either

[- Danny Boy -]

Will look smart when painted up

[fezza89]

thanks mate

[fezza89]

small update

sorted my rear fog bulb out with some of my mums nail varnish, couldnt get a red bulb for the fog so ive been forced to paint it. funny thing is the nail varnish smells of strawberry,so when i put the rear fog on its doubling up as an air freshener.

plastic welded the crack in the front bumper and filled it smooth

removed the surface rust on the front valance and hammerited it

had a bit of a wobble in the steering when i had the steels on so i stuck the turbo alloys back on and the wobble is gone

hopefully later this week ill stick the other bonnet back on, get all the paint, stick the gazebo up in the back garden and get painting.

then its just gmax shocks and springs on all the corners, road tax, then mot in a couple of months

[jonyb4]

haha stawberry lush booolbs!

why not try a led one, i gotta do simialr for my fog, ive left the bulb out atm as its white otherwise

midn i gotta swap them back for the mot friday
thank for reminding me id have gone in with no fog


on the topic of wobbles

since fitting my new alloys ive had anoying judder when driving

checked my wheels earlier, one tyre has a light flat spot on the inside shoulder :S

[fezza89]

got the car out the garage today,

stuck my old bonnet back on for now,took the skirts off to see if theres any rust forming, was one small scap of surface rust on the drivers side, and a dodgy repair of filler the previous owner done. so ill need a new driver side sill or get it patched depending on how money is, the passenger side is ok apart from a hole the size of my finger tip in the sill so ill be getting that sorted aswell. also cleaned the passenger recaro with a bit of 1001, come up really good so ill do the driver side when its a bit warmer. finally got the morrettes in aswell.

a couple of photos, bad quality because i had to use my phone






as soon as paypal sort out my direct debit to my bank ill be finally ordering my gmax kit

[jonyb4]

looking good, you should get that bumper sprayed up first mate, look a bit half done you know?

i only prefer morettes with the inner lamps removed

[fezza89]

i was thinking about taking the inner lenses out, maybe at a later date

[jayrs]

leave the inner lights in mate

[fezza89]

leave the inner lights in mate

i think it does look better with the inner lights, without looks abit un finished

[jayrs]

yes and no, i see what ya mean, but i like it with the inner lights

[jonyb4]

ive always thought they look a bit bug eyed with all four lamps in

much prefer them as a single lamp per side

[fezza89]

looking good, you should get that bumper sprayed up first mate, look a bit half done you know?

i only prefer morettes with the inner lamps removed

took the bumper off today to get it painted in the week

[fezza89]

i might have already said but my bumper had a small crack in it where a stone flew up, tried filling it but it came back, done a plastic weld, but it just come back, getting pissed off with it now because i just want it painted so.. im just gonna look for another bumper without cracks or splits to save myself more wasted time.

[fezza89]

took the bumper to a body shop today, theyve said they can mend the split so while i was there i got a quote for my turbo bonnet, they can paint both for £100 including primer,laquer and some activator. i reckon its a pretty good price considering last year i had a bonnet painted by one of my dads so called mates at a "good discount" of £100 for just one side of the bonnet

[simon turbo]

yeah sounds good mate i was quoted £250 to have my bonnet sprayed.

[fezza89]

nah i didnt think it was bad, ill see if i can get them booked in sometime soon

[jayrs]

i think thats bloody good mate, over here most "good" or well know body shops want between £150 and £200 to paint a bumper!

[fezza89]

well the quote for the bumper alone was £60 so i thought in for a penny in for a pound lets get the bonnet done too

[jonyb4]

thats a brilliant price, i just paid £100 for one side of my RS turbo bonnet done