The Recaro Fiesta - the rebuild begins

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Postby knuckles on Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:29 am

jayrs :they wont be originals mate, ball joint would of give out long ago on the factory ones


They were replaced with fiesta frenzy ones then the car was kept off road for a few years. The old ones have been re-fitted.

You never know :P
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Postby jayrs on Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:49 am

well i guess anything is poss :lol: :lol:
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Postby Brammer on Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:59 am

:oooh: I bet that felt funny when you drove it, Clark are you putting this on the RS stand at national day???? you don't have to be a member.
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Postby knuckles on Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:11 pm

h196jne ::oooh: I bet that felt funny when you drove it, Clark are you putting this on the RS stand at national day???? you don't have to be a member.


I am a member on the forum but not a member of the owners club...
Not sure if im going ... how much is it ?
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Postby mrorange2 on Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:41 pm

where did you get the gearbox mount from mate?
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Postby MarkRS2K on Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:03 pm

look forward to seeing it at FF mate :)
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Postby knuckles on Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:26 pm

mrorange2 :where did you get the gearbox mount from mate?


burton power :)
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Postby Brammer on Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:28 pm

knuckles :I am a member on the forum but not a member of the owners club...
Not sure if im going ... how much is it ?


£35 to join the club.

You don't have to be a member to come on the stand though, want to get as many cars as possible, we have loads of rst's but only 1 rs1800 which we need more of.
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Postby knuckles on Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:26 pm

I meant how much is it to attend and be on the stand :)
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Postby Jay on Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:10 am

Looking Spot On :)

Price and part number for the washer bottle if possible :)
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Postby knuckles on Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:20 pm

Jay :Looking Spot On :)

Price and part number for the washer bottle if possible :)


washer bottle (without headlamp washers) 6163971 - £7.74
Washer bottle cap - 6695203
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Postby jayrs on Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:30 pm

damn about time :lol: :lol:
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Postby knuckles on Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:13 pm

My life don't revolve around fords i have you know :lol:

I don't live on microcat :bonkers:
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Postby jayrs on Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:24 pm

:bonkers:
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Postby JamieFRST on Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:43 pm

How much did the lower arms set you back? Think mine might be on the way out.
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Postby knuckles on Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:28 am

your wallet will be on its way out once you pay for a new set :lol: :cry:
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Postby AGAR on Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:50 am

Haven't checked this in months - its REALLY coming on now.

How much were the lower arms from Ford?
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Postby knuckles on Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:06 pm

AGAR :How much were the lower arms from Ford?


With vat they come to £47 each
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Postby AGAR on Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:21 pm

knuckles :
AGAR :How much were the lower arms from Ford?


With vat they come to £47 each


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Postby RS_Rawli on Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:24 pm

genuine FRST lower arms come out at about 150pr from fords if i remember rightly, thats trade too
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Postby rob pace on Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:33 pm

RS_Rawli :genuine FRST lower arms come out at about 150pr from fords if i remember rightly, thats trade too


i paid £33 plus vat for mine :) recieved them yesterday :)

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Postby jayrs on Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:34 pm

RS_Rawli :genuine FRST lower arms come out at about 150pr from fords if i remember rightly, thats trade too


mate if you have paid £150 for a pair, trade, then you have been well and truly dicked mate
at worse, and what ive nearly had to pay, £60 each retail
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Postby knuckles on Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:54 am

Not alot has changed recently with the Rs, Just the usual fix one thing and 2 more things need fixing :lol: :x

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First off i turned back time :P

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Lately i have had brake fluid leaking from the passenger side rear drum. So the whole beam came off, ready for the XR2i one with a Anti roll bar :)

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Old Beam removed...
I so badly want a rear disc conversion after all this poncing around with brake drums :lol:

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One leaky brake cylinder. This bugger has ruined the matt black paint on the inner of my mondeo alloy wheel. So that needs repainting now.

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My old XR2i rear beam - Used a wire brush drill attachment then it gave it a few coats of hammerite and then fitted a replacement bracket on the arb.

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New top hats finally made it onto the car.

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While the beam was off, i took the opportunity to remove the rear coilovers and try to raise them a little bit. Got them in a vice and still no joy in separating those 2 locking cogs.

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These springs are really small compared to the std ones i have in my shed. May have to do a swap soon or get new coilovers... :rolleyes:

Lots of swear words took place in between doing all this and that's that. No I'm not ready for ford fair, the car ain't no where near ready and now i have a wheel bearing groaning from the front. :cry:
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Postby heeman10 on Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:49 am

Do you still have the dampers off the car? I don't know what you've tried, but I'd be clamping the body right near the collars, then getting moderate heat onto the collars, nothing extreme at all, then get a drift and a hammer and tap one of the collars in the appropriate direction to separate them. If you have a friend with a drift, get him to tap in the opposite direction. I'm sure they'll come apart with two of you working at them.
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Postby knuckles on Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:22 pm

They are back on the car at the mo. We cleaned up the threads with a wire brush, soaked them in Wd40 then got them in a vice. Only managed to free the bottom collar. The top one wouldn't budge so we stand defeated. :cry:
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Postby doggpk on Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:23 pm

:Q :Q :Q
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Postby doggpk on Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:26 pm

:Q :Q :Q
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Postby mk3modda on Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:01 pm

new rear beam looks :Q
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Postby jayrs on Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:30 pm

glad ya got it sorted at last.

dont worrie mate, when you come over them shocks wont beat me :lol: but from what ya told me they need replacing anyway so thats what i would do if i were you
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Postby Brammer on Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:57 pm

Put some elbow grease into it you fanny :lol: :lol: Nah messin clark i would have given up too :D
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Postby knuckles on Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:44 pm

I got my new QH front wheel bearing today worked out to be £18.50 with vat. Ford wanted near £38.

Hopefully i can get it fitted tomorrow. Also to top it off the brake shoes in the passenger side drum have stuck on. So when i drive the drum gets Really hot...

If i can't get that sorted it won't be going ford fair Sunday :cry:
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Postby jayrs on Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:35 pm

i told ya what ya gotta do mate, and no, im not gunna fit a set of shoes for you on the stand at fordfair :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby E4Fiesta on Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:18 pm

Just read your whooooooooole thread lol took me ages, my GF is not pleased lol. :P some quality work gone in to your car man, be cool to get a better look at it rather than a passing glimpse :)
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Postby Ram on Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:33 am

rear beam looks good. have you noticed a difference since fitting the new one?
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Postby knuckles on Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:35 am

Where to start ...... :rolleyes: :x maybe these pictures will sum up the situation :cry:

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