dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

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dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:37 pm

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i had to go and buy this the other day after killing my xr/rs rep. i had left a blanket in the bay because of the cold weather and forgot about it. Luckily i managed too save all the recaros, smooth boot, alloys, arches, skirts and the zetec s rear bumper. this is all now being fitted to the new car above. need to find a n/s/f arch and a front bumper as they were hadit.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby Excursion on Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:57 pm

Ouch! I've heard of that practise before. I think I'll stick with a 50/50 mix of antifreeze :o
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:38 pm

yes that could be a good idea. it had a slight water leak so had to keep topping it up so was probably mostly water. so kept a blanket in during those really cold nights we had. bad mistake. but on the bright side the new one has less miles on it and is just as clean as the old one.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby jonyb4 on Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:01 pm

ugh thats unlucky man! shame
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:17 pm

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got the back end done and most of the interior in today
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby b0yracer on Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:30 pm

oh no unlucky, should have put a post stick note on the dash

new cars coming on though
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Postby Dave5300 on Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:12 pm

jesus you mush havee got some fright when she went up! new car looks good tho :)
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:41 pm

yea it was abit frightning. i pulled up to the roundabout and it cut out then noticed smoke coming from the edge of the bonnet so pushed it onto the grass verge. i then told me daughter to get out as could see the bonnet starting to go black and i knew that was it. luckily there was 2 traffic cars on the roundabout aswell, they stopped and tried too put it out with exstinishers but called fire brigade. could of been much worse i was in a petrol station 5 mins before. and my wife had asked me too go somewhere else so changed my route. i was going to go along a dual carrigeway so would of been doing 70mph. the brake resevior was gone completely when looking after. so could of been 70 with no brakes. fate was on my side beleave it or not.
already getting atached to new car gonna do a few thing different with it. will keep putting pics on.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:13 pm

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i have got my bodykit fitted and door handles and the 3.5 mirrors. also got the alloys on, needs lowering now but my konis were hadit after the fire. its starting to look like my car now.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby jonyb4 on Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:00 am

i want those wheels!

looking good man, never seen arches with pov bumpers before, would be interesting if you kept it like that :P
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Postby dontpannic on Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:46 am

Satin black bumpers and satin black skirts and arches I think would look sweet :)
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:46 am

i was going to find xr/rs bumper for it, but you have got me thinking now with the satin black. it would look abit mk2 xr2ish. the wheels were a birthday prezzie from the wife they are the 15" rs2000 ones.
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Postby dontpannic on Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:58 am

Crap photoshop I know, but...

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Postby fez1.1steve on Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:03 pm

thats cool cheers i think i might give it a try can always paint it red again if i dont like it.
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Postby rsturbonutter on Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:43 pm

Are they polished rims if so give them a good going over as they look amazing when shining.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby jonyb4 on Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:27 pm

nah black kit looks poo to me
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Postby fez1.1steve on Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:30 pm

i just got front and rear si bumpers of ebay got to get them painted now. no the wheels are not polished at the min but i bet they would look great if they were.
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Postby fez1.1steve on Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:50 pm

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i got the front bumper painted and fitted today. need to do sonething with those foglight holes now
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby Tweek on Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:56 pm

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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:39 pm

i am deffo going
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby jonyb4 on Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:53 pm

oh went for the Si bumpers instead eh?

looks good
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby Tweek on Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:08 pm

fez1.1steve :i am deffo going
Then you need to buy a ticket :lol:
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:27 pm

yea ive always thought si bumpers are smoother looking than the xr ones. just need to decide weather to use the back one and get read of the zetec s one. would give me a nice smooth back end, but its what to do with the number plate and light.
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby jonyb4 on Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:59 am

id ditch the smoothed boot, looks horrid on a mk3
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Postby fez1.1steve on Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:58 am

yea i had been thinking about putting the original one back on
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Re: dont leave a blanket in the engine bay

Postby fez1.1steve on Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:42 am

I have changed the back end to standard tailgate and so bumper so I'm selling the zetec rear bumper and the smooth bootlid open to offers
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