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[RSGeorge]

Nismo - they are ronal turbo's mate

[jonyb4]

oh yes they are


LOL at bucket of s**t, peculiar colour that corsa was in

[1edzeppe1in]

I just had a quick look through this post. You don't waste any time, the car looks great. I wish I had the space to do mine, the welding is still being done. Do Ford still sell the underside clips and are those the original brake lines or did you have them made then powder coated green?

Rob

[RS EDDIE]

Ta mate.

Yes the clips are new gen foord and the brake lines and fuel lines were powdercoated.

[JPXR2I:16v]

eddie mate ive only just seen this thread omfg your car was more than clean beofre you stripped it ,now u have gone nuts and going super dooper clean lol

i give you credit mate alot of it ,will be concoures at a guess yeh ?

like the spit ,looks tight it that garage

john

[RS EDDIE]

Ta John.....

Plenty of room in there son, so handy aswell....Gna be using it again to do a silver frst next year...Surprised you aint seen the thread yet!!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Just a few pics of the rear hub setup going on, started it today but couldnt fit anything until id got the new grommets and springs for the hub-plate...Not sure what theyre called but ive got them now and theyre fitted!!!

Shocks in place ..





Starting the hub and rear drum build-up...





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Tommorow ill be able to pick up the rest of the front suspension bits and then fit the new-ish rear break setup..

The insides of the drums will have parts such as the cylinders screw heads and the like coated in an anti rust and thread lock, just to make sure no moisture gets to them and if it ever has water near it then it wont seep orange water over the powdercoat!!!

[jonyb4]

lovely, are you going for concourse yeah?

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers Geeza!!

Yes mate I am gna give concourse a go in 2012, see how it goes.

I may aswell, as its given me so much hard work, sourcing rare and new parts, so i thought Why not???...Gna need a big clean up when its back from the painters as its got a bit dusty already as the shock covers already show, and i havent bought all the cleaning products to put over it yet!!!

[Dave G fsi]

looking brilliant eddie

[Fraggle]

looks stunning mr eddie, top top job as always

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers fellas!!!

[rsturbonutter]

Eddie is that the correct colour for the brake lines it looks very illuminous or is it the camera. All the same its looking awesome fella keep up the fantastic work
And also it looks better with the brass coloured nut not green.

[chrisxr2it3]

Looking good not long befor it's back on wheels

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers mate!!

The brake line colour is a few shades lighter than the dark green it was, the camera flash doesnt help aswell. Its far too late to change it now tho, but i think personally it looks a bit fresher. My old rear arch ones were nearly brown after all the years lol!!!
And the nuts are going to be chipped off and painted the closest i can get to the brass effect, as to replace the nuts for new (which i did get) would have meant using copper tube as some of the nuts cant be re-flared as theyre so close to bends etc, and copper piping looks pony!!!

[Turboboy67]

Top work fella, So are you hoping to make RS Central Day in April ? If so I'll come over and have a natter

[RS EDDIE]

Yes mate i am hoping to make Central Day. By all means pal, come over and av a chinwag!!

[luca]

Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful,Beautiful

Is it for sale yet i'd love to own this.

Look forward to seeing at Central Day, keep up the high standard of work and photos!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Do you reckon its beautiful luca??

Thanks lads.....

Just been trying to fit the rear shoes and fitting kit AND i think ive been sold the wrong parts!!! The spring kit just looks wrong and the rear shoes seem huge and were in a ford box that said mk3 fiesta in pen, had the orig finis code scrubbed out and a new one written in that says they are 91-96 rear shoes, poss zetec ones????....so now i aint got a clue!!!!

[tompeteRS]

Eddie, it looks amazing - wouldn't mind owning it to or Luca's SI!

The brake shoes should be part number 1041484 which supercedes 6183877. The fitting kit should be 6187599. I've got loads of shoes if you need a picture for comparison.

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks Tom...

I know they are correct now as 1)...You sold them to me... and 2)... I was using a brake lever kit from a 1.1 Fiesta and not a Turbo, which as you will know are totally different lengths!!!, Ive now re-used my original turbo ones which i had painted and all fits fine!!!

Now im left with fitting the handbrake pin inside the lever, underside horse shoe clip, then trying to see the best way to adjust them correctly!!!zzzzzz

Thanks again chaps!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Just finished the rear brakes and handbrake....

Hopefully ive done it correctly and it looks ok?? My mate Martin attended the brake session armed with his knowledge and together with mostly his help and ideas, i think we cracked it.....

Feel free to pick any faults as im not 100% certain but nearly 99% its the correct setup





Just got to add threadlock and a few bits of grease and i think were ready for the hubs and bearings to add......

[Excursion]

That looks fine, Eddie! Great work.

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers Geeza...

Phew!!! Ive only changed them once or twice before, and the last time was years ago.!!!

Getting there slowly..Do you know if the front wheel bolt holders (forget the name) round things, that accept the driveshaft through the middle have to be pressed into the front hub bearings or not?? Just gotta get them fitted and cleaned up but i dont know how they should look??? Zincd? P.Coated? natural metal colour?

[jonyb4]

Hubs mate

[RS EDDIE]

Is that what theyre called??? do you know how they fit????

[tompeteRS]

I would imagine you and Mark would probably agree that it is real pleasure putting your cars back together when your using nice new, clean and shiny parts, rather than working with dirty used stuff. It looks spot on. I'd like to do something similar myself when I've got the time and space, I'd be forever cursing for selling something that I now need and can't get hold of though!

I thought I supplied you with the shoes - I lose track as I've got so much stuff, and send so much out. I still think I've got about dozen sets of those shoes somewhere - my unit is very much like that blokes place from obsessive compulsive hoarders the other night - it takes a while to get from one side to the other, involves climbing over things and going through narrow tunnels.

[RS EDDIE]

Tom, ill pay you with many beans just for half an hour to lube myself up and wrap myself in cling-film just to wriggle around the room containing those many parts!!!! lol (seriously)

[jonyb4]

sounds like a good game show!

[Excursion]

Cheers Geeza...

Phew!!! Ive only changed them once or twice before, and the last time was years ago.!!!

Getting there slowly..Do you know if the front wheel bolt holders (forget the name) round things, that accept the driveshaft through the middle have to be pressed into the front hub bearings or not?? Just gotta get them fitted and cleaned up but i dont know how they should look??? Zincd? P.Coated? natural metal colour?

Sorry mate missed the last bit. Technically they are called the hub, and the bit the calipers etc. bolt to that we all call the hub is actually the upright/knuckle. The hubs are pressed into the bearings, but the whole lot won't be secure until it's been bolted onto a shaft for the first time. If you put the hub in the freezer for a few hours it makes it easier.

The hubs and CVs come from the factory as bare metal because there is a risk of nitrogen embrittlement during the plating process. I've painted them in the past but only satin black. I'm not sure what products you can use to give that silver but slightly bronze tinted look of fresh cast metal

[RS EDDIE]

Ok mate nice one!!!

[jonyb4]

Revo knuckles

thats my best exhaust for remembering which part is the knuckle, thanks to the mk2 FRS

[RS EDDIE]

Small update......

The parts that i had zinc plated were very good imo, but i managed to get in touch with an old pal, who does this line of work. I took a few remainding bits to him to be done last week. The finish is outstanding as youll see below.!!!!





Im now going to take the previous stuff i had done, back off of the car, and down to him to be redone tommorow!! All of theses bits....



If theres any bits that people want doing then i can sort out some prices if needed. PM me with any parts that people might need doing. The sender would obviously have to deliver them to me or post in a shoe box etc etc...

Enjoy!!!

[Excursion]

Proper job there mate The difference between those two is that your original plating was just zinc, whereas the new plating is a zinc/nickel mix.

I've set up a mini laboratory in my kitchen (house is a renovation project lol) to do zinc/nickel but it's a total PITA, so I'd be interested to get a price from you. PMd

[jayrs]

there are some bits i could do with being done, but right now i dont have the spare cash.

i notice in the pic above the T2 return pipe is screwed onto the T2 return stub, it wasnt plated like that was it??