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[Dave G fsi]

Cheers Dave...

Not sure to be honest theyre 14" 5.5 width?? Ive not looked at my Si tbh but i got these on ebay for £9.95 for all four!!

Just had another look and they are deffo si steels mate. Thats a rediculous price, these are really rare/massively hard to get hold of now!

You have an eye for these parts obviously......

[Dave G fsi]

Mine in silver:

[Dave5300]

Thanks mate....

It WILL indeed be at Ford Fair mate. Im hoping to make a few RSOC shows aswell inc National Day (Hopefully!! )

ah brilliant stuff!! ford fair is the only ford show i can afford to come over to ed but its the best so im happy enough! will you be in the concourse section?

[jonyb4]

oh wow, literally dropped my jaw to those pictures!

[Fraggle]

Im just finishing an epic tug attack

When you gonna stop peacocking and bolt summit rusty on it


Simply stunning mate

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks fellas......

Frags there will be no rusty bits bloted back on sonny jim lad!!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Managed to make up some new Bodykit brackets.

These are found on the rear pop off jacking cover recess on the rear arch part of the kit. Normally they are the first part to rust, even when held in with Fords Plastic coated rivets, causing alot of sill failure around where they used to be. (alot of cars dont even have them due to rusting and falling off.)

After a few attempts i managed to copy my old ones to exact sizes complete with the holes that all line up to the sill. I also made these in non rusting alloy so this will erradicate the problems of rusting.

Also cleaned the inside of the kit back to black plastic to get rid of the overspray form the paintshop etc, and thought id add the original worn writing (picking initials from the factory?) that they come with.









Just got a bit of cleaning up around the bracket to do and a little polishing up, then theyre good to go.

The arms are moveable obviously so that they can be easily riveted to the chassis when lining up. Ive also used non rusting rivets and im going to waxoly into the original holes to create a moisture barrier. Finally im going to use zincd small washers slightly larger than the rivet head to eliminate crushing the kit-to body-holes and hopefully this will spread the "pull Stress" caused by the harshness of the rivet head.


Hope ya'll like!!

[Dave G fsi]

Nice work eddie

Would you be up for making me a set of these for mine? Got the originals on mine currently and as you mentioned, rusty

[RS EDDIE]

Yea i can make some sets dave. Was gnna post in general discussion to see if anyone else would want sets??

[rob pace]

got your text edd, I cant find the rad brackets! sorry for the delay left phone at work!

[RS EDDIE]

Just fitted the kit with new brackets........Rock solid to say the least...Well worth re doing them...Chuffed, with no more wobbly kit!!!

(no probs rob)

[rs_fiesta]

Looking good Ed,ill have a set of the brackets if your doing a few sets mate.

[Dave5300]

looks fantastic ed, sooooooo cleeeean

[Dave G fsi]

Yea i can make some sets dave. Was gnna post in general discussion to see if anyone else would want sets??

Excellent, will have a set as soon as you can make them up bud, send me a pm when its sorted

[jayrs]

Nice mate

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks chaps!!!!

Regarding the brackets, ill post up when I get the time to redo a few sets!!

[Dave G fsi]

Thanks chaps!!!!

Regarding the brackets, ill post up when I get the time to redo a few sets!!

Cool. nice on eddie

[Fraggle]

Spot on that

Love seeing the bits the eye dont see spotless an all, fcuk im becoming a bufty now

[RS EDDIE]

Been fairly busy of late doing a few things.

Fitted up as much inside the bay a i could, ive just got to go fords and get a few jubilee clips to finish a few hoses etc off. But its nearly all together now. Finished the loom and alarm connectors and alll the earth bolts in the inner wings etc then ive fitted the rad and fan etc.

Had a few niggles but its all in now....Gearbox, engine filled with oils, electrics connected, just needs water and exhaust then its "fire the Bic™ up"!!!!!



(Many thanks to Tat2cliff for the donation of a free good intercooler, much appreciated)

















Onto the bodykit....

I decided to fit some protective 3m wrap to the arch spats and the underside of the kit in the ares where they always stonechip. I know its not going to be driven alot and i will be using tape etc to shows, but i still wanted to give it a go fitting it...
The stuff i used is very very strong and takes alot to put a hole through it so i had to fit it in sections as it was too tough to stretch around the contours!!!

Front arch





I reckon its come out good first time, just takes a very steady hand with Mr Stanley!!!

Now onto the bodykit.....

Now my car came with pop rivets but i just dont like them. They snap in too hard and try to crush the kit and also theres no control over how hard they go into the plastic and metal.

As the diagram in my ford manual states that these can also be fitted with the same black tappers as in the wheel arch spats i chose to go for that idea.

I managed to find a smaller pan head screw and some plastic screw nuts with a thin circular head. I filed the original holes square with a needle file then waxoiled the holes. I then fitted the square push plugs.

Once the kit was taped in new adhesive tape, i found that the heads were still touch and go as to wether or not they could pull through the plastic holes so i obtained some flat sided washers to fill the oblong shaped hole in the kit and then fitted the screws.....







This makes the whole side of the kit alot easier to remove if i needed to in the future, but still looks factory. I intend to paint the washers and screws grey aswell or just the washer, ill see nerarer the time.

Thats about it for now, just came in for a brew so now im going back into the garage to smoke and fit other side of kit!!!

Any comments welcommed!!!

[SEG1]

Perfection .
When I get round to sorting exterior bits on mine, you will be on speed dial mate.! Lol

[Dave G fsi]

Absolutely stunning in every way Eddie

[RS EDDIE]

Speed dials the way forward mate lol!!!

Thanks Dave, appreciate it, so whats your thinking on the kit fixings?? Like/Dislike??

[jayrs]

Much better fixing wise on the skirts mate, agree fully about what you said about the rivets, and I think this is a nice touch.

Cars coming along nice mate and looking good

[Fraggle]

That looks the BOLLOX mate, my pop rivits are now in the bin

I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED to come visit you

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks fellas appreciate the comments.

Frags ill tx ya in a bit to let ya know whens a good time for me tommorow!!

[- Danny Boy -]

If this doesn't win any concourse awards then I don't know what will lol.

It's so damn clean! All that hard work and faffing around really is coming together now

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers pal,
I hope to win or at least a few seconds to the Red RS 1800 that never drives anywhere and is stored in a millionares garage!!

But you never know, if a show comes around that you cant trailor a car to then i might be in luck!!!

[chrisxr2it3]

Stunning work mate,im sure theirs a trophy coming your way very soon,but I'm sure all those hours of cleaning an detailing things to such perfection must take its toll on you ? Maybe you should relax a bit
In a manly fashion of course

[RS EDDIE]

Wankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkker!!!!!!!!! lol lol!!!!

Hey nowt wrong with a bit of "Metro-Sexual Man time"!!!!! Besides i have to have my hands and feet done a few times a year.....All this rebuilding and fitting stuff takes its toll on my cuticles!!!!

[Max M4X WW]

Not sure if I have seen this thread before, the car is looking great!

Are those sponge things on the bonnet shut / wings supposed to be in-line with the rubber seal at the back of the bay?

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers!!

Yes mate they are. They line up with the bulkhead rubber. They are my old ones, ive just put them there in haste until i fit the brand new ones!!

[FRSJON]

it sure is a immaculate build,this should end up in a museum and not used lol

[RS EDDIE]

Lol many thanks mate!!

[mike rs]

looking good ed, It's going to kill you to drive it and get it dirty after all this hard work you put into it, Having trouble with my crankseal gearbox side, Renewed it with new gasket and it keeps leaking, WHY. lol Any help appreciated

[RS EDDIE]

Well.....shes running!!!!!

Had to charge up the battery for a bit and do my pre-flight checks, and all seemed good!!!

Started it up on 3000rpm for around 10 mins with a socket under the accelerator so i could monitor what was happening!! Ran loudly until the oil circulated and filled the buckets....Then we heard a nasty noise from the engine area....ABORT!! ABORT!!!

Nightmare....Turns out that in my wisdom id only done up the oil feed to turbo pipe union hand tight!!!, and the large drivers side rad hose up hand tight, thus hitting the alternator fan-Belt making the alternator sound horrific.... and then spraying oil and water all over the drivers side of the bay!!!

With the engine shut off, me and my friend had a good tightening and cleaning session then noticed water still dripping from what seemed like the manifold!!! (Turns out that the water feed to turbo banjo on the rear of the turbo wasnt fastened tight enough either!!

So...Reached in and tightened that up, only to see even more water spray out from somewhere. Removed the heatshield to see that.... as i had tightened the water feed, the supply tube had decided to crack (where id fitted an older tube which was pitted in this area) allowing loads of water and antifreeze to spray over the other side of the bay!!!

Sooo, off with all the engine bits and bobs and a new water feed tube was fitted, along with another good cleanup.

Finally new leads were fitted as the spunkers for start up were fooked, and another check up!! Then it was run up again and water added as it got to temp. All the pre start up smoke had cleared with just water pellets from the exhaust tailpipe this time.

Shes purring like a kitten now, all it seems ive got to do is rectify an air lock in the system. Then im happy to flush the water out and add new stuff with all the new tanks and hoses etc!!!!

So thats it for the meantime.......Got there in the end!!!!....After all... this is the time for all the niggles to get ironed out. Good job that water feed went now rather than en route to a show etc!!!!

Anyways hope you all enjoy reading my catalogue of FAILS!!!!!