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[RS EDDIE]

Ill see what i can do fella!!!

Alternatively, i may know of a firm near me who can manufacture the tailpipes or full exhausts or tailpipes in stainless or mild to match the originals!!!

[rob pace]

Yes mate did it by myself with a compressor, rollover jig, 8 tins of rubberised underseal, 2 tins of zinc paint, 2 bottles of Kurust, 2L of merc grey and 1L of 2k laquer.

Yes ill look out for that servo. I managed to find a rust free undented one and tcut then moped it. Came out like a mirror!!!

cool, had mine at the MOT the other day and as i know the guys i was having a good look underneath it thinking id love it to be done!

so originally i take it the basecoat was sprayed over the underseal??

[RS EDDIE]

No mate!!!!!

The original ford underseal is oil based and to get a good key, i took a week every day to heat the original stuff off with a heat gun and scraper to take it back to the original primer.
It was then sanded back to find any flaking orig primer, then the spots of surface rust were treated with Kurust. After this the whole underside was zinc painted to bite into the metal and to provide a good tough finish for the rubberised underseal to go ontop of in 3 coats!!!!

THEN...It was basecoated and laquered. If you paint onto the original stuff it will not adhere properly and will come off straight away.

[rob pace]

No mate!!!!!

The original ford underseal is oil based and to get a good key, i took a week every day to heat the original stuff off with a heat gun and scraper to take it back to the original primer.
It was then sanded back to find any flaking orig primer, then the spots of surface rust were treated with Kurust. After this the whole underside was zinc painted to bite into the metal and to provide a good tough finish for the rubberised underseal to go ontop of in 3 coats!!!!

THEN...It was basecoated and laquered. If you paint onto the original stuff it will not adhere properly and will come off straight away.

thats what i mean mate obviously when its fully stripped down and undersealed.

[RS EDDIE]

Oh sorry mate. Yes the rubberised textured stuff its over-paintable with the base coat.

[jayrs]

you know why it wotn stick to the std stuff, its waxed over, the tunnel part is norm just waxed, but its waxed over the underseal too.

[Excursion]

Jay is right: the standard stuff is technically over-paintable. It's porous though so once its been waxed over it's doubtful you'd ever get paint to stick.

I painted the wheel arches one one of my cars and it lasted without any flaking.

[RS EDDIE]

Well from what ive seen hiding underneath the original underseal on some cars....Id rather start all brand new again!!!

Excursion...just FYI, heres a pic of one of my standard shocks before any work was done to it......( note the original circular i.d stickers, albeit faded over time as they were only paper!!)



Knew i had a pic somewhere!!

[RS EDDIE]

Oh and i managed to get hold of these stickers which were fitted to the shocks!!



Gonna put these on in a bit....

[Excursion]

Well from what ive seen hiding underneath the original underseal on some cars....Id rather start all brand new again!!!

Excursion...just FYI, heres a pic of one of my standard shocks before any work was done to it......( note the original circular i.d stickers, albeit faded over time as they were only paper!!)



Knew i had a pic somewhere!!

Ahh yeah, stickers - makes sense why I'd not seen them before. I knew they weren't painted.

[Excursion]

Oh and i managed to get hold of these stickers which were fitted to the shocks!!



Gonna put these on in a bit....

Nice

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks mate and all the other people for your comments!!!!

[fiestasiphil]

just looked at your whole project eddie looks amazing cant wait to see this car at the shows, loving the powder coating im considering getting my rear axle done now

[RS EDDIE]

Mate you cant really beat powdercoating......

Ive whacked some stuff with a hammer before and it hasnt even chipped off. Rattle can-ing stuff simply does not last and flakes off within weeks of road use.

Thanks for the comments tho pal!!!

[nosher]

stunning stuff eddie , the standard of your work has got better and better.
you seem to be an frst guru so im surprised to read people questioning your wisdom .

going great guns there fella

[rob pace]

edd can you print me some of them shock stickers and ill paypal you some money over?

[RS EDDIE]

I have made a few changes to the shocks now.

1) I wasnt happy without the original style ford stickers not being present.
2) I thought that the colour coded circles were a bit in your face, so ive toned them down a bit to a slightly smaller size.

New smaller circles on the left, old larger circles on the right.



Thats better!!!

[AndyKam]

Simply... Amazing

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks mate, appreciate it!!

[jonyb4]

just looked at your whole project eddie looks amazing cant wait to see this car at the shows, loving the powder coating im considering getting my rear axle done now

oh ho aint you spent enough on powder coatings



people like you is why this forum is so great eddie, brilliant

are you making the stickers then? seems you can do what you please with them

[Fraggle]

Mr edd can i just ask you where do you get your absolutely AWESOME knowledge on the details of the FRST.?

Every time i read your posts on here im simply stunned at the details..

Were you a Ford product designer or something?

[RS EDDIE]

Hahaha!!! Do i dense a bit of tongue in cheek humour going on here???

No im nothing to do with Fords chaps. I appreciate all the comments tho!!!

Im just very very fussy and i will go to stupid lengths to get things right. The way i see it, if a jobs worth doing then ill try to do it to the best of my ability. Having owned the car for many years, ive gained alot of friends in the trades and previously working for Burton Power helps aswell.

I tend to take things apart and rebuild stuff alot as im very inquisitive as to how things are assembled and how they work.

YES i do have a social life aswell, which includes going down to the local library wearing my anorak, and looking at books on how a screwdriver is made!!

[Nismo]

What do you call these Dishey Alloys? Sick with the Ford Emblem on them

[Michael!]

th MONOS?



you could make a fair bit with the stickers for those shocks, plenty of concourse chaps would want them









id swap my house for this car when its finished

[Fraggle]

Hahaha!!! Do i dense a bit of tongue in cheek humour going on here???

No im nothing to do with Fords chaps. I appreciate all the comments tho!!!

Im just very very fussy and i will go to stupid lengths to get things right. The way i see it, if a jobs worth doing then ill try to do it to the best of my ability. Having owned the car for many years, ive gained alot of friends in the trades and previously working for Burton Power helps aswell.

I tend to take things apart and rebuild stuff alot as im very inquisitive as to how things are assembled and how they work.

YES i do have a social life aswell, which includes going down to the local library wearing my anorak, and looking at books on how a screwdriver is made!!

Not on my part boss,, alright maybe a smidge

Nah seriously i were merely astounded as to your knowledge of the details..Your a credit to that car, wish i had the minerals to get mine within a universe of that spec.

If you and her dont clean up on the scenes this year someone is going to get badly fraggled

I shall clutter no more

[- Danny Boy -]

Just had a little catch up on this, amazing work going into this as usual Eddie!

I should think this could be one of the best RST's out there when its finished!

[Excursion]

Eddie you are a good chap, that was a funny answer.

The shocks look much better now!

[jayrs]

YES i do have a social life aswell, which includes going down to the local library wearing my anorak, and looking at books on how a screwdriver is made!!

mate, what ya doing, you gotta get sky, they have showed that on how its made, no need for books

cars coming on great mate, loving the attention to detail, and couldnt agree more, if you do a job, do it right, or as close to right as you can get it

[Fraggle]

YES i do have a social life aswell, which includes going down to the local library wearing my anorak, and looking at books on how a screwdriver is made!!

mate, what ya doing, you gotta get sky, they have showed that on how its made, no need for books

pimsle @that

He is right though, nothing better than getting the facts out of something, Like why does a pack of nuts say may contain nuts?

Well time to open them and find out

[RS EDDIE]

Many thanks for the replies chaps....Keeps me going.

Just want to get it rolling now, but im doing alot of private work for mates at the min so im being held up a bit, but it will be out of the garage soon!!!

Updates to follow sharpish....Fanks again!!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Oh and nismo...They are my polished Compmotive THs. 16", which ive bought new 40 profile tyres for, to go with my AVOs and Magnex exhaust, should i ever get bored of the pathetic horrid little 3 spoke cotton reels and standard 10 ft in the air ride height!!!!

[Dave G fsi]

This project is an inspiration Eddie, keep up the awesome work dude

[FRST SILVER]

jesus edd, aint checked this out for awhile.. ( the attention to dtail is second to none )

i hope my car comes out half as good as this, and it will still be stunning.

fair play mate this is gonna be one of / if not the best FRST out there.

( making me wanna save abit more money up for my resto. )

[RS EDDIE]

Hahaha Baz....Fear not geeza youres will be very nice when done!!!

CheeRS people again!!!

[Nismo]

Oh and nismo...They are my polished Compmotive THs. 16", which ive bought new 40 profile tyres for, to go with my AVOs and Magnex exhaust, should i ever get bored of the pathetic horrid little 3 spoke cotton reels and standard 10 ft in the air ride height!!!!

I bloody well agree my Fiesta sits so high i strach my head in dispare lol
There sick mate, I was bugging my friend about his ones recently rote off though his are (forget the name something P)



They where on the (buckets of s**t) Vauxhall



But the auld Fezzer has more class about it with the Monos xD