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[ben17southport]

sweet man. well ill post the pics up of mine to explain what i mean later. it will make your life 10 times easier.

[Gus!!]

Yeah cheers mate i was gonna burn the old ones out and try to press the new ones in?? Probably be a struggle.

[ben17southport]

you dont need to worry about getting the new ones in as they just slot in without any hassle.

you could burn them out yes. you taking the rear beam off the car?

[ben17southport]

right. heres the pics.

heres showing the bit that you need to take off

and this is what you should get after you grind it away

new bush in


let me know if you dont get what i mean!

[Gus!!]

Cheers mate. Yeah i understand what u mean, just slides out after that i imagine?? I'll let u know how it goes if they ever come!! Lol. X

[jonyb4]

no wonder you struggled to get them out ben! you shouldnt leave the beam on the car?!

far easier with the beam off, its only 2 more bolts...

i didnt need to cut nothing, a mallet and a few wacks the thing pops out

[ben17southport]

yeah but i didnt have clamps for the brake pipes, plus i was in college 3 hours after that with no other way of getting there bar my car haha!

yeah man, just smack them from that side and pop out the other

[jonyb4]

you can just take the drums off the beam in that event

[- Danny Boy -]

Why would you want to go through all the hassle of undoing 10+ bolts to get the drums and beam off.. or clamp the brake lines ect then have to bleed the brakes, all to replace the bushes - when you can undo 2 bolts and you have full access to them... if you worked in a garage you'd get a kick up the arse for sure! lol

[Gus!!]

Found out the little hole on the inner sill is slightly big and stretches to some of the lower sill too!! and the other side has a little hole!! Good design there, making a place for all the water to collect and eat through!! I will add some pics when i can be arsed, probably when its all done!!

[Gus!!]

Hi people!! Quite a bit of random fixing today!! The holes in the sills have been prepped, welded and undersealed. The flo flex rear bushes r in!! And just other boring stuff like fixing exhaust blows (about time) lol.
Picture of the worst sill before

Random fiesta floatyness (ripped the splitter off trying to get it on the trailer, then grounded out, so gave up)

Then the bushes fitted

The old bushes came out with a few ehacks of the hammer and the new ones i pushed in with a bit of persausion with my hand. So i was lucky really. I couldnt get a decent picture of the sill after it was welded but its been coated with underseal now so never mind!!

[Gus!!]

Ah ha!! Ta da!!!! Weldingness!!

[jayrs]

common rot spot on fiesta's mate./
repaired well too from the looks of it

[jonyb4]

good job man, mine went exactly the same earlier this year

[Gus!!]

Yeah my old man is a welder so he did the welding part (it would be daft not to really) and i did the holding and trying not to get arc eye!! Lol. Yeah jay my mate had his mk3 go in the same place and so did my gf's mk4 so it seems to be a trend!! it does seem to handle a bit better with these bushes so happy days!!

[jayrs]

oh, arc eye, thats not nice, feels like sand in ya eye

glad to hear its handling better

[Gus!!]

Failed the mot today because the adjuster on the headlight snapped!! What a p*ss take!! At least it got no advisories. Just need to make up an adjuster. Then re-test

[jayrs]

thats not bad mate, just that being wrong

[Gus!!]

Yeah i was just a bit gutted that after all the bits i bought and fixed so it would pass, something simple let it down i'm hoping it will all be ok!!

[jayrs]

yeah i bet ya were gutted, i would of been too but still, simple easy and cheap fix though

[Gus!!]

Yeah its fixed now, only problem is the light is now 20 miles away from the car and i cant drive it as the mot is now run out looks like i'll have to wait til monday then!! Then when thats done, i can put the hid's back in and try to tint the back lights red. Was just looking on your threads jay and that rst is immaculate!! Also its nice to see that you have kept it for so long too!!

[Gus!!]

Wink wink

[Gus!!]

Finally got 12 months mot, with no advisories!! Thank f**k for that

[jonyb4]

great news man!

[DanFraser]

We both got it good, mine passed today with a slight rust advisory!

[Gus!!]

Where is the rust on yours then mate?? Didnt think mine was as bad as it is but it creeps up on you
Also something hit the bottom of the fezzer yesterday on the motorway, everything seems ok but it looks like is may have damaged some brake cables!!

[DanFraser]

My rust is in the same location as what your patching was.

[Gus!!]

I think water just kinda sits there tbh then eats through!!
Anyways i have had a look under the fezz today and there be a dent and a broken clip from said abject hittng the
Bottom not too bad but i have misplaced my jack so i cant do anything about it atm
Some kind of dent

Broken clip

And just a couple of how the car stands now


The only thing i really dont like is the wheels, and the fact that i really need wheel spacers
Well it aint low enough either but thats gonna have to wait

[Michael!]

my pepperpots are for sale,...
where abouts are you located could sort something out? pm if you like

[Gus!!]

All depends on how much you want for them mate?? I live in southampton mate, u live out dover way dont ya?? I'm just fed up with my steels tbh!! could make a deal, u need a 15" sub?? Or standard mk3 bumpers?? Or blue rear lights?? I'd imagine u dont but meh!!

[Michael!]

I live in Blackpool But £80 with the tyres (2 are pretty much new and two will need repacing in a bit)

Might be able to sort out postage even though it's my
Worst fear! And I hate it

[hamps]

You say you misplaced your jack……….. wasn't your jack that ended up under the car was it

[Gus!!]

Well i'll have to see what my money situation is like first mike
Yeah my original ford jack got left on a beach (long story) and my decent 1 1/2 ton jack appears to have been borrowed and hasnt been returned yet however it would've explained a lot if that had fell off

[Gus!!]

Hi all. Removed most the stickers off my rear window today, just decided i didnt really like them
What do you guys think??

Also my indicator lens has fallen off sonewhere so it looks like i will have to source a new unit

Is this quite a common mk3 problem or was i just unlucky??

[matteoman]

This happened on my fiesta mate went to ford and bought a new genuine one for 32quid! it was the only one left as well. I always try go genuine if i can

Nice car btw