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[FiestaBen]

cheers man, mk5 fogs wont fit the mk4 bumper

thing is the mk4 fogs are gettig rare and theyre expensive

I thought mk5 fogs are the same shape?

[dontpannic]

cheers man, mk5 fogs wont fit the mk4 bumper

thing is the mk4 fogs are gettig rare and theyre expensive

I thought mk5 fogs are the same shape?

Nope. Totally different unfortunately.

Jon, progress looking good, finally you're lowering it! Yay! Massive step in the right direction

Graphite is the colour I'm thinking of doing my wheels, rather than black

[jonyb4]

oh yea i deffo recommend it mate, such a ncuie colour and goes with nearly every coloour , dunno about blue though, reminds me i need to check your thread mate, its been a while :O

and cheers yea cant wait till they arrive

[jonyb4]

ok guys such a massive update today, im utetrly shattered, ive been at it since 9:30am

ok firstly, i done the tests ive been called to do for an apprenticeship fitter witht he council, i think i done ok, gotta wait a reply now

ok car wise lol

started by taking the rear boomper off and rubebd ti down all the impurities and started to spray, its in half coat colour, will do more tomorrow


test fitted my old si bumper to see what it would look like




while it was off i checked for bad spots on the rear valance, none but this one


it poked through with the screwdriver, so will slap some filler and spray it



then me and my grandad popped to get more paint, and i thought it be a good time to pop tot he scrappy and pick up the white clocks, oh was i in for a suprise

you see here mk4 Si clocks with a rev counter, a cig lighter with a light illumination, a mk4 boot popper including latch and cables, and all for £20 quid (robbed the lighter )

[jonyb4]

since the mile counters are no where near the same, if it were within a 100 mils difference id just have left it, but; it involved some of this:

this:

and some of this:

also this


swapped the whole speedo section over and just swapped the backgrounds, did try to swap the drives but was a no go

next was installing the popper
started by ex tending the wires

connected the latches cables

fastened the popepr itself


then connected its cable

i forgot to take pics of the later part fo this, ill do some tomorrow BUt it is fully funtioning and installed, some videos to supplement

quick testing of the popper

fitted and testing, not hardwired here

[jonyb4]

i then stared firstly wiring up the earth point to this window wiper one, it wont mind


now to get the switch to work at the centre console i would need to run a long wire to it, tricky since i had to salvage anything i could find lol, i ran the positive wire under the window seal to the high level brake light then along side the power leads for the light down to the rear speaker panel, and my usual route for my boot electrics is over the arch, down the back of the seat under the rear quarter panel, under the door kick panels, under the seat, then to the centre console, wired the positive tot he usual place i use the cig lighter, hope it dont come under load but with the extra load in mind ive fitted a lower amp fuse, 10 amps instead of the normal 15, just to reduce the risk of a overheat , its fine
i also at this time fitted my cig illumination.

Then i needed to drill out the hole for the button:



and atlast a working boot pop , couldnt be happier, i am mighty proud of my electrical capabilities, they aint the best, but i aint come across something i cant do so far, they may seem dodgey sometimes, but they work, and its sure handy having the knowledge to do it
im not happy with the mess ive made around the button though, i will need to hide this with something int he future


tomorrow ill continue the bumper respray and then later on wire up the rev counter, and hopefully it should work

this is by far my biggest update ever lol, im so tired now

Jon

[dontpannic]

Looking good, though I must ask why you routed the cable over the top of the bootlid? If you wire the positive from the boot popper on to the far left connecting pin, then run the positive cable from the far left connecting copper section on the slam panel through the car over the arches etc. That would give you less chance of damaging the cables with opening and closing the boot and will also ensure that the boot release will only trigger once the boot is closed.

[jonyb4]

lol didnt think of that

well theres a few things ive gotta make amends on including the cig lighter light, sill i guess ill do that soom, thanks mate

[jonyb4]

woot today i managed to get the rev counter ont he new white dials working, i wired the transmission sygnal cable up tot he right connector ont he techometer itss elf also it needed another earth wired up to it, and it now is working nice, reading the correct revs also,idles just below 1k, true of most oertol engines, but much to my supprise has a low rev limiter, my si zetec engine could rev like a whore at just under 7k this hcs endrua can only push out just inder 6k before the oddly sounding limiter kicks in

heres a pic of where the wires need to be linked to, this is the back of the clocks




this wire here is located behind the heater control facia and somewhat below the cd/radio, its white with a black line, so its mainly white, not to confuse witht he black with a white stripe, tap into this white with black wire and you can use the screw that holds the cd/radio hanger rail inplace as a earthing point.

as well as this i got on with the bumpers, coem across a slight delay as one of the bumpers fell over and i had to repray parts, theyre both ready for laquer and the back is ready for the gray at the bottem


Jon

[jonyb4]

ok the rev counter with a video



http://s521.photobucket.com/albums/w332/jonyb4/?action=view&current=MOV03435.flv

[jonyb4]

alot of stuff come in the post yesterday...
some red 12v leds


some aeroblades wipers


and 60mm lowering springs


a good make, so worth every penny

first i fidded the wiper blades since its the easiest



after that i got cracking witht he springs, the rear struts come off nice and easy


back on the car

still havent sorted the rust here, im such a noob with filler




then the front





all done, took me hours sicne the lower ball joints refused to go back in, but i managed





for 60mm with 50 profile tyres it doesnt rub, i test drove it in the lanes near my house, over bumpers slow and fast through the turns at all angles and 2 people in the car, so im very happy with the result

[]cal[]

looks ace now m8! good job

[- Danny Boy -]

It should sit lower than that when its settled down a bit, i thought it would be alot lower on 60mm to be honest. Give it time though Does look better lower

[jonyb4]

not hey aint new, theyve been on a car for 6months before mine,

mk4s are very different to mk3's they sit alot higher, so lowering them isnt as effective as a mk3, lowering 60mm on a mk4 is similar to 40mm on a mk3, its stupid i know but just how it is

heres some pics of how it sits

[dontpannic]

I'm feeling the same as James' thread, are we sure thats 60mm? Mine is the same as that on 15's

[jonyb4]

yours is a mk5, different suspension system, or an adaptation of it, its 60 lol I've seen 40, and it doesn't to sh!t, just makes it look like its on steelies or something

[jonyb4]

i dont care anyway, im sure its 60, it looks fantastic anyway, any lower and it be rubbing really bad, so its perfect, ive been changing the bulbs inside from the standard green to red led's, the clocks are done and looking lovely, the headlight tilt switch is done, and so is the heater display, although not much is shining through, was the same before, maybe mine or maybe just a design fault i dont know, i was doing the clocks but ive burnt it out, the clock itself works but no light from it lol, so may get another and have another go, i done one of the led's in it,, but the 2nd just burned it out, so ill could try again and use 3mm leds instead as it was a bit difficult with the 5mm, ive now got 2 10mm leds for sidelights, hopefully they will do better than the previous ones, as on the way to FiTP Wayne noticed it was flashing, so they were shot

also the rear window heater button and the rear fogs aint been done either as they were messing up too, may need a new rear fog button

guess ill see some of you tomorrow at Silvestone then

[dontpannic]

Oh, I forgot to say it looks good lol. Some cars on 60mm look too low and yours is sitting perfect I have scraping issues on 45 profile tyres on the rear, need to roll the arches lol.

Which stand are you on tomorrow? See you there

[jonyb4]

cheers mate, yours is on 60's is it? ah now to think of it it does look that way lol

and nah im going as a civilian the cars still off the road so its me and my dad going up in the crysler lol ill come look for you all on the FT stand, dont think Wayne is gonna make it in his fez, engine trouble , he said he should be going in the ST24 , i cant wait to see this suprise you've done

[dontpannic]

:D cheers mate, yours is on 60's is it? ah now to think of it it does look that way lol

and nah im going as a civilian the cars still off the road so its me and my dad going up in the crysler lol ill come look for you all on the FT stand, dont think Wayne is gonna make it in his fez, engine trouble , he said he should be going in the ST24 , i cant wait to see this suprise you've done

Mine's only 40mm down, 195/45/15 tyres I don't think as far as I'm aware the suspension setups in the MK4 and MK5 are that different as they are essentially the same car, and the majority of shocks/springs are labelled by year (96-02) rather than the different mk's. Then again it probably looks different in the flesh, also give it time to settle.
Mine went from this:


to this directly after lowering:


to this once it had settled:



I've got a feeling Wayne's going to suprise us too

[jonyb4]

lol yea i think he will

nah im sure they're different, the years for the suspension is 96-98 (me) then 99-02 (you)the rears are different i know [ERRR] mine is mounted to the beam by a fork type, and yours is by a ball type one

such an improvement on yours before and after

what discs you got on it man?

[jonyb4]

back from FF and with my googies, fitted what i could since im so tired

a K&N filter for just £5, its been used a fair bit but seems to been cleaned before they guy sold it, and for a fiver i cant go wrong , mine needed replacing as it was old and i have no idea how many miles it had dome before it come to me, and it was only a cheap universal one

after a good polish with some wire wool


was bit of a stretch to fit, literally the rubber was more or less the same size as my maf, so i stretched it on


also got a ford fair plaque for my little collection

[EUFez]

I'm feeling the same as James' thread, are we sure thats 60mm? Mine is the same as that on 15's

Just can't wait to get coilovers soo I can slam it on it's arsee! Then I'll show all of you!

Looking good mate

[jonyb4]

thanks mate, should be nice to see it slammed like fook

[jonyb4]

ok started to fit these today



fitting



passenger side wheel


the rear

a random of underneath the boot




all the pipes are done but one fo the solid pipes that goes to it snapped off at the end, which is gonna be a real pain to sort, but im gonna try and source a brake line tool thing (lol not sure on theyre name, they basicly make the ends like a mushroom cap)

on another topic i ordered bonnet raisers yesterday and they come this morning astonishingly, so fitted them, there a bit too high so i may take them off soon and cut a few mm of the spacers


Before:




Fitting

After:

[FiestaBen]

Looks good but you really should get a wire brush on them front legs and get some black paint on them

[jonyb4]

lol not too bothered, the cars too low to be able to see the struts anyway, when its on the ground that is

im more concerned about that brake line atm lol, [ERRR] it aint drivable atm

[- Danny Boy -]

How long are the raisers. 1 inch is all you really need i personally think. Looks good though! Slowly getting there

[jonyb4]

lol slowly?, id like to think its beeing doing 50 lately lol

and they are an inch , but you gotta include the washers too lol, add a few mm

ill be cutting them down a bit one day

[Ratspeed]

Looking good buddy, sits well now

[jonyb4]

cheers mate

[jonyb4]

hey, the car has been back on the road now for a few days, and ive just been enjoying the pleasure of driving again and nothing has been done to her, but heres a few pics as the ones in my lane are pretty poor

next to my dads capri (was pumping his tyre)






and now that ive sorted the bonnet, its now sitting at half the original height:




i will be coming to weston super mare but not on stand

bye for now

[jonyb4]

this threads been right dead lately

not much of an update but i had my windows etteched the otherday for better securty all the windows were done and only cost £2 for 2 cars





will be giving her the usual cleaning ready for weston but i will need new rear tyres first, also some car mats if im lucky

[Minstral]

weredid u get that done mate as i am gona be replacing an item on mine and want it etched as well

[jonyb4]

theres a kit you can buy, really easy and you can do it yourself comes with a stencal a ettichin pen and some windows stickers, only £2 have a look on ebay for them