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[RS rob]

few updates,

bought myself the eibach spring kit in work, (fords)
the strange thing is although i had employee discount:dance:

fords are cheaper than most car suppliers for these springs £120 inc vat



next up i bought myself brand new st150 sideskirts, which come complete with clips and jacking point covers all in primer



in the spraybooth ready for paint



the paint combination for frozen white before being mixed



skirts painted

[RS rob]

in the process of being fitted, decided to bond using the original clip points,
did'nt want to drill my sill's especially as i have a sunroof which drains into the sill's, otherwise it would'nt be too long before the rust appeared no matter how we could try to seal the holes





the final pics of the skirts on,
just lowering springs and colour coded mouldings/handles to come very soon

[RS rob]

a bit more progress and nearly happy with my new runaround,

all my mouldings and handles have been sprayed,
just waiting to have them put on




the last week and a half of having the st150 sideskirts has really made the car look a bit lower etc

but still had the ford approved eibach spring kit to go on

so thanks to a mate wolze who made some time to get these bad boys on,
the handling feels slightly stiffer, less body roll and lowers the car nicely with no problems over speedhumps etc

they've not had time to settle yet, but noticed the main drop is on the front


before


after

[RS rob]

got a bit carried away with taking pics, so heres a few more for anyone interested

[AndyKam]

Looks really . Love it

[MENACE]

coming along very nicely mate.need to put pics up with the mouldings and handles colour coded.

[M1K3Y_B]

Looks really good at that height

Just needs the white bits now

[knuckles]

when u run out of st parts to fit to this....

the only thing left will be the st rear badge and decals

[Dave G fsi]

Looks really nice mate! So much better lowered, and I like the st bits on it!

[RS rob]

when u run out of st parts to fit to this....

the only thing left will be the st rear badge and decals

ha you sound like the people in my parts office,
always get the comment, why did'nt you just buy an ST in the first place,
they did'nt do an ST tdci unfortunately

[RS rob]

thanks for the comments again, just trying to find time in work to fit my colour coded bits,
cant complain about being busy during hard times

[RS rob]

had my colour coded bits fitted
and went for a spin round the coast, so took a few pics while i was there

[M1K3Y_B]

Looks so good all colour coded

[Minstral]

looks real nice now mate, love the white

and sunroof as well

[white diamond]

looks good now all colour coded

whats happened to your monte wheels?

[singlecharge]

Looks very nice, I like seeing photos of cars "posing" so great job. The car wouldnt stay that colour for long where i live like, to much mud

[THEHOG~]

love the mk3 and the ST.
really do think that the st will be my next car and by that time they should be afordable for me

[RS rob]

its a zetec s tdci mate
just put the st options on, including colour coded sideskirts, mirror's, mouldings and handles

£35 a year tax and doing ruffly 60mpg

thanks for the comments

[THEHOG~]

good job m8 fooled me lol still looks ace m8

[RS rob]

well it was time to find out what my car is doing power wise in standard form,

book figures for the 1.6 tdci are
90ps (88bhp) and 150ft lb torque

went to the opening day for new local rolling road 'Got Boost Tuning'
after a power run the results were

99bhp and 168ft lb torque, so i was very happy since i've only done 3500miles in her so far

some pics

[RS rob]

well i've wanted to do this for ages,
finally grown some balls and did it today


been looking like this for a while




so headlights off



filters broken into bits so they could fall out of the hole for the main h4 bulb



without the filter, then remember'd i'd need some silvatec bulbs which flash amber, so a quick trip down halfords sorted that



all in properly including the proper bulbs



after a wash

[Minstral]

such a nice colour white so crisp

[M1K3Y_B]

Such a sublte mod, but always looks so good on these cars

[RS rob]

cheers lads, i keep saying to myself its only my run around, so once i do this i'll be happy,
does'nt seem to happen tho

remap and big brakes for the front next

[- Danny Boy -]

Looks really good!! As Mikey said, subtle mods make these cars look so good.

[RS rob]

washed my collection of cars yesterday
so took a few pics while i was there

[sk8xtrm]

collection of cars looking lovely mate

i didn't know this fez was yours....im sure its your car in my street fairly often then

i wonder what those oz wheels would look like on the 106

as always fez looking stunning mate

[XRMike]

What an ACE collection of cars! Whats the ZS like to drive? Hows the performance? Im quite interested in these or the Skoda Fabia VRS.

[BigUKG]

I love the white Fiesta, looks absolutely stunning in white all colour coded etc top job you've done mate

[rstirl]

great cars. the mk6 is turning out class. great work.

[RS rob]

something thats always annoyed me since lowering this car,
is how far in the arches the rear wheels sit and lowering the car showed this more

so after debating for sometime i bite the bullet and bought some
20.5mm rear axel spacers as used on the ford racing puma


how far in the arches the wheels are




wheels off



the four bolts holding the drum to the rear beam



ford axel spacer (note the groove which allows room for the abs sensor)



a rough estimate of how much needs to be taken off the new longer bolts



heres one i made earlier

[RS rob]

heres them back together with the spacer extending the rear drum/stub axel out
(so no extra stress on the bearings like when using normal spacers)




the handbrake had gone very tight as the spacers are extending the drums out and making the cable tighter, so had to loosen the handbrake slightly
so off with the handbrake cover inside the car



above the handbrake itself you can see a small 10mm bolt
i adjusted this to loosen the handbrake off enough so that the wheels could turn freely again and happy days



the finished article

[THEHOG~]

made a hell of difrnce if u compare pics.
wheel hugs in that arch so much better.

[RS rob]

earlier this month i arranged for a trip to RS tuning in leeds,
seen loads of good write ups from the fiesta boys, so set off early in the morning

clean car ready for the trip





was prepared for the 500mile all round trip that day




arrived at RS tuning




up on the rollers and getting the strapped down





all linked up to the laptop, check everything was ok, read the factory map etc




impressed with the size of the cooling available, was nice when running as it was 31degree's that day




doing my bit to keep the population of flies down



although the standard figure was down from a previous rolling road i was happy with the improvement the remap had made, 25bhp and 40ft lb of torque, with power coming in earlier and holding for longer

difference in results could be down to numerous things, high temps that day, also the fact dyno dynamic rollers dont calculate the drag which effects the flywheel figures, normally a preset figure is entered compared to dastek rollers
anyway still very happy as its changed the drive of the car completely and even improved my MPG

[RS rob]

well after the remap with the hot temps of 31degree's
i decided to put the tdci back on the local rolling road again to see what gains i've got since the last time
as she was standard last time

so heres some pics






very happy with the results making 124bhp and 205ft lb




some more pics from my mates DSLR