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[sikora]

Finally bought myself an XR2i

52k on the clock and a solid floor. bodywork needs touching up in a few places but it'll give me something to tinker with over summer





And yes, the mudflaps are going

[slaney21]

was just about to comment on those flaps

looks like a nice clean motor you have picked up there

[sikora]

Its a little untidy close up. I originally turned it down after viewing it but went back and bought it today.

It'll be driven for a week to discover any niggles it has, then taken off the road for a bit of work over the summer

Already discovered an annoying tapping noise coming from the drivers door/inner wing area when driven at high speeds

[jayrs]

dont look a bad motor that mate, as long as the main bits are solid that what matters, extranl body can be touched up

[Ratspeed]

Looks quite nice in the piccys bud

Best colour choice too

[Dave G fsi]

looks really nice mate, good find!

[Dazza]

Yikes that was quick!

Looks good dan, good find!

[M1K3Y_B]

Don't look too bad

So glad those flaps are going, they are awful

It definately needs some blues

[sikora]

Thanks for the comments

Started on the interior today. Footwells are quite moist under the botton layer of matting. Cut out what i can so it can dry. Small amount of rot on the passenger side seat mounting point. Some on drivers side too but not as bad.







Oh and some on the rear suspension

[jayrs]

floors in the normal place.

as for that rear spring cup, ive never seen one rusted through like that

[sikora]

Popped to the scrappy today and got myself some bits of floorpan:





Spotted this too :



Back at home, i dropped the fuel tank, cleaned it up and gave it a lick of paint:



What a horrible job that was to remove. First rear bolt came undone fine, thought to myself "whats all the fuss about with these bolts?" Then the second bolt went on me - passenger side too so i couldn't see what i was doing with the spanner holding the broken nut on the top The "quick release" fuel coupling was far from quick to release either

[sikora]

Started on the underseal too. Heatgun is a very slow process so out came the angle grinder with wire brush head



Candy floss!





Loads of little bits to still to do under the boot. Might look at removing the rest of the exhaust and the rear beam this week

[jayrs]

nice one with the bits of floor mate, will be easier to do now.
what they charge for them 2 bits? just remember not to use the old number from the scrap car mate

the quick release fittings on the fuel lines are spot on mate, you just got to take the covers off to get to the little tab
i say covers, if you had the "ford tool" you slip it in and job done, if not, break the covers off, and when refitting twist a bit of wire round the fitting to keep the push fitting out.

anyhow, its coming alone nice mate

[sikora]

nice one with the bits of floor mate, will be easier to do now.
what they charge for them 2 bits? just remember not to use the old number from the scrap car mate

the quick release fittings on the fuel lines are spot on mate, you just got to take the covers off to get to the little tab
i say covers, if you had the "ford tool" you slip it in and job done, if not, break the covers off, and when refitting twist a bit of wire round the fitting to keep the push fitting out.

anyhow, its coming alone nice mate

£10 for the plates which included them moving the car for me. Cut them out myself with an angle grinder. My VIN plate is quite rusty underneath so i may have to weld it on top of the clean one - that'll look good if i ever come to sell the car

I remember reading on here about breaking the white tab off the fuel quick release but i struggled to get it to actually release. Wasn't helped by eye full of rust as i wiggled the pipes

[jayrs]

nice one with the bits of floor mate, will be easier to do now.
what they charge for them 2 bits? just remember not to use the old number from the scrap car mate

the quick release fittings on the fuel lines are spot on mate, you just got to take the covers off to get to the little tab
i say covers, if you had the "ford tool" you slip it in and job done, if not, break the covers off, and when refitting twist a bit of wire round the fitting to keep the push fitting out.

anyhow, its coming alone nice mate

£10 for the plates which included them moving the car for me. Cut them out myself with an angle grinder. My VIN plate is quite rusty underneath so i may have to weld it on top of the clean one - that'll look good if i ever come to sell the car

I remember reading on here about breaking the white tab off the fuel quick release but i struggled to get it to actually release. Wasn't helped by eye full of rust as i wiggled the pipes

thats a good price mate.
i would keep the bit of floor you cut out, and get a pic of the floor before, during and after, then you can back up the reasons as to why should anyone ask, not that they prob will, but after all, if its rusty its rusty.

when you break the covers off, push the pipe in a bit as if your pushing it back on, then hold the ring around the pipe against the fitting and slide it off, its easy once you have done it once you know how to do it

[sikora]

Busy day today. Scabby bootlid removed and new one fitted . Had hoped to re fit the standard black spoiler but the RS one has been bonded on





Bumpers off too. Pretty tidy underneath rustwise, although i did find this:



I knew it'd had a slight bump on the front and that the n/s wing had been replaced, but, well thats a mess

Tidy rear panel:



And finally we towed it (due to no fuel tank) up some ramps so i can start on removing the rear beam and finish stripping the old underseal off



Hope to get the beam off tomorrow, bushes removed and all painted up ready for the poly bushes and anti roll bar

[EUFez]

Bumpers off too. Pretty tidy underneath rustwise, although i did find this:

Jesus Mary and Joseph, what is that all about?

Looks tidy mate, glad the mudflaps have gone!

[jayrs]

OMG!

that is bodge-tastic
bet its a pattern part wing and thats the only way they could get it fitting right!

please tell me you are going to put this bodge right????

[sikora]

Yeah it'll be sorted in good time.

Took the skirts off to check the sills. n/s is solid, although the o/s isn't



Is there a drainage pipe that goes through this sill? I'm sure i read that somewhere on this site before

[sikora]

Just picked up some Flo-Flex poly bushes. 2x Rear beam bushes, 2x front ARB bushes and 4x rear ARB bushes



£35 for the lot

If anyones interested, they should be making some front wishbone bushes in the next 3-4 weeks

http://www.floflex.com

[jayrs]

damn that silss bad mate.
there is drain pipes from the sunroof that drain water into the sill, one in front and one behind the door shut, if that makes sense (A and B piller)

[slaney21]

those bushes. are they selling them for that price on that site for a while?

wouldnt mind some

[sikora]

those bushes. are they selling them for that price on that site for a while?

wouldnt mind some

It did work out a few quid more buying them from their shop. I worked it out nearer £30 online

[sikora]

Problems

Found some major rust today







The first pic has my most concern. Are inner wings available as replacement panels? Would save me time trying to fabricate something

[Dazza]

Just plate it mate, common areas to go - Mine has it and Im going to pop a plate on it

[sikora]

Not done much to the XR recently. My fund was greatly reduced by the purchase of Green Day concert tickets too
However i picked up a 3" Magnex cat back exhaust from a member on here



Got a a pair of 16v door looms and multiplugs too as i'd like to try and relocate the window switches to the doors. Just a case of finding a pair of door pockets with the switch holes but in light grey. Will also need another set of 16v door multiplugs so i can add extra pins to the ones i've got

Made a start on making my lower arms camber adjustable too. Flo Flex should have some front bushes made by now so i'll get them ordered soon and then i can remove the rubber ones and seam weld the arms.



We'll hopefully have the shotblaster set up in work soon so i can get the subframes, S brace and ARBs, along with the lower arms blasted ready for painting - maybe even powdercoated if the price is reasonable

[sikora]

Time for an update!

Not alot of work done as such due to not being able to get up to the car with this damn weather. Had started cutting out some of the rot on the inner arch and footwells.

Got quite a few parts picked up recently though:

15" Escort GTi alloys



Si ream beam with new brake shoes, cylinders and braided hoses



Polybushed arms. will remove the bushes to put in my adjustable arms



New front panel, wings and sills. Didn't think to check if they were mk3 or mk3.5 wings though, so might cause a problem using standard side repeaters Anyone know if the front panels are mk3/mk3.5 specific too?



My stock seems to be building up now

[knuckles]

front panels are all the same

take a pic of the repeater holes and i tell ya what type they will take

clark

[sikora]

Definatley not the same shape hole as in the picture of the wings you put up in your project thread.

[heeman10]

Needs better mirrors.

[knuckles]

Needs better mirrors.

agreed

you have mk3.5 wings then fella - rounded lamps fit them

[sikora]

Bought some G Max shocks and springs from someone on here.



Cleaned up and after a lick of paint. Needs another good coat as this spray paint is quite thin.



Decided to repaint the fuel tank as well. I didn't have my grinder when i first painted it so didn't prep it very well. Few months outside and it'd started to rust again. Subframe and crossmember have also been stripped back, treated with rust convertor and painted

[sikora]

Bit of a change of plan with this. Was planning on doing the welding and underseal, then put it on the road in about a month, mainly because i miss driving a car. However it makes sense to do all the bodywork and get it painted while its already in bits, rather than have to strip it again in the future.

Going to clear the garage where i've been painting in so i can fit the car in there. Should be enough room to work in it in there

[Dave G fsi]

Sounds good mate!

painted parts look good too

[AW3K]

good progress mate, the rot on this is nearly as bad as mine, i had to fabricate the entre floor and lower arm mount point on mine. its in here somewhere aw3k's xr2i thread


Andy