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[purple_fiesta]

Id put the gauges somewere else were you can see them, my escort has its gauges around that area and its hard to look down and check them when your booting it

[RS rob]

i bet you walked funny out of fords after paying for the new windows and all the bits and bobs

Looking good fella - i love all the little bots that make the car stand out as new like seals and wipers arms....

Get some new roof rails if yours are fadded and tatty. only £25 each

not too bad cos i work in ford parts lol
i payed around £80 ish with fords discount, which i was quite happy with,
when i eventually get round to selling my spares, should make some money back lol

[RS rob]

loving all the hard work mate some quality mods there


lookin into buying a set of fully adjustables
lovin those wishbones i got these for the time bein

cheers mate, i looked at different sets of lower arms, needed to be adjustable for me, because at the time she was rather low and the camber on the front was just stupid, after being set up by brom @ zoo motorsport
the handling of the car was transformed and holds the road loads better,

[RS rob]

Id put the gauges somewere else were you can see them, my escort has its gauges around that area and its hard to look down and check them when your booting it

well i've got 6 gauges in total, so was gona put the less important ones there, unsure how to go about the gauge layout,

i like the double a-pillar pods, but not a clue on the others
was taking a fancy to the carbontec triple gauge holder for the centre of the dash, but that still leaves me with one gauge to find a home for,

any ideas???

[RS rob]

ollybee - cheers mate, whats news with yours now?

siesta - thanks mate

adie_mwell - cheers for the comments, already got brand new puma racing seats thats i bought, one day will get round to having the door cards retrimmed to match, flocked dash etc,

[RS rob]

well made a start on putting the front brakes on today,
had them ready for some time, so put the seals and braided hoses on


then i took the old brakes off, well not old only a year since they were refurbed and only done 5k lol
new disc next to the old disc (remembering these old disc's made the original Si discs look silly aswell )
actually heres the 260mm disc's next to the original SI disc


and heres the new 300mm disc next to the old 260mm


mintex brake pads aswell, nothing special but still mintex nether the less



heres a quick pic of the new brake setup for now, really cant explain how much bigger they seem aswell as bloody heavy hehehe


and here they are behind the wheel, much happier with the appearance of the st170 setup,
yet to do the otherside so have'nt tried them out yet!



ALSO
got myself some new headlights and front indicators, just more touches to help the car look really clean
suprised at the difference of the new ones, you just dont realise how bogging the original standard lights get...
anyway pics as always

[TIL13R]

Looking good fella!

How much were all the front lights and i want new stuff for mine too!

Tiller

[Straight882003]

one word fella AWSOME big fan of ur car and is that a car park in porthcawl cuz i reconise it as im from neath but living in pembrokshire now any way look after the car its mint

matthew

[cruisecannock]

wow thts almost perfect to how ive always wanted mine, fair play mate, keep up the gd work

[AGAR]

Totally forgot about this project - one of my favourites on here.

Keep up the great work.

[RS rob]

well after putting the new bigger front brakes on,
noticed they were weeping slightly where the brake hose connects to the caliper,
after closer inspection the thread on the end of the braided hose was'nt long enough
as it looked like it was screwed in fully, but the end of the connection was'nt fully making contact inside the caliper
heres the offending thread



so we ground the surrounding metal around where the hose connects to the caliper so that the thread could screw in fully, making a better connection and not leaking any fluid
forgot to take a before pic, but heres the connection after, as you can see the thread shows room to screw in a bit more when infact its up tight inside, no more leaking


heres a pic of the new beam and rear disc's on


was'nt happy with the rear brake lines so replaced them with new copper lines my old man made up, with new braided hoses to connect to the rear calipers


had to make brackets to secure the hoses to the rear beam,
also to make sure the hoses dont rub on anything like the shocks etc,
used a small amount of copper pipe as these braided hoses were made for a mk3 fiesta which has drums,
and not disc's as none of them came out of the factory with them. bracket works well tho



and heres what the disc's look like quickly behind the wheels
(alot nicer than horrible old drums)
will have some new up to date pics after eurofest hopefully as the fiesta passed the mot this morning

[Rene 128]

Id put the gauges somewere else were you can see them, my escort has its gauges around that area and its hard to look down and check them when your booting it

well i've got 6 gauges in total, so was gona put the less important ones there, unsure how to go about the gauge layout,

i like the double a-pillar pods, but not a clue on the others
was taking a fancy to the carbontec triple gauge holder for the centre of the dash, but that still leaves me with one gauge to find a home for,

any ideas???

3 gauges put on the drivers A pllar, and the other 3 put like i did...

[RS rob]

cheers for the pic there mate,
have'nt seen a-pillar versions with 3 pods only the two from nomad racing,

quite like the triple gauge holder from carbontec which replaces the centre vent and clock

[Rene 128]

Didi you hear about fiberglass????

[RS rob]

well heres where the fez has been for some time...............................
hibernating from this nasty weather






also saving for new toys
something to start the ball rolling in that direction
a nice new shiny engine stand

[Xr_Dub]

where did you get your brake disc's from? what company is it from?
need to replace my focus ones me thinks..

[RS rob]

where did you get your brake disc's from? what company is it from?
need to replace my focus ones me thinks..

the front ones came from a company on ebay,
rear ones came with the rear beam i bought from your mate danny.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-ST170-FRONT-BRAKE-DISCS-AND-PADS-SET-MINTEX_W0QQitemZ330093979474QQihZ014QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118

the old man grooved them.

[Xr_Dub]

where did you get your brake disc's from? what company is it from?
need to replace my focus ones me thinks..

the front ones came from a company on ebay,
rear ones came with the rear beam i bought from your mate danny.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-ST170-FRONT-BRAKE-DISCS-AND-PADS-SET-MINTEX_W0QQitemZ330093979474QQihZ014QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118
the old man grooved them.

i see thats cool, nah i have the focus st170 setup had it a long time ago first thing i did before i did the turbo conversion lol
i thought you bought the discs zinced and grooved from a company.. found some one that does it and i know
paul does it on the fourm i think..

[RS rob]

my old man grooved them for me, then took them to the local platers

you on about paul from south wales by me??

[gdgd]

Nice looking car mate, and nice to see it being tucked up for christmas too

[Xr_Dub]

you on about paul from south wales by me??

indeed, PaulRST

[RS rob]

Nice looking car mate, and nice to see it being tucked up for christmas too

cheers mate, i always get abuse from my mates for looking after her so much, but they would'nt understand as they all drive french crap lol

atif, pauls a good chap, aint spoken to him for ages

[RS rob]

well she's still covered up but to show she's not forgotten i've aquired some new rimage!!

escort cosworth monte carlo wheels
still 16 x 8 so will still have the gurth lol
sorry the pics are crap, was taken in work,
plan is to have them refurbed exactly the same so they still look original

[bakewell001]

Blimey, didn't expect to see another wheel change!

I reserve "judgement" until they're on the car. However going by the last 2 sets im sure they will look

[Chris 2i]

excellent wheel choice, love those

[RS rob]

Blimey, didn't expect to see another wheel change!

I reserve "judgement" until they're on the car. However going by the last 2 sets im sure they will look

wont be getting rid of either of these sets of wheels,
just nice for a change,

not quite sure how their gona look myself, just because their original monte wheels i had to have them lol

[TIL13R]

Love these wheels

Tiller

[garyhurn77]

get it out of the garage and fit that engine

[Big Walker]

mmmmmmmm new wheels are soooo nice

[RS rob]

well its been quite sometime, kind of lost the love a little for the fez,
but this weekend made the most of the good weather on saturday,
started her over with the coil pack disconnected a few times to get the oil moving around,
then reconnected the coilpack and she started first time,

gave her a wash and dry, listened to the stereo aswell lol
really found the love again and got some idea's for her future

some pics as per usual to show she's still alive






some beading shots, as before i tucked her away about a year or two ago, she had a damn good polish




a small vid just for the hell of it
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[sk8xtrm]

She is still looking the muts nuts mate!

makes me want my Si back really bad now

you will have to get her out around bridgend soon...hows the 106 going nowadays as well?

[Wittmann]

first the adjustable lower arms fitted and wax oiled

Are thease arms hard to find second hand? And how much do they generally cost?

[RS rob]

i had them from zoo motorsport, which is no longer trading as he aint in good health,
your looking around £250 area really, as the rose joints used have a high pressure rating
if you look at burton power's prices for the top you'll understand how expensive the rose joints are,

area-six offer a good comprimise tho, not as hard core as mine are quite harsh

[Minstral]

what happened to the monte wheels?

[M1K3Y_B]

Looking as good as ever mate