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[Excursion]

Love the thread and your car. It's given me some enthusiasm back.

[FRSJON]

looking good mate..

[RS rob]

Love the thread and your car. It's given me some enthusiasm back.

thanks mate, funnily enough its your website thats given me the enthusiasm to do all the seam welding

[RS rob]

looking good mate..

thanks jon

i'm a big fan of your work at the moment aswell

[RS rob]

more progress of the fez on its side

first thing to do with the better access was to remove the brake lines to the rear and the fuel lines





under the boot floor is the spare wheel carrier
i've not used it for years and was taken off some time ago
so while i'm here i thought i'd remove the brackets






one bracket gone





much better





overall progress of the stripping the underneath so far

[jonyb4]

lol its so werid seing them on the side like that

looking good

[RS rob]

done some panel modification to for the new alloy rad/intercooler setup

the front panel needs cutting to allow for my big GRS intercooler
so marked out where i want to cut for now, left a bit incase of any accidents and cutting too much





front panel cut out






heres underneath the front panel before trimming, lots of surface rust in places





and here it is now after taking it back to metal, much better





along the bottom of the front valance panel (or whats left of it) had small signs of rust
so i decided to trim this back as its hidden by the bumper anyway
i used masking tape as a guide





even with the piece trimmed above the edge of the maskin tape
i can still bolt the edge of the front bumper inside the wing





job done







and how the front end looks now
gave me better access to the main front crossmember aswell and makes no difference when all built up as the bumper covers the lot and i've less chance of rust coming back

[jonyb4]

:S dont hink id have had the guts to cut away that stuff on such a top condition car

good job however

[RS rob]

it does'nt serve any purpose except for lower model mk3's, theres no strenghth in it
and there was rust starting
and you dont see any of it once the bumpers back on
a no brainer for me really

[jonyb4]

lol seems your more about statistics than me then mate
which isnt a bad thing

bloody rust

[RS rob]

a while ago i got a bumper from a fiesta turbo with swage line smoothed like my current bumper
also its been cut for the big grs intercooler i have
also have a brand new lower rubber splitter ready to go on





also as i plan to take the powersteering off,
i've got myself a fiesta turbo manual steering rack as its the only mk3 fiesta with the quickrack option
3.75 turns lock to lock





bought myself new lower arm carriers aswell, as mine had rusty seams which i did'nt think would be saved from shotblasting clean





after two weeks of hunting i've sourced a front zetec engine mount from a non powersteering model
with this i'll be able to run a simple 3 pulley aux belt setup





plan is to have this looking like new before bolting on the new engine





heres the current powersteering setup on my old engine i'm ditching for the new setup

[RS rob]

i'm slowly getting parts ready for powdercoating
heres a few bits i've cleaned in work using the part washer sink,
(master cylinder brackets, front engine mount in bits, rear engine mount bracket)





you can see the rust more now its been cleaned





bought a shotblasting kit for blasting clean a few scabby bits on the floor of the fiesta





and some aluminium oxide to be used for blasting





some new clips for under the car, they hold the fuel and brake lines
most of mine broke when taken off





recently sold my avo coilovers and zoo motorsport adjustable lower arms
i think it would be a shame to have everything new or looking new with rusty coilovers
so i plan to buy some new ones along with some adjustable lower arms from area six

so bought a few things to freshen up the front suspension setup
top mounts, suspension cups, bearings etc

[knuckles]

Loads of new shiney ford bits !

that bottom stone deflector is bloody exspensive
when i got my 1.1 in 2005 it used to be £22

[jonyb4]

bugger me, your litrally rebuilding this car to new lol

how come it says RS ROB on the boxing?

do you use that name in work too?

[Max M4X WW]

Looking good!

I think the PAS rack is quicker than FRST though!

No more MCR splitter?

[jonyb4]

I think the PAS rack is quicker than FRST though!

lol you have a point

[RS rob]

Loads of new shiney ford bits !

that bottom stone deflector is bloody exspensive
when i got my 1.1 in 2005 it used to be £22

tell me about it lol
this last fords price increase has been the biggest i've seen on some parts

(phase 2 zetec s wheels went from £103+vat to £156+vat )

[RS rob]

bugger me, your litrally rebuilding this car to new lol

how come it says RS ROB on the boxing?

do you use that name in work too?

its what they call me in work funnily enough ,
so its the order reference i use when ordering for myself aswell now

[RS rob]

Looking good!

I think the PAS rack is quicker than FRST though!

No more MCR splitter?

interesting to know, will have to look into that about the rack
either way i'm happier to lose the powersteering.

the mcr splitter has had its day for me i think
with the car being so low i had problems driving onto ramps

[Max M4X WW]

I think the MCR matches the bulkyness and depth of the ZS rear bumper perfectly thats all.

[RS rob]

I think the MCR matches the bulkyness and depth of the ZS rear bumper perfectly thats all.

i know what your saying i thought the same when i had the bodywork done last time,
at the moment i just need to see something different on the front before i decide
as i dont want to go cutting the the mcr front bumper just yet

i bought this bumper from mikee when he broke his reshelled FRST on here

[Ratspeed]

Whoa! This has moved on since i last looked!

Good work!

[RS rob]

thanks ratspeed
should have some more updates tonight

[RS rob]

some more progress


the underneath has been stripped back to metal in most places






been trimming metal back again
on the rear of the back wheelarches is a fold of metal which i planned to trim back





heres the view from under the piece i planned to cut off
as you can see plenty of surface rust to be sorted with not much access





heres the piece cut off with the edges smoothed
had a quick tidy up of the rust, but will go back to finish that another time





heres some surface rust i plan to sort with the shot blasting
panels seem solid as i've tried my best to poke holes through as i'd rather sort it now properly





taken a few parts for powdercoating to a company called castle coatings,
very nice to deal with, chris said normally a week turnaround for shotblasting clean and then powdercoated





stripped my escort master cylinder back for painting as it had drips of brake acid and blobs from a previous paint job by the looks of it, taken the parts off, then blocked the holes ready for sanding





in the end it was completely sanded back to metal as there was small bits of rust starting under the two layers of paint and primer, all sanded out though thankfully

[Excursion]

Superb!

Edit: Just a thought; you're prepared to throw a bit of cash at it, why not get it dipped and e-coated by Surface Processing? There's not a better option IMO.

[RS rob]

Superb!

Edit: Just a thought; you're prepared to throw a bit of cash at it, why not get it dipped and e-coated by Surface Processing? There's not a better option IMO.

i did debate going further with the shell like you mention,
shot blasted shell or dipping etc

the problem for me is the labour costs for redoing the filler work on the joins for the new quarters from 3 years ago,
plus paint etc
i'm mega happy with the paint finish on top,
decided to keep to the original plan rather than opening another can of worms!

will have a look at the surface processing though

[jonyb4]

looking good mate, i love the way its back to bear metal, i hope its dry in that workshop lol, id hate for some rust to start on it

any idea how much that powercoaters would charge for a pair of brake calipers and carriers mate?

if the right price id love to have it done proper

[RS rob]

looking good mate, i love the way its back to bear metal, i hope its dry in that workshop lol, id hate for some rust to start on it

any idea how much that powercoaters would charge for a pair of brake calipers and carriers mate?

if the right price id love to have it done proper

lol most of the car has been bare metal for weeks, its very dry in there
as we all know rust appears on bare metal in days if left outside,

as for powdercoating prices it might be best to ring them,
they have a cracking website if you search for it on google

[jonyb4]

cheers ill check it out

[Dave G fsi]

Doing a brilliant job mate

[Russ FRST]

some new clips for under the car, they hold the fuel and brake lines
most of mine broke when taken off


Hi Rob..
Are the other plasic clips for the under side still available i.e handbrake cable and the small brake pipe clips?

All looking very nice mate, keep it coming

[RS rob]

get me some pics of what your after, as yours might be different?
and i'll look into it for you

[FRSJON]

great work rob you very lucky how clean your car is underneath rust wise ..will be a awesome car when completed also agree with what youve done to the front panel,its not need and will make the car lighter.. i did my rear panel as well as the front

[RS rob]

great work rob you very lucky how clean your car is underneath rust wise ..will be a awesome car when completed also agree with what youve done to the front panel,its not need and will make the car lighter.. i did my rear panel as well as the front

cheers jon
i had the rear done when the top half of the car had all the panel work done
i'm not sure if its much lighter for it, but its less to rust anyway haha

[RS rob]

small bits and bobs

got a non powersteering steering column and UJ
also a thermostat controlled sandwich plate for the oil cooler





gave the master cylinder a good sanding all over in the end, then gave a quick coat of spot primer for now





the shotblasting seems to be working
from this





to this





directly were my finger is pointing you can see its been blasted clean,
above it shows the small bits of rust etc