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[Russ FRST]

Hi All...

I thought it was time to start a post on my Fiesta. Iv owned her since 2001, it was my second car. she started life as a Xr2i which was near standard apart from the cosy front bumper and a set of Escort S1 alloys when i took her on.. It's had many looks and mod's over the year's but it wasn't till 2006 when i bought a donor FRST that things really started happening. I removed all the running gear stripped, cleaned, painted and reassembled with new uprated parts.. Than it was time for a trip down to Alan Jeffery's for setup on the rolling road, after 2 hours of tuning i had a print out for 220bhp and 222ft lb which i was well happy with..

Next was to strip out the interior and send it down to my Local trimmers (Trim I'll fix it) what a name for a one off leather/alcantara re trim..

It was a mad rush to get it ready for ford fair 2007, which to my surprise she came 2ND in her class, i was over the moon with the result. From then on the mods continued with such things as a show cage, bigger ice install, cosy brakes etc etc..

Here's some pic's of her on show at Ford fair 2009 and how it looked until a couple of weeks ago..









So now the next thing on the list is to take alook at the underside of her, id already had a new offside sill fitted and new rear quarter panel fitted to cure the normal fiesta rust problems then a full resray so knew these should be fine but i had a suspicion that not all was well with the nearside sill so i removed all of the body kit to see what was what and sure enough it was shot so a plan was hatched to restore the complete underside of the car, fit some coilovers and see about getting some Escort cosy alloys on there all in time ready for this year shows..

Which meant that iv been flat out working on her More pic's to come..

[Russ FRST]

A few pic's of the new nearside sill fitted...









Now after being sprayed with body sholts and then sprayed diamond white..







Also gave the drivers side sill the same treatment with the sholts and paint, luckily the sill itself was mint ..

[andymcd]

looks good mate, dont like rear spittler tho

[Russ FRST]

looks good mate, dont like rear spittler tho

Yes agreed rear splitter now gone was a bit of experiment trying to balance up the low line of the front bumper but i think it looks better without..

[Dave G fsi]

Awesome project mate.Looks like you have put alot of time and effort into her over the years.

Keep up the good work

[Russ FRST]

Hi All.. Time for along over due update..

Been a hectic few months..

With the thought in mind of fitting some Escort cosworth wheels a session with the arch roller was much needed here's some pic's..







After some careful rolling the lip of the arch was flush with panel, witch was then seam seal to prevent corrosion etc..





Apologies for the bad picture quality, camera on phone was not liking the lighting in the garage..

Next on the list was to start removing all the pipes,fuel tank,suspension parts etc from the under side most of which will be sent off to my local powder coaters..









As you can see there's plenty of rust but this is all im pleased to say on the surface, nothing that a good going over with me sandblaster won't get off down to good clean bare metal

But before this i thought I'd get things covered up, top side of car, bottom of engine bay etc and also get some paint on drive shafts and gear link rods

[mikeymikeyp]

looks good mate, dont like rear spittler tho

Yes agreed rear splitter now gone was a bit of experiment trying to balance up the low line of the front bumper but i think it looks better without..

you still got the splitter and how much posted

[Russ FRST]

Sorry mate tis gone.. was a RGM one http://www.rgmstyling.com/ if your looking for one like it..

[EUFez]

Looks great mate. Goodluck with it!

[jayrs]

looking good mate
what you going for? black or white finish on the underside?

looking at them pics of the inner wings, it looks liek you got a couple of small holes there

[Russ FRST]

looking good mate
what you going for? black or white finish on the underside?

looking at them pics of the inner wings, it looks liek you got a couple of small holes there

Trust you jay to spot something

After sand blasting the inner wings the only things i had to do was fill (with mig weld) a couple of area's which had been badly worn away by a set of wheels i had on there a few years ago other then that all was good i just re-seam sealed the panel joints and then sprayed with white body sholts followed by a few good coats of diamond white

Pic's to follow..

[jayrs]

its a common problem mate on the inner wings, , still to fixed it right not jusyt filled it with fiberglass as some would

[Russ FRST]

Thought about time i updated me thread from last year been some time but lots have been done all of which was done just in time for the 2010 shows.. To follow on from the last update, the underside has been completely sandblasted not the nicest of jobs took me best part of a week but was well worth the effort and was really the only way of making sure the under side was clean before sealing/painting could begin..

After i was happy with the underside several cans of white body sholts where applied along with several top coats of good old ford diamond white.. The results..











Next it was to start fitting all me powder coated items, rear Axel, front cross member, Area six lower arms, Fuel tank etc, etc..











All topped off with a new Mk5 spare wheel carryer and a freshly refurbed frst wheel

[jayrs]

very nice mate

[Russ FRST]

very nice mate

Cheers Jay, it's getting there, all what your seeing was done last year in time for the 2010 shows but as you know its never really finished still doing plenty to it, i'll get some up to date pic's up

[jayrs]

your right there, nothing ever is finished as theres always something you want to do or change.
i changed some switchs in mine today and i dont even use the bloody thing but got me thinking about things i wanna change on it

i'll await the pics

[Fraggle]

Lovely motor,Best colour too Amazing what elbow grease achieves...Top work..She should last for another 20 with that amount of love 4her..

[Russ FRST]

Lovely motor,Best colour too Amazing what elbow grease achieves...Top work..She should last for another 20 with that amount of love 4her..

Thanks for the comments.. yeah there's certainly been alot of elbow grease applied would like to think she'll be around in another 20 years..

[Russ FRST]

Some pic's of parts collected for the project some of which have been fitted and some await fitment..

[jayrs]

all new fixings for the rear windows mate?

[Russ FRST]

all new fixings for the rear windows mate?

Bought these from HEEMAN when he was breaking his ZT Fezzer, he replace most of the items 6months prior me getting them, i did replace afew of the components, also managed to get a packet of gen ford Riv nuts, which to my surprise my local dealer had all items i required in stock

[jayrs]

i needed a selector arm for my gearbox once, matey came out from out the back with one in hand, said the dust was free prob glad to shift it!
so itsd always nice when they got the bits you need in stock, although rivet nuts can be gor from most places so no biggy if they didnt have them

[jonyb4]

i dont agree with the bumpers/splitters and bonnet

but its not me taxing it


looks stunning on the mechanicals mate, loving the paint detail underneath!

alot of work for the odd person at a show glancing in the mirrors

should pay off though

[Russ FRST]

Thought i'd put up some pic's of me Escos wheels i had refurbed last year..

Picked these up from a guy who had them on his Mk5 Zetec S, they were in original condition had never seen any paint ect so had the odd mark and ding, weren't to bad but thought while i was doing the rest it would be rude not to get them minted up..

After a good sand blasting..









And after several good layers of original silver and several coats of lacquer..

[Fraggle]

Now im Getting Green Eyed monster syndrome,,,Cossie Wheels Too..Show off

[jayrs]

rims ahve come up great mate

[antn0585]

Just gota love cossy rims

[Russ FRST]

Thanks for the comments... A controversial mod the cosy rims but you got to love the look

[jayrs]

it is mate, i love the look of them, but couldnt be doing with the hassle of them

they doo look the muts nuts though

[jonyb4]

it is mate, i love the look of them, but couldnt be doing with the hassle of them

they doo look the muts nuts though

i agree