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[jayrs]

nice mate

love the last 2 pics

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers guys

nice mate

love the last 2 pics

yeah had to be done

Good work there fella all on your lonesome

It sure would have been easier with another person, but got it done in the end

[Excursion]

Nice work

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers Mark

Got this sticker from a mk1 mondeo a while ago, just deciding if I should stick it in the engine bay somewhere?

[Excursion]

I trimmed it to fit on the crossover pipe.

[jonyb4]

hes currently using the K&N banana pipe, mark

[Excursion]

hes currently using the K&N banana pipe, mark

Ahh. This would be a good excuse to get rid of that hideous thing and get a nice air box back on it

[jonyb4]

well said


funny enough i have an orginal air box in the post for me

[- Danny Boy -]

the k&n will be staying

I dont think I will put the sticker anywhere, will just keep it in my toolbox

[jonyb4]

slam panel?

[Tweek]

Stick it on the strut brace

[Minstral]

dont put it on keep ppl guessing

[- Danny Boy -]

slam panel?

That was my original Idea, but I think it could just make the engine bay look messy because it might seem out of place. As I said, i'll leave it off for now

Stick it on the strut brace

Didn't you stick a sticker on your strut brace? I can't put it there anyway, I like to polish it and make it look shineyyyyyyy

dont put it on keep ppl guessing

Thats my plan for now

[Tweek]

Yeah, I have a H&R sticker on my brace.

[- Danny Boy -]

I though that was what it was

[Rhinopower]

Ditch the banana pipe, it sucks itself closed restricting airflow.

[jonyb4]

Ditch the banana pipe, it sucks itself closed restricting airflow.

experienced this while it was fitted to the 1.6

[Minstral]

panel filter was best

[jonyb4]

im not sure about that, wayne/tweek claims doing that was worse for him (cant remember if he had the temp sensor issue then and if it was a standard filter or K&N or the like)

but still

[- Danny Boy -]

I cleaned the car for the first time in months the other day. So I decided that night to go do some photography and snap some pictures of the car.

They are all meant to be dark and gloomy before anyone says anything, the whole idea of this was to replicate that dark and gloomy urban underground look. Hope you like!

I present to you: Project 'Underground'

[jonyb4]

fantastic pictures, angles and quality, but i just dont get why your obsessed with taking them too dark/low contrast, its really spoiling your work

[- Danny Boy -]

It was the whole 'underground' look I was going for

Plus, in that car park there was literally only a handfull of lights on, and was pretty dark in there, so not having much light to work with puts you back straight away, then you have to juggle with all the settings - as I shoot mostly in manual mode although some of these final pictures was in a preset camera mode as I was experimenting with all different modes and settings for that look, but even on say Auto mode or using a long exposure for example, the whole picture gets thrown off, especially by the wheels because they are so white. If I had say silver or black wheels, or say a silver car then the pictures would look totally different

Wait until me and Chris go there for a shoot (Chris ZS on fsi) and you will see a massive difference

[dontpannic]

I like those shots. Gives off a definite dystopian feel.

[- Danny Boy -]

Small update.

Got myself an RS Turbo bonnet today from Jon who I borrowed the engine crane off to do the engine conversion - as hes breaking his FRST.

It's black as you can tell by the pictures, but its only on there for a short while as a trial fit to see whether I like it.

So far, I am starting to like it. At first I wasn't really sure about it, but its slowly growing on me. I think once it gets sprayed up to match the car it will look much better.

I popped round my mums house and told her I put it on there and she said it looks smart. She used to have a black orion with some sort of body kit on it - RS kit I think - back in the day, so shes into her old skool fords which is why she likes it lol

Anyway, quick picture from my phone:





In other news, the car has done 600 miles since the engine change, only one thing has gone wrong so far which is my own fault. A power steering pipe rubbed on the camshaft pulley and slowly ate its way through the rubber and then let go when I was in Bournemouth with Chris getting a new head for his ZS. Luckily I had stuff on me to cut the pipe a little shorter and then get a jubilee clip on there.

So apart from that, its all good. Just need to give the engine bay a bloody good clean now!


So... opinions on the bonnet?

[jonboisescort]

you dont hang around

looks good will be even better once its painted

[fezza89]

i like it without the turbo bonnet i think,

maybe when its painted though

[- Danny Boy -]

I sure don't! It was fitted within half hour of you leaving I think lol.

I quite like it now, different angles give it a different look and its slowly setting in how it looks. Once I put the splitter back on it should look even better. Will be nice when its painted Summer job for me

i like it without the turbo bonnet i think,

maybe when its painted though

I know what you mean. I think perhaps the rounded bumpers suit the flat bonnet a bit more.

Once I get the splitter back on I'll get a better pic and see how it looks then

[knuckles]

I normally hate the fiesta si

but this is one i wouldnt feel embarased to drive.
Smart

[hb69]

So glad you havent fitted the 2i/rs bodykit. Looks good, rs bonnet suits it

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers Clark

So glad you havent fitted the 2i/rs bodykit. Looks good, rs bonnet suits it

I dont think I will ever fit an rs kit. I have a kit in primer - had it since about 2008, but I dont think it will ever go on

[jonboisescort]

i agree sell the kit on

[Dave5300]

the frst bonnet always get a thumbs up from me! underground pics look great aswel danny, were you useing a low exposure time on the shutter out of interest?

[jonyb4]

I normally hate the fiesta si

but this is one i wouldnt feel embarased to drive.
Smart

Harsh!!

[knuckles]

Harsh!!

harsh but true

[jonyb4]

not at all, the Si is a very good medium, cracking first car for young drivers and a perfect base for a 2.0 conversion, not to mention very good looking