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[xrt-mart]

Nice one mate, are you going to be using it as a daily driver?

[jayrs]

yes mate it will be.
once rs is on road this will be next project.

[tompeteRS]

Good luck with the project Jay - the MK2 XR2 is one of my all time favourites and one of the best cars I've ever owned.

I had and still have got a lot of brand new MK2 Fiesta parts - I've got loads of brand new rear bumper reflectors which you need and I've got a MK2 Fiesta LHS Front Wing and Lower Back panel for a base model if your interested..

[jayrs]

yeah could well be mate, if the price is right
if you wanna knock up a list and pm it me please do mate i'll save it and when the rebuild begins i will more than likly be in contact, i may even need something now

[~nomad~]

lovely. another xr2 zetec project for the ft peeps

[jayrs]

indeed mate, wouldnt mind doinga 2 litre with a super charger on it but then i just getting silly

[jayrs]

working on her again today in between the rain, and unfortunatly found a bit of rust on the floor right next to the jacking point today (hidden by the under seal untill pushed, lol) so plated it inside and out, all the front work is done now apart from the shocks, im waiting on some to come over
went over the whole floor too to make sure no more bits were hidden and thankfully there wasnt
new cam belt and alternator belt fitted today, cam belt would of been done anyway but more so as i had a new spare one, and the new alternator belt came with the car so rude not to fit it really.
freash 50/50 anti freeze mix in etc, and i discovered something i had completely forgot all about too today
i got some xr2i wheels last nignt (off adamfrst on here) as the pepper pots need a couple of tyres, and i went to fit them and when i went to put the first bolt in it twigged they wont fit, the wheels will fit the mk2 etc, but, the tappered washer on the wheels bolts (mk2 bolts, mk3 nuts) is smaller than the tappered washer on the mk3 nuts, meaning the holes in the 2i wheels are bigger than the pepper pots and the xr2 bolt will only just grip it with about 1mm all round, not good, and no where near safe people, so im in a bit of a catch, do i roll the tyres off and fit them to the pepper pots (got a manal tyre machine) or do i go to scrappy and try and find wheels bolts off something that will fit, course they would be same lenth and thread but will need the bigger washer
i dunno, cant belive i forgot about that , still on a brighter note the naff passanger headlight is now sorted, in true form of fixing not replacing, i just happened to have the backing off a mk2 headlight, which was passanger side too, i remember keeping it as the glass got broke and i thought about using it as a air intake (when i was thinking of turboing a mk2 many years ago) but got the frst , anyway, cut long story short, the chrome inside was still very good, and the glass off the naffed one came off easy, in fact so easy im shocked it never fell off bring the car home se was siliconed on to the good backing and the good adjusters taking from the naffed light and put on the now good light, so the passanger light problem is now sorted.

i know i have no new pics for you but theres not much point really, at the mo anyway.
thats it , que the comments like, tight c**t, etc

[jayrs]

shes on the road as of yesterday (16th)
passed MOT with no problems, and the 2 front shcoks that were express delivered were fitted just in time for the MOT

here she is just to the side of the MOT garage, well, next to the bodyshop part of it anyway, spot anything out of place in the pic??

[Brammer]

spot anything out of place in the pic??

Colour???.................................................

The yales on the boot and side?
Is their a crack or something under the tape on the corner piece?

Cracking little runna Jay, don't get too carried away and forget all about the other motor

[jayrs]

the colour , well i guess it could of been radiant red not rosso red

yeah the dead locks in the door etc are a bit of a pain but easy fix, as it got a bit of grot on the boot lid and the drivers door is a bit rusty at the bottom too, the only problem is they drilled a dirty great hole about 12mm into the door shut rear quater side, and the mk2 have the vents in that part unlike the mk3,but still if and when i do sort this one out after my rs is on road that will all be sorted.
and no, i wont forget about the rs mate, this ones carb, and take a little to start (as the auto chokes been replaced with a manl one thats a bit w@nk!) so i think of the rs everyday now, turn the key and the rs starts and ticks over nice, this one, being carb takes a bit more effort

yeah its cracked undere the tape, its really the corner bit that can be replaced, ther main part does have a small crack but the corners worse and you know what there like with MOT's and sharp edges etc, didnt wanna fail it just over a cracked corner bit or no refelctor , the refelctor on the passage side was a cut down one from a old light board off my dads trailer, dont look nice, but does the job to keep mot and plod happy untill i get another corner bit

but that wasnt the picture i was on about, have a ganda at the first one again

[Turboboy67]

Clarky been over collecting spares again then

Good news its got 12 months MOT now mate, must feel good to be back in one again

Sounds like you've been busy sorting things on it,

now take it out on the military road and open her up

[Brammer]

but that wasnt the picture i was on about, have a ganda at the first one again

Is it the height???

[jayrs]

no.

not gunna take it up milly road yet, i wanna get the brakes better, they work but just dont feel right.
she drives nice too, but shes crying out for that 2 litre zetec

clarks been over, well still is, for some work to be done, weather has been proper $hit! and has slowed things down, and a fair few bits had been fighting back but they lost in the end

[FRSJON]

nice one jay...who's is the ropey old white car in the pic?? ..do rs brakes fit the xr2?? got my old ones if you want them??....

[jayrs]

they should do mate, disc size is the same

[Ghost]

whats wrong with the first pic???

Its driving me nuts!

[jayrs]

well i was waiting for someone to say something along the lines of, WTF is knuckles car doing in the pic, or red and white together, but red is still first in line

ill be getting me coat now....

[Ghost]

well i was waiting for someone to say something along the lines of, WTF is knuckles car doing in the pic, or red and white together, but red is still first in line

ill be getting me coat now....

oh dear is that it!

No wonder I didnt get it

[FRSJON]

they should do mate, disc size is the same

ive got the calipers and a pair of good black diamond discs...ill drop them round...

[jayrs]

yeah that was it, but then you knew he was coming over

nice one jon cheers.
if you get any news on that silver one let me know, if not, we go down and chin the c*nt for trashing it and take it back

[niracka]

Not been on a while mate.

I'm glad to see you got her on the road in good time. how does she drive now everything is tip-top????

One of my mates is just learning to drive and i saw him driving round with his dad in his MINT!!! xr2 today (the lucky baxtered) and it made me think of you

ollie

[jayrs]

shes a good drive mate, on a road out to my parents thats a bit bumpy its a bit choppy, i think the rear shocks could do with a change, but still, its not that bad

[niracka]

Well like I said for a car of that age its really amazing thats its still in that condition really.

So are there no speed limits were you live????

[FRSJON]

ill drop the brakes round this weekend if your about mate ...i do have some gossip on the silver one if your on msn ....

[jayrs]

sorry guys been away for the week.

yeah theres speed limits here and the pi..... police love to inforce it

catch ya on msn then jon

[Turboboy67]

sorry guys been away for the week.

Don't be sorry, we havn't missed you

So is there any short term plans for the Xr then fella ?

btw I will be over within a couple of weeks, so you can buy me that drink you owe me

Cheers

[jayrs]

sort term plans, hmm, sort the brakes as they are a bit $hit, and see what i can do about the head lights, the MK2 has never been a goodun for headlight brightness, although enough to pass the MOT and fine for lit roads, but these country roads over with that are pitch black there toss

and what drink is this then....

oh, the one you said you would buy me

[niracka]

I know exactly what you mean from when i had my mk3 astra gsi. Even with the fogs on there was next to no visibility out in the bush. You could try putting some xenon bulbs in perhaps jay????

ollie

[jayrs]

im thinking about it mate, but on the other hand, as the full beam is just as good as the normal lights on my rs i might just drive around at night with full beam on fcuk everyone else

[Xr_Dub]

jay this was mates one

i use to loove having races with my xr2i and my mates xr2,he let me drive it few times
a go kart would describe it, man miss the oldskool cars in my area there all gone

[RS rob]

i love the destinctive sound to a xr2 with an exhaust.
loads of fun to drive

very jealous jay!

[jayrs]

xr dub, yes mate, a go cart is the best way to discribe it, they just handle so well even in std form, and although not fast really, there good fun

bridgend_boy , your right, the xr2 has its own sound like no other
well i fitted a cherry bomb tail pipe on my old red one years ago that made a weird sound

[fiestasiphil]

loving the run around jay u seen my runabout xr2 rep even thats a laugh there getting rare these days look after it

[jayrs]

maybe mate i cant remember, link me mate

[fiestasiphil]

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