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[dontpannic]

Looking good Toby

[Minstral]

Whats all that crud in the mesh?

think its just tar and years of bugs. the whole front bumper needs a respray any way

Well known cleaning your engine with a jumper technique

works well

[Minstral]

started this a while ago but weathers been so bad recently i havent had time to finish it. i planned to just hammerite around the seals to help protect them but then i started going further and further to the middle so ive hammerited from the edge of the sill all the way to the exhaust tunnel
drivers side

passenger

has come out well and found it easier than painting the arches
next is to take the spare wheel and carrier off and do the rear floor. takes a while as this is all on my drive no big lifting euqipment for me
if i ever need to take the exhaust off i will paint the tunnel then

[jonyb4]

ah looks good mate, i need to underseal the Si soon ready for the salty winter

id rather underseal it than hammerite though, its cheaper and more resistant agaisnt stone chips and other abrasives

for the best lifting get a jack on the main chassis legs, nearest the tunnel and lift from there on both front and rear, should ge tit high enough for you to slide under

[Sphinx]

Got to disagree about the underseal; it's a sticky black mess that never dries. All that happens is crap gets stuck to it that can't be scrubbed off. Something like hammerite that dries solid is much better as you can keep an eye on it (you'll never see rust starting under thick underseal) and you can jet it off.

[Chris 2i]

http://www.plastikote.com/products/Truc ... Spray.html

I'm using this on the underside of the XR2

[Minstral]

Got to disagree about the underseal; it's a sticky black mess that never dries. All that happens is crap gets stuck to it that can't be scrubbed off. Something like hammerite that dries solid is much better as you can keep an eye on it (you'll never see rust starting under thick underseal) and you can jet it off.

exactly why ive done it i may also get some wax over the top of it if i can.

jon i have a trolley jack and stands but i mean like garage lifting equipment so i can stand under it

while its not going any where and getting dirty i can do it al in stages

[Smo]

While it's sitting there, you can get those lights changed too

[Minstral]

While it's sitting there, you can get those lights changed too

your the only 1 that actually noticed
im not bothered about them probably get a euo'd one at some point then replace the opposite one, with a non-lightly smoked one
have bought a new n/s side headlight to replace my current one as the all the clips for the grill and second securing bolt hasve broken off

[RS rob]

pointless undersealing a car of that age,
the rot is already there by now and theres nothing you can do unless you get it back to bare metal
depending on how far its gone, some can be treated other bits need to be cut out!

[jonyb4]

pointless undersealing a car of that age,
the rot is already there by now and theres nothing you can do unless you get it back to bare metal
depending on how far its gone, some can be treated other bits need to be cut out!

couldnt disagree more, you can always prevent it getting rust in other places

[hb69]

Still unsure why Ford dont underseal cars

[jonyb4]

Aye they only put that yellow pale funky s**t instead end they don't do it everywhere

[hb69]

Aye they only put that yellow pale funky s**t instead end they don't do it everywhere

Dont even know what that stuff is supposed to be, comes off easily too

[jonyb4]

Yea it does... it tends to come off with a jack

[hb69]

Yea it does... it tends to come off with a jack

Indeed it does

You getting that bit hamber stuff Toby?

[Minstral]

pointless undersealing a car of that age,
the rot is already there by now and theres nothing you can do unless you get it back to bare metal
depending on how far its gone, some can be treated other bits need to be cut out!

well seeing as there is no rot of any kind on the floor yet it makes sense to stop it before it actually starts

[Dave G fsi]

Good to get the protection on now to prevent the rust before it happens mate, nice one!

[Minstral]

Good to get the protection on now to prevent the rust before it happens mate, nice one!

cheers dave

[Minstral]

small update
as said before bought a smoked headlight off ebay to replace my passenger one as the middle bracket had broken on it and didnt sit pproperly on the bumper. it finally turned up during the week then i found that the glass had smashed due to rubbish packaging. but realised that if i take the glass off the original headlight on the car and stick it on to the new one it would be fine. i actually then ended up taking the whole inners out of the new light and sticking the old headlinghts inners in as the paint inside was much better and a matt black colour, so wouldve looked odd compared to the other. so all bolted back together now with no nails around the outside just to make sure its water tight.
all fitted and on the car, good as new

can just see how it sat before

and sitting properly on the bumper not sitting back behind it


still trying to sell the polo then i can do something with this, refitting some standard rear speakers as well at the moment just got to find the passenger side speaker wire as i think its been cut down at some point

[hb69]

Not easy selling cars at the moment

At this rate though, by the time the show season starts you can use the polo daily and the zs on track

[knuckles]

Whats going on with the paint in this pic ?

have they painted the quarter with the grey moulding in place ?

[dontpannic]

Thats better Pretty much how my car was when I got it, however mine was accident damage rather than snapped brackets. I could never find the rear speaker plugs in mine to had to run new cables down either side of the car. Not a bad idea to do that anyway really.

[jonyb4]

Probably didn't have any nick, isnt it just an lx?

[Minstral]

Whats going on with the paint in this pic ?

have they painted the quarter with the grey moulding in place ?

clark i think whats happened is whoever took them off wasnt very carefull and its just taken the laquer off both side as well

Thats better Pretty much how my car was when I got it, however mine was accident damage rather than snapped brackets. I could never find the rear speaker plugs in mine to had to run new cables down either side of the car. Not a bad idea to do that anyway really.

i have it on the drivers side but the other side i think has been cut down. its a zs so it definately has the wiring

[Minstral]

thought id update this to say the rear speakers are fitted, thought i would have to extend the wiring on the passenger side to reach but i found all the right wiring just piled behind the 3/4 panel so all in and working, and also finally started it today after about a month of the battery being flat. took it up the roadmake sure it wasnt the brakes werent siezed on and all is fine just want to drive it now

[hb69]

Shawspeed cams and chip required here

[Minstral]

MOT and tax is more important

[Minstral]

fiesta has been on the road now for just over a week all mot'd and tax'd. past mot first time only advised on tyres and brakes
loving driving it handles so well and sounds so good.
havent updated this in a while done the low fluid sensor about month ago now
so took the arch cover out to find a load of mud


amount taken out, should really check the other sound thining about it

hole drilled out didnt have anything big enough so had to file it out by hand, istn circular but it is very tight and doesnt leak at all

end result of light working


last sunday went round to my mates and we used our detainling stuff on it and gave it the winter clean, plus it hasnt been washed in 3 months.
before


after snow foam washing and drying


then moved into his garage out of the coldfor polish and wax, resultssome are abit blurred didnt have the right setting on camera







really pleased with the results, needs some body bits doing which ill get done next year, just enjoying driving it at the mo

also found that its already got axel spacers on as well so more money saved

probably more pics on the clean as ive got some beadage pics to come and henry's got a few

[hb69]

[jonyb4]

i really should get a set of these wheels in black for the Si, si's look lovely on them


nice work, the transformation!

you should get a fordbadge back ont he front, its all a bit too dark

[Minstral]

does need a new front one possbily getting a dmb 1 white and black

you should get a fordbadge back ont he front, its all a bit too dark

might be the theme though black

[EUFez]

Looks tidy mate. Good job... I reckon you should go with the black/purple colour scheme, sounds funky!

[leighk2010]

i want your wheels for my project fiesta

[jonyb4]

i want your wheels for my project fiesta

No i wanted them first!