Thought I'd be aswel start up one of these. I bought this a week ago, so it's the start of my project. I hope in a few years time that I will have replaced or cleaned every part of this car, so this will be a slow moving yet ongoing thread. I will only be doing major things to it once a month or once every couple of months because of money and resources.
Anyway, so far I have debadged it, put on clear black Focus reapeaters and given it the best clean it's ever had by the looks of things.
If you notice in the one above, the front rim, I left a tiny area as dirty as it was for the photo, this is a close up VvV
It has it's problems, theres a hiss from somewhere in the engine that can be heard with the bonnet open and oil in the spark plugs, theres lots of soot coming from the exhaust aswel. I think all of those problems could be coming from a loose seal in the....pistony..bit (the word has completely slipped my mind, I'm tired) and a few tiny bits of corrosion on the body work. Other than that it is in perfect condition. Underside is very clean, new sills, lots of new parts. It's only ever failed one MOT, somebody loved her.
My plan, in no consecutive order:
-The paintwork is chipped all over it and it has been keyed, so I want to touch it all up
-Fix all points of corrosion.
-Get new rims, preferably 16s, maybe 17s.
-Lower it 35mm
-Archwork if needed
-Tint the windows
-Tint the rear lights
-Get angel front lights and brows.
-Change the plastic spoiler to a body coloured one
-Delock it (It already has clifford alarm.)
-Fit single windscreen wiper
-Get splitters and skirts.
-Smooth the bonnet
-Get vents for bonnet
-Fit a K&M Filter
-Clean/replace any major parts
-Get silicon tube covers to tidy the engine a bit.
After my 1st ncb I want a 2ltr mondeo engine in it so I'm not concentrating too much on the engine.
Whadya tink?
By the way, is the front ford badge bolted into the bonnet or is it just glued like the rest? I didn't want to remove it incase I was left with a hole.
