right here goes i bought a rs1800 at the beginning of november and so far love it compared to my old si (i have had 3 ) but this is alot different and so far alot better but with all cars there are a few problems

so i picked it up from stoke and drove it home well half way untill the rear bearing collapsed and fucked my drum as i tryed to drive still but had to give up as felt like i was going to die so i got as far as newport pagnell and had to get it recovered by my mate on his transit

so the next day down to the scrappy to look for a new drum but there wasnt any so i had to put a standard fiesta drum on one side for now as i cant afford to get the drums at the moment (only 60 pound for 2 new)
and i no it can be dangerous as uneven breaking but had to get to work and back so had to do something as not insured in my old si anymore

but other than that the car aint been too bad the previous owner had looked after the car very well as it has had over £1500 spent on it just this year as i have stacks and stacks of paper work some dating back to 1995
but 2 years ago it had all new arches, inner and outer sills, front valance and any other rust cut out and replaced plus a full respray not the best but not bad he reckons it was mallard green but totally different to my old car that was mallard green so could someone please try and tell me what the actual colour is as on the hpi check it says it has had a colour change but only says green

i have a few ideas of what i want to do slo here my list so far
escort gti white alloys -got mondy alloys at moment if anybody wants to do a deal all tyres are good
vr6 golf splitter-ORDERED
wind deflectors-ORDERED-FITTED
new number plates as old says kazzas rs1800 on them-ORDERED-FITTED
st150 brakes
lower it and no chris not decking it - DONE
strut braces front and back
early boot struts for boot
polybush whole car
twin pillar pod holder 1.oil temp 2.dont no yet
braided brake lines
full leather interior
turbo popouts that i have got but cant get the metal caps of as i want to tint them before i fit them
better spark plug leads
escort lsd gearbox
sort my abs out as it dont work
also front heated screen dont work
rs bonnet with raisers got bonnet but dont no what the colour is i need
morette lights or headlight protectors
and other bits like blue hoses under bonnet but all in good time

bu there are a few pics for now


only bit of ruist so far


need the black plastic bit that goes here






sits like a jeep


mmmmmmmmmmm arch gap




















pics only from my iphone so not the best

let me no what you think and any suggestions

Looks like a good base Get that thing lowered!

i got a 40mm kit on my old car so that will be getting swapped over as i can fit a can of coke between wheels and arch

looks nice!! look after her . . . . and keep it off the stella

Love it

Reminds me of my 3.5 RS1800 - Best seats ever too!!

as seen on the mainpage write up:- http://www.fiesta-si.com/ford-fiesta-hi ... ta-rs1800/


I like your plans also

Regarding the ABS, what you need to do is ditch it. Fit an Escort (or Mondeo) brake servo, remove the brake compensator from the rear beam, and enjoy decent brakes! Trust me.
Lowering it with the ABS with the silly brake compensator on the rear beam "may" cause you some agro in heavy braking, specially if you are upgrading the puny front brakes

Also re: the rear drums, just slap a full set of standard fiesta drums on instead, the RS1800's (with ABS) seem to come with the slightly larger and flatter drums, but to no real benifit IMO.. I also binned mine, due to the exact same problem you had

Oh yeah, remove the shiney tape shite from the bumpers!

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

Looks lovely! Deck it!

In all seriousness though I can sell you my raisers once you get the bonnet you want will post them to you for a fiver lol

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cheers paul i have read your rs1800 thread

and yea seats are very suprising as i had recaros in last car that were perfect but these are even better and solid

and ditching the abs is there a guide on your old thread as i would like to keep all the extras really but if it will be better without it ill remove it as it dont work anyway

Fair enough, I just have the longer bolts and these little tubes on mine and was going to be taking them off soon so itwas just if you wanted them.

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cheers anyway chris but why u taking them of is it cause bonnet gap kills now

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

paul is that your actual old car on the write up and what size wheels are they cheers

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

nice lookin car mate
look forward to readin more

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Fiesta Si 2.0
Fiesta 1.1
Peugeot 206 sw 1.4

Really nice car

Look forward to the progress

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Looks like a nice car there fella! Plans sound good too, most of that ive done to my car lol.

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i do love your car danny thats why i want white wheels but i do wonder what it was like and how your back turret went


it may be slow progress but i will keep u all up to date

and paul my wheels are only 14" and i like it standard looking too so might look in to them instead

looks good mate

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RUST IS LIGHTER THAN CARBON FIBER

http://www.fiesta-si.com
http://www.fiestaguides.co.uk/

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19422

theres some abs info in there. best place for it is in the bin tho. i stand by that. this system is filth.

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