Cheers mate, really pleased with how she's starting to look now!c

Maybe FMIC in the future when I up the power, but not atm. On a budget so can't really afford one atm anyway.

Wrote on your other thread mate, deffo go for a FRST rather than an xr2i

Cheers for all the comments

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Update time!

Well, I've been mad busy on the rst recently working about 8 hours a day on her! Got loads done tho so its worth it.

Firstly, got the front crossmember and battery tray cleaned, derusted and painted up:







Then got the bushes and antiroll bar off the back axle ready for my polybushes and cleaned up and painted them:

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cleaned:



painted:



Next up was the petrol tank. Cleaned it up and painted it and was suprised how good condition it was:

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cleaned:



painted:





Next was the spare wheel and spare whell holder both cleaned up and painted:

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painted:



cleaned:





painted:





Also did the brake back plates:



These are now both painted up, no pics of them atm tho.

I also cleaned up and painted the fuel lines and put a new handbrake cable on, and then built the car back up with the cleaned/painted components.

I also got the new rear shocks and springs on ready for the back axle to go back on. Here's some pics of the whole lot assembled:



























Also got the bodykit cleaned up and back on, with the propper green strips in the front and back bumpers now too



Finally, I got he block stripped down and have now sent it off to burtons for re-bore, new pistons, crankshaft regrind, big end shells etc so it will be capable of up to 300bhp ready for my future engine plans

Pic before it was collected:



Next up is to finish rebuilding the back end of the car then do what I can get done on the front end before I go back to uni. Polybushes are holding me up at the moment, were meant to turn up a week and a half ago and still arn't here yet Also, cant seem to get hold of rear antiroll bar brackets. Ford have stopped doing them and no-one else does either. Ford are currently searching all of their european supplies to try and find some for me. Cant believe it as these are mot failure parts and lots of mk3's had them, cant belive ford arnt doing them anymore!!

Anyone know anywhere that does them still?

Anyway, let me know what you think

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looks awesome the whole Things looks mint.

If I had a garage I'd take a lead out of your book and clean and paint everything up.
Really does look like new

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Thats fooking amazing. Thats how i want the underside of mine to look. Thats full on concourse. Doing a top job. Love threads like this where you see a car stripped then slowly built back up with pics of progress. Well done mate am well impressed

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Cheers buddy

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i'm not jealous

looks fucking gorgeous, mint, amazing, sick, mental, etc

quick question, how did you manage to get it that high on breeze blocks ?

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Yea, have had some nerve racking moments but its actually really solid up there, really its no different to it being on the floor on axle stands, just higher lol. I know what you mean about lying under cars tho, rubbish access and severe back ache for days after

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lookin bleeding mental mate,top job,love to be able to have done mine like that but like 95 fiesta says i be crappin myself if it falls while im underneath or something

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RuLeThEbEnDs

Cheers mate It adds excitement when your working thinking you could get crushed at any minute!

Nah, seriously, its really solid up there, would take alot of effort to get it to fall off!

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you've got to get it back down yet

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na its literally going to be a " show car "

Yea, its going to be up there forever now!

I've done it all before on my si and also my 1.1 runabout too and its actually easier to get it down than up anyway

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Looking very special mate! When you come to selling it pm me

About the ford parts, ford no longer cater for old school fords like the rs. I can only just about get parts for my si through my work! Ford just take stuff out of production whenever they feel like it!

Keep up the good work mate

Cheers mate

You would think ford would make some sort of effort for older fords seeing as they have such a large following!

Oh well, I'll just have to keep looking.

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