another bodyshop update

heres the bonnet in a better state, small repairs and the euro bad boy is done, quite happy with how this turned out, must admit had second thoughts when it had only just been welded,



this is the rear strut in the boot, had a slight ripple from where something in the boot had smacked it hard from a previous owner,
all sorted now tho



heres the back panel trimmed like i mentioned in the last update,
looks alot better, mentioned reasons for this in the last update i think, will have to check lol


heres the turbo spoiler which i took up with me, bought this from a guy on FT, sound fella


heres the splitter, its been trimmed, riveted and screwed on and fibreglass etc over the top, not finished yet but looks good already


heres the mcr logo being sanded back and smoothed over


heres the seam for the rear panels, had this smoothed aswell,


a close up of the bonnet


overall pic of the car, put my 17's on as someone might be buying the rs2000 rims off me, not sure yet tho so took them off anyway,
if they dont get sold i'll prob have them refurbed



also recieved some new clear rear lights which i bought from russ_si on FT sound bloke, much better condition than mine,

nearly there getting really excited,.

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a few more quick pics
firstly my bumper when i got up there, having some fresh filler on there, but can really see the shape coming now and workmanship being put into it




then it was rubbed down after looking around the car while i was there



panels in primer and flatted back (felt like glass fair play)




here she is in the spray booth, with wheels off on axel stands
she's had some primer all over and sprayed inside the doors and boot,
its only had some base sprayed on it, so this is'nt how the colour will look when finished


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Looks like its coming on well, not really a fan of RST/Xr bumpers on the Si!

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more updates

had my grooved disc's zinc cadium plated,
basically the parts which wont touch the brake pads wont rust,
really happy with how they look,


now the more interesting updates lol

heres the bumper finished and in primer, really happy with the outcome, the workmanship is awesome,



heres a random pic of the sideskirts and arches which have been rubbed down and sprayed in primer, the jacking point covers have been glued in so they wont be going anywhere lol,


was originally going to have them smoothed in, but time has gone on and it would make a things awkward as they would have be smoothed once on the car because the kit flex's alot/maybe crack,
also the boys wanted new paint under the kit,
so that explains why only the front wing has been sprayed, because i decided to forget the idea, on the plus side the colour is bloody lovely and i could'nt be more pleased as these are only rough coats of paint,
can already see the pearle and metallic in it, not really captured in my pics


a shot of the front showing the colour


a close up of the arch, most of the lip has been cut back for the big wheels, also the frst arches are cut back the same, a little more towards the front is to be taken off, meaning i'll be loosing the top bumper mount point totally, so going to make a new mount further inside the bumper


heres some more pics around the car








tried taking a pic to capture the flake etc, just does'nt do it justice


also i've got seats coming soon, its nearly there, CANT WAIT hehe.

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heres my brake calipers from an escort cosworth 4x4,
these are the same calipers that came on the sierra 4x4 aswell
unlike the 2wd sierra cosworth which has 4pot caliper but they dont fit apparently on my fez

although the escort/sierra 4x4 cossie calipers are only single pots, the pistons are larger than normal,
obviously being able to stop a standard 200+bhp cossie
heres a few pics of how mine are currently looking before stripping them down for a refurb




in this pic you can see i've got the piston out and carrier off,


heres the dust seal off


heres the piston seal, all coming off though


looking to have the calipers shot blast back to a nice clean metal, then i'll have the calipers plated and then put back together with new seals etc, hopefully looking alot better

well update on the bodshop side of things aswell,
its all painted except for the door handles, mirrors and spoiler
side skirts and arches are on aswell,
currently being flatted back and polished

the finish from the gun is amazing and i'm suprised their even flatting and polishing it at all,
theres no bits in the paint and feels amazing, also no orange peely effect,
but nevermind all adds to the big respect i have for the bodyshop

no pics on here tho, will wait a bit

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small update, had my calipers back from being shot blast,
as you can see a massive difference,
no rust or dirt and grime lol

few pics below to show the difference,
dropped them off to the platers today aswell, so should be having them back on friday
their being nickle plated, should have a nice finish to them



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got my brake calipers and carriers back from the platers,
really happy with the result
only a quick pic from the camera fone at the mo, but you get the idea



the car is basically done, except i've dropped some fiesta turbo rear quarter opening windows off to be put on aswell,
also the exhaust still needs to be extended, rear number plate lights to be sorted,
(mk 3 fez only comes with one single light, mk5 fez which the bumper is from has two lights with totally different connectors to my original)
and also the bodyshop wants to give it one more good cut back and polish

seems like i'll never have it back lol
but no point rushing quality.

pics soon.

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well she's home thanks to the great help of ben, really reccomend his services

not in any order as the progress has been thick and fast since she's back
firstly the engine looking really manky, but also old bonnet stay


a new chrome item to update, my first bit of bling for the engine


nice bare interior :bad:


new insulation for under the carpet as the old one was wrecked after an accident with oil in the rear footwell,


ah thats better, fresh carpet lol, steam cleaned it to get the oil out, came out really good



new ford wipers to go with the new windscreen


got the sunroof out for a good clean, full of dust etc


sneek pic of the new seats to be going in
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mainly cleaning and putting things back together in this update

half cleaned, half not just shows how dirty it got in the bodyshop etc



the dirty side



the clean side lol



the fiesta turbo rear quarter opening windows, really love these,
big improvement on the fixed rear window with big chunky seals



the interior starting to look normal again but a bit cleaner aswell



heres a pic the c pillar trim, obviously with the rear opening windows in the hinges would stop this going on,
but on the back of it, was how to cut it to give the hinges room,


heres the back of it


heres the seats back in for the mot, then i'll put the new front seats in after



big thanks to my mum for helping with the cleaning as i was putting the interior back in
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for the mot i've bought a brand new cat and lamda sensor,
went to change this over to discover i've been given the wrong cat by the factors
the hole for the lamda sensor is on the wrong side so the lamda sensor wont go in as the alternator is too close,
so this means i wont be able to mot the thing on tuesday morning like planned,.

it passed the mot friday afternoon so went to trax as planned!

right its the monday morning after trax, got quite alot of updates to show
so i'll start at the beginning, the last few things i did before trax, after the mot,

ever since i've had the car, the rear drums were badly painted red,
something i've been meaning to sort for some time,
so took the wheels off and had a wire brush on a drill,
couple of mins later they looked like this


then with a spray of some black paint as in pic below,
(notice the cossie on the paint can and my new cossie wheels in the backround lmao)


the end result, alot more tidy, subtle and does'nt stand out,
job done



the next thing was the aerial, looked very dated etc and did'nt go with the rest of the car's styling,
so keeping with the ford theme, i bought one from a mk5 fiesta
in the pic below shows comparison of the old one on the left and new one on the right


and on the car


next to do was the brakes and new front spots and fogs .

the brakes were done after the mot and tax,
few of the lads from bridgend massive came over for assistance
or actually did it for me lol


jacked up, wheels off, boys get started


dan the man getting stuck in! lol


heres the bad part, only now we realised i had the wrong disc's,
cossie disc's are 278mm, these were sadly 260mm
still better than my 240mm disc's currently on the car,
so will be abusing the lad who sold my the brake setup including these wrong disc's
a pic to show the small difference, still better tho


the brakes before


the brakes after
you can see how the disc's are too small for the calipers, but will do for now


next up drain the old brake fluid out, it was blacker than black,
when its supposed to be a "wee wee" colour as
told by mr wolze (diff forum) lol


new 5.1 brake fluid as provided by mates dinky dave and wolze (diff forum)


hmmm new fluid


all the brake fluid was bleed completely until it was only the new 5.1 fluid inside,
a quick shot to show the brakes behind the wheels, even tho their the wrong disc's,
i'm still happy with the improvement visually, also still much better physically braking
cant wait to see the difference with the proper disc's


by the time we finished it just started to lash it down, so cant show the pics the new lights on the front aswell.

finally some proper pics taken at trax with my local club






still got loads more to do so will still be updating.

well its been a while since trax and the progress has been slow,
but nether the less been enjoying the car with its new look,

so firstly taken proper pics since trax, lovely location



one showing my seats


this is my fave, shows the straight panels, width on the wheels and a cracking reflection


also very soon i should have some silicone hoses etc for the engine bay,
so got two bits ready,
my nice new radiator and header tank



also trimmed the sides of my number plates as they were far too wide,
but kept them legal also, i think the law states you have to have 11mm border around each font
so i've kept 20mm, a little touch but i'm happier so its all good
i'll have proper day light pics soon to show them better,
but for now,
you'll notice i've put the clear rears on, this is because my german rear lights had indicators which shined white, so waiting for some silvatech indicator bulbs



also changed all the bulbs and cleaned all the connections and got my lights on the front bumper working,
was only expecting the fogs to work as i thought the loom was different to the xr2i/frst which also have spot or driving lamps,

but much to my shock, they work, so i'm really chuffed
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heres how my engine bay has looked for sometime, dirty etc




so with a few chrome bits,new hearder tank, rad and hoses
thought i'd make a start

out with the old rad and header tank,
shocking the difference compared to the new


changed the thermo stat aswell for good measure


one of the new hoses on


the new header tank with chrome cap and new hoses connected


the overall engine bay, much happier with the new rad
still loads to change and do, like colour coded cam cover etc
but i'm happy with the changes so far


you can even see the rad with the bonnet closed, so i'm happier
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also got some other pics,
decided i'd try some different wheels for a change
diamond cut RS 7's
bit dark in the first two






also got some seat covers to help look after the puma racing seats
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well after posting up loads while the car was in the bodyshop etc,

it feels like complete age since i last updated this page,
well things have been going slowly but not without progress

firstly had an unfortunate accident with a kerb 2 days after trax, not too bad but was'nt happy to put it nicely
so as soon as i got to work i ordered another brand new cossie wheel,
since then the old man has kerbed the back wheel, while moving the car outside the house,
so he's bought me another wheel lol
not changing them over until closer to the show season etc

next up had a spare cam cover sprayed the same colour as the car with the lettering polished and then laquered over,

replaced the gearbox and also brand new outer cv joints,

got a b&m quickshift installed with new linkage bar fitted aswell

made a good start on collecting service items for the new engine, such as gaskets, water pump, cam belt kit etc

no photos yet as my pc still aint 100%
currently on my parents lol

proper updates with pics and more progress soon!!!!.

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SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

Ford Fair 2010 0-60 7.45 secs Trek 4100

Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

well thats this post up to date with the other sites, my local one sw-cc and FT

as for how much i've spent, i dont know myself
i dont think of it like that, its something i enjoy doing and making my own, i spend a bit each month and then get things done as i go along,

got loads of pics to upload of things i've bought etc
think i'll sort that sunday morning.

all i can say mate is very impressed with the workmanship it is very good by the looks of it.

can i ask who did as i am looking for a good bodyshop in the SW.

good progress and i must say the RS 7's look so good

looks great and as far as I can see money well spent as truly is a decent looking custom fez. Love it sat on the Escos wheels but rs7 diamond cutz make it look so clean!

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