p4u1 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 hi guys new here and a new perchase is my escort 1.8 si 3drhttp://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6428/escort1.jpghttp://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3852/escortm.jpg this is how i picked the car up my plans are to generally tidy it up and a few nice visual mods for now,spent today tring to get the skirts off to have a look at the condition of the sills and stripped back door cards to waxyoil it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Looks good fella, Need's a front grill. Where are you located or where did you get the car from, I recognise it. Welcome to Evo too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Got it from merseyside m6 j 23, Plans are to fit tac 1 immoby, dvd player, speaker upgrade, tint rears, lower 35 to 40mm, fit a cossie spoiler, smoked side indicators, modded ghia grille, mesh bumper and a general tart up lol but before get the car a all over servicing and replace any pannels needed aswell as waxyoil fresh underseal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 If you wanna save some Moola, I have a ford Honeycomb grill here you can have for Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee just need to collect it, I live in Manchester just off the M62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 thanks for the offer mate bit too far to come for a grille mate nice one anyway mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 update on the progress wayoiling the quarter pannels to protect them from rust and found out there were very cleanhttp://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8827/img0255u.jpghttp://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7831/img0254oz.jpghttp://img687.imageshack.us/img687/805/img0263yu.jpghttp://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4042/img0264br.jpg got to taking the rusty screw out to replace with shiny pot rivits and the drivers sill was just falling apart upon further investigation i saw this not all lost i will get a mig welder out and change both sills and new wing while im at it not bad price £103 for two new wings and 2 full sillshttp://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4679/img0266el.jpghttp://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3294/img0267t.jpghttp://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7270/img0268z.jpg on a higher note i got a set of plasma dials on order along with a cv boot as pass side has split, bonnet raisers and a iso plug and facia surround to fit this bad boy http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3568/img0265ge.jpg and removed the mudflaps, (who ever thought they were a good idea)http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5525/img0269ac.jpgcould have a bit of a veggie patch going on there lolhttp://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9593/img0270o.jpg fitted footwell neons to wire up to the doorshttp://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1314/img0260gh.jpghttp://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2694/img0261iq.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 neons off ebay i have them in my boot and used to have them in footwells and boot and under amp and in grill of my escorthttp://i6.tagstat.com/image04/8/520f/000B001O58f.jpgonly for show use, nver on the road. had an underglow kit to go with it but never fitted it and is blue and having a black and green theme on the mondeohard luck on the rot. glad your fixing rather than breaking and getting another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 No point in breaking its an easy fit and having the skill to do it ya self helps lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 neons look sweet behing grille, im thinking of amber strobe lights into my fog lamps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 neons look sweet behing grille, im thinking of amber strobe lights into my fog lampsi saw an escort van in roadworks with amber LED strobes in the fog lights on mondeo 16's and all colour coded and extra strobes in the rear reflectors. looked really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Sills on order along with smoked indys, and richbrook ford tax disk holder, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 sills arrived just waiting for welder http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8842/img0278m.jpg plasma dials arrived and fitted http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7458/img0277r.jpg then smoked indicators arrivedhttp://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1448/img0279h.jpg beforehttp://img829.imageshack.us/img829/553/img0283oy.jpg afterhttp://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4979/img0284dc.jpg richbrook tax disk holderhttp://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6694/img0281lf.jpg bonnet raisershttp://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3413/img0280cx.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 your before and after is the same pic i have the richbrook tax disc holder in my mondy. looks good please take the RS badges off. they dont look right on an Si and if i got grief for having GTi on my ghia even though they have same engine, how much for a non RS engined RS plasmer dials look cool. was gonna get a set for mine but never bothered. might look into it for the mondeo but prob not. not a fan of raisers myself but if you like em then enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yeah the badges were already on wings will get replaced, bonnet raisers look alrite each person like diffrent things, plasma dials alot better than standard you can tell the diffrence in the indicators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4u1 Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 few pics of how car standshttp://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2985/img0289ph.jpg http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/609/img0290w.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7508/img0291g.jpg heater dials beforehttp://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3193/img0288o.jpg heater dials after to match in car dialshttp://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7210/img0292fn.jpg tax dick holder fittedhttp://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8835/img0287f.jpg richbrook gear knobhttp://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6140/img0293v.jpg window switch fitted with blue ledshttp://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7777/img0294m.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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