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the van's looking very smart :thumb:

Thank you JC.Just gotta stop the airbag light flashing after fitting your steering wheel.

Flashes twice ,so I think its just that ribbon thingy not correctly fitted.

Will sort that out later.

Regards Andy

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Immmmmmmmmmmmmmm baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

 

Looks really good with the bumper. Obviously we all cant see the imperfections but I know all too well what its like to get disheartened with it. I just end up leaving it and then suddenly something will fire me back up to do it!

Yeah new wheels needed to beef it all up. £100 plus delivery for mine if you want. Not the best finish but they all straight and you can refurb them yourself. Looking back I prob should of got someone to do it. strip them professionally and spray them. Would of got a better finish.

 

Oh, and why the splitter gone white!?

Welcome back dude.

Think I may be a bit picky with the bumper but waiting all this time to get one its a bit of a bummer mate.

On the wheel front,my nuts will be in a sling if I throw any more money at it,so they will have to wait till after Xmas I reckon.I do like the style of yours so I will bear them in mind.

On the splitter front,I was just interested to see how the paint would take while I was redoing those mirrors. I am happy in the knowledge that the van will never race around at mach 2 speeds so it shouldnt flex enough to peel the paint off.

I am also considering doing the lower grill white as well,while leaving the top grill black.

Should look OK but we will wait and see.

Today I also took the ESCORT graphics and the silver stripes off the sides so the van is all white again with the exception of the FORD logos on the side panels.

How you doing then mate?.

regards Andy

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White grilles... Boom... I like them anyway. As it happens I am just painting my Splitter this morning.

 

I'm in the same boat as you though Andy, spending more money gets me in trouble, wife has just been made redundant too which makes things worse.

 

Joe

Sorry to hear about the wife's job Joe.

Got my eye on some blingy chrome 17s on Ebay at the minute,£23 quid so far and finish tomorrow night.

Daren't go over £40 or my nuts WILL be in pickling vinegar on the mantelpiece lol.

Good luck with the splitter dude.

Piccies when you have it finished mate.

Regards Andy

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Yeah I'll get all my new pics done this week.

 

Going to get an oil leak fixed tomorrow so I'll wait until Tuesday before putting it on.

 

 

Good luck with the 17s

:cheers:

Let you all know monday night.

regards Andy

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Yeah I'll get all my new pics done this week.

 

Going to get an oil leak fixed tomorrow so I'll wait until Tuesday before putting it on.

 

 

Good luck with the 17s

:cheers:

Let you all know monday night.

regards Andy

Bollox.The t*at has taken the wheels off auction with a day to go.

£23 turned into 99p. :nutter: :nutter: :nutter:

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How you doing then mate?.

regards Andy

 

Im ok thanks, havnt been on here for a little while. Plenty on at home so been plodding along with stuff. Starting to get into 'car' mode again. Reading more topics etc shame the nights are getting dark early now! Cant just pop down the garage and do anything!

 

Im glad he took the wheels off ebay, I think I prefer what you have now to those! :blink: With taking the graphics off, the car look cleaner now. Id leave the grill if it were me but spray black the honeycomb bits in the splitter......imo! Give it a go though, see what its like :thumb:

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How you doing then mate?.

regards Andy

 

Im ok thanks, havnt been on here for a little while. Plenty on at home so been plodding along with stuff. Starting to get into 'car' mode again. Reading more topics etc shame the nights are getting dark early now! Cant just pop down the garage and do anything!

 

Im glad he took the wheels off ebay, I think I prefer what you have now to those! :blink: With taking the graphics off, the car look cleaner now. Id leave the grill if it were me but spray black the honeycomb bits in the splitter......imo! Give it a go though, see what its like :thumb:

Hi mate.

Juggling free daylight time is a bit of an art.

Saturday my best mate needed a wheel cylinder and shoes on his Transit so I had to drop any plans for the rear bumper and get them done for him as his van is his livelihood.What a pain in the arse those springs were to get back on.Still,job done and he now has the best pedal he has ever had on the van,and more to the point ,he owes me one lol.

I will have a play with the grilles and post the pics,I have a spare radiator grill which is white.I will spray the lower and see what that looks like,but if its cack then I will take them back to black and do the splitter grilles to your spec mate.

Keep your chin up,there will be a few more decent days before Xmas I'm sure to crack on with your beast.

Regards Andy

PS I thought those wheels were nice :innocent: (for 25 quid!!!!!)

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I might be tempted to part way with my oz 17s ;)

Hi mate.Got to face reality.I would come and get yours AND Lee's 17's if I was single,,,,,,,,,, but I aint,

so I will have to make do for the forseeable future.

Thanks though mate.

Regards Andy

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  • 3 weeks later...
any updates? u decided on any more mods yet?

Nothing to write about mate.

Spent my recent free time clearing out the crap

thats accumulated in the garage so the van is now in the warm for winter.

Still tempted to do the grilles white and get on with sorting that fecking bumper out.

My boys on leave next week so I wont even look at the van till the following weekend at the earliest.

The brain is still turning with other ideas ,but I will keep them under wraps in case they dont materialize

and I end up looking a tit!!

Regards Andy

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  • 1 month later...

Just ordered the bush to make the gearstick a bit more precise than it is at the moment.

Wobbles around like SuBos chins!!!!

Grose,the main Ford dealer sells them separately for £5.85.

Bargain if its the right part.

Only drawback,they say it will take FIVE DAYS to get!!!!

Fingers crossed.

Regards Andy

(hopefully its arrival will give me the kickstart to carry on with the plans to actually finish

the van and get it ready for the road for April/May time next year)

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