GiRO

well i was looking for a car for ages and i was thinking of getting a golf gti till i was looking in the autotrader and found this 3i it was close by so went to take a look , the price hes was asking was £495 it had full ford service history and one owner from new the inside was mint there was some light ( well it looked light at the time) rust on the rear arches but the rest was near mint no rust in the battery tray so i thawt ill buy it .
well after a phone call to me mate about sorting the body work i haggled the price a bit..... well i got him down to £250 and he nicely gave me back a tenner for petrol i may add it was a range rover garage and i think he needed the space , i was shocked to see the car had 11 months mot left just needed taxing !

this is when i first bought the car

so when i got car home i rang my mate to come have a look as hes sorting the rust i have a tight budget to sort the car hence the giro!
well he looked he laughed and started pulling bit of me f*cking arch off ,he allso found a small ( snigger) hole in the inner arch , but it was for the best , well after a trip to halffrauds and 50 quid later ( p38 / p40 /mesh ,wet and dry and some paint ) this is the start of the winter bodge till the start of summer . first job was to rip all the crappy red go faster stripes and the classy injection stickers the old owner had fitted and the ,also the rubber door moldings , about 20 hot kettles of water later and half can of petrol and whit help of ice scrapper the moldings and glue was gone ,so now it was time to tackle the rusty arches :

drivers side >

(the above pic the p-38-king had to build a arch lip for most of the arch as there wud be no place to screw the kit , so plenty of mesh and fiberglass was used to build me a new inner arch lip)

passenger >


after a day of p38 highness and fibreglass cocktails and sanding and the odd bit of mesh and bit primer here is how it looked




( this is the arch lip he made out of fibreglass and mesh so i cud screw the kit to it )

the p-38-king at work


my mate p-38-king done all the filling and shaping and i was going to spray it in with a rattle can (spray can) and so i did like so


(that was first coat of paint just been flattened down for next coat )
the car was looking like a 4x4 and i cudnt live with that so a shopping spree on ebay and a bit of traveling and 250 pound later i got one set of grooved and drilled fron disks , complete 90 spec rs turbo kit and rs turbo rims , full 60mm lowering kit .


(one for the ladies) thats me by the way lol
so we started fitting the springs and dampers and the disks


there is filler along the sill as i found a plate had been welded on the sill and been filled over badly so me mate was sorting it nice and smooth for the skirts to fit nicely over (arch still needs sanding and sparying i know l )
well i was happy to see the lowering kit fitted nice as the back on its arse , here what it was like before

and after


well thats it so far still got to pick up my stainless steal piper zorst system tomz and fit front lowering springs and shocks and also start fitting the kit ill upload more as we get it done
id like to add i know the work im doing isnt a full rebuild and new pannels but its near xmas and i got other things to spend my giros on ..like beer and ..erm kebabs and some more beer , the car came with full mot so ill get it sorted in new year the p-38-king is going to weld new outer inner wheel arches and maybe a new sill if it needs it im not sure if im going to strip it out and roll cage it or not ill have to see , i pulled the carpet back and to my suprise it was totally mint!!!

well as we do more i`ll upload me bodges (fixes of the highest pikey way)
thanks for looking

patch

keep up the gud work mate!!

SaqsS2turbo

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Nice little project there

JezSierra

nice project

Brian

iTrader: (2)

Nice project mate

Good luck with it


Brian

p-38-king

well me old mate giro has got a few more pics to upload so there be a update of the work done so far the car dose look a 100 times better than when i he got it , we sorted the other arch and fitted the lowering kit to front both sides .
giro also fitted the rs arches ill get him to upload some pics soon or ill do it , dont supose anyone knows why his rev counter wont go higher than 2 thousand revs ?? the engine it self is fine think the rev counter is f*cked anyway pis soon if the lazy git gets his finger out lol

marky_g

dont put the kit on fella Save the XR, keep it as an XR...but with RST power!

FasterFords

I agree, leave off the RST kit, stick on some RS500 rims and get it decked

rs nutta

looks a good little project mate can you tell me what shade of black you used

marky_g

yer slammed on 15's

GiRO

the kit is coverin the pikey arches tho! maybe when its sorted properly ill leave it off... more pix when i work out how to upload them

rs nutta

what shade black did you use please

GiRO

errr.. "ford black" from halfrauds... seems to be right but ill see what its like when its all polished up..

rs nutta

rightty then i just wondered what shade it is cause it looks the same colour as i did my car

GiRO

oh and another thing.. what can i use to get rid of all the brake dust etc on the wheels before i paint them? ta for all the comments too... as for gettin it "decked" its already down 60mm

p-38-king

its slammed a good 60 mm at the min lol

p-38-king

one thing rs nutta what lowering kit you going to use or are using just seen ya sig and the cars got that off road x5 look

p-38-king

righto heres a few more pics of the work we done so far ..

this is a pic of p-38-king fitting the lowering kit on the passenger side


this pic of drivers side after we done the disk and strut


the rear ach being filled and the plate that was welded on the sill being blended in


everything was going great till it got dark and giros bedside lamp came out to play (ignor the word "turbo" written in filler dust i think giro was wishing lol )


so thats it so far we got a pic of the rear arch fitted to show the final hight of the rear but giro the lazy git has uploaded it yet lol
well thats all so far thanks for looking

GiRO

Lookin gorgeous in the romantic lightin bro and the word "turbo" adds at least 50 bhp... FACT! so here is the finely crafted arch complete with turbo kit... ill put the rest on when i can be arsed.. was gonna do the rims satin black, but i reckon it will be to much of one colour, so doin them a dark gunmetal gray now..

p-38-king

hahah bro cheeky git lol

rs nutta

its a jamex -30mm rs turbo kit and its tough as fook to chuck about off road should be getting some tougher shortened shocks soon

rs nutta

i seen you gone for the same look as me just putting one arch on then being too lazy to put the rest on i might put the rest of mine on in about a week

GiRO

the rest of the kit shold be on by the weekend.. just waitin for halfrauds to get some more paint so i can sort the skirts out..

p-38-king

yea wanky halffrauds

marky_g

you had a mk4 escort before???????

i had 2 lowered 60mm............nothing but agro mate.

your car will develop an appitite for

1. tyres
2. wheel bearings
3. drive shafts
4. gear boxes
5. suspension legs

then if ur lucky (if the rest of the car to last's) it'll start to crack down the bulk head

my advice if u plan to have a future with this car but some good 25/30mm springs and new shocks

but thats just my opinion based on past experience's

GiRO

ta for the words matey.. had loooooadsa escorts tho.. had a rs 1600i for 4yrs lowerd 60mm and like you said it went thru tyres but otherwise it was ok.. the giro machine is just bein tidied up till the shitty weather improves then its all gonna be done properly..

p-38-king

yea my old rst and xr3i was all lowered 60 mm never had problem

p-38-king

should be a update soon ...move it bro ya lazy git

GazzaG

Looks nice mate

JezSierra

ive just raised mine from being 60mm lowerd,and i agree with marky g nothing but agro,i now need 2 drive shafts,new tyres,2 wheel bearing,im now at standard ride height,and the car is also much better to drive,and imo handles loads better!

GiRO

small update.. not done to much due to the wanky weather and me bein a lazy twat.. first up my turbo rims.. im well happy how these turned out.. they still look kinda silver in the sun.. but in duller light they go proper dark grey..

primer





done.. not bad for a fivers worth of paint




found these in my shed from another '3i i had few years back



not sure i like them to be honest.. they look a bit chavtastic.. i much prefer the red/smoked ones but they look alot better than the standard stuff so they will do for now..



got some clear fronts to replace the nasty orange ones.. should be here monday.. 6quid inc p&p off ebay







thats about it for now.. ill get the rims on if it ever stops rainin and ive still got the '90 spec bumper and spoiler to paint and fit.. the turbo kits all done but i still cant make my mind up to put it on or not

Fastas

like what u done to the wheels, looking good

rs nutta

nice now get on with it

p-38-king

yea bro you lazy fucker get on with it lol ill be over soon(tm) now im back from deep south

rs nutta

lol im off to halfords later those wheels painted like thats given me loads of ideas of parts im gonna paint now

Tonyt1t

keep up the good work bud

i really need to lower mine now!

allbluepete

looking good bud ,would have relaced the rear arches though instead of bodging them,will just end up even more rotten around the area you filled,only a tenner for a rear arch panel or an old dumpvalve for 2 in my case lol
keep it up you are miles ahead of me

p-38-king

the new rear arches will be welded in soon as i sort out me garage and as we said its a bodge for a while till we sort it proper soon as xmas is out the way we doing a full restro and a 2 ltr zetec conversion soon as the body is solid

p-38-king

there be a update when he gets of his arse and uploads the pics giros got the wheels and kit on now so i guess we got to wait for the pics lol ...hes ben busy following midgets i`ll bet..... hurry up bro need a update!