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749steve · 07-12-2007, 10:48 PM

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Brookesy · 07-12-2007, 11:19 PM

lol Gary you posted the same pics twice

GTechR · 07-12-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brookesy

lol Gary you posted the same pics twice

Oh bollox

GTechR · 11-12-2007, 05:16 PM

Right the arches are all now fitted, so the moment of truth, how will it look with the bumpers fitted?

Well i'm 'quite' happy i've had to do a few minor alterations, first of all the point where the bumper meets the arch, I always thought this was gonna be the worst part of the kit, due to me having to manufacture it, and basically working from a blank paper...

So this is the Arch and bumper before...

As you can see it looks rough, so I trimmed it where it's marked, and also added another skin of filler on the bumper as I wasn't happy with th extension. You can see where i've marked the area I wanted to fill next to the clip...

A face on view, not far off?

The other side ain't 'so' bad, a small amount of filler to build it up and I think it'll be ok... Again I wanted to slightly fill out the extention, you can see the markings.

The Drivers side Rear i'm quite happy with...

The passenger side however, is another story

No idea how I did it but I managed to get the arch about 10mm out...

so as you can see there is a bit of mismatch...

So thats how it looked before, so today has i've been mainly filling and rubbing down again, trying to get it looking a bit more like it's supposed too.

The front drivers side...

Rear drivers side...

And Passengers side rear first a layer of fiberfil to bring it out , then all filled and ready to be rubbed back down...

Not far off now... a few more days and i think it'll be ready to go to the bodyshop. I've spoken to my mate who's doing it and he'd prefer to give it the final prepwork, so once i'm happy with how it looks it'll be ready to go.

A few final things to decide upon such as the bonnet? Do I keep it as it is? Do I vent it? If I vent it do I go for cossy rep vents? or do I design my own? Bearing in mind that eventually I want to fit a Kevlar Bonnet, so what ever i do to this one it wont be on the car for ever.

Any thoughts?

xr3-keith · 11-12-2007, 05:20 PM

looking good mate

Alan s1 · 11-12-2007, 06:55 PM

Love it

Minirotty · 11-12-2007, 09:35 PM

GTechR · 11-12-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Minirotty

?

marco polo · 11-12-2007, 09:55 PM

wow looks the bollox

Minirotty · 11-12-2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GTechR

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minirotty

?

Love it ya plonka pmsl

GTechR · 11-12-2007, 10:07 PM

Marco Cheers matey

mini ahhh

749steve · 11-12-2007, 10:23 PM

i think you've developed the filler fetish that i had with my escort

what bonnet did the maxi's have?

GTechR · 11-12-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 749steve

i think you've developed the filler fetish that i had with my escort

what bonnet did the maxi's have?

Like that, quite subtle really, i'm thinking similar sorta thing but rather than vents, just mesh?

massivewangers · 12-12-2007, 12:35 AM

Love it mate

I'm lazy and can't be bothered to go back to the start, what bonnet does it have currently?

Alan s1 · 12-12-2007, 04:29 AM

Not keen on the 1 vent in the middle of the bonnet would look better with Louver vents pressed in it imo

Had them on my S1

found abit better pic

Twins · 12-12-2007, 08:30 AM

GTechR · 12-12-2007, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by massivewangers

Love it mate

I'm lazy and can't be bothered to go back to the start, what bonnet does it have currently?

A boggo mk5 escort one...

I have an idea forming, involves holes and punched steel... we'll see.

GTechR · 12-12-2007, 05:56 PM

Another day, another update...

So I decided to vent the bonnet, rather than going for the conventional replica vents be then Cossy RST or whatever, I decided to 'try and do them subtle, so, after playing about with various configurations I decided on this...

Then started to cut em out...

All cut out...

Cleaned up...

The pressed steel cut out and roughly in position...

Center...

Left...

Right...

And a couple of what it looks like...

After that it gets a bit pants, I decided to rivit the 'mesh' in, but to be honest it looks awfull as I cant recess the the rivets enough, so I have 2 options, to either try and spot weld the mesh in and then grind the weld down, with a quick skim of filler OR I can build the edge up around the actual vents with matting to hide the rivets and then blend them in with filler. I'm edging to the raised edge as I think I may melt the 'mesh' if I try to spot weld them...

Day off tomoro... so i'll have a good think about it. you'll see the results soon

Alan s1 · 12-12-2007, 06:17 PM

I was going to say you may have problems welding the mess stuff

But looks good

irn-brn · 12-12-2007, 06:45 PM

Looking good mate

shall be watching this for updates

danny_boy699 · 12-12-2007, 10:28 PM

what about geting a jogger and puting a lip where the mesh will be sat, sit the mesh in and seal it in

GTechR · 12-12-2007, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danny_boy699

what about geting a jogger and puting a lip where the mesh will be sat, sit the mesh in and seal it in

Sorry mate not sure what you mean by a jogger?

danny_boy699 · 12-12-2007, 10:44 PM

it for puting lips on panels to get them siting flush

it does some thing like this _.- had to work out i no, but it puts like a recess in,

like if u puting a arch panel in it recess the 1/4 bak so the panel will sit flush

GTechR · 12-12-2007, 10:55 PM

Ahhh right got ya...

Bit too late for that, but I got an idea forming in my head, pretty sure I know what i'm doing

danny_boy699 · 12-12-2007, 10:57 PM

just thought of it in my head as i seen a few people do it. hope it all goes well for ya.

car looks mint so far

Minirotty · 14-12-2007, 09:57 PM

I duno what I think about the bonnet Gary bud, brave man for chopping it tho

COCHYN · 14-12-2007, 10:36 PM

Doesn't look too bad pal, your really getting there now!

One thing though, take those manky old looking bonnet catches off the bumper and fit some nice flush Aerocatch one's on instead!

GTechR · 14-12-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by COCHYN

Doesn't look too bad pal, your really getting there now!

One thing though, take those manky old looking bonnet catches off the bumper and fit some nice flush Aerocatch one's on instead!

We'll see mate, to be honest i'm not to bothered about the looks once it's done as chances are first time it's on track it'll have battle scars... It's just more farting about getting them to fit flush etc... if it was for show then maybe... but as it's 100% for track use...

GTechR · 14-12-2007, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minirotty

I duno what I think about the bonnet Gary bud, brave man for chopping it tho

Started with the filler today mate, I 'think' there gonna look ok, the idea is the entire bonnet will be painted including the mesh, so they hopefully wont stand out a mile.

rigwrecker · 15-12-2007, 12:01 AM

luvin this hope u get it lookin the way u want

mk3matt · 15-12-2007, 08:26 AM

looks great mate, cant wait to see this sprayed up, wish i could have arches like that on mine!!!!

GTechR · 15-12-2007, 09:59 AM

Whats stopping you?

Dan · 15-12-2007, 10:34 AM

Looks good mate!

GTechR · 18-12-2007, 11:00 PM

Another small update...

As you will know if you've been following the saga, I riveted the mesh in place wish looked crap, so after thinking about it I decided to go with the filler option...

First we have the mesh rivited in...

As you can see it looks Gash, so I decided to attempt to hide the rivets, so first job was to slightly grind the rivets down and cut some matting to size...

The matting in place...

First layer of filler...

Rubbed back down...

And in the process layers of filler of flatting back down.

Quick coat of primer to see how it's lookin...

and finally wet n dry to take it back down ready for final prep.

Had a few issues with other parts as well, while playing about with the rear bumper I noticed that the cut out for the exhaust is completely in the wrong place, so thats next on the list of 'to do' jobs

xr3-keith · 19-12-2007, 05:45 AM

nice work mate, keep the updates coming

GTechR · 19-12-2007, 10:46 PM

Well I started on the bumper...

As the bumper on the car is a copy of the Escort Cosworth the hole for the exhaust is completely in the wrong place for the Mk5 Escort, so I marked out roughly where the Exhaust should be...

As you can see it's probably 4 or 5 inches out, so after a cuppa I decided the best option would be to cut out a new hole, and then 'try' and mirror image the reccess for the tow hook on the oposit side, again as it's on the Mk5 escort the tow hook sits under the bumper, so it'll have no use, chances are i'll cut the back out and mesh them both...

New hole cut out, along with a new section where the old bit will live. I've knocked up an alloy plate which will be rivited in place and a nice semi circle cut out.

A bit more trimming...

And the new bit sat in it's new home...

All trimmed up...

Matted in...

And the first coat if filler...

Thats it now till next week...

MAD EVO 4 · 19-12-2007, 10:48 PM

Twellsie · 21-12-2007, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danny_boy699

what about geting a jogger and puting a lip where the mesh will be sat, sit the mesh in and seal it in

do you mean a Jenny?

orion mk3 · 28-12-2007, 07:39 PM

hi ya mate i was just wondering what is there to fitting the engine in ? as im trying to fit the rs 2000 in my mk3 orion.

GTechR · 28-12-2007, 10:52 PM

Not got that far yet, but from what I can see it's virtually a straight swap.

07-12-2007, 11:19 PM	#82
Brookesy 10K+ Poster!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kidderminster Posts: 12,029 Rep Power: 19	lol Gary you posted the same pics twice __________________ XR2 Rebuild underway

11-12-2007, 05:16 PM	#84
GTechR PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln & Scunny Posts: 4,255 Rep Power: 13	Right the arches are all now fitted, so the moment of truth, how will it look with the bumpers fitted? Well i'm 'quite' happy i've had to do a few minor alterations, first of all the point where the bumper meets the arch, I always thought this was gonna be the worst part of the kit, due to me having to manufacture it, and basically working from a blank paper... So this is the Arch and bumper before... As you can see it looks rough, so I trimmed it where it's marked, and also added another skin of filler on the bumper as I wasn't happy with th extension. You can see where i've marked the area I wanted to fill next to the clip... A face on view, not far off? The other side ain't 'so' bad, a small amount of filler to build it up and I think it'll be ok... Again I wanted to slightly fill out the extention, you can see the markings. The Drivers side Rear i'm quite happy with... The passenger side however, is another story No idea how I did it but I managed to get the arch about 10mm out... so as you can see there is a bit of mismatch... So thats how it looked before, so today has i've been mainly filling and rubbing down again, trying to get it looking a bit more like it's supposed too. The front drivers side... Rear drivers side... And Passengers side rear first a layer of fiberfil to bring it out , then all filled and ready to be rubbed back down... Not far off now... a few more days and i think it'll be ready to go to the bodyshop. I've spoken to my mate who's doing it and he'd prefer to give it the final prepwork, so once i'm happy with how it looks it'll be ready to go. A few final things to decide upon such as the bonnet? Do I keep it as it is? Do I vent it? If I vent it do I go for cossy rep vents? or do I design my own? Bearing in mind that eventually I want to fit a Kevlar Bonnet, so what ever i do to this one it wont be on the car for ever. Any thoughts? __________________ REMOVED BY WEBTEAM

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GTechR PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln & Scunny Posts: 4,255 Rep Power: 13	Another day, another update... So I decided to vent the bonnet, rather than going for the conventional replica vents be then Cossy RST or whatever, I decided to 'try and do them subtle, so, after playing about with various configurations I decided on this... Then started to cut em out... All cut out... Cleaned up... The pressed steel cut out and roughly in position... Center... Left... Right... And a couple of what it looks like... After that it gets a bit pants, I decided to rivit the 'mesh' in, but to be honest it looks awfull as I cant recess the the rivets enough, so I have 2 options, to either try and spot weld the mesh in and then grind the weld down, with a quick skim of filler OR I can build the edge up around the actual vents with matting to hide the rivets and then blend them in with filler. I'm edging to the raised edge as I think I may melt the 'mesh' if I try to spot weld them... Day off tomoro... so i'll have a good think about it. you'll see the results soon __________________ REMOVED BY WEBTEAM

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18-12-2007, 11:00 PM	#114
GTechR PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln & Scunny Posts: 4,255 Rep Power: 13	Another small update... As you will know if you've been following the saga, I riveted the mesh in place wish looked crap, so after thinking about it I decided to go with the filler option... First we have the mesh rivited in... As you can see it looks Gash, so I decided to attempt to hide the rivets, so first job was to slightly grind the rivets down and cut some matting to size... The matting in place... First layer of filler... Rubbed back down... And in the process layers of filler of flatting back down. Quick coat of primer to see how it's lookin... and finally wet n dry to take it back down ready for final prep. Had a few issues with other parts as well, while playing about with the rear bumper I noticed that the cut out for the exhaust is completely in the wrong place, so thats next on the list of 'to do' jobs __________________ REMOVED BY WEBTEAM

19-12-2007, 05:45 AM	#115
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19-12-2007, 10:46 PM	#116
GTechR PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln & Scunny Posts: 4,255 Rep Power: 13	Well I started on the bumper... As the bumper on the car is a copy of the Escort Cosworth the hole for the exhaust is completely in the wrong place for the Mk5 Escort, so I marked out roughly where the Exhaust should be... As you can see it's probably 4 or 5 inches out, so after a cuppa I decided the best option would be to cut out a new hole, and then 'try' and mirror image the reccess for the tow hook on the oposit side, again as it's on the Mk5 escort the tow hook sits under the bumper, so it'll have no use, chances are i'll cut the back out and mesh them both... New hole cut out, along with a new section where the old bit will live. I've knocked up an alloy plate which will be rivited in place and a nice semi circle cut out. A bit more trimming... And the new bit sat in it's new home... All trimmed up... Matted in... And the first coat if filler... Thats it now till next week... __________________ REMOVED BY WEBTEAM

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orion mk3 Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 55 Rep Power: 5	your car hi ya mate i was just wondering what is there to fitting the engine in ? as im trying to fit the rs 2000 in my mk3 orion.

28-12-2007, 10:52 PM	#120
GTechR PassionFord Post Whore!! Garage is empty, add now Trader Score: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln & Scunny Posts: 4,255 Rep Power: 13	Not got that far yet, but from what I can see it's virtually a straight swap. __________________ REMOVED BY WEBTEAM

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