zsdom

Hi all

Some may know me from other forums, some may not, some may not give a shit but I signed up a while ago but not posted much so here'e my project thread!

Well im on my 2nd zs now this is what happened to my first one






after which I searched for 2 months and came across this



a ph.1 on 79k already fitted with coilovers and a k&n cone and already had club stickers on! so i snapped her up for £1990.
She stayed as you see her above for a few months and as i became more familiar with the site and the members the modifying bug hit me!

First to come was a set of smoked headlights & ST170 caps



next up some dizzy bint decided she wanted a zs on her rav4's spare tyre and mine was the lucky chosen one, no real damage just a cracked rear lense and a scuff on the paintwork. I then won a set of rear lights and side repeaters for £7! so i set to work here's the finished result:




Then that was it for a few more months until a friend decided he wanted an frs..........................!




Speedline turini's in white was the first thing i took off his car

i was all set on getting them refurbed in anthracite until i put them on.. which then i fell in love with them silver and white shouldnt look good but they do

i also took a set of mudflaps a ka wiper and a puma gear knob but i havent any pictures of those! and thats how she stands as of now, the mods have slowed down recently as in the last month i've had to tax mot xmas and new years all to contend with but next up some sounds................................

zsdom

I also forgot to add the st150 brakes i have


I came home and got some mods on the car and spent the day cleaning her up:
The mods, were some colour coded door and boot handles



car (and her beauty spot!) with Cupra splitter & as she stands now,



A few pics from a rolling road meet










Where we made a whopping 115bhp, Im over the moon considering its a standard ph.1 on 91k proper job!

Video of runs

zsdom

The first big one is a matt black wrapped my roof



Thanks to Jimmyhoooooo for the wrap, top lad, and a massive thank you to my mum & dad for spending 3 hrs with me doing it!

I had my turini's refurbed before FITP there a bugger to keep clean!

zsdom

Pointless mod time!!!!



Another little mod (I'm a mod on zsoc so repping for my site!)


Then someone decided they liked the look of my radio but not the look of my door





So I found a new door for £20 but the colour match was terrible



Then someone keyed it & it was looking so sorry for itself









So I got chatting to a zsoc member that worked at VW in Mansfield and the weekend Wills & Kate got married the last I saw of her:



Then got some pics sent to me














To say I was happy is an understatement

zsdom

After I collected her

zsdom

Then I started to get a small detailing itch, I wanted to keep her looking like that as best I could

Cleaned the wheels today:
Before:




During:



After also fitted new wheel nuts:

Also painted my calipers:


I used Bilberry to soak the wheels, pressure washed off then AG shampoo to clean the wheels, they wheels were covered in loads of tiny little scratches so I used T-cut scratch remover to get them looking good again then waxed with the wheel specialist wax & sealed with poorboys sealant (smells amazing!)

I'm fitting a Ph2 interior with fiesta black leather doorcards (thanks to Bayfezza for the front & rear doorcards, kickplates & B pillars).
The doorcards have Ghia door handles to set them off nicely(Thanks to rowly for the A & C pillars, rear speaker pod thingys, & ghia handles) :



and a puma maplight

zsdom

Then came this





I had nearly a full Ph2 interior in a Ph1 car except the dash so this happened



This was the stupidest thing i've ever done, such a ballache, but its all back together & new steering wheel fitted


Puma option wheel & Ph2 dash (and fubar center console!!)

Then



Which led to

my interior now looks like:





Puma Millenium front seats & a full black Puma carpet & center console

zsdom

Had a boo boo



Sump plug fucked off whilst at national on the A38 doh!!

Leather rear bench installed & I think I can now say my interior has been completely changed 99% of the interior has been swapped!



So my interior now looks like:








Had her on the rollers today, made 129.8bhp & 121.5lb/ft at the fly so I'm happy with that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz4u...ature=youtu.be



That video caused a bit of stir with the smoke, no one believed me that it was just a cold sports cat, and I was told my head gaskets gone, my engine fubar.

Well over a year & 12K later she's still running faultlessly anbd pulls very well, ask Smudgerbyname, left him behind a few times!!

zsdom

Massive huge update



Starting painting my rear disc set up







All finished





Parts delivery from ford:


ST handbrake cable & 2 ends
Rocket cover gasket
Pollen filter

Also got some new spark plugs i'll chuck in when I change the gasket

zsdom

Rear discs on:



front calipers prepped for paint



Carriers painted



Caliper painted (They're both done!)



My makeshift spray booth!!



Not the best job in the world but they'll be stuck behind wheels & I'm not that bothered! Tomorrow brings putting the fronts back on & putting in new fluid & bleeding



fronts are back on she's back on terra firma & nearly all good, well the handbrake works!

zsdom

Not really an update but I'll bore you all anyway!

I have 2 weeks off work so for the first day I decided it would be a good idea to do this:





G101 working its magic


Leaving:


and



The tardis'd

zsdom

50/50


its finished now & back on but I forgot after pics

then today brought the wheels off, cleaned with g101 & smart wheels, then onto Tardis



and Iron X'd





Then clayed polished & IPA'd and cealed with CCC ceramishield





Gave the arches a blast too from this



To this



Some updates of sorts!

Finally fitted some dashboard end plates that were missing when I put the Ph2 dash in

Before

After


You can see from this pic, the bonnet wasnt sitting quite right:

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The diagnosis was a bent hinge, this also hindered the bonnet opening as the hinge wasnt hinging & the metal was twisting open



Compared to a normal hinge


I also fitted the bulkhead cover thingy, I just need the rubber strip that runs across the top of it, its in the garage somewhere



and my Ford battery cover


Leaving the bay looking like

zsdom

Expensive box of bits



Christmas update

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zsdom

So zsoc's Heritage museum meet last april it went into the bodyshop for new arches, to say I was unhappy with the initial work was an understatement here's why:





It went back in to be rectified, once back I still wasnt happy but I could rectify most of it myself so cracked on with a 3 day, 3 stage machine polish and full detail, all sealed up with Wolfs bodywrap & Gtechniq G1

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/50682457@N02/9607221553/http://www.flickr.com/photos/50682457@N02/9607221553/, on Flickr

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Fitted a euro rear light too

zsdom

Fitted sime new comps, infinity somethingorother jobbies, so far a great sounding speaker not yet had a chance to up the volume



Dont think I'm too keen on the gloss black but it'll do for now

zsdom

Last update to bring us up to date

Update:

My lambda sensor had caught on something & ripped itself apart, so got it in the air & soldered it back together, decided to change the oil whilst I'm there, I went to start her up and heard a loud hissing noise, couldnt see anything, proceeded to start her up to get a very strong smell of petrol had a quick look under and I've split a fuel hose misting petrol over the coilpack & exhaust manifold, I'd smelt a strong petrol smell on my way home from a supermarket, lucky it went when it did, 20mins earlier I was driving enthusiastically with a 3series.

I could've lost my car & thats a sobering thought

So, changed the length of pipe today, previously it went pretty much as the crow flies to the fuel rail, this time I added a lot longer length and followed the fuel return



I initially thought it had rubbed on one of the coilpack bolts, going through and splitting




So thats where we are as on today, up next? I dont know, I have a set of LM3 cams that will be fitted at some point but I'll probably have the whole engine rebuilt whilst I'm there!

I'll also get that dent sorted & start to stock pile parts, updates will be slowing down rapidly whilst I save for a house but will keep this thread updated

LewisPR2

You've done a great job there mate!

hope mine looks half as good

Chopshop85

iTrader: (4)

Thats a very smart looking fiesta!

Maxwell

That interior should have been in the ZS'. Looks fantastic. Not a fan of white on silver. But overall a lovely wee car

bagginsRSturbo

iTrader: (1)

Very nice keep up the good work

Mk4 Rick

Lovely looking fiesta mate

zsdom

Thanks all, its certainly been a labour of love, but one I've had great fun building, I'll be at alot of the shows this year if anyone see's me come say hi

wess-rs

Awesome MK5 !!

zsdom

Thanks wess, you still got your Mk5?

wess-rs

Yeah mate, http://www.zsoc.com/showthread.php?t=276851
I love the mk5!

DavebST170

Very nice fiesta. A lot of work has gone into that!

kyle_st200

Stunning car, looks like I had my zs with the standard wheels white. Love those speedline Turing wheels

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

What a cool fiesta. Did the recaros bolt straight in.

zsdom

Maybe too much for a rusty fiesta

The wheels certainly still turn heads after nearly 4 years of being on the car!

Thanks Glenn, the seats bolted nearly straight in, all I needed was some top hats from a Mk4

zsdom

Update time!

So I wanted the engine cover off but this fucking bolt was having none of it



So I tried to tap a hex into it but that kept rounding it, so tried the a bigger hex and bigger hammer, nothing tap tap tap tap tap, pissed off fucking welly it this happened





So the intake strip down began, luckily I had a spare inlet I was waiting to get powdercoated, so that been bought forward I'll get the alternator stipped & coated too.

Here's where we stand tonight

Mk4 Rick

What size wheels are the speed lines mate

zsdom

16s mate

Mk4 Rick

They look well mate what are the profile on the tyres

zsdom

195/45/16 eagle F1s

zsdom

OK so I think this is worthy of an update with a quick recap, so this:



Was removed and replaced with this



Leaving this



Which then subsequently decided not to work, so a replacment was sought. But first car was towed to Smudgerbyname's lock up but the front end had to be stripped down to get it on a friends towloader



Later that day saw this



then later that day saw people looking into an engine bay



I dont have any pictures of the replacement engine.

So the engine was in & started, put back together all fluids checked & topped up, ready to go home & I couldnt get a gear. At all.

Bled the clutch like a mofo, nothing. Which led to alot of head scratching with a few opinions it was decided to pull the box and replace the slave.

So 2 weekends passed whilst waiting for help & decent weather when myself & a mate cracked on with removing the box, pulled it off pretty easy enough and decided to check the clutch itself (I had a hunch something was amiss here, luckily I did)

When the engine was going back in I left the clutch to a mate & in his infinite wisdom to put the friction plate on the wrong way round, so this was rectified, the slave swapped and everything double tripple checked, box back on everything zipped up & transmission fluid topped up & drove home.

So there we are 1x 1.7 Shawspeed SS4 cammed engine all in running good, amongst all of that I had to replace the battery, there's a few things I need to tidy up & double check, I need to replace the driveshafts, fix the speedo drive and the exhaust is blowing but these are easy fixes.

The first start up (with my snapchat username if anyone fanciesseeting pointless rubbish

and a litte rev (the oil is **** from the swap sitting on the exhaust, it has since burnt off)

zsdom

So I suppose I best post an update

Long story short, car failed its MOT & needs a fair bit of welding underneath and I thought the best way to go about this was to tackle it all rather than dribs & drabs, so storage was sorted, tooling was sorted & away I go:

Starting with the headlights (I swapped some bulbs over into my new daily focus)

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Then the interior

Seats & carpet out, you can see part of the reason why its now sorn on the right hand side

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Then the door cards & speakers

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Steering wheel

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Ted the duck moved into the new daily

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then everything else & the dash

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The turini's came off

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Thats where we are as of today, all thats left in the interior is the belts & headlining which will be out next week. If anyone knows a decent welder in the midlands let me know, I could make them very rich with the amount it needs doing

The new daily as seen at FiTP wearing some familiar shoes

STeve

iTrader: (11)

only thing that lets these and pumas down is rot apart from that they are a belting little car

zsdom

More updates:
Engine loom is in a box & bumpers are off

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Bought these





all fluids except engine oil drained, the front brakes & driveshafts removed then ball joints & track rod ends disconnected (note all the grease from a CV boot failure:laugh

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Then pulled the majority of the pipes & header tank off

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Which left

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Then the engine was dropped

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Thats all for a short while, my shifts wont allow me to be over for 2 weeks but the next few visits will be boxing things & labelling bolts and having a tidy up around the car its filthy!

The plan roughly then is to carry on stripping the engine bay, wiper motors & mechnisms, brake servo, air con pipes, power steering then onto removing the front subframe, then petrol tank, all brake & petrol lines rear brakes & beam then save like a muther****er :blink:

Will be keeping all updated. Slowly!