I know alot of people look down on replicas but sometimes if cash is a problem or age limits insurance replicas can be a great way of getting the look of something better without all the hassel.
The car in question was a £300 XR3i on a G, it was pretty ruff when I bought it but a good clean up was all that was needed and turned out to be a really solid car. It was only a second car as I was trying to keep the mileage down on my Cougar which was only 5yrs old so £300 didnt seem to bad to keep the use of the cat down.
Fitted the arch kit myself as well as the 90spec spoiler and painted the wheels myself too - enjoy
Sold it to a lad who clearly wasnt gona look after it but at the time Id just sold my Cougar for a Saxo VTS and didnt think I needed the 2 cars, I regreted selling it in the end but hasnt that happend to everybody lol