Thread: Escort RS Cosworth: C6 SSY Project Thread - Update 2.6.13
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Old May 30, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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Having lusted after an EsCos for many years, I had a clear image of how I wanted the car to look, so I started to make the necessary changes:

The first big purchase was a set of Rondells (Engels) from Chris Barlo. They had recently been refurbed but were orange peely so I got them for a good price – cheers Chris. I also bought a set of Michelin Pilot Sport PS2’s but didn’t get them fitted until I got the wheel’s refurbed.

Before refurb:

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Sourced some new Rondell centre cap stickers and new centre cap locks:

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After the refurb:


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The next item was the SECS monitor. The original unit had a blue display and was mounted next to the stereo. It didn’t match the rest of the interior lighting (green) and it was difficult to see. So I swapped the display with Kev Anderson (KSA Cossie) and got Dave (Monster) to fab me up a mounting panel for where the time clock is – thanks guys. Here’s the before:

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During:






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After:


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I found that the leather seats, as nice as they looked, weren’t very supportive during high speed cornering. I was after a set of red hex cloth recaros, and luckily my mate came across someone who was wanting to swap his ones with a leather interior. The passenger seat and rear bench are in good condition, but sadly the driver’s seat has a few cigarette burns. I’ll get those seen to during the winter. Rsbuz has already supplied me with a huge section of cloth for the repair. I'll get that done during the winter when the car is off the road.


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 With the interior out, I took the opportunity to clean up the floor pans and wet-vac everything. Can't believe how well it has come out! Thanks to my mate Rog for the loan of the wet vac:

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I also bought some carpeted seat runner covers out of a Scorpio which I thought would tidy things up a bit below the seats:


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That’s all for now.
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