if the pics aren't where they are supposed to be then it's "not my fault that it's so difficult to get right"

if they are then "look how expert i am at doing this computer malarky"

time for a bit of an update me thinks, lots of things have been done, even though i said i'd stop spending money on it, it would be cheaper to smoke crack

there's a bit in the middle where i've swapped the pre face lift dash to the face lift dash, but that's a total mission and i can't find all the pics, so i'll slot that one in at a later date, but lets just say it took me 2 months as there is a fuck ton of rewiring to do and it was basically a total interior strip out, including most of the plastics on the left hand side and the roof lining and all the seats and most of the carpet, obviously the dash too, but that's for another day, in the mean time, here's a picture of what i fitted



it needed all the seats stripping as well, right down to the bare frames to run the wires and refix the bases and all the other stuff that you need to do with climate seats



the end result was this



with a rear entertainment system for the kids to keep them quiet on the trip to ford fair





this time around it all started with me trying to fit some chrome roof bars, which meant dropping ALL the roof lining to get to the nuts



then i found out that the bars were different, with different gaskets too, and you can't get them seperate, or the bars anymore, bastard



but the look was worth it i think



then i broke a spring, while the car was parked up so i had to use this much stuff to get it fixed





also needed a tyre





the spring also broke the top mount, as they always do, so some wheeler dealering saved me a few quid, euros wanted £80 for it when ford had them for £18 so they sold me the mount and the bearing for £23 when the mount is another £25 , got my second spring for £18 and not £33 too



and then also a ball joint so i decided to change the arm as it's easier



with the new suspension all fitted it's a bit high at the front, but i'm sure it'll settle



all in all though, the cars like l'oreal, worth it even more so when i was going to get the tracking done and my son was walking home from school with his mates and they all said "wow!! your dads got a really cool car!!!"

new chrome bits too which were a right royal pain in the arse to fit, the chrome strip on the bumper needs about 12 sets of hands and the under tray removing and all sorts, so i also used the opportunity to remove the bonnet lock and fit a new bonnet bar for the key as these are notorious for breaking when you least expect them to break



and now life is all good again as it's been off the road since i started my fiddling way back in october