Firstly, been down Ford to pick up 80 quids worth of bits
My old gearlever gaitor
Had a new one made by a local trimmer, in leather, slightly shorter too, so it doesnt get screwed up as much as it did before
Stripped the engine bay out to clean all the old waxoil off and spruce up the shiny bits
Injectors have been flow tested and cleaned
Had some bits powdercoated, inlet plenum, Map sensor bracket, powersteering resevoir bracket, throttle cabla bracket and thermostat housing
Difference before and after
Lots of polishing
Battery Tray
O/S Bulkhead
Bits to be sorted
Hockey stucks (Genuine Ford)
New old stock lower bumper grill
Old lights
New ones
All been smoked by me... They are actually darker than the pics show, the flash is too bright to show it really
Ready for colour
All stripped out and cleaned up for inspection... VERY VERY clean IMO, much better than I expected really, its hard to see any real grot as such!!
All Waxoiled again....
Rear lamp surrounds cleaned and polished
The rear spoiler had the usual blisters and bubbles in the paint, so was sanded right back, all bad areas were re-fibreglassed then smoothed and filled
Mirrors
Tailgate cleaned up and polished
New spoiler seal
These two pics show how much mud and dirt was compacted into the front section of the N/S bodykit
Kit off... Again in MUCH better condition than expected really...
N/S/F Sill
N/S/R sill
O/S/F sill
O/S/R sill
Quick clean with some petrol to remove old waxoil (you can see now how poorly painted they are at the factory)...
BTW, the brown patches on the floor pan itself is the old waxoil, not rust
O/S/R sill
O/S/R sill from below
O/S/F sill
O/S/F sill from below
N/S/F sill
N/S/R sill
N/S/F sill from below
N/S/R sill from below
After a good scrub up with a wire brush and some coarse paper, then a quick prime and some stone chip, which IMO Ford should've put on in the first place ..
N/S/R sill
N/S/F sill
O/S/F sill
O/S/R sill
The return lips of the front wings are getting a little blow over also, they are beginning to look a little chipped up and tired
All masked up ready for colour
A couple of quick pics in colour and clear, just after painting, I have taken some of the masking off whilst wet to prevent "tearing" once dry
I will get some more tommorrow...
Bodykit ready for primer... LOOK at the stone chips!!!
After having all my kit off now, I recommend ANYONE with an ECos, get thiers taken off for inspection, also get the arch liners off or if you can, get yer hand under the arch liner at the bottom of the wings near the kit, there was loads of mud and dirt in there when I checked mine... all cleaned out now though ready for waxoil
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watch this space....