i got myself a nice mercury grey escort RS turbo 2months ago! its an 88 spec car with 90's spoiler and bumper its been resprayed and has 2 absolutly tiny rust spots one on roof and one under spoiler on quater,











this is how it looked when i got it, and here is what i did

well after finding this:




thought id treat the escort to this:



Nice and Solid again

but while it was like that this happened:



good thing ive got parents who love me:



thought id treat the escort to these:
Spark plugs and full service kit

New steering wheel:

Garys intercooler:

New Rad:

New smoked lights:


here is one with the steering wheel inplace:


more updates to follow after i use this;


to paint the inside!

well i finally got the dash out:


Put some krust on:


and then i got round to masking up the car:




and then a bit of primer:






and then a bit of paint:








got a fe runs on the boot bit but i aint too fussd as its covered 99% of the time!

so here is before and after!

passenger foot wells:





Drivers foot wells:






Boot:




and one final one of me looking annoyed when it started to rain!


last couple of days work!:

rear seats yey:


Front recaros even better yey!:


but still no dash



did this:




got this back today:

 

also got myself a new t3 from cuvner and had that fitted, had a few problems with leaks like around rear lights and windscreen but i sorted that, only got one left now and i need a new door seal to fix that!!

couldnt fit my front mounted intercooler cause im missing brackets so its standard at the minute

new pics will be up in a day or two! its all running now and ive rewired the stereo just need tax and insurance!

 

Nice work there ,throw the steering lock away you have and get a disk lok on there

 

Nice one mate i thought i read somewhere that you bought a series 2,
Reminds me of my old one that was a mercury grey f plate too, keep up the good work mate

 

Looking good mate

 

nice one mate,seems a solid car on the whole! rot wasnt too bad

 

Good job

 

yeah rots not too bad now, just need to underseal the underside of the car, i know bout the steering lock im getting a proper one soon, i just lobbed it on wen i brought it home!

i'll put some more recent pics up soon!

 

Finally got round to taking some pictures lol!

 

still got to get rid of them alloys
still got to get my front mount intercooler fitted,
still got a few electrical issues

and then i will be happy for a while!

 

Looks good mate



Brian

 

thank you!

 

looking good mate

 

wow hunni i never knew how much work you had put into it!!!!!

looks good now!!! apart from when it leaks lol, i know tht was a one off

 

blimey thats 1 dent in the floor

nice work tho

 

good work mate, i strongly hate those wheels tho, think they look shit

 

get thee under neath it now too.

strip off al the underseal, and re-seal after degreasing and cleaning.

will stop your handy work form looking like that again in a year or so.

thats almost exactly the same as what i did to my floor a couple of years back.

 

well after all my hard work this happened:

right we have the bumper:


then bonnet n bumper:


one from above, notice bent drivers lamp attatched to front panel:


then a full one:


the gap he had to get his car out (HUGE):


the damage maker:


the next morning:


the fit on either side of wings:



full frontal in day light:

 

gutted! it was parked up as well oh well!

well after alot of messing with my dozy insurance company the bodyshop said the couldnt find the parts so they have given me 1k to fix it myself, woo i thought until fri when a cheque appeared for 550, they had only taken my excess off it, which i really couldnt understand as the other guy admited full liability well after another fone call it appears that they dont even have his details on system even though i gave them twice and i had had a fone call from his insurance company admiting full liability!

got a bumper and bonnet lined up (bumper is allready mercury grey)
bent the front panel on the spot lamp bracket back into place
gonna get the front panel patched up cause the damage aint that bad
and replace the bent crossmemeber and gearbox cradle (happened before i got it)
and get the whole underside cleaned off and resealed

and at the end of all that i should still have quite a few pennied left out of the 1k!!

 

oh yeah the wheels were shite got a set of standards fitted much better imo!

next mods:

finally fit intercooler,
fit cossie brakes
and possibly fit rear discs (but its overkill and cause problems) but they look cool!

 

good job the cooler wasnt fitted!

Shit news

but still the best colour

 

what a tit for bumping into your car

glad you got it sorted tho pal

 

hi mate shame about the damage

i was just wondering if when you sprayed the booet and inside did you know u can ajust the air cap and pattern settings so that you get a nice even over lap rather than using it on spot (like a hand can)

u can acchive 10 times nicer results

not mocking your work as i enjoy seeing people doing stuff for there self just offering some advice my friend

look forward to seeing her back on the road mate

 

Nice progress so far.and a pity about the damage.These cars tend to attract idiot drivers.Had someone open there door on me whilst driving out of a petrol station.Also had the police arrest some one who they were chasing ,as he ran past my car in traffic,they caught him and threw him against my car (DENTING MY QTR PANEL).

At least you have got the BEST COLOUR.

 

nice work

nightmare about it getting hit, thats what happened to our fiesta outside the house

 

Tonyt1t yeah i know it was just a quick blow over and cause its all covered i wasnt bothered about being to neat!

yeah i deffor got the best colour!!

 

finally got it all fixed up, its taken long enough lol!

ive also done a little mod which i forgot to show you guys! its a deffinate improvement:





HOW BRIGHT!!!!




intercooler:


bumper off with new crossmember and some undersealing:



my new bonnet:


underneath car:


new mirror:


intercooler fitted:


bumper back on had a bit of hassle though as i think the front panel is slightly bent from the crash:




old bonnet with new bumper:


new bonnet:




bonnet off:


all done:





with HID kit on:


having a few problems with the relays though for the headlamps gonna get a new one soon!

 

look good when had finishe d then some idiot ruind it for you

 

Looks good mate

Where and how much was the Light conversion??

Would'nt mind doing that on my Rs Turbo as the headlight's are shite



Brian

 

 

looking good love the lights

 

its looking good again now youv mended it

 

the head light kit was about Ł200 from my mate who is a sparky!

all was good until i got home and found my car had just pissed its coolent everywhere, its overheated though so thats probably why will look 2moz when its light!

yeah you can never win sommit will allways spoil it when its good, thats just the way cars are!

 

sweet car mate luking spot on head lights are the bollocks

 

 

Good work mate, i was thinking about the light conversion 2day on my way home!

And as said before BEST colour to haha!!

Cant wait to i start on mine again!

 

Great work!

Really impressed with your spraying skills!

Shame about the accident but atleast the insurance company paid out.

 

if you want a kit mate give me a pm and i will talk to my mate to see if he can get any kits!

 

That looks well good mate, Where did you get the HID kit from?

 

Not meaning to piss on the parade but isn't the floor bent in this pic?



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