Hi all i'm back again with a story as usual so here goes,

Well last week i went to get my haircut and i know the lad that does it as he was a year below me at school.

Anyway he always chats to me about cars and he mentioned an escort gti he'd owned for a couple of months and said it was for sale ( BY THIS POINT I WAS INTERESTED LOL) So we had a chat and he told me when he got it someone crashed into the drivers side rear door and someone had smashed the passenger door mirror off and he couldnt be arsed to fix it,

He then said if i wanted it i could have it for £350 so he gave me the keys and i went for a look i liked what i saw apart from where the door had been hit it had done the rear arch too plus the passenger side rear arch was showing signs of rust,

Not put off too much by this i returned to the barber shop with £350 and promptly handed it to him

So i got the car home and parked it up feeling rather chuffed at my bargain buy

The next day i was walking to the shop when i noticed a smashed up escort finesse in the same colour as my gti i then went to ask about the car to see if i could buy the rear door for mine as the passenger side was totalled,

The outcome They gave me the whole car so i swapped the door over and scrapped the finesse and got £75 scrap money (BONUS)

Anyway plans are to clean it up get 2 new rear arches fitted and mod it slightly

It's totally standard bar a sportex back box and i chucked an old cd player in that i found in the cupboard lol

Car should be going in for rear arches early next week

I'll shut up now and get the pics up all comments welcome,









































cheers, Grant

 

@ £275 for a gti bargin mate looks good nice n straight too shouldnt take to much work to get the rusty bits sorted love the interior looks always liked these spot on mate

 

very good mate well come to the GTI club

 

Result with the other one being the same colour

 

Is the color emparo blue? Love this color alot.

 

Fast fords cheers kev

Twins you don't get nmuch luckier than that do ya cant tell the difference at all either

Benni Amparo blue mate see my sig,

I've always loved the colour and always told my mates if i ever have a gti it has to be amparo blue and here i am lol

 

very nice mate keep the pics coming

 

Lol cheers jamie i've just this minute replied to your thread again

 

New clutch is in but didn't get any pics unfortunately as it was all go there was only 2 of us

I'm skint at the min but i will have my new suspension kit by next week all being well,

Still need to get tha arches done aswell so i'll try to get them done over the next few weeks

 

nice find mate, especially findng the other smacked up car, theres always things like that to be found isnt there, u just have to keep ya eyes open.

I recently had a N reg auralis blue escort which had been hit on back door and arch which i got cheap coz of that reason.

Got myself a cat c escort gti at the moment, i swapped it for a set of rs7 spoke diamond cuts that i had originally bought for my ongoing rs turbo project

 

Ouch cat c what was the cause of that? There's always cheap motors to be had it's just finding them,

Things are looking up at the min i pick my suspension kit up on friday so will hopefully fit that over the weekend plus i'm rolling round on 17's now that i got thanks to my mate scott crashing his pal's gti into a kerb,

Sold him my gti rims which paid for my bargain 17's,

Should also be getting arches done late this week or next week cheers, Grant

 

it had needed a new wing bonnet, headlight and bumper and front panel pulling out a bit. LAst owner did all the repair work and got it all checked and approved to go bk on road then i bought it and gonna be trying to make a minter out of it, which involves painting the bonnet etc again lol

 

Chop chop then lol oh and get a thread up I'm all alone with my gti

 

Come on pull your finger out and get some pics up

 

Jamie rst LOL

Well couple of updates

New rims






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I bought a full gmax supersport lowering kit so fitted them this weekend

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Car is currently in my mates garage having the rear arches done,

Thanks for looking let me know what you think cheers, Grant

 

Looking good mate

Sometimes i wish we hadnt sold our Escort GTi



Brian

 

Looks now its not on stilts good work mate How much is it costing u to get the archers sorted?

 

Danrs2k £80 to fit fill and prime mate then my mate from dents plus is doing the colour for me that'll be about £60 / £80

Brian i absolutely love mine i wouldn't be without it it will stand me at £600 all done,

It might not be the best car in the world but its good enough for me

 

Thats not bad at all mate forgot to say the wheels look smart as. Its going to look a propa nice car when you have done it mate nice work

P.s. Not started mine yet waiting till the new year

 

nice one mate...what is it with escort gti's with damaged doors lol i've got a red 2dr one and someone decided to run into the drivers door

has yours got idle probs?

 

Dan you lazy cooont get the fooker started, I like the wheels too but not as much as i wish i did so i'm still looking for some others, Might have a deal on some 16 inch mondys with the lad i got suspension off,

ZETEC MK4 XR3I Lmao mate i think people just like bashing gti's full stop

As for the idle problem mine did but i've fixed it there's me and 4 mates with gti's and they all had idling problems the revs were sticking at 3000 rpm

Its only the idle speed control valve gummed up but they are interesting to get to let me know if ya need anymore info

OH UPDATE LOL

Car is home now so i'll get pics of the arch work over the weekend,

Just need to book it in for paint now

 

Looks great mate... Bargain!

 

Update.

Sorry it took a while i've been too lazy to take pics

So pics of my new arches



















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The car has gone in for paint today so i kinda had to take pics of the arches this morning, Thanks for looking

 

Nice one mate looking good


Brian

 

lookin good mate and you have pm

quick pic of my effort

 

hi, u gti is looking well sweet, am awa to get my rear arches rold asap as new rims scrub lyk a biatch, 8" rims tho, i know im not supose ta put this in hear but do u want a super chip wud need a remap i wud reckon foe?? cheeRS

 

Pm me re chip fella cheers

 

decent car mate, and the arch repairs look a good job. i need to see it in the flesh.

 

Cheers mate you will see it soon i hope probably in the new year cos she's sorn at the min,

OH and UPDATE LOL

I took the car to the body shop this morning ive got to go back thursday to see if its done

 

Looking well mate nice colour too.
Iv got a red one just got a set of 17s on it so need it lowered. how much is yours done by?
also mine has tick over probs.. holds st 2k when it wants to
will try the ISCV

 

Nice one fella get some pics up, Mine is lowered 60mm on gmax shocks and springs mate,

LMAO at idle probs they seem to come as standard on gti's

It will be the idle control valve though mate at the back of the inlet 2 8mm nuts get some carb cleaner in it and move the spring with a screw driver to make sure its free,

Some people say you should spray them with wd40 after but i never did mine good luck mate

 

UPDATE TIME

Car is home from the bodyshop and to say im impressed is an understatement Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Also added a couple of bits Got a k&n off my mate and had an old rocker cover lying around from my old xr3i 130 so gave it a lick of paint to tidy things up a bit

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Just got to pick my passenger door mirror up tonight and the back right jacking cover,

Let me know what you think
cheers, Grant

 

looks mint as mate

used to love the GTi I had a couple of years ago, some pics









was tempted to get another as a runner but the insurance group is to high imo

 

MINIROTTY That looks sweet fella, How come the engine bay is painted??? There not done under the bonnet from factory mine is a kind of dark matt blue and my mates silver one is a white ish colour

 

duno mate all the red ones ive seen were

ford did it on a few models like that, blue rs's have white under bonnets also

ford lazy and saving pennys I think

 

WELL UPDATE

As of yesterday i now officially own this car again, After selling the S2 and missing this so much i had to have it back,

Updates coming this way soon

 

looks nice m8

the interior is ok but i hate the middle part of the seats, like plastic imo lol

i got a ps side mirror if you want it

 

As you can see it needs to be lowered. and some one previously has stuck RS2000 stickers on the boot and front bumper
Minirotty
that induction pipe looks spot on

 

GAZ Already got a mirror you'll see in a min cheers though

TRIST your car looks nice as you say just needs lowereing

Anyway UPDATE

Had my windows tinted on sunday and got to say a massive thanks to Karl WWW.K-TINTZ.CO.UK For a top job and a cracking price

Also a big thanks to MINIROTTY went to his last night to pick up a cat back stainless exhaust which i had fitted today (will get pics soon)

Although minirotty did me a great deal i have to say i'll never be going back to birmingham again as the ammount of thick cunts that nearly wrote my car off was unbelieveable

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Let me know what you think, cheers Grant

 

looks good
i take it the front tints aren't legal?

needs a new front no. plate