as title really, im getting an xr3i cabby this weekend travelling down to newcastle to get it and want to get it sorted like the s2 rs it should have been made originally

anyone got some good pics of ones in diamond white they can show me with a black roof for to give me some inspiration and idea's?

was going to get it fitted with original rs turbo wheels, rs kit, interior, new roof and lower around 30-40mm and leave it at that until i can source a good engine.

hope someone can help and give me an idea of how it'll look when done!

thanks

neil

 

no matter what you do to it or how good it looks it should NEVER be called an RS cos it NEVER will be an RS!!!!!!!

 

true but bullshit that mate i would say if the has an rs init it has the soul of an rs lol

 

I call them turbo cabbys because that's what they are

I always like it when my little XR3i cabriolet blows away a performance car like an RS it makes it so much more enjoyable.

its an advantage not being an RS, there are far better examples about in general for the same price and lets face it a series 2 is not a car to really really aspire to now is it. If during a conversation you state you have a Mk4 series 2 shape RS Turbo most people fail to be impressed.

 

and cheaper insurence haha fook ya rs lol

 

How is it bullshit?? RS' have different chassis number's to indentify it as an RS!! call it a turbo cabbie by all means but it aint an RS!!
And how can it be cheaper insurance?? unless you fail to tell them that it's got a turbo engine conversion in it!!!

 

its all opinion m8 but fair enough it may not be bullshit but horseshit at least i would say its about personal pref! r u saying that you wouldnt buy an rs cab? cos its not a true rs thats the horse shit part!well alot ov poeple do that myself is a true converted cab log book vin plates ect

 

I fail to see why it matters that its not that it was not branded as a RS, big deal.

However going by what you are stating if I get a RS turbo shell and turn it rear wheel drive, with a YB its still a RS Turbo due to the chassis numbers. It makes no difference that this was never a production car by Ford.

I pay less insurance on my turbo cabby than I would if it was all in a RS Turbo shell that's a simple fact for me, in my area the RS is a heavily stolen vehicle. Unlike the cabby

 

I would NEVER buy a cab full stop!!!! not horse shit just fact!!

 

And lets be realistic here, we are talking about front wheel drive ford escorts, not Ferrari's or Lambo's the fact that it wears a Ford badge in general makes it as desirable as crabs for most people

Performance wise and spec wise my cabby would stand up against a lot of the RS Turbos on this forum and that's what matters to me, im not bothered about the fact that its not got a certain badge.
The fact remains that most RS Turbo have at some point in their lives been seriously abused as such the badge gives them no more value than a packet of walkers. A mint one is still not a big money car.

We own FWD escorts

 

fair enogh mate you must have nee taste or ugly as fook and dont want ya face seen

 

Quite the opposite mate!!!!!

 

LOL Cabby's FTW!

 

lol poser eh

 

You must also remember, that the big cars which break for good money make the most money out of NON RS parts, or performance parts to replace what comes on the RS

After market management, ZVH and Zetec engine builds, CTS gearboxes, coilovers, six links, four pot calipers, rear disk conversions and more

I find it so funny that your on here with a blown MK4 with a RS badge acting like it something special, its NOT

Get a picture up of your engine bay so I can see what a real RS looks like.

 

Lol,says you with your roof down!!!

 

whos got a blown mk4? and a rs badge?

 

get what u mean mate but in my mind there should have always been a cab version of the rs in my mind, and it goes well together... a guy had one locally round here and it was just the perfect match together for what he had done.

back on topic though.....any one have good pics of diamond white ones or even just a cab with the S2 kit on it and interior pics etc?

is the xr3i dash in any way different to the rs dash as well?

 

I'm not acting like it's anything special though!! just stating a fact!!!!

 

The poor fella, who's roof will not go down not you mate

 

lol ok mister addiction i consider my self a poser cos my car is consideridbly better than yours

 

LOL,You wish!!!

 

theyre all fords they still better than bloody vauxhall's and french crap (learned the latter to my cost lol)

pictures of any cabby's anybody please?

 

na i dont rx7 by the way il race ya anytime anywhere?

 

The manner in which you stated this fact and remarked no matter how good you make it look it will NEVER be an RS suggests to me that you think that the RS Turbo escort is a far better car and something to aspire to which amused me greatly. It made no difference that the fella in his original post seemed to be aware of this as he called the car an XR3i

its also a fact that everyone is aware of !!

Its like the fact that Ford never made a Focus Cosworth however the people who have done this conversion call the conversion a 'Focos' its a common term for the these types of cars.
Likewise a RS turbo powered cabby is commonly known as a 'RS cabriolet'

 

Sorry but i cant stop pissing myself laughing at how serious your taking all this!!!
like i said before turbo cab yes,RS cab no!!

 

just admit that you would have a "rs cab" if no than why?

 

it doesnt matter what its called by, rs cab or turbo cab, if its got the rs engine in then its going to still be the same regardless of what name it is tbh! everyone has different names for the car and its preferance, i will know it as an RS Cabriolet as there was a vinyls on the back the style of the rs turbo graphics that had "Escort RS Cabriolet" on Ian's cabby.... its only a name really!

 

because i just dont like Escort cab's,infact there's not many convertable car's that i do like!!! sorry but's that's the truth!!

 

ok personal preffrence how bout that race against my jap crap then?

 

its a ford, doesnt matter what engine its still going to be the best

 

Ok i'll bring my daily drive for it then!!

 

the rex is my daily whats urs ?

 

anyone have cabby pictures or was the thread a waste of time? if you two want to wage war on each other take it to pm!

 

Sorry about that dude!!!!

 

no worries mate, didnt want the thread turning into a warzone thats all admit i'd have either a cab or hardtop, the hood will barely be down on mine up here with the mince weather we're having, but its the first decent one i found on PH, there was a cheap RS hardtop up here but its been on about 10-12 Pikeys hands so im not going anywhere near it, keeps killing turbo's and gearboxes like you would not belive and theres more tigerseal and patch welds on it than hobo's in london!

 

yeah im sorry to m8 got carried away lol does colour matter or does it have to be white?

 

preferrably white but anything considered tbh mate, its just to get idea's on how it will look and what set of wheels to use, id love a set of rs7's but theyre out my price brakcet atm with working on 2 jobs (Ikea delivery lorries and valeting) and also attending a course in august for welding at college im going to be a busy person then so might be able to afford them end of the year, but for now either standard S2 wheels, mondeo Si's or something else thats different would do mate.

does S2 rs interior go straight in as well and are the dashboards any different on the xr3i from s2 rs's?

 

i got 5 cosworth rims and 6 tyres for a 110 quid its worth considering there a lot cheaper and look just as good imo yeah everything str8 swap easy as pie to do the seats interior etc

 

sounds good mate, theyre mondeo si wheels on that pic aint they?

is that a standard xr front bumper and kit or has that had the s2 put on it?