well i bought this FRS from Carlo about 2weeks ago and heres what it was like when i got it:






mods already done are:
Exhaust, manifold, modded turbo, airfilter and dreamscience so its quite nippy and front splitter

my mods are going to be:
smoked indicators front and side, smoked headlights, delock it, ghia interior light and wiper switch, HID's and clifford alarm

 

Its a great car and i loved the drive home, the feel of it coming on boost, the style of it everything but i posted some pics on RSOC and it appeared that my chargecooler rad was missing! Know one knows what actually happened to it but it wasnt there so i havent actually driven if since last week just to be on the safe side,

The drivers seat needs the alcantara on the base redoing so thats booked in at Autotrim in denton to be redone and the steering wheel was worn so ive got a new one of those too. the plan for this weekend was to clean it but its snowed in Bolton so that was the plan out of the window so i got on with some other mods ive listed above!!!

 

old wheel:

worn out:



and new wheel:




Clear:




Baby Brother whos donated the HID's:


Gone:




And even more gone:


This is how the chargecooler had been done:


Fixing it:




Painted the inside instead of cutting them apart:


Smoked:




Bumper back on:


Headlights in:


Chargecooler in place:


No proper finished pics though as it was rather dark lol

 

Looks much better smoked still cant beleive i changed the turbo & never noticed that that rad wasnt there! i have never worked on one before so didnt know how it was meant to look. its a fair size that radiator as well. Just as well i didnt use iit much or i would have caused damage. Steering wheel makes a huge difference glad the car is in good hands

 

very nice motor and very lucky about the charge cooler

 

Cheers carlo glad you like the pics mate pity they couldn't have been of a clean frs lol will try this week, don't worry about chargecooler it's fitted now and doesn't seem to have done any damage!

 

and here is the seat repair:


Holes:

repaired:

 

 

Very smart


Brian

 

Looking good

 

Nice, needs one of my coolers now

 

 

Christ how many miles has it done that steering wheel looks fucked! I sold mine on 40 and it was mint as were seats. Words on the missing rad fail me has it been in a crash?

 

looking good pal! love focus rs's, have you now sold the s2 then?

 

was about 69000 milage, i think its may have had a small knock on the front at somepoint in its life as the aircon rad is a little bent as well. i did HPI it and nothing came back on it and that was from 2 seperate sources!


JonnyS2: Yes the S2 went to my mate who has raped it of parts for his fiesta and then rebuilding it and selling it on.

 

Nice car i light the head lights.

 

nice love the smoked lights

 

Looking good mate , Just before this turns into a slagging match untill sam told me i had no idea that the chargecooler rad wasnt there i have never worked on one of these before or been near one always been mostly cosworths.. I paid a tad under 8k for the car & had the timing belt done in among that price. I then spent Ł350 on a turbo manifold Ł600 on a new turbo Ł160 for turbo forge actuator & braided oil feed pipe.Ł420 on 4 new yokohamma's Ł200 on wheel refurb Ł400 for full stainless exhaust Ł700 painting both sides .Ł350 deamscinceŁ180 on brand new gen 2 k&n if i had known that the pre rad wasnt there i would have had a pro alloy one on it as im not shy on spending money on my cars you will see above what i lost if you add all that up. I also supplied the car with new st170 headlights in the box , new samco coolant hoses & a brand new indoor tailored cover from classic editions for Ł8300 i lost a good few grand in a short very short time..Before i got the sides painted i was told by the painter it was the original paint & its certanly not had any panels so if it did have a bump it was over 3 years ago & must have been low down damaging rad & bumper ? untill i changed the turbo it was all totally original. As for the wear on the steering wheel i was going to buy one with 50k miles to be re trimmed & it was just as bad as mine ended up not bothering it was on the to do list before i taxed the car for the summer.I thought i would just ad this incase the thread went nasty as sam got the car for a good price i bet for the money it owes him he will struggle to find another so clean as this car hasnt got 1 mark on it.

 

Looking stunning

 

its missing one thing mate ,a vented bonnet lol

 

Hey carlo i wasnt for one minute implying that you knew about the missing chargecooler rad, ive got an amazing car for the money and im so happy that i havent stopped grinning like a chesire cat since ive got it, i dont really know you but from buying the car from you and the convos weve had i think your a top bloke and extremly genuine fella and like you said the way that you had spent money on it, you would have deffo bought a rad if you had known!

 

i would mate but at the rate your knocking them out every FRS will have one soon lol!

 

yer point taken stunning car tho

 

Nice car mate. have you seen this site in which you could list your car and see other interesting information related to your Model.

The site is very good and getting lots of looks.

http://focusrsbuildlist.co.uk/

 

already done it mate just need to update it with more info!

 

well ive now got a clifford and a parrot:


and got my LED's fitted:





and HID's:

 

Stunning mate, absolutely love these cars.

 

NO WAY! I live in westhoughton as well mate, saw your car the other day, and I nearly creamed myselff, it looks awesome!! I even wanted to buy the car from carlo in the first place! would be nice to see it about more often!

 

Car is looking stunning mate the little things you have done is what i would have done if i kept it

 

cheers carlo, still got a few little bits left i want to do, absolutly papped myself sunday, id been messing with the dreamscience and it wouldnt start, thought id knackered it up, turns out it just doesnt like having no petrol in it lol!

CraigoScott: where in westhoughton are you mate? you will see it about as its my daily drive, i had a mercury grey turbo before hand.

 

Looks well smart with the smoked additions..

Good work so far, keep it up!

Ginge

 

Looks well smart mate like the blue on black!

 

Looks fantastic mate. The new wheel made a big difference.

Benni.

 

zetecfiesta: I live just off Cherwell Road near the Howfener pub, where abouts are you? I drive a new silver golf, will flash you next time i see you!

 

ok mate, cheers for responses peeps!

 

Looking lovely,nice motor..

 

looking good pal

yea i got the s2 now putting it back to prety much standard and the bits have gone to a good home its making a 2.1 zetec fiesta rst quicker with the cossie management and has made an efi orion turbo as well

 

cheers geoff wil come see you to get my silicone pipes fitted!

 

looking smart!

 

Not really much work done, ive fitted a variable wiper but i thought id give him a quick clean today!

Start with a dirty car:




up in the air:


get cleaning:





clean the alloys:


standback and admire the weather foooooking it all up!