i have decided after getting underneath the fez that i want to give her a bit of a spruce, so thought i'd show how i'm getting on over the next few weeks. although the car is mint by all accounts, a few of the components on the underside are hand-painted so i'm gonna get them powder-coated ( unsure of the colours just yet )
anyway this is the car when i bought it a couple of months back


looks clean i know but after first getting under just to clean/polish i spotted things i could improve on so now i'm gonna

i'm also going to do in all of the wheel arches, these too are mint but the coilovers are looking just a bit plain and need a good polish and the hubs look unsightly too.plus you'd be surprised at how much difference replacing old rusty screws and bolts can make



this is the rear wheel arch, i'm gonna remove the lot and powder coat the springs and paint the shock, also clean and polish anything else


i'm also removing the bumpers to clean behind them, this is the rear

i'm also polishing up the zorst
slowly over the next few weeks i'll update my progress

 

bud-weis,
A man after my own heart !!!

 

funny thing is, i only put it up on ramps and axle stands to give it 'a quick wipe over'

 

bud-weis,
That how mine started !!!

 

Bufty

 

Wow THIS will be MINT after,its MINT now

 

hope so gonna get some new rims soon too, the evo r's are looking a bit dated now. probably come back in knowing my luck

 

Looks fookin lovely m8.......Bufty away to your hearts content..

 

exhaust was looking a bit crap, and was in need of a polish
before;



after;



all hand polished ( tiring work !! )

looks so much better now, just need to do the backbox and other pipe.

 

 

is that robs old fiesta, from the northants group?

if so that was mint anyway

 

yeah that's the one. i know it's mint, but there's just a few improvements to be made

 

thats one clean car you got m8

 

car looks mint as it is

 

quality car m8 keep the pics coming

 

thanks will do

 

Looks well keep up the hard work

 

That car look's the nut's I would keep the wheel's i think they look


Brian

 

thanks but too late now, i ordered them and they should be here tomorrow

you could always buy them off me if you love them that much, only asking Ł130 ( without tyres )

 

I proberly would off if i hadnt just bought my MO's.

What wheel's you ordered


Brian

 

id u just use Autosol on the exhaust mate?

 

ive ordered some wheels made by ace ( was gonna say i've ordered some ace wheels but didn't wanna sound 16 ). hoping they will look the nuts and they will fit over my brakes. did have some rs7's and they weren't even close to going on properly

 

well after decidng to leave the work for a while i have finally got off my ass and started stripping the car down. the kitchen is now full of car parts

a couple of pics showing brakes and suspension removed from the car.next will be the abs and brake lines and then anything i don't like the look of . all these parts will be either totally cleaned or repainted /powdercoated. i will get some pics of the car with things removed tomorrow

 

love it, doing mine underneath too.

 

right heres a few more shots of the arches with everything removed. and of the underside. this is actually the dirtiest the car has been since i've owned it as i used it in the rain one night.

front arch.the hub will be either sprayed or powdercoated black. i have new bottom arms and track rod ends going on and the rods will be painted. then i will repaint the inner arch as the paint isn't the best in there. also the silver paint you can see will be redone. i am undecided if i'm gonna put the arch linings back in or not?


underside. the compensator is gonna be removed and either replaced with adjustable bias valves or i'll overhaul and repaint it. the fuel tank needs a good polish and the rear beam might need a touch up.


rear arch. this just needs a good clean and polish before things go back on.

 

i can why u wanted to strip it, its filthy under there
u want to be ashamed of yourself.....

 

 

I can appriciate the effort gone into makng that soooo mint.















But i still think it's

 

i am very ashamed
the bufty bug is possibly the most contageous this side of malaria i reckon

 

keep up the good work

 

got a few small things done to it since last post. sorry bout the pic quality , camera is crap indoors
rear hubs painted black, the bearing covers will be replaced with brand new ones so i just sprayed over them.


rear discs painted silver


rear calipers painted gold.


just gotta polish the aluminium brackets up and the the rear brakes will be all done

these are the new bottom arms and track rod ends that will be going on ( new on both sides)

 

 

small progress update. these are the front calipers and their mounting brackets. they were covered in crap and the ally wasn't shiny at all. so with a bit of elbow grease the brackets and the ally bits on the caliper were polished up nice.

caliper



mounting brackets

 

jesus, that's clean!

 

clean clean clean lookin good mate

 

Very very nice mate !!!!

 

thanks people

 

Very nice

 

done a little bit more now but my camera is broke so i have to keep borrowing one til mine comes back from jessops. i have now completely removed the ABS and renewed all of the brake pipes and master cylinder. i have painted inside the arches and fitted some of my new parts. i will try to get pics of all that asap, but for now i only have pics of the rear beam and brake discs. i had the rear beam powder coated along with some suspension parts.

rear beam;



brake disc and bell( the area between the disc and bell needs cleaning up!! )


i'll post more pics soon

also will try to get some of better quality cos these are shite!!