Hello all after regrettably selling my 1990 rs turbo cab a couple of months ago ive been searching for my next car... i was looking for st170 focus' for a while then i come across the rs 2000 4x4's and after reading up on them a lot, i decided to start searching for one..... the i found 'THE ONE' a mint radiant red last of the 1995's with 86000 miles and only done 105 miles since 2007!!!



its totally standard and even has the original ford tape deck!!!!


so was just wondering what you all think of it and what your opinion of them in general is!!
cheeRS Dan

 

Looks nice, I bet that would have obliterated you old cabby

 

hahaha best stay away from 'obliterated' for a while, people get overexcited!!!!

As for the cab the bloke i sold it to, had it on the rollers and it come up with 243bhp and 271 lb torque at 24psi, gutted when he told me that...but its just not a car i could use everyday

looking forward to seeing how the 4x4 treats me over winter

 

looks tidy one ,all you need to do is regular maintainance on a 4x4 with regular transfer box oil changes

Nooooooooooooo dont go there

 

Fuck me I'd have kept the cabby lol

4X4 will be fun mate, you'll get used to making the back step out just for fun soon enough also lol

 

Looks clean that

 

im saying no more

 

should have got a GTI6

 

thats what im looking forward to...might have to get a bit of practice in down the ind est

 

haha i was waiting for this one.....just so happens im watching a nice little black one on ebay....stillcheap as chips...but she would be for the track

 

Will look great that mate, just try and mint it up a bit, numberplates, correctional detail, the grey/silver dash surround would look nice also, think they were in the si/gti escorts.
They sounded really nice on the track at national day.

 

yeah mate thats the first thing i thought let it down was the num plates but thats not a bad shout on the dash surround...think there is a brushed alu effect one they do to..... ill keep me peepers open for some trim etc on ebay....also think im gonna have trouble located the original wing 4x4 badge as one side has a 4 missing

 

I think some companies make repro ones, I noticed that dmb graphics had some actual badges for sale on national day, might be worth giving them a call.

 

none of the repro wing badges are right ,far better off looking for someone breaking one and getting theirs,and the silver dash surrounds are what folk have simply painted as no RS2K or the lessor gti/si came with them

 

Nice looking RS.

The MK5 stereo and din converter lets the look of the dash down a bit, get the original type in and it'll look much fresher.

 

You might be right on the badge, but you will have problems sticking a second hand one on.
Your wrong about the dash surround though, my dad bought a 1.8 si brand new and it had a silvery grey surround, as did the gti's, that was about 1998. Also a gearknob with a silver insert.

 

thought you meant actual silver dash surround ,there was 2 shades one was jet black and the other grey to match dash itself and 99% of rs2ks dont have the hole for headlight adjustment (as above ) like the gti etc ,dead easy to restick the badges on as I did it to my 4x4 as the previous owner debadged it putting them in the glovebox

 

They're dark grey with a silver fleck as standard on the revised Autumn 1996 MK6 (ie when 1.8 105ps models were uprated to 115ps, RS2000 was dropped, GTi introduced etc etc etc)

 

I found a car on ebay with the dash surround I mean't. Ignore the actual car as its looking a bit chavved up, luckily the dash is original.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escor...item20bc21ee37

 

Can get those dash surrounds without the headlight adjust switch. I think you can get a blank for the switch too actually, I had one floating around at some point!

 

oh mate ive been done right over here ...you mean i could have bought that beautiful escort for 995...bargain........NOT..what goes through some peoples minds when they think they are tastefully modding a car???

 

God only knows.... Some people are living like MAX POWER still exists.

 

i think even when i was 15 i still would of thought that was shit!!! and i used to have bad taste .... anyway with the interior i want it to be as original as poss but i will have to do away with the tape player and stick my i pod stereo in.... i dont think i will be showing the car so wont really matter... but ill keep the original stereo for when it comes to selling!!!

 

Looks like a nice one

Start saving for the 2.3 conversion

 

looks nice mate, 4x4 rare nowadays. ive only seen one RS2K4x4 in our area recently, dark green (i think)

 

alright fella..... tbh i aint seen any around here at all the closest iv seen is up essex and that was a 2wd one.. i was going to buy a green one but the bloke let me down....sort of glad he did now cos i would of been gutted if i see this one after i bought the other!!

hows the van going?? did you sell your cab??

 

yeah i see it a few times around 7:30 going onto m20, red prob a better colour anyway just keep it waxed regularly lol dont want it going pink
yeah its alright, just having a bit of work done atm little bit of bodywork and electrical ready for the new engine to go in, cab is still in my name although i dont really own it anymore, its a bit of a long story, see you sold you cab in the end!